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SUMMARY:Fall Poets & Prophets Wisdom Circle
DESCRIPTION:Fall Poets & Prophets Wisdom Circle\nFirst and third Thursdays | 4:30–6:00 p.m.\nOctober 1\, 2026—January 21\, 2027\nThis fall’s Wisdom Circle will be guided by Mirabai Starr’s Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics. Drawing wisdom from women mystics across spiritual traditions\, Starr invites people of all genders to rediscover the sacred feminine—not as something passive or sentimental\, but as a vital joining of fierce courage and tender compassion. Together\, we will explore practices that turn us inward while opening us more fully to one another\, the Earth\, and the suffering of the world. Each gathering will offer space for reflection\, honest conversation\, and the cultivation of a mercy strong enough to become meaningful action. \nGathering Schedule\n\n\n\nDate\nReading\n\n\n\n\nOctober 1\nChapter 1: Turning Inward: Cultivating Contemplative Life\n\n\nOctober 15\nChapter 2: Laying Down Our Burden: Keeping the Sabbath Holy\n\n\nOctober 22\nChapter 3: Breaking Open: The Alchemy of Longing\n\n\nNovember 5\nChapter 4: Melting Down: Dissolving into the One\n\n\nNovember 19\nChapter 5: Connecting: Community and the Web of Interbeing\n\n\nDecember 3\nChapter 6: Embracing: Sexual Embodiment\n\n\nDecember 17\nChapter 7: Sheltering: Mothering as a Path of Awakening\n\n\nJanuary 7\nChapter 8: Cocreating: Caring for Our Mother the Earth\n\n\nJanuary 21\nChapter 9: Making a Joyful Noise: Creativity and the Arts\n\n\n\n  \nRegister at the link below.  \nRegister Here\n  \nFor more information\, please call or email Debbie Rundlett.  She can be reached at: \n\nMobile: 203.246.1024\nEmail: Deborah@Meetinghouse.life\n\nNote: This class is free\, but a donation of $25 is suggested. You may make a donation at the link below. \nDonate Here
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/fall-poets-prophets-wisdom-circle/2026-11-05/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Wisdom
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SUMMARY:XUR Tour Homecoming Show
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Meetinghouse to welcome home the Ridgefield-based band XUR from tour! Joined by Meetinghouse classics Radiodonta (emo/rock) and a new band joining the fray\, Freq Scene from New London\, CT! Doors at 6pm\, music starts at 7pm. $10 at the door. \n602 Ridgebury Road\, Ridgefield CT.
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/xur-tour-homecoming-show/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Music
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SUMMARY:Worship at the historic Meetinghouse
DESCRIPTION:Join us for worship in the historic Meetinghouse!\nSundays at 10:00 am\nRidgebury Congregational Church (RCC) is a place to come together and gather as a spiritual community. You might know us as the historic white church on the corner\, but we’ve always been so much more. We are a place to reconnect with soul\, that you might be restored and renewed. \n 
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/worship-at-the-historic-meetinghouse/2026-11-08/
LOCATION:The Historic Meetinghouse\, 605 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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SUMMARY:Processing the Waves of Grief: Senior Adult Support Group
DESCRIPTION:Processing the Waves of Grief  – A supportive\, no-cost group for 60+ adults\n\nLosing a spouse\, family member\, or friend is painful\, and grief often comes in waves. This group offers a compassionate space to sit with others navigating loss. There is no right way to grieve and no timeline for healing. Whether your loss is recent or long ago\, you are welcome.\n\nTogether\, we will remember loved ones\, share reflections\, and explore how grief lives with us now. The group is provided by Ridgefield Youth & Family Services as part of its growing commitment to offering services for adults over the age of 60. The group will be led by experienced facilitator Katie Guillory\, who creates a warm\, supportive environment for these meaningful conversations. \n\nThis group will meet Tuesday mornings from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Shield’s Hall in The Meetinghouse\, beginning Tuesday October 27 and continuing through the end of 2026. There will be 10 sessions in total:\n\n\nOctober 27\nNovember 3\nNovember 10\nNovember 17\nNovember 24\nDecember 1\nDecember 8\nDecember 15\nDecember 22\nDecember 29\n\nRYFS is delighted to partner with The Meetinghouse to foster connection and togetherness in our community.\n\nRegistration will remain open until the group reaches capacity.  You can register at the link below.\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/processing-the-waves-of-grief-senior-adult-support-group/2026-11-10/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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SUMMARY:Poets & Prophets - A Formational Journey
DESCRIPTION:The Meetinghouse | Shields Hall Gallery – 602 Ridgebury Road\, Ridgefield\, CT\nStarts October 9\, 2026—10:30am (for full schedule see Journey Itinerary) \nFacilitated by Deborah Rundlett and Anne Elmendorf\nRSVP Deborah@Meetinghouse.life\n  \nDo you feel it? \nAn inescapable sense that you can no longer simply carry on as before. A quiet insistence that the wisdom you’ve spent a lifetime gathering is meant for something more than the roles that have defined you\, even the roles that you have loved? \nThis feeling rarely arrives all at once. More often it gathers slowly: the shape of your days shifting\, the weight of leadership easing\, the question of what comes next after decades of building and proving—and beneath it\, a hunger to give back in ways that matter differently now. \nEvery life reaches a moment when the work that once organized everything is no longer enough to organize everything. When competence and career alone cannot carry the weight of what’s being asked next. When the hunger presses for another way of being. This is not a stepping away—it is a threshold. \nPoets & Prophets is for those beginning to look past the shape of their life as it has been to risk letting go in order to step into a deeper way of being\, belonging\, and becoming. \n  \nPoet and Prophet are not roles or personality types. They are capacities of the soul. \n\nThe Poet listens beneath the noise—reclaiming memory\, meaning\, and identity beneath decades of performance and productivity.