Student-Led Interfaith Gathering
Interfaith Gatherings are part of ChIME students' learning journey, they are required to co-create and co-facilitate these gatherings. Some are online with Zoom and others are in person. Each gathering reflects the unique insights, interests, and skills they’ve developed through classes in Interfaith Celebration, Ritual, and Service, creating a rich and meaningful space for connection and reflection. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for detailed information.
An Evening of Conversation & Hope
An Evening of Authentic Dialogue and Hope
Join Palestinian peacebuilder Mohamad Jamous for a meaningful conversation about conflict, courage, reconciliation, and hope.
Raised in Jericho and shaped by firsthand experiences of conflict, Mohamad chose a path of peace. For more than 15 years, he has brought Palestinians and Israelis, Muslims, Jews, and Christians together through interfaith dialogue, youth leadership, and grassroots peacebuilding.
Come hear his inspiring story and explore what peacebuilding can look like in our world today.
Together we'll explore
• What it means to choose dialogue over division
• Building relationships across deep differences
• Why hope is still possible in one of the world's most difficult conflicts
• Investing in the next generation of peacebuilders
• What each of us can do to become builders of peace in our own communities
"Peace begins whenever people are willing to truly listen."
HOSTED BY: Unity Center for Spiritual Growth & Chaplaincy Institute of Maine
Admission – Pay what you feel inspired to give
The Perennial Philosophy and the Pathways to Self-Realization
The Promises, Possibilities, and Possible Pitfalls: Putting Self-Realization into Practice
What can the Perennial Philosophy offer today’s spiritual seekers? Dana and Phil will explore its experience-based approach to spirituality, focusing on human consciousness and the possibilities—and potential pitfalls—of awakening and self-realization. Participants will consider pathways of spiritual development, the importance of finding practices suited to the individual, and ways to cultivate meaningful spiritual experiences and integrate them into daily life. The day will include discussion, shared meditation, and practical guidelines for developing a personal spiritual practice.
Music by Todd Glacy ~ Sacred Sound & Living
Lunch Included – Sliding Scale: $100, $125, $150. Partial scholarships are available - reach out for more information to admin@chimeofmaine.org
Living Water: Honoring Our Grief in Community
In a world destabilized by violence, isolation, and humanitarian and ecological crises, nearly everyone we meet is carrying grief for the world. Being open to our own pain and the suffering in the world is beautiful and difficult work. It can take a toll, especially when we feel we are carrying it alone.
Living Water brings together hospice volunteers and staff, interfaith ministry students, community activists, therapists, first responders, faith leaders, and others who seek nourishment and resources to honor and alchemize grief, joy, and a wild love for the world.
Come, be nourished and held by the Earth and in community and, ultimately, leave better resourced to continue supporting your communities.
Day-long Retreat: $30, $60, $90, $0 (Lunch included)
With generous support provided by:
Student-Led Interfaith Gathering
Interfaith Gatherings are part of ChIME students' learning journey, they are required to co-create and co-facilitate these gatherings. Some are online with Zoom and others are in person. Each gathering reflects the unique insights, interests, and skills they’ve developed through classes in Interfaith Celebration, Ritual, and Service, creating a rich and meaningful space for connection and reflection. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for detailed information.
Student-Led Interfaith Gathering
Interfaith Gatherings are part of ChIME students' learning journey, they are required to co-create and co-facilitate these gatherings. Some are online with Zoom and others are in person. Each gathering reflects the unique insights, interests, and skills they’ve developed through classes in Interfaith Celebration, Ritual, and Service, creating a rich and meaningful space for connection and reflection. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for detailed information.
Student-Led Interfaith Gathering
Interfaith Gatherings are part of ChIME students' learning journey, they are required to co-create and co-facilitate these gatherings. Some are online with Zoom and others are in person. Each gathering reflects the unique insights, interests, and skills they’ve developed through classes in Interfaith Celebration, Ritual, and Service, creating a rich and meaningful space for connection and reflection. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for detailed information.
Student-Led Interfaith Gathering
Interfaith Gatherings are part of ChIME students' learning journey, they are required to co-create and co-facilitate these gatherings. Some are online with Zoom and others are in person. Each gathering reflects the unique insights, interests, and skills they’ve developed through classes in Interfaith Celebration, Ritual, and Service, creating a rich and meaningful space for connection and reflection. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for detailed information.
Student-Led Interfaith Gathering
Interfaith Gatherings are part of ChIME students' learning journey, they are required to co-create and co-facilitate these gatherings. Some are online with Zoom and others are in person. Each gathering reflects the unique insights, interests, and skills they’ve developed through classes in Interfaith Celebration, Ritual, and Service, creating a rich and meaningful space for connection and reflection. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for detailed information.
