Maker’s Guild Resources

Retreats

1. ‘Examine’ the Ignatian Prayer Retreat

2. Discernment Retreats with Friends or Colleagues

3. A Journey into Celtic Christianity

4. Pilgrimage in Everyday Life

5. Travel Retreats:

– Historical Pilgrimages: Camino de Santiago (Spain), Ireland, Italy, etc.

– Modern-day Pilgrimages: Pacific Crest Trail & Appalachian Trail (US)

Workshops

1. Sabbath of the Moment, Day, Week, Year, & Season

2. Christian Missional Communities: An entry point for everyone

3. Casting Hope within the Humanitarian/Development Aid World

4. Celebrating Pork: Bacon, Ham, & Sausages

5. Craft Beer: Home Brew Basics

6. Introduction to Soap Making

Prayer Guides

Maker’s Guild Prayer Practice

Virtual Marketplace

Coming soon

Other Helpful Resources

“Starter Library” for Contemplative Activists

Adapted from Gravity (https://gravitycenter.com/)

The must-reads on contemplative spirituality for people with active lives

Links & Resources

Networks, Intentional Communities, & Centers

Nurturing Communities Network – www.nurturingcommunities.org
theRIVER Communities – http://www.therivercommunities.com/
Church of the Sojourners, San Francisco, CA – www.churchofthesojourners.org
Springwater Community, Portland, OR – www.springwatercommunity.org
Rosewood Manor, Edmonds, WA – www.belovedschurch.org/rosewood-community
Reba Place Fellowship, Evanston, IL – www.rebaplacefellowship.org
Iona Community – www.iona.org.uk (A dispersed community that makes a commitment to the Iona Community principles and practices; connected to the historic island of Iona, Scotland.)
L’Abri Fellowship www.labri.org
Gravity | a Center for Contemplative Activism. Chris & Phileena Heuertz: https://gravitycenter.com/, The vision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw-ZY39F_0Q, https://www.facebook.com/thegravitycenter/?pnref=lhc, YouTube Chanel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMvB6CFl4tEpbHCTCft8Hqw
Red Letter Christians http://www.redletterchristians.org/
Soulstream http://soulstream.org/about-soulstream/
Soul Formation http://soulformation.org/
Refresh International offers debriefing for missionaries, aid workers, people in ministry and other cross-cultural workers. https://refreshinternational.org/
Mindful Counseling GR http://www.mindfulcounselinggr.com/
Renovaré Book Club http://new.renovare.org/bookclub/?utm_content=buffer15d57&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
http://www.linkcare.org/
Le Rucher Ministries: Member Care, Ethnic Reconciliation and Community Development. https://lerucher.org Le Rucher Ministries is affiliated with the Association of Christian Counsellors, UK (ACC
http://www.cfsaw.org/retreat-work-as-a-spiritual-journey/
THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE We are an independent ecumenical platform that produces and publishes multimedia to stir imagination, spark discussion and move people toward discovery and transformation. Seeing and living in God’s alternative narrative of abundance and freedom often requires a holy disruption that gets us to an altered perspective http://www.theworkofthepeople.com/about
A Rocha http://www.arocha.org/en/ Canada https://arocha.ca/portfolio-items/leah-kostamo/
Yoga Chapel http://www.yogachapel.com/online-classes
David Benner: http://www.drdavidgbenner.ca/
James Fowler. Stages of faith http://www.psychologycharts.com/james-fowler-stages-of-faith.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Fowler

Other Organizations/Individuals Offering Debriefing or Counseling:

Adapted from Le Rucher Ministries (https://lerucher.org/Content/Member%20Care/Other_orgs.html)

Austria & Croatia (and even Grand Junction, Colorado)

Barnabas Zentrum (Center) is especially designed to strengthen the lives of Christian workers who are serving in Eastern and Western Europe, Central and South America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. They serve as an interdenominational personal and marital counseling retreat center for pastors, missionaries and others in church and parachurch staff positions. Retreats are held in the beautiful towns of Millstatt, Austria; Samabor, Croatia; and Grand Junction, Colorado. For more information and schedule of retreats, see their website: www.barnabaszentrum.com.