\nThe Prophet discerns misalignment and speaks courageously on behalf of what wants to be born—calling us toward coherence\, justice\, and wholeness\, even now\, even here.\n\nHeld together\, they root your gathered experience in depth and whatever comes next in imagination and responsibility. \nAcross a fall season of formation\, this cohort will guide you through three inner postures for crossing well—humility\, wisdom\, and integrity—and open with a guided threshold practice: naming what feels unfinished\, what no longer needs carrying\, and what is quietly insistent as you consider how to give back. \nWelcome to the path of Poets & Prophets. The crossing has already begun. \nThe Meetinghouse | Shields Hall Gallery – 602 Ridgebury Road\, Ridgefield\, CT\nStarts October 9\, 2026—10:30am (for full schedule see Journey Itinerary) \nFacilitated by Deborah Rundlett and Anne Elmendorf\nRSVP Deborah@Meetinghouse.life
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/poets-prophets-a-formational-journey-4/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Wisdom
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SUMMARY:Worship at the historic Meetinghouse
DESCRIPTION:Join us for worship in the historic Meetinghouse!\nSundays at 10:00 am\nRidgebury Congregational Church (RCC) is a place to come together and gather as a spiritual community. You might know us as the historic white church on the corner\, but we’ve always been so much more. We are a place to reconnect with soul\, that you might be restored and renewed. \n 
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/worship-at-the-historic-meetinghouse/2026-11-15/
LOCATION:The Historic Meetinghouse\, 605 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261117T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261117T120000
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SUMMARY:Processing the Waves of Grief: Senior Adult Support Group
DESCRIPTION:Processing the Waves of Grief  – A supportive\, no-cost group for 60+ adults\n\nLosing a spouse\, family member\, or friend is painful\, and grief often comes in waves. This group offers a compassionate space to sit with others navigating loss. There is no right way to grieve and no timeline for healing. Whether your loss is recent or long ago\, you are welcome.\n\nTogether\, we will remember loved ones\, share reflections\, and explore how grief lives with us now. The group is provided by Ridgefield Youth & Family Services as part of its growing commitment to offering services for adults over the age of 60. The group will be led by experienced facilitator Katie Guillory\, who creates a warm\, supportive environment for these meaningful conversations. \n\nThis group will meet Tuesday mornings from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Shield’s Hall in The Meetinghouse\, beginning Tuesday October 27 and continuing through the end of 2026. There will be 10 sessions in total:\n\n\nOctober 27\nNovember 3\nNovember 10\nNovember 17\nNovember 24\nDecember 1\nDecember 8\nDecember 15\nDecember 22\nDecember 29\n\nRYFS is delighted to partner with The Meetinghouse to foster connection and togetherness in our community.\n\nRegistration will remain open until the group reaches capacity.  You can register at the link below.\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/processing-the-waves-of-grief-senior-adult-support-group/2026-11-17/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T190000
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CREATED:20260922T175824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260922T175954Z
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SUMMARY:Open Mic in Shield's Hall!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an open mic in Shield’s Hall. All experience levels are welcome. Sign up starts at 5pm\, performances begin at 5:30pm! \n602 Ridgebury Road\, Ridgefield CT.
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/open-mic-in-shields-hall-3/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T183000
DTSTAMP:20261015T171823Z
CREATED:20260914T182318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261015T171823Z
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SUMMARY:Fall Poets & Prophets Wisdom Circle
DESCRIPTION:Fall Poets & Prophets Wisdom Circle\nFirst and third Thursdays | 4:30–6:00 p.m.\nOctober 1\, 2026—January 21\, 2027\nThis fall’s Wisdom Circle will be guided by Mirabai Starr’s Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics. Drawing wisdom from women mystics across spiritual traditions\, Starr invites people of all genders to rediscover the sacred feminine—not as something passive or sentimental\, but as a vital joining of fierce courage and tender compassion. Together\, we will explore practices that turn us inward while opening us more fully to one another\, the Earth\, and the suffering of the world. Each gathering will offer space for reflection\, honest conversation\, and the cultivation of a mercy strong enough to become meaningful action. \nGathering Schedule\n\n\n\nDate\nReading\n\n\n\n\nOctober 1\nChapter 1: Turning Inward: Cultivating Contemplative Life\n\n\nOctober 15\nChapter 2: Laying Down Our Burden: Keeping the Sabbath Holy\n\n\nOctober 22\nChapter 3: Breaking Open: The Alchemy of Longing\n\n\nNovember 5\nChapter 4: Melting Down: Dissolving into the One\n\n\nNovember 19\nChapter 5: Connecting: Community and the Web of Interbeing\n\n\nDecember 3\nChapter 6: Embracing: Sexual Embodiment\n\n\nDecember 17\nChapter 7: Sheltering: Mothering as a Path of Awakening\n\n\nJanuary 7\nChapter 8: Cocreating: Caring for Our Mother the Earth\n\n\nJanuary 21\nChapter 9: Making a Joyful Noise: Creativity and the Arts\n\n\n\n  \nRegister at the link below.  \nRegister Here\n  \nFor more information\, please call or email Debbie Rundlett.  She can be reached at: \n\nMobile: 203.246.1024\nEmail: Deborah@Meetinghouse.life\n\nNote: This class is free\, but a donation of $25 is suggested. You may make a donation at the link below. \nDonate Here
