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SUMMARY:Everything Under the Sun: Cyanotype and Lumen Prints by Fruma Markowitz
DESCRIPTION:On display in The Meetinghouse Gallery \nEverything Under the Sun: Cyanotype and Lumen Prints by Fruma Markowitz\nOctober 18 – November 22\, 2026\n  \nOpening Reception:\nSunday\, October 18\, 2026 from 2-4 pm in the downstairs gallery.\nThe Gallery is open Tuesdays – Sundays 8:00 am – 4:00 pm for viewing. (Closed Mondays). \n  \nArtist’s Statement\nEverything Under The Sun is my first solo show at The Meetinghouse. I’m showing a collection of cyanotype and lumen prints\, most of which were created during my 2022 Artist Residency at the Weir Farm National Park\, in Wilton\, CT.  While there\, I created a visual diary by making one lumen print per day\, and a collection of cyanotype prints using the many native wildflowers and invasive plants growing at the farm. I also photographed John Weir’s barn studio and home\, with the intention of one day creating a hand-made artist book\, combining his work and mine as two artists having a relationship engaged with an identical landscape\, albeit separated by both process and time. Everything Under The Sun is the commencement of this work. It is the ecological foundation upon which more complex images will follow. \n\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				#20\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				#16\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				#10\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				#2\n				\n		\n \nWhat are you looking at? \nCyanotype is a non-toxic photographic process that uses a mixture of two iron salts\, potassium ferricyanide and ferric ammonium citrate\, to create an emulsion that is sensitive to UV light. The prints are made by laying objects\, in this case botanical cuttings\, on paper painted with the cyanotype solution\, covered with a sheet of glass\, and placed in the sun for about 10-15 minutes. They are then washed in water\, dried\, and the results are what you see here. \nLumen prints are made in a similar fashion\, but rather than mixing any chemicals\, the artist uses old-fashioned analog black and white darkroom paper as the substrate. Botanicals are laid on the paper and held in place with the same sheet of glass\, exposed in the sun\, resulting in very colorful and unexpected patterns. The variation in color is caused by the way a certain brand of darkroom paper has been manufactured\, combined with the natural chemicals secreted by the botanic cuttings when they heat up in the sun. \n  \nAbout the Artist \nFruma Markowitz’s photography practice focuses on historical\, experimental\, and hand-made processes\, with an emphasis on cyanotype and lumen photography\, textile-based mixed-media collage\, and\, most recently\, hand-made artist photobooks. Family life\, womanhood\, cultural histories with shared legacies\, and environmental concerns are where she mostly draws inspiration for making images. \nFruma exhibits her work in local galleries near her home base in Black Rock\, CT\, as well as in national and international venues.  Locally she belongs to the Artists’ Collective of Westport and New England Bookmakers Association. She has won recognition for her work from the Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers as well as full-portfolio publication and review of her work in DekUnu Arts (2023)\, FLOAT Magazine (2024)\, and Lenscratch (Oct. 2024). In July 2025\, she won the Arthur Griffin Legacy Award at the Griffin Museum Juried Members Exhibition. \nFruma has taught photography to women in crisis at Project Return Home in Westport and to cancer survivors at The Creative Center in NYC\, and\, more recently\, at Five Points Art Center and her private home studio. In July\, 2025\, Fruma led two workshops at the Experimental PhotoFest in Barcelona\, Spain. \nFruma was a member of the first graduating class (1984) at the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in Jerusalem\, Israel\, where she earned a BFA in photography and was the recipient of the Agfa Award\, the Jerusalem Student Award and numerous merit scholarships.
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/everything-under-the-sun-cyanotype-and-lumen-prints-by-fruma-markowitz/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts
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SUMMARY:Mah Jongg Mondays at The Meetinghouse
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, October 19\, 2026\n6:30 pm – 8:30 pm\nJoin us in Shield’s Hall for Mah Jongg Mondays!  This special class is led by Sue Laramie and is a beginner-level class with instruction to teach you the game of Mah Jongg. \nRegistration is required and class space is limited to 16\, with a minimum of 4 participants needed for the class to happen. All supplies will be provided. Please contact Sue directly at su2769mom@gmail.com for any questions. \nCost is $25 per person. Tickets can be purchased at the link below. \nGet Tickets Here\n 
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/mah-jongg-mondays-at-the-meetinghouse/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 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/2026-10-22/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Wisdom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T103000
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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-3/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Wisdom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T140000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading to Benefit Nepal in the Historic Meetinghouse
DESCRIPTION:Poetry Reading to Benefit Nepal\nSunday\, October 25\, 2026 at 2:00 pm\nIn the Historic Meetinghouse\n  \nA noisy world. And tragic. Bombs and mobs and politics. And now the Himalayas glowering over Nepal have added to the noise and tragedy. A glacier cracked open in late August sending snow and clogging mud avalanching down the gorges …killing and trapping 8\,000 unwarned people. 8\,000 people. Dead. Missing. Another sad terror to break the hearts of our planet. \nWhat can I do? What can you do? Well\, let us do something. On Sunday\, October 25th at 2:00 p.m.\, in the Congregational Meeting House (Ridgebury Road and George Washington Highway) a trio of Ridgefield poets will present a fund-raiser reading in the hope that poems that might offer a comfort and a hope that the poems’s comfort will wind around the world and let our fellow-dwellers on the planet in Nepal know that they are on our minds and in our hoping hearts to help \nRidgefield Poet Laureate Emerita Barb Jennes\, Artist / Poet Martha Talburt\, and Ridgefield Poet Laureate Ira Joe Fisher will share their verses in a hope you’ll share your hearts to ease the pain in Nepal. \nAdmission is your kind contribution of hope. Donations can be made at the link below. \nDonate Here
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/poetry-reading-to-benefit-nepal-in-the-historic-meetinghouse/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Community
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SUMMARY:Sound Bath & Reiki Energy Immersion
