Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is Spiritual Direction?
A: Spiritual Direction is a graced way of serving another believer by helping notice where and how God is moving in one’s life. The focus of a direction session is on the directee’s experience of God and facilitation of communication with God. Trained spiritual directors have a background in ministry, communication skills, personality dynamics, and various resources in prayer, spirituality, and scripture. While some spiritual directors may be trained as pastoral or psychological counselors, problem solving or therapy is not the focus. Both director and directee agree to meet regularly to pay closer attention to God.
Q: What is Group Spiritual Direction?
A: In group spiritual direction small groups gather in a prayerful atmosphere on a monthly basis to talk about their personal spiritual journey and to assist one another in discovering God in their daily lives. The heart of group spiritual direction is prayerful sharing. This small spiritual community discerns together and offers consistent intercessory prayer for each other. Silence, prayerful listening, a commitment to regular spiritual practice, a willingness to share one's spiritual longings, and regular attendance at monthly meetings are key elements in the process. Sessions run from September through May and include a brief check-in time, opening prayer, an opportunity to share while others listen attentively, compassionate feedback, and closing prayer. Seekers from all faith traditions are welcome.
Q: What is Pastoral Counseling?
A: Pastoral Counseling is a ministry of counseling individuals, families, and couples. It can help with relational issues, psychological and spiritual struggles such as depression, anxiety, self-esteem issues, unhappiness in relationships, questions of mid-life meaning, and the healthy development of children. Pastoral Counseling is informed by modern psychology and theology, and includes educational events that deal with both the psychology and the theology of human relationships.
Q: What are Individual Guided Retreats?
A: Spiritual Director Carol Ludwig offers individualized, guided retreats for people seeking to enhance their spiritual journey. Duration is usually three days, but longer periods are available for those with sufficient time to savor this special graced period. If you are interested, please call the Center at 567-1233 for further information on timing and donations.
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Leslie Stokes walks Andrew Galuska through her exhibition at the Center Jan. 13 on his "Wednesdays at 1" live stream. Click here watch.
Xaque Gruber Remembers
His Dad in Moving Exhibition
At the Center March 5-29
The Garden of Seven Dwellings
XAQUE GRUBER
Where David Went: Reflections by a Son
Watercolors and Mixed Media
MARCH 5-29, 2021
Center for Spiritual Care
Viewing by Appointment Call 772-567-1233
CHECK the WQCS homepage to find Treasure Coast
Happenings as of March 4 and Xaque’s five-minute
chat with Mike Fitzgerald
JOIN Xaque for coffee with Willi Miller Sunday morning,
March 7, at 8 on WAXE at 1370 AM and 107.9 FM
SEE Xaque live on Videos at CCOVB Facebook
with Andrew Galuska, Wed., March 10 at 1 pm
SIT IN as he talks art and creativity on Zoom
with Ellen Fischer Tuesday, March 16 at 7 pm POSTPONED
CLICK HERE to see paintings from Xaque’s current
show--and to read our essay
Art at the Center
Barbara Rowles, Floral, oil, 8" x 8"
Season Begins with FOCA All-Star Group Show
The holiday season began with a special glow on December 2 as Vero’s Friends of Contemporary Art (FOCA) hosted a reception for 27 of its participating artists in its Viva FOCA! exhibition. The show features small-scale works by well-known professional artists, designed especially for Christmas giving. Viva FOCA! will be up through the end of the month. It is available for viewing by appointment. Call 772-567-1233 to set up your personal tour. FOCA is a particularly active group of area artists, collectors and patrons particularly interested in contemporary art. It is headed by Sharon Theobald of Appraisal Associates International.
More Great Art to Follow!
While December at the Center is filled with great art, there’s even more to come. January will bring us the exceptional drawings of Steve Bradbury, a remarkably sensitive chronicler of nature whose classical Asian influence is unmistakable. Bradbury is perhaps better known as an interpreter of contemporary Chinese poetry, having won the prestigious PEN Award for Poetry in Translation in 1921 of Taiwanese writer Amang for her book, Raised by Wolves: Poems and Conversations. The Laura Riding Jackson Foundation will have local poets study Bradbury's nature studies during the month to create poems about their meaning.
In February, Susan Hale brings her delightfully accessible abstracts to the Center. Jill Kerwick then returns for her second solo show in our space after an extremely busy schedule of
exhibitions at museums and galleries in the Northeast over the past two years. And finally, the husband-wife team of Sharon and Sean Sexton bring their highly individualistic paintings to our
walls in April. You won’t want to miss any of these shows or their artists. Meet them in person at our First Friday receptions from 5-7 p.m.
COVID-19 Resiliency Workshops
Scheduled for March
Indian River County residents continue to be ranked by public health experts as at "very high risk.” Vaccines are here but still tantalizingly out of reach for many of us. And what does it really mean for our safety even after we complete the full vaccine regimen? These questions and many others bedevil us even a full year after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic.
Continued funding from United Way and the CARES Act allows the Center for Spiritual Care host another Zoom series of COVID-19 Resiliency Workshops in March. If you are struggling with isolation, fear and stress caused by COVID anxieties, you may benefit from taking this free workshop. It is designed to help you clarify your thinking and face the future with hope and courage.