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/fall-poets-prophets-wisdom-circle/2026-11-19/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Wisdom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T120000
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CREATED:20260918T154009Z
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SUMMARY:Poets & Prophets - A Formational Journey
DESCRIPTION:The Meetinghouse | Shields Hall Gallery – 602 Ridgebury Road\, Ridgefield\, CT\nStarts October 9\, 2026—10:30am (for full schedule see Journey Itinerary) \nFacilitated by Deborah Rundlett and Anne Elmendorf\nRSVP Deborah@Meetinghouse.life\n  \nDo you feel it? \nAn inescapable sense that you can no longer simply carry on as before. A quiet insistence that the wisdom you’ve spent a lifetime gathering is meant for something more than the roles that have defined you\, even the roles that you have loved? \nThis feeling rarely arrives all at once. More often it gathers slowly: the shape of your days shifting\, the weight of leadership easing\, the question of what comes next after decades of building and proving—and beneath it\, a hunger to give back in ways that matter differently now. \nEvery life reaches a moment when the work that once organized everything is no longer enough to organize everything. When competence and career alone cannot carry the weight of what’s being asked next. When the hunger presses for another way of being. This is not a stepping away—it is a threshold. \nPoets & Prophets is for those beginning to look past the shape of their life as it has been to risk letting go in order to step into a deeper way of being\, belonging\, and becoming. \n  \nPoet and Prophet are not roles or personality types. They are capacities of the soul. \n\nThe Poet listens beneath the noise—reclaiming memory\, meaning\, and identity beneath decades of performance and productivity.\nThe Prophet discerns misalignment and speaks courageously on behalf of what wants to be born—calling us toward coherence\, justice\, and wholeness\, even now\, even here.\n\nHeld together\, they root your gathered experience in depth and whatever comes next in imagination and responsibility. \nAcross a fall season of formation\, this cohort will guide you through three inner postures for crossing well—humility\, wisdom\, and integrity—and open with a guided threshold practice: naming what feels unfinished\, what no longer needs carrying\, and what is quietly insistent as you consider how to give back. \nWelcome to the path of Poets & Prophets. The crossing has already begun. \nThe Meetinghouse | Shields Hall Gallery – 602 Ridgebury Road\, Ridgefield\, CT\nStarts October 9\, 2026—10:30am (for full schedule see Journey Itinerary) \nFacilitated by Deborah Rundlett and Anne Elmendorf\nRSVP Deborah@Meetinghouse.life
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/poets-prophets-a-formational-journey-5/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Wisdom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261122T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261122T110000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T214246Z
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SUMMARY:Worship at the historic Meetinghouse
DESCRIPTION:Join us for worship in the historic Meetinghouse!\nSundays at 10:00 am\nRidgebury Congregational Church (RCC) is a place to come together and gather as a spiritual community. You might know us as the historic white church on the corner\, but we’ve always been so much more. We are a place to reconnect with soul\, that you might be restored and renewed. \n 
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/worship-at-the-historic-meetinghouse/2026-11-22/
LOCATION:The Historic Meetinghouse\, 605 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261124T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261124T120000
DTSTAMP:20261006T154806Z
CREATED:20261006T154806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T154806Z
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SUMMARY:Processing the Waves of Grief: Senior Adult Support Group
DESCRIPTION:Processing the Waves of Grief  – A supportive\, no-cost group for 60+ adults\n\nLosing a spouse\, family member\, or friend is painful\, and grief often comes in waves. This group offers a compassionate space to sit with others navigating loss. There is no right way to grieve and no timeline for healing. Whether your loss is recent or long ago\, you are welcome.\n\nTogether\, we will remember loved ones\, share reflections\, and explore how grief lives with us now. The group is provided by Ridgefield Youth & Family Services as part of its growing commitment to offering services for adults over the age of 60. The group will be led by experienced facilitator Katie Guillory\, who creates a warm\, supportive environment for these meaningful conversations. \n\nThis group will meet Tuesday mornings from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Shield’s Hall in The Meetinghouse\, beginning Tuesday October 27 and continuing through the end of 2026. There will be 10 sessions in total:\n\n\nOctober 27\nNovember 3\nNovember 10\nNovember 17\nNovember 24\nDecember 1\nDecember 8\nDecember 15\nDecember 22\nDecember 29\n\nRYFS is delighted to partner with The Meetinghouse to foster connection and togetherness in our community.\n\nRegistration will remain open until the group reaches capacity.  You can register at the link below.\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/processing-the-waves-of-grief-senior-adult-support-group/2026-11-24/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261129T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261129T110000
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SUMMARY:Worship at the historic Meetinghouse
DESCRIPTION:Join us for worship in the historic Meetinghouse!\nSundays at 10:00 am\nRidgebury Congregational Church (RCC) is a place to come together and gather as a spiritual community. You might know us as the historic white church on the corner\, but we’ve always been so much more. We are a place to reconnect with soul\, that you might be restored and renewed. \n 