Student-Led Interfaith Gathering
Interfaith Gatherings are part of ChIME students' learning journey, they are required to co-create and co-facilitate these gatherings. Some are online with Zoom and others are in person. Each gathering reflects the unique insights, interests, and skills they’ve developed through classes in Interfaith Celebration, Ritual, and Service, creating a rich and meaningful space for connection and reflection. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for detailed information.
Student-Led Interfaith Gathering
Interfaith Gatherings are part of ChIME students' learning journey, they are required to co-create and co-facilitate these gatherings. Some are online with Zoom and others are in person. Each gathering reflects the unique insights, interests, and skills they’ve developed through classes in Interfaith Celebration, Ritual, and Service, creating a rich and meaningful space for connection and reflection. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for detailed information.
Student-Led Interfaith Gathering
Interfaith Gatherings are part of ChIME students' learning journey, they are required to co-create and co-facilitate these gatherings. Some are online with Zoom and others are in person. Each gathering reflects the unique insights, interests, and skills they’ve developed through classes in Interfaith Celebration, Ritual, and Service, creating a rich and meaningful space for connection and reflection. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for detailed information.
Student-Led Interfaith Gathering
Interfaith Gatherings are part of ChIME students' learning journey, they are required to co-create and co-facilitate these gatherings. Some are online with Zoom and others are in person. Each gathering reflects the unique insights, interests, and skills they’ve developed through classes in Interfaith Celebration, Ritual, and Service, creating a rich and meaningful space for connection and reflection. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for detailed information.
Open House
With Lindy Gifford (ChIME ‘15)
An opportunity to ask staff, students, an alumni any questions about the ChIME experience.
Registration Required
On Zoom
Authentic Activism: Changing the World by Being Yourself
A half-day Meditation Retreat with Buddhist Meditation Teacher Cara Lai
Registration Required
On Zoom
Grief Without Borders
“A Vigil for Peaceful Protest and Direct Action”
with Leslie Manning (ChIME ‘21)
Registration Required
On Zoom
Rituals for Healing
A full-day transformative workshop with Yvette McDonnell to help you nurture the tender parts of your life, spirit, and soul.
Open to the Public; Registration Required
On Zoom
The Doctrine of Discovery from an Indigenous Perspective
Dwayne Tomah is a language keeper, director, and curator of the Sipayik Museum and teacher of the Passamaquoddy language and culture.
Tending Wildness Within & Without
Aram lives with his wife and daughter in a house that is shaded by a great big oak tree. He has a coaching practice that supports people to slow down and get clear on what they want, then take playful and purposeful steps toward living out their vision for a thriving life. He writes and teaches regularly about spiritual formation. And he serves part-time as the pastor of Edgecomb Community Church in Maine.
Aram is also a wilderness guide, taking people to places where encounters with wildness and experiences of formation flow together. He guides in the backcountry, in forests and canyons, along coasts and rivers. And he guides people to the metaphorical confluence of wildness and formation in houses of worship, classrooms, board rooms, and living rooms.
Aram is a Registered Maine Guide and Wilderness First Responder. He has a Master of Arts degree in Religious Studies from Chicago Theological Seminary. And he is a student of ontological coaching with the Academy for Coaching Excellence.
Tending New Ground Open House
This August, we invite you to step into ChIME’s new home as we “open the circle” together. Each gathering offers a unique way to explore our missions and our new space: from the joyful creativity of our Art Walk and Silent Auction, to the quiet warmth of our open houses where we tend new ground and plant seeds of belonging.
Whether you are a long-time friend or new to ChIME, come celebrate this unfolding chapter with us, where art, spirit, and community meet in love.
Tending New Ground Open House
This August, we invite you to step into ChIME’s new home as we “open the circle” together. Each gathering offers a unique way to explore our missions and our new space: from the joyful creativity of our Art Walk and Silent Auction, to the quiet warmth of our open houses where we tend new ground and plant seeds of belonging.
Whether you are a long-time friend or new to ChIME, come celebrate this unfolding chapter with us, where art, spirit, and community meet in love.
Rooted in Art, Growing in Community
This August, we invite you to step into ChIME’s new home as we “open the circle” together. Each gathering offers a unique way to explore our missions and our new space: from the joyful creativity of our Art Walk and Silent Auction, to the quiet warmth of our open houses where we tend new ground and plant seeds of belonging.
Whether you are a long-time friend or new to ChIME, come celebrate this unfolding chapter with us, where art, spirit, and community meet in love.