Soul Care Connect Network

Network for Clergy and Faith Community Leaders

Do you long for:

  • Time for Personal Reflection?
  • Opportunities to strengthen the anchoring of your Faith and the Faith life of those you serve?
  • A space set aside for Quiet, Contemplation, and Retreat?
  • Resources for contemplative, whole-person Christian spirituality?

Join our SoulCare Connect Network of Clergy and Faith Leaders, and you’ll get: 

  • A monthly 2-hour Sacred Pause mini-retreat, offered in person or via Zoom. On the first Friday of the month, we meet in person. The 3rd Friday of the month is via Zoom. You choose which option works for you. From 9:30 to noon, come away for a time of reflection, meditation, silence, and optional one-on-one companioning. We gather and connect over coffee from 9:30-10:00, then have a 2 hour Sacred Pause for individual renewal from 10-12.

  • A monthly coffee meeting with other care professionals. In this gathering, we’ll have an opportunity to do peer consultation for those difficult care challenges with parishioners, as well as to share favorite go-to books, podcasts, educational opportunities, webinars, and other resources. Richard Rohr, Paul Tillich, C.S. Lewis, Martin Buber, Carl Jung, and Erich Fromm are among Dr. Varley’s personal favorite theologians. We’ll also share community referral resources for supporting your pastoral care. Together we’ll explore the intersections among personal faith journeys, work with others, professional identity, and community.

  • Same day, 15 minute phone calls with Dr. Varley to answer any mental health questions or talk through those sticky mental health or pastoral care situations that arise.

  • Updates delivered right to you via email or text (you choose!) about the latest online and training resources. We promise not to flood your inbox with junk email! You will get notices about opportunities for education, events, and new publications focusing on Contemplative Christianity to our faith and psyche interface once or twice a month.