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/worship-at-the-historic-meetinghouse/2026-11-29/
LOCATION:The Historic Meetinghouse\, 605 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261201T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261201T120000
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SUMMARY:Processing the Waves of Grief: Senior Adult Support Group
DESCRIPTION:Processing the Waves of Grief  – A supportive\, no-cost group for 60+ adults\n\nLosing a spouse\, family member\, or friend is painful\, and grief often comes in waves. This group offers a compassionate space to sit with others navigating loss. There is no right way to grieve and no timeline for healing. Whether your loss is recent or long ago\, you are welcome.\n\nTogether\, we will remember loved ones\, share reflections\, and explore how grief lives with us now. The group is provided by Ridgefield Youth & Family Services as part of its growing commitment to offering services for adults over the age of 60. The group will be led by experienced facilitator Katie Guillory\, who creates a warm\, supportive environment for these meaningful conversations. \n\nThis group will meet Tuesday mornings from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Shield’s Hall in The Meetinghouse\, beginning Tuesday October 27 and continuing through the end of 2026. There will be 10 sessions in total:\n\n\nOctober 27\nNovember 3\nNovember 10\nNovember 17\nNovember 24\nDecember 1\nDecember 8\nDecember 15\nDecember 22\nDecember 29\n\nRYFS is delighted to partner with The Meetinghouse to foster connection and togetherness in our community.\n\nRegistration will remain open until the group reaches capacity.  You can register at the link below.\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/processing-the-waves-of-grief-senior-adult-support-group/2026-12-01/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261203T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261203T183000
DTSTAMP:20261015T171823Z
CREATED:20260914T182318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261015T171823Z
UID:10012903-1796315400-1796322600@meetinghouse.life
SUMMARY:Fall Poets & Prophets Wisdom Circle
DESCRIPTION:Fall Poets & Prophets Wisdom Circle\nFirst and third Thursdays | 4:30–6:00 p.m.\nOctober 1\, 2026—January 21\, 2027\nThis fall’s Wisdom Circle will be guided by Mirabai Starr’s Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics. Drawing wisdom from women mystics across spiritual traditions\, Starr invites people of all genders to rediscover the sacred feminine—not as something passive or sentimental\, but as a vital joining of fierce courage and tender compassion. Together\, we will explore practices that turn us inward while opening us more fully to one another\, the Earth\, and the suffering of the world. Each gathering will offer space for reflection\, honest conversation\, and the cultivation of a mercy strong enough to become meaningful action. \nGathering Schedule\n\n\n\nDate\nReading\n\n\n\n\nOctober 1\nChapter 1: Turning Inward: Cultivating Contemplative Life\n\n\nOctober 15\nChapter 2: Laying Down Our Burden: Keeping the Sabbath Holy\n\n\nOctober 22\nChapter 3: Breaking Open: The Alchemy of Longing\n\n\nNovember 5\nChapter 4: Melting Down: Dissolving into the One\n\n\nNovember 19\nChapter 5: Connecting: Community and the Web of Interbeing\n\n\nDecember 3\nChapter 6: Embracing: Sexual Embodiment\n\n\nDecember 17\nChapter 7: Sheltering: Mothering as a Path of Awakening\n\n\nJanuary 7\nChapter 8: Cocreating: Caring for Our Mother the Earth\n\n\nJanuary 21\nChapter 9: Making a Joyful Noise: Creativity and the Arts\n\n\n\n  \nRegister at the link below.  \nRegister Here\n  \nFor more information\, please call or email Debbie Rundlett.  She can be reached at: \n\nMobile: 203.246.1024\nEmail: Deborah@Meetinghouse.life\n\nNote: This class is free\, but a donation of $25 is suggested. You may make a donation at the link below. \nDonate Here
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/fall-poets-prophets-wisdom-circle/2026-12-03/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Wisdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="meetinghouse.life":MAILTO:connect@meetinghouse.life
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261204T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261204T120000
DTSTAMP:20260918T154049Z
CREATED:20260918T154049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T154049Z
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SUMMARY:Poets & Prophets - A Formational Journey
DESCRIPTION:The Meetinghouse | Shields Hall Gallery – 602 Ridgebury Road\, Ridgefield\, CT\nStarts October 9\, 2026—10:30am (for full schedule see Journey Itinerary) \nFacilitated by Deborah Rundlett and Anne Elmendorf\nRSVP Deborah@Meetinghouse.life\n  \nDo you feel it? \nAn inescapable sense that you can no longer simply carry on as before. A quiet insistence that the wisdom you’ve spent a lifetime gathering is meant for something more than the roles that have defined you\, even the roles that you have loved? \nThis feeling rarely arrives all at once. More often it gathers slowly: the shape of your days shifting\, the weight of leadership easing\, the question of what comes next after decades of building and proving—and beneath it\, a hunger to give back in ways that matter differently now. \nEvery life reaches a moment when the work that once organized everything is no longer enough to organize everything. When competence and career alone cannot carry the weight of what’s being asked next. When the hunger presses for another way of being. This is not a stepping away—it is a threshold. \nPoets & Prophets is for those beginning to look past the shape of their life as it has been to risk letting go in order to step into a deeper way of being\, belonging\, and becoming. \n  \nPoet and Prophet are not roles or personality types. They are capacities of the soul. \n\nThe Poet listens beneath the noise—reclaiming memory\, meaning\, and identity beneath decades of performance and productivity.\nThe Prophet discerns misalignment and speaks courageously on behalf of what wants to be born—calling us toward coherence\, justice\, and wholeness\, even now\, even here.\n\nHeld together\, they root your gathered experience in depth and whatever comes next in imagination and responsibility. \nAcross a fall season of formation\, this cohort will guide you through three inner postures for crossing well—humility\, wisdom\, and integrity—and open with a guided threshold practice: naming what feels unfinished\, what no longer needs carrying\, and what is quietly insistent as you consider how to give back. \nWelcome to the path of Poets & Prophets. The crossing has already begun. \nThe Meetinghouse | Shields Hall Gallery – 602 Ridgebury Road\, Ridgefield\, CT\nStarts October 9\, 2026—10:30am (for full schedule see Journey Itinerary) \nFacilitated by Deborah Rundlett and Anne Elmendorf\nRSVP Deborah@Meetinghouse.life
