Clergy Coaching Circles

A 6-week small group coaching circle designed specifically for religious leaders to come together for rejuvenation and reflection.

We have designed an experiential and discussion-based program that will help you access your inner wisdom, recharge your batteries and connect with others on a similar journey.

In a weekly Zoom call format, this community will give you a place to explore solitude and connection, balance and vulnerability as means for deepening in relationship to Self and to Source.

They will be like trees planted by the streams, whose roots reach down to the water. They won't fear drought when it comes; their leaves will remain green. They won't be stressed in the time of drought or fail to bear fruit. (Jeremiah 17:8)

This group may be for you if:

you feel isolated at times in your role as a spiritual leader
you feel pulled in many directions or struggle with being all things to all people
you find it difficult to create space for your own spiritual practices and relationship with God
you feel worn out more often than inspired
you want to connect with other clergy and build community

What this group can offer you:

a space for reflection, sharing and support from other clergy
reconnection to your calling or sense of purpose
deepened understanding of this particular season of your ministry
a space to step out of your role and embrace your humanity
inspiration for your journey

Come refill your cup and be inspired!

Schedule

Fall groups being scheduled now...stay tuned!

Facilitators

Rev. Sean Dunker-Bendigo

I am a father, preacher, teacher, pastor, transformation coach, and full time wonderer. My favorite responses I get in coaching and pastoring are: huh, I never thought about that before, that's a good question, a light bulb just lit up in my brain, eureka, wow, and amen. I believe the questions we carry around with us frame our reality and response to our world. Seeking small questions lead to small answers and asking big open questions lead to life changing answers. I love poetry, hope, and crescendos.

I am trained as a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach®, have served as a campus minister, camp director, and for the past 23 years been the full time pastor of a rural church. I served 17 years as a firefighter seven of which I was the Fire Chief. I am ordained in the American Baptist Churches USA and received my Masters in Divinity degree from Andover Newton Theological School and have a BS in developmental psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Jessica Curtis

I am a life coach, writer and spiritual seeker who finds God in nature, in deep conversations, in holy places and in the night sky. A practicing Unitarian Universalist, I believe in making peace in the world by making peace with ourselves. My work is rooted in the idea that each of us is born to live a meaningful life.

Trained as a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach® (CPCC) by the Coaches Training Institute, I also have a M.Ed. in Counseling and worked in violence prevention and counseling before becoming a coach.

I live in Western Massachusetts with my husband and three kids. I relish time that I can spend out in nature. Whether it's working in the garden, hiking in the Berkshire hills or spending the day at the ocean, I find myself coming back to center, able to reconnect with myself, to my sense of place in the world and the deeper universal connection of all things. Read more about my story and how coaching saved me from a disengaged and unexceptional life.