Topic: 2025-2026 Awakening the Heart: Stories, Silence, and New Horizons

Awakening the Heart: Stories, Silence, and New Horizons is the annual programming theme for July 2025 – June 2026. See the monthly themes below.

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July 2025 Spiritual Listening: Hearing the Calls of Soul and World

In the stillness of summer, we open ourselves to the quiet wisdom within and the gentle voices of the world around us. This is a time to explore contemplative silence, sacred soundscapes, and the quiet truths that often go unheard.

August 2025 Roots & Wings: Connecting to Sources of Strength

We stand in the space between where we’ve come from and where we long to go. Honoring the roots that ground us and the wings that lift us, we reflect on how stability and freedom shape our journey.

September 2025 The Grace of Impermanence: Finding Beauty in Change

As the seasons turn, we are reminded that change is life’s constant rhythm. In letting go and welcoming what’s new, we discover beauty not in holding on, but in flowing gracefully with life’s impermanent nature.

October 2025 The Practice of Enough: Harvesting Our Blessings

In this season of abundance, we turn toward the quiet wisdom of enoughness–the deep knowing that we have enough, that we are enough. Amid the rush for more, we pause to celebrate simple gifts and cultivate gratitude, opening space for generosity and joy.

November 2025 Thresholds & Crossings

Life calls us again and again to the edge of what is known. This is a time to honor the courage it takes to step through life’s thresholds–into new beginnings, deeper commitments, and the unknown landscapes ahead.

December 2025 Pilgrimage of the Heart: Light Rising in the Darkness

In the quiet hush of long nights, we journey inward, seeking the light that flickers gently within. Even in the darkest times, we carry hope’s fragile flame, walking steadily toward dawn.

January 2026 Shared Wisdom, Sacred Stories

We gather around the hearth of human experience, sharing stories that reveal resilience, grace, and the wisdom that guides us forward. In every voice, we hear echoes of courage and connection.

February 2026 The Fabric of Belief & Experience

Beliefs take root not just in thought, but in the lives we live. This month invites reflection on how our values are woven into daily choices and how experience shapes what we hold most true.

March 2026 Cultivating Curiosity & Wonder

As spring stirs the earth awakens, we, too, are called to open wide to life’s mysteries. In curiosity and wonder, we rediscover joy, ask new questions, and rekindle awe for the ordinary and extraordinary alike.

April 2026 Sacred Earth & Spiritual Ecology

The earth’s rhythms invite us to remember our place in the great web of life. This season calls us to honor creation as sacred, nurturing a deeper relationship with the natural world and renewing our commitment to care for all beings.

May 2026 Sacred Threads: Weaving Belonging

Through shared stories, simple kindness, and acts of love, we weave the sacred threads of belonging. This is a time to celebrate community, strengthen connections, and welcome all into the circle.

June 2026 The Spark of Being: Honoring Our Inherent Worth

As the year’s circle closes, we return to the luminous truth that every life holds inherent dignity and beauty. We celebrate the sacred spark within ourselves and all beings, kindling the light of hope for the journey ahead.

The Spark of Being: Honoring Our Inherent Worth

June’s theme is The Spark of Being: Honoring Our Inherent Worth.

As the year’s circle closes, we return to the luminous truth that every life holds inherent dignity and beauty. We celebrate the sacred spark within ourselves and all beings, kindling the light of hope for … read more.

Sacred Threads: Weaving Belonging

May’s theme is Sacred Threads: Weaving Belonging.

Through shared stories, simple kindness, and acts of love, we weave the sacred threads of belonging. This is a time to celebrate community, strengthen connections, and welcome all into the circle.

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Sacred Earth & Spiritual Ecology

April’s theme is Sacred Earth & Spiritual Ecology.

The earth’s rhythms invite us to remember our place in the great web of life. This season calls us to honor creation as sacred, nurturing a deeper relationship with the natural world and renewing our commitment to care … read more.

Cultivating Curiosity & Wonder

March’s theme is Cultivating Curiosity & Wonder.

As spring stirs the earth awakens, we, too, are called to open wide to life’s mysteries. In curiosity and wonder, we rediscover joy, ask new questions, and rekindle awe for the ordinary and extraordinary alike.

The Share the Plate recipient … read more.

The Fabric of Belief & Experience

February’s theme is The Fabric of Belief & Experience.

Beliefs take root not just in thought, but in the lives we live. This month invites reflection on how our values are woven into daily choices and how experience shapes what we hold most true.

The Share the … read more.

Shared Wisdom, Sacred Stories

January’s theme is Shared Wisdom, Sacred Stories.

We gather around the hearth of human experience, sharing stories that reveal resilience, grace, and the wisdom that guides us forward. In every voice, we hear echoes of courage and connection.

The Share the Plate recipient for January, February, and … read more.

Thresholds & Crossings

November’s theme is Thresholds & Crossings.

Life calls us again and again to the edge of what is known. This is a time to honor the courage it takes to step through life’s thresholds–into new beginnings, deeper commitments, and the unknown landscapes ahead.

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