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/poets-prophets-a-formational-journey-6/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Wisdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="meetinghouse.life":MAILTO:connect@meetinghouse.life
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261206T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261206T110000
DTSTAMP:20260114T214246Z
CREATED:20251023T155104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T214246Z
UID:10012402-1796551200-1796554800@meetinghouse.life
SUMMARY:Worship at the historic Meetinghouse
DESCRIPTION:Join us for worship in the historic Meetinghouse!\nSundays at 10:00 am\nRidgebury Congregational Church (RCC) is a place to come together and gather as a spiritual community. You might know us as the historic white church on the corner\, but we’ve always been so much more. We are a place to reconnect with soul\, that you might be restored and renewed. \n 
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/worship-at-the-historic-meetinghouse/2026-12-06/
LOCATION:The Historic Meetinghouse\, 605 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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ORGANIZER;CN="meetinghouse.life":MAILTO:connect@meetinghouse.life
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261208T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261208T120000
DTSTAMP:20261006T154806Z
CREATED:20261006T154806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T154806Z
UID:10012895-1796725800-1796731200@meetinghouse.life
SUMMARY:Processing the Waves of Grief: Senior Adult Support Group
DESCRIPTION:Processing the Waves of Grief  – A supportive\, no-cost group for 60+ adults\n\nLosing a spouse\, family member\, or friend is painful\, and grief often comes in waves. This group offers a compassionate space to sit with others navigating loss. There is no right way to grieve and no timeline for healing. Whether your loss is recent or long ago\, you are welcome.\n\nTogether\, we will remember loved ones\, share reflections\, and explore how grief lives with us now. The group is provided by Ridgefield Youth & Family Services as part of its growing commitment to offering services for adults over the age of 60. The group will be led by experienced facilitator Katie Guillory\, who creates a warm\, supportive environment for these meaningful conversations. \n\nThis group will meet Tuesday mornings from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Shield’s Hall in The Meetinghouse\, beginning Tuesday October 27 and continuing through the end of 2026. There will be 10 sessions in total:\n\n\nOctober 27\nNovember 3\nNovember 10\nNovember 17\nNovember 24\nDecember 1\nDecember 8\nDecember 15\nDecember 22\nDecember 29\n\nRYFS is delighted to partner with The Meetinghouse to foster connection and togetherness in our community.\n\nRegistration will remain open until the group reaches capacity.  You can register at the link below.\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/processing-the-waves-of-grief-senior-adult-support-group/2026-12-08/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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ORGANIZER;CN="meetinghouse.life":MAILTO:connect@meetinghouse.life
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261211T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261211T120000
DTSTAMP:20260918T154108Z
CREATED:20260918T154108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T154108Z
UID:10012875-1796985000-1796990400@meetinghouse.life
SUMMARY:Poets & Prophets - A Formational Journey
DESCRIPTION:The Meetinghouse | Shields Hall Gallery – 602 Ridgebury Road\, Ridgefield\, CT\nStarts October 9\, 2026—10:30am (for full schedule see Journey Itinerary) \nFacilitated by Deborah Rundlett and Anne Elmendorf\nRSVP Deborah@Meetinghouse.life\n  \nDo you feel it? \nAn inescapable sense that you can no longer simply carry on as before. A quiet insistence that the wisdom you’ve spent a lifetime gathering is meant for something more than the roles that have defined you\, even the roles that you have loved? \nThis feeling rarely arrives all at once. More often it gathers slowly: the shape of your days shifting\, the weight of leadership easing\, the question of what comes next after decades of building and proving—and beneath it\, a hunger to give back in ways that matter differently now. \nEvery life reaches a moment when the work that once organized everything is no longer enough to organize everything. When competence and career alone cannot carry the weight of what’s being asked next. When the hunger presses for another way of being. This is not a stepping away—it is a threshold. \nPoets & Prophets is for those beginning to look past the shape of their life as it has been to risk letting go in order to step into a deeper way of being\, belonging\, and becoming. \n  \nPoet and Prophet are not roles or personality types. They are capacities of the soul. \n\nThe Poet listens beneath the noise—reclaiming memory\, meaning\, and identity beneath decades of performance and productivity.\nThe Prophet discerns misalignment and speaks courageously on behalf of what wants to be born—calling us toward coherence\, justice\, and wholeness\, even now\, even here.\n\nHeld together\, they root your gathered experience in depth and whatever comes next in imagination and responsibility. \nAcross a fall season of formation\, this cohort will guide you through three inner postures for crossing well—humility\, wisdom\, and integrity—and open with a guided threshold practice: naming what feels unfinished\, what no longer needs carrying\, and what is quietly insistent as you consider how to give back. \nWelcome to the path of Poets & Prophets. The crossing has already begun. \nThe Meetinghouse | Shields Hall Gallery – 602 Ridgebury Road\, Ridgefield\, CT\nStarts October 9\, 2026—10:30am (for full schedule see Journey Itinerary) \nFacilitated by Deborah Rundlett and Anne Elmendorf\nRSVP Deborah@Meetinghouse.life
