Exploring Group Spiritual Direction
Reflect on its benefits, essentials, and how it might fit your context
Join the Emmaus Society of Spiritual Directors (ESSD) for a half-day workshop led by Kathy Gust on Saturday, May 2, 2026 8:00-12:00pm PT // 11:00am-3:00pm ET
Group Spiritual Direction meets a deep need by helping people attend to God's presence and grow in spiritual awareness within a supportive community. In this workshop, participants will explore the core benefits and essentials of Group Spiritual Direction, consider different ways it can be offered, and discern how it might fit their calling and ministry context.
Whether you are new to the practice or wondering how it could take shape in your setting, this workshop will offer both clarity and space for reflection.
What you’ll explore
In this workshop, participants will:
Explore how Group Spiritual Direction supports spiritual growth and awareness of God’s presence
Identify what is essential to Group Spiritual Direction
Learn different models for offering Group Spiritual Direction
Discern its place within their own calling and context
Who this workshop is for
This workshop is for spiritual directors, pastors, ministry leaders, and anyone interested in creating spaces where people can listen for God together with greater depth, care, and discernment.
Event details
Event: Exploring Group Spiritual Direction
Hosted by: Emmaus Society of Spiritual Directors
Led by: Kathy Gust
Date: Saturday, May 2, 2026
Time: 8:00–12:00pm PT / 11:00am–3:00pm ET
Format: Half-day workshop
Why attend?
If you have sensed a growing hunger for deeper spiritual attentiveness in community, this workshop will help you consider how Group Spiritual Direction can become a meaningful and faithful expression of care, formation, and accompaniment in your context.
Register today
Come ready to reflect, learn, and discern how Group Spiritual Direction might take shape in the places where God has called you to serve.
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