DESCRIPTION:Time & Location:\nOctober 25\, 2026\, 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM\nThe Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd\, Ridgefield\, CT 06877\, USA\n\nAbout the event \nCome away feeling lighter\, clearer\, and beautifully reconnected. Experience a transformative journey of deep relaxation and healing through the combined practices of a Vibrational Sound Therapy and Reiki. This unique session promotes physical\, emotional\, and spiritual well-being. \n\nSound Bath: Immerse yourself in soothing sounds produced by various instruments such as singing bowls\, gongs\, and chimes. These sounds\, played by Laura Alvarez\, create a tranquil environment that helps to quiet the mind and release tension.\nReiki Healing: Enjoy the gentle\, restorative energy of Reiki as JoAnn Inserra lays hands on or near your body. This energy healing technique promotes balance and harmony within the body\, facilitating deep relaxation.\n\nGet Tickets Here\n  \nAbout the Practitioners \nLaura Alvarez \nTransformational Coach • Guide • Healer \nLaura Alvarez creates transformative experiences that invite you to slow down\, release stress and fear\, and reconnect with your true\, authentic self. Through vibrational sound therapy\, breathwork\, energy work\, and conscious awareness\, Laura creates a sacred space for deep relaxation\, inner connection\, and renewal. \nHer work is an invitation to quiet the mind\, open the heart\, raise consciousness\, and reconnect with the wisdom within—creating space to step more fully into who you are and who you are meant to be. \nRelease. Restore. Awaken. Become. \n  \nJoAnn Inserra MS\, RMT \nHeal. Enlighten. Renew. \nJoAnn uses intuition\, experience\, and a deep spiritual connection in her Reiki\, IET®\, and Reconnective Healing ® sessions. She specializes in care for individuals with cancer\, back pain\, Lyme disease\, and other tick-borne illnesses. She finds it very rewarding to help clients heal core issues by applying advanced techniques that help heal the cellular memory.  JoAnn teaches all levels of Reiki\, including Level I\, Level II\, and Master Level\, as well as other specialized classes. She has taught in Danbury\, Ridgefield\, and surrounding Fairfield County and Westchester County towns for many years.
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/sound-bath-reiki-energy-immersion/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261026T183000
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SUMMARY:Mah Jongg Mondays at The Meetinghouse
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, October 26\, 2026\n6:30 pm – 8:30 pm\nJoin us in Shield’s Hall for Mah Jongg Mondays!  This special class is led by Sue Laramie and is a beginner-level class with instruction to teach you the game of Mah Jongg. \nRegistration is required and class space is limited to 16\, with a minimum of 4 participants needed for the class to happen. All supplies will be provided. Please contact Sue directly at su2769mom@gmail.com for any questions. \nCost is $25 per person. Tickets can be purchased at the link below. \nGET TICKETS HERE\n 
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/mah-jongg-mondays-at-the-meetinghouse-2/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261027T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261027T120000
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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/2026-10-27/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T140000
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SUMMARY:Pets on Parade: Halloween Pet Costume Contest
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, October 31\, 2026\n12:00 pm – 2:00 pm\nJoin us in the parking lot of Shield’s Hall for a spooky good time!  Adults and children are welcome to wear costumes; however\, only the pet costumes will be judged. Prizes will be awarded from The Market at The Meetinghouse. This event is free for the community. We can’t wait to see you!
URL:https://meetinghouse.life/event/pets-on-parade-halloween-pet-costume-contest/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261103T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261103T120000
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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/2026-11-03/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T183000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T180000
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T120000
DTSTAMP:20261006T154806Z
CREATED:20261006T154806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T154806Z
UID:10012891-1794306600-1794312000@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/2026-11-10/
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:20261113T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T120000
DTSTAMP:20260918T153952Z
CREATED:20260918T153952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T153952Z
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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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ORGANIZER;CN="meetinghouse.life":MAILTO:connect@meetinghouse.life
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261117T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261117T120000
DTSTAMP:20261006T154806Z
CREATED:20261006T154806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T154806Z
UID:10012892-1794911400-1794916800@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/2026-11-17/
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:20261118T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T190000
DTSTAMP:20260922T175954Z
CREATED:20260922T175824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260922T175954Z
UID:10012879-1795021200-1795028400@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-3/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Music
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T183000
DTSTAMP:20261015T171823Z
CREATED:20260914T182318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261015T171823Z
UID:10012902-1795105800-1795113000@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/2026-11-19/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Wisdom
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T120000
DTSTAMP:20260918T154009Z
CREATED:20260918T154009Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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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ORGANIZER;CN="meetinghouse.life":MAILTO:connect@meetinghouse.life
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261124T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261124T120000
DTSTAMP:20261006T154806Z
CREATED:20261006T154806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T154806Z
UID:10012893-1795516200-1795521600@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/2026-11-24/
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:20261201T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261201T120000
DTSTAMP:20261006T154806Z
CREATED:20261006T154806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T154806Z
UID:10012894-1796121000-1796126400@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/2026-12-01/
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:20261203T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261203T183000
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/2026-12-03/
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: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
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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-7/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Wisdom
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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/2026-12-15/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261216T170000
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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-4/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261217T163000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261222T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261222T120000
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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/2026-12-22/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261229T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261229T120000
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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/2026-12-29/
LOCATION:The Meetinghouse\, 602 Ridgebury Rd.\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270107T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270107T183000
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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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