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/poets-prophets-a-formational-journey-7/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Wisdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="meetinghouse.life":MAILTO:connect@meetinghouse.life
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261213T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261213T110000
DTSTAMP:20260114T214246Z
CREATED:20251023T155104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T214246Z
UID:10012403-1797156000-1797159600@meetinghouse.life
SUMMARY:Worship at the historic Meetinghouse
DESCRIPTION:Join us for worship in the historic Meetinghouse!\nSundays at 10:00 am\nRidgebury Congregational Church (RCC) is a place to come together and gather as a spiritual community. You might know us as the historic white church on the corner\, but we’ve always been so much more. We are a place to reconnect with soul\, that you might be restored and renewed. \n 
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/worship-at-the-historic-meetinghouse/2026-12-13/
LOCATION:The Historic Meetinghouse\, 605 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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ORGANIZER;CN="meetinghouse.life":MAILTO:connect@meetinghouse.life
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261215T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261215T120000
DTSTAMP:20261006T154806Z
CREATED:20261006T154806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T154806Z
UID:10012896-1797330600-1797336000@meetinghouse.life
SUMMARY:Processing the Waves of Grief: Senior Adult Support Group
DESCRIPTION:Processing the Waves of Grief  – A supportive\, no-cost group for 60+ adults\n\nLosing a spouse\, family member\, or friend is painful\, and grief often comes in waves. This group offers a compassionate space to sit with others navigating loss. There is no right way to grieve and no timeline for healing. Whether your loss is recent or long ago\, you are welcome.\n\nTogether\, we will remember loved ones\, share reflections\, and explore how grief lives with us now. The group is provided by Ridgefield Youth & Family Services as part of its growing commitment to offering services for adults over the age of 60. The group will be led by experienced facilitator Katie Guillory\, who creates a warm\, supportive environment for these meaningful conversations. \n\nThis group will meet Tuesday mornings from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Shield’s Hall in The Meetinghouse\, beginning Tuesday October 27 and continuing through the end of 2026. There will be 10 sessions in total:\n\n\nOctober 27\nNovember 3\nNovember 10\nNovember 17\nNovember 24\nDecember 1\nDecember 8\nDecember 15\nDecember 22\nDecember 29\n\nRYFS is delighted to partner with The Meetinghouse to foster connection and togetherness in our community.\n\nRegistration will remain open until the group reaches capacity.  You can register at the link below.\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/processing-the-waves-of-grief-senior-adult-support-group/2026-12-15/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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ORGANIZER;CN="meetinghouse.life":MAILTO:connect@meetinghouse.life
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261216T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261216T190000
DTSTAMP:20260922T175925Z
CREATED:20260922T175925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260922T175925Z
UID:10012880-1797440400-1797447600@meetinghouse.life
SUMMARY:Open Mic in Shield's Hall!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an open mic in Shield’s Hall. All experience levels are welcome. Sign up starts at 5pm\, performances begin at 5:30pm! \n602 Ridgebury Road\, Ridgefield CT.
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/open-mic-in-shields-hall-4/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="meetinghouse.life":MAILTO:connect@meetinghouse.life
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261217T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261217T183000
DTSTAMP:20261015T171823Z
CREATED:20260914T182318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261015T171823Z
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SUMMARY:Fall Poets & Prophets Wisdom Circle
DESCRIPTION:Fall Poets & Prophets Wisdom Circle\nFirst and third Thursdays | 4:30–6:00 p.m.\nOctober 1\, 2026—January 21\, 2027\nThis fall’s Wisdom Circle will be guided by Mirabai Starr’s Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics. Drawing wisdom from women mystics across spiritual traditions\, Starr invites people of all genders to rediscover the sacred feminine—not as something passive or sentimental\, but as a vital joining of fierce courage and tender compassion. Together\, we will explore practices that turn us inward while opening us more fully to one another\, the Earth\, and the suffering of the world. Each gathering will offer space for reflection\, honest conversation\, and the cultivation of a mercy strong enough to become meaningful action. \nGathering Schedule\n\n\n\nDate\nReading\n\n\n\n\nOctober 1\nChapter 1: Turning Inward: Cultivating Contemplative Life\n\n\nOctober 15\nChapter 2: Laying Down Our Burden: Keeping the Sabbath Holy\n\n\nOctober 22\nChapter 3: Breaking Open: The Alchemy of Longing\n\n\nNovember 5\nChapter 4: Melting Down: Dissolving into the One\n\n\nNovember 19\nChapter 5: Connecting: Community and the Web of Interbeing\n\n\nDecember 3\nChapter 6: Embracing: Sexual Embodiment\n\n\nDecember 17\nChapter 7: Sheltering: Mothering as a Path of Awakening\n\n\nJanuary 7\nChapter 8: Cocreating: Caring for Our Mother the Earth\n\n\nJanuary 21\nChapter 9: Making a Joyful Noise: Creativity and the Arts\n\n\n\n  \nRegister at the link below.  \nRegister Here\n  \nFor more information\, please call or email Debbie Rundlett.  She can be reached at: \n\nMobile: 203.246.1024\nEmail: Deborah@Meetinghouse.life\n\nNote: This class is free\, but a donation of $25 is suggested. You may make a donation at the link below. \nDonate Here
