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Retreat Service Team
If you are feeling a tug to serve retreats, contact Benneth (button below) to help discern your call.
Yours in service,
The retreat service team:
Doug Eaton
Benneth Husted
Ava Haney Martin
Carole Cook
Ellen King
Mary Conley
Matthew Pearl
Roger Scullion
Picture: L to R: Carole, Mary, Tom, Ava, Ellen, Doug, Marta, Roger
Not pictured: Matthew and Benneth

No Frills Second Sits
Mondays through Fridays
(sometimes we need help with that second sit)
Mondays through Fridays
4:30-5:00 pm (Pacific)
No chit-chat, no extras.
All are welcome.
Drop in any time
Contact councilcoordinating@gmail.com for login information.
Photo by photo: Chewy on Unsplash

Forever Zoom
Need a little support for your morning sit?
Forever Zoom is a no-frills online group
No chit-chat, no extras. All are welcome. Drop in any time.
Mondays through Fridays
7:00 – 7:30am
Contact councilcoordinating@gmail.com for login information.
Photo by Jackie Jabson on Pexels
Centering Prayer for 12 Steps 2025 Spring Spirituality Series- Part One
Many members of 12 Step recovery programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, NA, ACA, OA, SAA and others have found Centering Prayer to be transformative in their recovery work generally, and specifically as it pertains to emotional sobriety and practicing a daily 11th Step.
Labyrinth, Simple Supper, Taize (In-Person)
Join others on the first Friday of the month for all or part of an evening of contemplative prayer and fellowship.
Franciscan Spiritual Center
3159 Furman Drive, Marylhurst, OR 97036
5 pm labyrinth
6 pm supper
7 pm Taize
This is a free event, but please RSVP so we may prepare space.
To the Contemplative Outreach Community
The donate button below will take you to our PayPal donation page.
Small amounts are most welcome.
COOP is a volunteer association without 501c3 non-profit status. Donations are not tax-deductible.
Word of the Week
Be Compassionate and Loving. It’s Who You Are!
To you who are listening I say:
Love your enemies,
do good to those who hate you,
bless those who curse you,
pray for those who mistreat you.
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
Your reward will be great,
and you will reflect God’s love to all,
because God is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
Be compassionate and loving,
just as God is compassionate and Loving.
– Luke 6:27-28, 31, 35-36
scripture and artwork from COLtd Word of the Week, 2/23/25
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