Centering Prayer
Practical tools to help you gently re-center in God
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9:00am | Monday at 5:00pm CST
Sometimes, praying to God can become difficult and tedious.
Even if you grew up in church and were taught many prayers and ways to pray, your prayer life can become stale.
What if prayer was less talking TO God and more being WITH God?
Centering Prayer is a way to move from the many words of your mind to re-center yourself in God by means of your own heart, the center of your being.
“I come to Centering Prayer to intentionally give myself to God’s presence and work in my life. It is time I set aside to let go of my daily preoccupations, concerns, activities and be silent and still and listen and open to God speaking in whatever form that may take.”
Noel Denison
“The Centering Prayer time is like an oasis in my week. I hate to miss it and when I do, I feel a bit empty. You wouldn’t think that a time of silent prayer could fill a person up, but it does.”
Robert Westheimer
“For several decades, I have had a meditative practice of some kind, finding those practices have always come from meandering into the pursuit of finding a way to settle down from the inside out. The practice is a respite and gives my oh-so-human self a much-needed break.”
Carol Watson
Experience Centering Prayer with us.
Choose a centering prayer experience that works for you.
Groups
Join us at 9:00 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and 5:00pm on Mondays in our Zoom room. Message us below for the link and password. Our in-person session meets at The Anchor House on Wednesday mornings at 9:00 a.m.
Retreats
Once a month, we have a quiet Day for Prayer using guided readings from contemplatives from the Christian tradition. See Events for details.
Workshops
If you are new to Centering Prayer or need a refresher, come to our next Centering Prayer Workshop. For our next one, see our Upcoming Events.
Join us for our next Centering Prayer Session
Here are our upcoming sessions.
Get More Info About Joining Centering Prayer Opportunities
If you are interested in joining our Centering Prayer Groups or would like to learn more, please fill out the form below and we will be in touch with details.
What to Expect
At the end of the twenty minutes, the leader will chime the bowl again, and begin the Lord’s prayer, which everyone will be able pray in silence. Then the leader will pray the Welcoming Prayer (a copy of which is included in the chat along with the psalm that was offered during that session) allowing any of the participants to join in as they choose.