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/fall-poets-prophets-wisdom-circle/2026-12-17/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Wisdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="meetinghouse.life":MAILTO:connect@meetinghouse.life
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261220T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261220T110000
DTSTAMP:20260114T214246Z
CREATED:20251023T155104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T214246Z
UID:10012404-1797760800-1797764400@meetinghouse.life
SUMMARY:Worship at the historic Meetinghouse
DESCRIPTION:Join us for worship in the historic Meetinghouse!\nSundays at 10:00 am\nRidgebury Congregational Church (RCC) is a place to come together and gather as a spiritual community. You might know us as the historic white church on the corner\, but we’ve always been so much more. We are a place to reconnect with soul\, that you might be restored and renewed. \n 
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/worship-at-the-historic-meetinghouse/2026-12-20/
LOCATION:The Historic Meetinghouse\, 605 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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ORGANIZER;CN="meetinghouse.life":MAILTO:connect@meetinghouse.life
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261222T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261222T120000
DTSTAMP:20261006T154806Z
CREATED:20261006T154806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T154806Z
UID:10012897-1797935400-1797940800@meetinghouse.life
SUMMARY:Processing the Waves of Grief: Senior Adult Support Group
DESCRIPTION:Processing the Waves of Grief  – A supportive\, no-cost group for 60+ adults\n\nLosing a spouse\, family member\, or friend is painful\, and grief often comes in waves. This group offers a compassionate space to sit with others navigating loss. There is no right way to grieve and no timeline for healing. Whether your loss is recent or long ago\, you are welcome.\n\nTogether\, we will remember loved ones\, share reflections\, and explore how grief lives with us now. The group is provided by Ridgefield Youth & Family Services as part of its growing commitment to offering services for adults over the age of 60. The group will be led by experienced facilitator Katie Guillory\, who creates a warm\, supportive environment for these meaningful conversations. \n\nThis group will meet Tuesday mornings from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Shield’s Hall in The Meetinghouse\, beginning Tuesday October 27 and continuing through the end of 2026. There will be 10 sessions in total:\n\n\nOctober 27\nNovember 3\nNovember 10\nNovember 17\nNovember 24\nDecember 1\nDecember 8\nDecember 15\nDecember 22\nDecember 29\n\nRYFS is delighted to partner with The Meetinghouse to foster connection and togetherness in our community.\n\nRegistration will remain open until the group reaches capacity.  You can register at the link below.\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/processing-the-waves-of-grief-senior-adult-support-group/2026-12-22/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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ORGANIZER;CN="meetinghouse.life":MAILTO:connect@meetinghouse.life
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261227T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261227T110000
DTSTAMP:20260114T214246Z
CREATED:20251023T155104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T214246Z
UID:10012405-1798365600-1798369200@meetinghouse.life
SUMMARY:Worship at the historic Meetinghouse
DESCRIPTION:Join us for worship in the historic Meetinghouse!\nSundays at 10:00 am\nRidgebury Congregational Church (RCC) is a place to come together and gather as a spiritual community. You might know us as the historic white church on the corner\, but we’ve always been so much more. We are a place to reconnect with soul\, that you might be restored and renewed. \n 
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/worship-at-the-historic-meetinghouse/2026-12-27/
LOCATION:The Historic Meetinghouse\, 605 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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ORGANIZER;CN="meetinghouse.life":MAILTO:connect@meetinghouse.life
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261229T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261229T120000
DTSTAMP:20261006T154806Z
CREATED:20261006T154806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T154806Z
UID:10012898-1798540200-1798545600@meetinghouse.life
SUMMARY:Processing the Waves of Grief: Senior Adult Support Group
DESCRIPTION:Processing the Waves of Grief  – A supportive\, no-cost group for 60+ adults\n\nLosing a spouse\, family member\, or friend is painful\, and grief often comes in waves. This group offers a compassionate space to sit with others navigating loss. There is no right way to grieve and no timeline for healing. Whether your loss is recent or long ago\, you are welcome.\n\nTogether\, we will remember loved ones\, share reflections\, and explore how grief lives with us now. The group is provided by Ridgefield Youth & Family Services as part of its growing commitment to offering services for adults over the age of 60. The group will be led by experienced facilitator Katie Guillory\, who creates a warm\, supportive environment for these meaningful conversations. \n\nThis group will meet Tuesday mornings from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Shield’s Hall in The Meetinghouse\, beginning Tuesday October 27 and continuing through the end of 2026. There will be 10 sessions in total:\n\n\nOctober 27\nNovember 3\nNovember 10\nNovember 17\nNovember 24\nDecember 1\nDecember 8\nDecember 15\nDecember 22\nDecember 29\n\nRYFS is delighted to partner with The Meetinghouse to foster connection and togetherness in our community.\n\nRegistration will remain open until the group reaches capacity.  You can register at the link below.\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/processing-the-waves-of-grief-senior-adult-support-group/2026-12-29/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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ORGANIZER;CN="meetinghouse.life":MAILTO:connect@meetinghouse.life
