We are thrilled to announce significant changes in our leadership team, effective February 1, 2024, marking a new chapter in our community’s growth.
Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert: Embracing the Role of Spiritual Curriculum Director
We warmly congratulate Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert as she steps into the role of Spiritual Curriculum Director and out of the role of President-Minister. Jacquelyn will be continuing the insightful curriculum development of Rev. Regina Dawn Akers.
In her new role, Jacquelyn will focus on:
- Workshop and Retreat Development: Crafting enriching programs tailored for individuals at different stages of their spiritual paths, incorporating a variety of practices and teachings. She will create supplementary materials to deepen participants’ understanding and practice of workshop themes.
- Curriculum Management for Minister Preparation Program (MPP): Jacquelyn will maintain, update, and innovate the MPP curriculum, ensuring our offerings remain deeply impactful.
- Program Facilitation: She will continue to lead workshops and retreats guiding participants through retreats and curriculums of self-discovery and introspection.
- Community Building: She will continue to strengthen our community bonds, fostering open communication and mutual support among participants.
- Collaborative Ventures: Expect collaborations with diverse speakers, teachers, and practitioners, bringing fresh perspectives to our programs. Jacquelyn will also work closely with the Founding Minister and other experts on various publishing projects.
Rev. Rhoda Makled: Stepping into the Role of President-Minister
We are equally excited to announce Rev. Rhoda Makled as the new President-Minister of Awakening Together. Rhoda’s dedication and leadership promise to continue to uphold the mission, purpose and core values of our community. As the President-Minister Rhoda will be responsible for shepherding the financial resources of the organization as well as overseeing the day-to-day operations of all of Awakening Together in accordance with the constitution, by-laws, policies and procedures.
Please join us in congratulating Jacquelyn and Rhoda on their new roles. If you’d like more information about either of these roles you can find the job descriptions here.
Join Rev. Marisol as she dives deeper into self-acceptance. She shares her journey toward compassion and love within the human condition. This is an ongoing practice of forgiveness, love, and trust as we all welcome the Light within together.
Rev. Michele Hojnacki guides a group of committed students through year 1 of Gentle Healing who want to make consistent, gentle progress toward genuine peace, joy, and love. This group meets weekly on Mondays at 5-7 pm ET/3-5 pm MT and all members are committed to specific assignments and practices between group meetings.
During our time together, we will explore what it takes to live from an open, undefended heart. Naturally, any true exploration of living from the heart necessarily entails taking a deep and sustained look at what prevents us from keeping our hearts open. Grounded in the knowledge that the essence of us, our true nature, is the very lovingness within us all, we will explore how to recognize and release egoic energies by cultivating open-hearted awareness practices which support us in directly experiencing our true Self. By leaning into willingness, steeped in self-honesty, and with a consistent dash of courage, we endeavor to open to whatever life brings, as it brings it, that is, on life’s terms. In so doing, we trust that everything – absolutely everything – is here for us to use for healing, for purification, and for learning to live from the heart. We look forward to supporting each other in our individual explorations of how we truly embrace the entirety of this show we call life.
Inspired Clarity Retreat
We have a new timeslot available for a volunteer who would like to share and teach in the Sanctuary. It would be on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month from 5:30-6:00 pm ET.
This deep dive following a recent sharing in the sanctuary of mind dumps from Rev. Rhoda Makled followed by one from Rev. Anne Blanchard. These recordings can be found here:
