Here's a list of some upcoming online and Rogue Valley in-person, eco-spiritual activities that may be of interest to you. Check back, as this post will be updated during March as we get additional information, and a new calendar listing will come out in April 2025. Don't be intimidated by the scope of this list; choose to participate in just what calls to you.
March 4, 11, 18, 25, 2025, at 4 p.m. PT - Convergence and Creation Spirituality Communities are presenting a four-part webinar "to explore the deep spiritual roots of this political moment and uncover pathways toward collective action, resilience, and renewal": From Darkness to Dawn: Spiritual Courage and Political Action in the Age of MAGA. This transformative 4-part series will bring together some of the most provocative spiritual leaders, thinkers, and activists of our time: Matthew Fox, Andrew Harvey, Mirabai Starr, Yvette Flunder, and Cameron Trimble. Click here for more information and registration.
March 7, 2025, from 6:30 a.m. 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. PT - Garrison Institute is having a day-long symposium "to explore and celebrate The Spiritual Legacy of Father Thomas Keating, who was a Trappist monk, enlightened spiritual master, founder of the Centering Prayer movement, and a pillar of contemplative inter-spiritual dialogue. The symposium will weave together teaching, practice, panel discussions, and provocative immersion sessions as we dive deeply into Fr. Thomas’s prophetic vision of Oneness as both an inner state of consciousness and an outer pathway of planetary healing." Morning & midday Immersion Sessions include: The Spirit of the Snowmass Interreligious Conference and Making a New World: Voices from the Younger Generation and an optional centering prayer from 9 to 9:30 a.m. PT Register here for virtual access ($139)
March 10, 2025, from 10-11 a.m. PT - UCC Creation Justice is offering a webinar: America in Search of a Soul with panelists to help us unpack both the threats and the opportunities before us as people of faith with panelists"
Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral
Rev. Cameron Trimble, Founder and CEO of Convergence
Rev. Dr. Jim Antal, author of "Climate Church, Climate World"
Register here. A recording will be sent to those who cannot join live.
March 12, 2025 to April 16, 2025, at 12:15 PDT - The Work That Reconnects Network is offering a 5-part series: Roots of Resilience for Uncertain Times with Kathleen Rude. The class is intended to "grow our roots of resilience for these uncertain times as we move through the Spiral—beginning with Gratitude, then Honoring Our Pain for the World, Seeing with New and Ancient Eyes, and Going Forth... restoring your sense of purpose and possibility to address the complex nature of our times." More information and registration for various WTR events here.
March - October 2025, at various days and times - The BTS Center is offering Walking the Wild Edges: Spiritual Accompaniment Circles for Challenging Times, monthly online gatherings plus an optional half-day retreat guided by skilled facilitators and open to spiritual seekers of all kinds. Learn more and register
March 16, 2025, from 1-4 p.m. PT - Ecumenical Ministies of Oregon’s annual Interfaith Earth Summit will have a focus on climate safety and health, learn how we can work together to protect our community from climate change. This gathering is both in-person and on Zoom, held simultaneously with other communities across the state. Sign up at https://emoregon.org/event/oregon-interfaith-earth-summit-2
The Church for our Common Home at 15436 Strong Road, Dallas, Oregon is an "internet/radio blog church dedicated to AWE, Art, the Wisdom teachings of Christ-Sophia and the EARTH." Rev. Bonnie Tarwater announced she will commemorate the opening of their new labyrinth at 4 p.m. on March 16th, following their participation in the Earth Summit.
March 17, 2025, at 10 a.m. PT - Aspen Initiative (Wisdon From the Top of the World) is offering a free webinar with some of the foremost non-dual thinkers (Tom Shriver, Marianne Williamson, Cynthia Bourgeault, Matthew Fox, Cyprian Consiglio, and Sherri Mitchell, moderated by Heather and Nicholas Vesey), addressing to the question: How do we respond to the time we are living through? Register here.
March 17, 2025 - Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) Season 11 podcast of Turning to the Mystics will focus on mystic Gabriel Marcel using the book The Philosophy of Gabriel Marcel by Kenneth T. Gallagher. Access here or wherever you get your podcasts.
March 19, 2025, at 4 p.m. PDT - Center for Christogenesis is presenting a webinar with philosopher and process thinker Matthew David Segall: Science and Religion in a Paticipatory Universe. This talk explores the evolving relationship between natural science and theology through the lens of process philosophy, arguing that both disciplines—often seen as conflicting ways of knowing and worldviews—can be reframed and integrated within a participatory understanding of the cosmos. More information and registration here.
March 19, 2025, at 4 p.m. PDT - Third Act is having an All-In Call where they share what's working in playing defense against the Trump/Musk attack and preparing to go on the offense - what's coming next, and how you can be a part of it. They will be chatting about the first big election of this cycle, and will share more about plans for SunDay and the ongoing fight against big oil billionaires. Special guest will be Antonique Smith, co-founder & CEO Climate Revival (who will be partnering with Third Act for SunDay!), and Ezra Levin, co-founder and co-executive director of Indivisible Register here.
March 19, 2025 - AI for Good workshop: Earth observation foundation models with Prithvi-EO-2.0 and TerraTorch Sign up here.
