Lenten 2024 Introduction to Centering Prayer

Please join the Turner Monumental AME Church family for their Lent 2024

Our workshop will be on Saturday February 10, 2024, 8:45 - 2:00pm.

During Lent 2024, the community is invited to join us on Saturday mornings for a weekly centering prayer gathering from 9:15-10:30am on February 17, 24; March 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2024.

Turner Monumental AME Church is located at 66 Howard Street NE, Atlanta in Kirkwood. Attendees may enter the church via the Saunders Street entrance in the rear of the church and use the lower parking lot, or they can park in the upper parking lot on Howard Street and enter through the chapel. There will be signs.

Do you seek the still small voice of God? Do you seek a more intimate relationship with God? Come and find a way to deepen your relationship with God.

Centering Prayer is a method of consenting to God's presence and action within. It prepares us to receive God’s gift of contemplative prayer, which is an opening of our hearts and minds to God beyond thoughts, words, and emotions. This prayer practice, rooted in the Christian contemplative heritage, helps us embrace the process of transformation in Christ.

The Centering Prayer Introductory Program is designed to share the method of Centering Prayer and offer support in making it a part of daily life.  The workshop includes themes of Prayer as Relationship, The Method of Centering Prayer, Thoughts and Use of the Sacred Word, and Deepening Our Relationship with God, along with time in Centering Prayer and the opportunity to submit questions. Our presenter is the Reverend Paula Whatley Matabane, minister of Congregational Care at Turner Monumental and a certified spiritual director.

Everyone is welcome whether you're completely new to centering prayer or are an experienced practitioner. Please join us in this spirit-filled in-person experience.

Scholarships are available. Please contact Joanna Brunson for further details.