France

Entrepierres located in France: www.pierresvivantes.org Provides counselling, debriefing and a place to rest. (French-speaking)
One Another Ministry located in France: www.oneanother.com Provides counselling and debriefing for teams or individuals. (French or English Speaking)

Germany

Jochen and Christine Schuppener located in Kaufering, Germany, provide counselling and debriefing services: www.brueckenbauen.com orjs@brueckenbauen.com

Hungary

Budapest Care Center: www.budapestcare.com Provides short-term intensive counselling for Christian workers living in Europe, Russia and Central Asia. (English and Hungarian). Their website also has a list of treatment centers and resources in North America that provide counseling.

Kenya

Tumaini Counselling Centre located in Nairobi, Kenya, is the on-field counselling ministries of AIM & SIL. However, the centre serves missionaries from over 160 like-minded agencies throughout Africa. Tumaini is a Swahili word meaning “hope”. Their mission is to provide preventative and restorative mental health services and pastoral care in order to enhance missionary resilience and fruitfulness. For a full range of their services, check out their website: www.tumainicounselling.net

Netherlands

Arie and Nieke Baak (European Member Care) provide debriefing:baakarie@omf.net
InTransit has extensive experience working with missionaries and provides debriefing in The Netherlands (Amersfoort and Groningen): www.intransit.nlor info@intransit.nl

New Zealand

Piringa is a residential debriefing ministry set up in Rotorua. It specifically caters for Christian cross-cultural workers and people involved in New Zealand-based ministry situations (churches/Christian-based NGO’s, etc.). It offers a 5-day personal debrief: www.piringa.org.nz

Norway

Bjoern & Solveig Lande provide debriefing: solveig.lande@start.no orbjoernlande@start.no

Switzerland

Ernst & Jacqueline Gassmann of OM provide counselling/debriefing to missionaries: ernst.gassmann@ch.om.org (Swiss or High German and English speaking)

Thailand

Cornerstone Counseling Foundation (CCF) located in Chiang Mai, Thailand, primarily serves Christian workers throughout Asia. They provide confidential and professional counseling, assessment, and consultation from a Christian perspective for individuals, marriages, families, teams and organizations. They also provide crisis and trauma assessment, psychiatric evaluations and treatment, training and seminars. Services are offered in English, Spanish and Thai. More information about Cornerstone and their services is available at www.ccfthailand.org.

Turkey

Olive Tree Counseling Center located in Antalya, Turkey, is an independent professional Christian counseling center that provides mental health counseling, crisis response, preventative workshops, and consultation to expatriate workers and organizations through the region of Eurasia, the Middle East and North Africa: www.olivetreecounseling.org
Spa for the Soul located in Kas, Turkey, is a space for individuals, couples, or small groups who are seeking quiet, contemplative, spiritual retreat to come slow down and experience refreshment for their soul in an inspiring location in coastal Turkey. Spiritual direction, art/craft, gardening, hiking, etc. is available: www.facebook.com/Spa-for-the-Soul-1480411492269215/

UK

Wayne Platt is located in Wales, UK, offering debriefing and counselling to missionaries: His email address: wayne.platt@iteams.org (English speaking)
Healthlink 360 (Edinburgh International Health Centre) is located in Edinburgh, offering medical and psychological care for missionaries, including debriefing, critical incident debriefing (both in Edinburgh and on the field) and post-trauma support. (English speaking)
Interhealth is located in the London area, offering counselling, routine and critical incident debriefing, and other medical services.
Redcliffe College & OSCAR (based in Gloucester) offer a tailor-made re-entry and debriefing service. Professional counseling for individuals and couples is also available, as well as guided retreats.

West Africa

Mobile Member Care Teams (West Africa) are located in Accra, Ghana, offering counselling (Accra) and crisis response (across West Africa). (English or French speaking).