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270103T100000
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SUMMARY:Worship at the historic Meetinghouse
DESCRIPTION:Join us for worship in the historic Meetinghouse!\nSundays at 10:00 am\nRidgebury Congregational Church (RCC) is a place to come together and gather as a spiritual community. You might know us as the historic white church on the corner\, but we’ve always been so much more. We are a place to reconnect with soul\, that you might be restored and renewed. \n 
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/worship-at-the-historic-meetinghouse/2027-01-03/
LOCATION:The Historic Meetinghouse\, 605 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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SUMMARY:Fall Poets & Prophets Wisdom Circle
DESCRIPTION:Fall Poets & Prophets Wisdom Circle\nFirst and third Thursdays | 4:30–6:00 p.m.\nOctober 1\, 2026—January 21\, 2027\nThis fall’s Wisdom Circle will be guided by Mirabai Starr’s Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics. Drawing wisdom from women mystics across spiritual traditions\, Starr invites people of all genders to rediscover the sacred feminine—not as something passive or sentimental\, but as a vital joining of fierce courage and tender compassion. Together\, we will explore practices that turn us inward while opening us more fully to one another\, the Earth\, and the suffering of the world. Each gathering will offer space for reflection\, honest conversation\, and the cultivation of a mercy strong enough to become meaningful action. \nGathering Schedule\n\n\n\nDate\nReading\n\n\n\n\nOctober 1\nChapter 1: Turning Inward: Cultivating Contemplative Life\n\n\nOctober 15\nChapter 2: Laying Down Our Burden: Keeping the Sabbath Holy\n\n\nOctober 22\nChapter 3: Breaking Open: The Alchemy of Longing\n\n\nNovember 5\nChapter 4: Melting Down: Dissolving into the One\n\n\nNovember 19\nChapter 5: Connecting: Community and the Web of Interbeing\n\n\nDecember 3\nChapter 6: Embracing: Sexual Embodiment\n\n\nDecember 17\nChapter 7: Sheltering: Mothering as a Path of Awakening\n\n\nJanuary 7\nChapter 8: Cocreating: Caring for Our Mother the Earth\n\n\nJanuary 21\nChapter 9: Making a Joyful Noise: Creativity and the Arts\n\n\n\n  \nRegister at the link below.  \nRegister Here\n  \nFor more information\, please call or email Debbie Rundlett.  She can be reached at: \n\nMobile: 203.246.1024\nEmail: Deborah@Meetinghouse.life\n\nNote: This class is free\, but a donation of $25 is suggested. You may make a donation at the link below. \nDonate Here
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/fall-poets-prophets-wisdom-circle/2027-01-07/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Wisdom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270108T103000
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SUMMARY:Poets & Prophets - A Formational Journey
DESCRIPTION:The Meetinghouse | Shields Hall Gallery – 602 Ridgebury Road\, Ridgefield\, CT\nStarts October 9\, 2026—10:30am (for full schedule see Journey Itinerary) \nFacilitated by Deborah Rundlett and Anne Elmendorf\nRSVP Deborah@Meetinghouse.life\n  \nDo you feel it? \nAn inescapable sense that you can no longer simply carry on as before. A quiet insistence that the wisdom you’ve spent a lifetime gathering is meant for something more than the roles that have defined you\, even the roles that you have loved? \nThis feeling rarely arrives all at once. More often it gathers slowly: the shape of your days shifting\, the weight of leadership easing\, the question of what comes next after decades of building and proving—and beneath it\, a hunger to give back in ways that matter differently now. \nEvery life reaches a moment when the work that once organized everything is no longer enough to organize everything. When competence and career alone cannot carry the weight of what’s being asked next. When the hunger presses for another way of being. This is not a stepping away—it is a threshold. \nPoets & Prophets is for those beginning to look past the shape of their life as it has been to risk letting go in order to step into a deeper way of being\, belonging\, and becoming. \n  \nPoet and Prophet are not roles or personality types. They are capacities of the soul. \n\nThe Poet listens beneath the noise—reclaiming memory\, meaning\, and identity beneath decades of performance and productivity.\nThe Prophet discerns misalignment and speaks courageously on behalf of what wants to be born—calling us toward coherence\, justice\, and wholeness\, even now\, even here.\n\nHeld together\, they root your gathered experience in depth and whatever comes next in imagination and responsibility. \nAcross a fall season of formation\, this cohort will guide you through three inner postures for crossing well—humility\, wisdom\, and integrity—and open with a guided threshold practice: naming what feels unfinished\, what no longer needs carrying\, and what is quietly insistent as you consider how to give back. \nWelcome to the path of Poets & Prophets. The crossing has already begun. \nThe Meetinghouse | Shields Hall Gallery – 602 Ridgebury Road\, Ridgefield\, CT\nStarts October 9\, 2026—10:30am (for full schedule see Journey Itinerary) \nFacilitated by Deborah Rundlett and Anne Elmendorf\nRSVP Deborah@Meetinghouse.life
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/poets-prophets-a-formational-journey-8/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Wisdom
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