Trinity Spiritual Center is a dynamic and growing community of people of all ages and beliefs, engaging in a broad range of learning experiences to inspire and support their own journeys of spiritual growth.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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UPCOMING EVENTS -
Matt Croasmun
“Life Worth Living”
Matthew Croasmun, Senior Lecturer and Program Director at Yale University will visit Southport to share several foundational components of “Life Worth Living,” the wildly popular undergraduate course that he directs at Yale.
Croasmun will offer a one-day, interactive workshop designed to help participants begin to answer the big questions that arise when we consciously consider what shape a life worth living might look like for each one of us. He will address such vital questions as: Who do we answer to? How does a good life feel? What should we hope for? How should we live? What should we do when we fail? What is the role of suffering in a good life?
The program will provide participants with jumping-off points, road maps, and habits of reflection for discerning where our lives hold meaning and where things might need to change.
This mini retreat is drawn from the coursework of the “Live Worth Living” humanities course that Matthew co-teaches for Yale undergraduates. For 12 years students have annually engaged with visions of seven modern figures and foundational texts that influenced them: Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Tanakh, the Dalai Lama and the ancient Buddhist sutras, Mohandas Gandhi and the Bhagavad Gita, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Bible, Robin Wall Kimmerer and North American Indigenous wisdom, A. Helwa and the Quran, and Oscar Wilde and expressive individualism.
These in-class explorations and discussions gave rise to the creation of a national bestseller, Life Worth Living: A Guidebook to What Matters Most: a collection of wisdom texts and questions that helps readers define and create a flourishing life for themselves.
The workshop is open to all. There is a $40 fee for the event, which includes a lunch on Saturday. Copies of his book Life Worth Living will be on sale during the event. Registration is required.
2025 PROGRAMMING SEASON
We are thrilled to announce the following line-up of speakers, dates, program formats, and times for the upcoming year.
Our programs will be organized around the theme of “Finding Wonder and Meaning in Our Daily Lives.”
Help us build the Spiritual Center and expand our offerings. Additional contributions and your support are greatly appreciated.
Terry Eldh, Saturday, January 11, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
“Recharge After the Holidays Using Sound to Heal Your Body, Mind, and Spirit”
An in-person workshop
Registration fee: $45
Trinity Spiritual Center invites you to relax and recharge after the holidays through the extraordinary experience of sound healing. Using crystal singing bowls, Terry Eldh will offer an hour-long sound meditation designed to reduce stress and anxiety and to enhance overall well-being. Terry has studied bioenergetics and the power of sound to heal for over fifteen years. Scientists at the Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic, and the National Institutes of Health have long recognized the health benefits of sound. It is well known that the frequencies of singing bowls can slow our brain waves into Alpha and Theta states: the state of deep meditation. Bring your yoga mat, pillow, and blanket as we relax together to the healing sound of the singing bowls.
Canon Reece Spencer, Thursday, February 6, 6:30-8:00 PM.
“Restoring the Spirit: The Poetry of Daily Life”
In-Person and Zoom
Registration fee: $25
The Rev. Canon Spencer Reece is an award-winning poet-priest whose life journey has shown him the power of poetry to transform lives. He has used poems to heal orphaned girls in Honduras and lift up members of the high-risk health care and hospitality industries during COVID. He will demonstrate how poetry can work through us to lift us up and connect us with wonder in our daily lives.
Matthew Croasmun, Saturday, March 1, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
“Life Worth Living: How to Create a Flourishing Life”
An in-person workshop.
Registration fee: $40
Matthew Croasmun co-teaches one of Yale University’s most popular undergraduate courses, Life Worth Living. Croasmun will offer a workshop designed to help participants begin to answer the questions that arise when we choose to consider what it means for a life to be lived well. The Life Worth Living course has been codified into a bestselling guidebook for defining and creating a flourishing life. This program will provide participants with jumping-off points, road maps, and habits of reflection for figuring out where their lives hold meaning and where things need to change.
Chip Conley, Thursday, April 10, 7:30 – 8:45. Zoom only
“Why Life Gets Better with Age: Reframing Your 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s”
Zoom only
Registration fee: $15
As a successful hospitality entrepreneur, Chip Conley had an epiphany while being a “modern elder” to Airbnb’s founders in their early days. Conley believes the world needs midlife wisdom schools to help people reimagine their lives in their 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. He is a bestselling author and TED speaker on the mainstage. Conley will share tips for charging up the middle stages of life with a renewed sense of purpose and possibility.
*Note: Some details for these events may change as we get closer to the date, so please check our website for the latest information.
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