Clergy Spirit Care
Clergy Spirit Care
A Day Apart For Clergy
PROVIDED BY CLERGY SPIRIT CARE
A Day Apart is a day for contemplative prayer and practices designed especially for clergy. Clergy of all denominations are invited to
attend this time of silence and listening for God’s Spirit.
DATES, TIMES AND
LOCATIONS:
February 16, 2015:
Christ Episcopal Church
1101 Franklin Rd SW
Roanoke, VA 24016
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
March 24, 2015:
Welborne United Methodist
920 Maybeury Drive
Richmond, VA 23229
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
April 27, 2015:
Massanutten Presbyterian
50 Indian Trail
Penn Laird, VA 22846
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Please dress comfortably, and bring a journal and bag lunch.
There is no fee to attend A Day Apart for Clergy. A free will
offering will be taken.
CSC A Day Apart
Facilitators: David Canada Joy Crawford
Denise Guinta
Bill Klein Dawn Peck The Kingdom of God is
within you. - Luke 17:21
A Day Apart for Clergy Facilitators include:
Dawn Peck
David Canada
David is a retired ordained
Elder in the United
Methodist Church. He
served as a pastor in the
Virginia Conference for 13
years and was an Active
Duty Army Chaplain for
over 20. He is an Associate
with the Shalem Institute
for Spiritual Formation and
holds a Certificate from
their Spiritual Guidance
Program. He has extensive
experience as a spiritual
director and contemplative
retreat leader. David has a
DMin in Spiritual Formation
and Biblical Studies from
Wesley. He is the author of
Spiritual Leadership in the
Small Membership Church,
Abingdon Press, 2005. He
is the Founder of Kindred
Project and Co-leader of
the Clergy Spirit Care
Program.
Denise Guinta
Joy Crawford
Joy is Director of the
Spiritual Life Center of
Virginia, LLC. She also
serves as Director of Youth
and Adult Formation at
Welborne UMC. She is an
Associate with the Shalem
Institute for Spiritual
Formation and holds a
Certificate from their
Spiritual Guidance
Program. Joy has
extensive experience as a
spiritual director and
retreat leader in areas
including contemplative
prayer, leadership, group
spiritual direction,
community discernment,
and spiritual practices. Joy
is Co-leader of the Clergy
Spirit Care Program and a
Facilitator of Kindred
Project. She has M.A.C.E.
and Th.M. degrees from
Union-PSCE.
Denise Guinta is an
Episcopal priest. She
specializes in Interim
Ministry and
Congregational Consulting.
She holds certification’s
from The Center for
Congregational Health,
Interim Ministry Network
and The Clergy Leader
Institute. She is a graduate
of Shalem Institute’s
Contemplative Clergy
Spiritual Life and
Leadership program and
her interests are Group/
Clergy Spiritual Direction
and leading contemplative
retreats. She has
extensive experience in
team building and creating
collaborative models of
leadership among clergy
and congregations. She is
currently Interim Rector of
Christ Episcopal Church,
Roanoke.
Bill Klein
Bill Klein is a Presbyterian
Church (USA) pastor, who
is in his 20th year serving
the Lexington Presbyterian
Church in Lexington, VA.
He and his wife, Deb,
provide weekly Lectio
Divina for the church and
community. He also
provides a monthly service
of prayer for wholeness
and healing. Bill is an
associate member of the
Iona Community. Dawn is certified through
the Shalem Institute for
Spiritual Formation in
Leading Contemplative
Prayer Groups and
Retreats. She leads
retreats focused on
contemplative living,
parenting, and discernment
in community. She has led
retreats for various church
congregations, including
United Methodist,
Presbyterian, and
Episcopal. Dawn is Adjunct
Faculty with the Shalem
Institute (co-leading
Personal Spiritual
Deepening Program and
Group Spiritual Direction
Workshops). She is Coleader of the Clergy Spirit
Care Program and a
Facilitator of Kindred
Project. She is affiliated
with the United Methodist
Church.