March 25 – May 6, 2025 (seven Tuesdays from 4-5:30 PT) - Deeptime Network presents Journey of the Universe with Sam King. The course is based on the Yale/Coursera content developed by Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim. It will explore how the emerging story of cosmic evolution can help guide us toward a more just and flourishing future. More information and registration here.
March 25, 2025, from 6-7:30 p.m. PDT - SOCAN's March General Meeting at the Medford Public Library, 205 Central Ave., Medford, OR will start with a presentation by SOCAN's Executive Director Daniel Scotton: Building Resilience and Taking Action: The SOCAN Strategic Plan. After Daniel walks the audience through SOCAN’s updated strategic plan there will be a series of community listening tables. At the listening tables you will be able to express your ideas, and experiences. This is a chance for the community to share what’s missing and what we can do together. Whether you have big ideas or just want to listen and be a part of the conversation.
Daniel observed: “Whether you’re passionate about science education, want to support local climate initiatives or state/federal action, or are looking for ways to engage with decision-makers, your voice matters. Together, we can build a stronger, more informed, and more resilient community."
March 27, 2025 - EcoAmerica and Blessed Tomorrow are organizing a National Faith + Climate Forum. Congregartions are invited to register as a host location by Thursday, March 17, 2025. Learn what hosting entails! Blessed Tomorrow provides hosts with: On-site and Technical Checklists, Participation Guides, Promotional Support, Registration Management, Event Platform.
April 2, 2025 - The SOCAN course Living with Climate Change: Rogue Valley, (formerly known as Master Climate Protector), will start April 2nd and run for the second year as an Southern Oregon University course in the Environmental Science, Policy and Sustainability Department where students can take the course to earn three credits, and community members can take it to learn more about climate science. Students sign up for the course ES 131: Living with Climate Change: Rogue Valley through the regular sign-up procedures (CRN 6405). Apply for admissions here. Note: your admission decision will take between two and three weeks. Community members interested in taking the course should sign up using SOCAN’s Registration form online at socan.eco/lwcc-registration. Contact SOCAN cofacilitator Kathy Conway (kathy@socan.eco) with questions. Anyone interested can visit the course website at https://socan.eco/lwcc/ . The course runs for ten weeks through SOU’s Spring term beginning April 2n and ending June 5th, meeting once a week on Wednesdays from 5:30 – 8:20 in the Science Building Room 066.
April 25, 2025, from 3:30-7:00 p.m. - Earth Day at SOU at the Farm.
April 26, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. PT - At the Annual UCC Earth Summit the keynote lecture will be delivered by Katharine Hayhoe, one of the world’s leading climate scientists and the author of popular books such as Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World and A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith-Based Decisions. Through television appearances on PBS and Showtime as well as her widely viewed TED Talks, Hayhoe has reached a broad audience with a compelling perspective on science, climate, and faith. This two-and half-hour summit will additionally feature a panel discussion entitled “Climate Justice in a Toxic World.” Three grassroots leaders in the struggle against environmental racism in the Dallas-Fort Worth area will speak on this panel: Dr. Marsha Jackson from Southern Sector Rising, Caleb Roberts from Downwinders at Risk, and Emmanual Davis from Justice for Joppa. Register here.
May 2-4, 2025 - Center for Christogenesis’ upcoming annual conference, Rethinking Religion in an Age of Science: From Institution to Evolution. This virtual event will explore "how a renewed understanding of religion can invigorate planetary life and human evolution in our age of technology." Speakers will include Bayo Akomolafe, Diana Butler Bass, Ilia Delio, John Haught, Grace Ji-Sun Kim, and Thomas Jay Oord. More information here.
May 28–June 2, 2025 - The Haden Institute is having their 2025 Summer Dream & Spirituality Conference: Sacred Cosmos, Sacred Soul in Asheville, NC and virtually. Apply here.
This Conference will offer “a new framework for thinking about God, religion, and spirituality in an age of quantum physics and evolution – one that transcends the obstacles of dogmas in religious traditions. Ilia Delio, author of The Not-Yet God, offers a way forward for a vision of God and the Cosmos that is deeply satisfying for both the mind and the heart. She engages the insights of Carl Jung, the Jesuit scientist-theologian Teilhard de Chardin, and process thinkers.”
“At the 2025 Haden Summer Dream and Spirituality Conference, we will explore the insights of Jung’s analytical psychology, modern science, and ancient mysticism. Dream work, contemplative practices, rituals, and creative embodiment will ground these insights into a personal and practical spirituality of love and connection to the whole of the Cosmos.”
June 7-8, 2025 - Aspen Wisdom is organizing a forum: The Aspen Initiative: Discovering the Wisdom We Need to Serve Our Future, to help us answer the question: How do we respond to the time we are living through?
September 2025 to June 2026 - The Center for Wild Spirituality is now making plans for their Seminary of the Wild Earth program (their foundational, year-long, eco-spirituality certificate) and their Vocational Eco-Spirituality certificate (specializing in Eco-Spiritual Direction or as a Wild Guide) . Click here to join the waitlist for their 2025 cohort.
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