Welcome!
Welcome to the St. Andrew Centering Prayer web site. Our Centering Prayer group fosters the contemplative life by supporting the practice of silent prayer and faith sharing. You can know centering best by experiencing it! We invite you to join us, anytime, and give it a try.
Our Purpose:
To deepen our relationship with God, to support each other on our spiritual journeys
Our Method:
Praying in silence for twenty minutes, opening our hearts to the presence of God within us
Centering Prayer Additional Resources
- More About Centering
- Why I Center
- Centering Resources
- CO/CENC
- Vision Statement
- Contemplative Outreach Ltd.
Membership
St. Andrew’s Centering group consists of fifteen to twenty regularly attending members. We are open to all interested adults, no matter what faith affiliation. Everyone is welcome. Come whenever you can; you can start at any time.
Contact:
Nancy Cremmins, facilitator, 919-387-0266, or
Barbara Lang, Parish Council Liaison,
Meetings:
During pandemic we are meeting via zoom.
Contact Nancy Cremmins to receive a Zoom invitation.
A Typical Monday evening:
- Greetings
- Centering Prayer (silence, twenty minutes)
- Watching a tape or reading from a book by the spiritual masters
- Faith Sharing
- Intercessory Prayer
The contemplative life is an ancient Christian concept based the spirituality of the scriptures. We are seekers, trying to find God in our lives, to make our life’s journey in a close relationship with the being who creates us, sustains us, and loves us into redemption. In its simplest expression, a contemplative life is living ordinary life with extraordinary love. Silent prayer is one tool in creating a contemplative life. It helps us deepen our awareness of God, even in the midst of our active lives.
The Centering Prayer method is simple, but when practiced twice a day it increases our awareness of God living in us and His presence in the events of our lives. We follow the method developed by Fr. Thomas Keating, OCSO.</
Who We Are
Local Network – CO/CENC
The organization that supports Centering Prayer groups, offers Quarterly Mornings of Prayer, and organizes an annual retreat is known as Contemplative Outreach of Central and Eastern North Carolina (CO/CENC).
International Network
Our local group is affiliated with Contemplative Outreach Ltd., the network dedicated to supporting individuals and Centering Prayer Groups through information sharing, sponsoring longer retreats, and providing multi-media resources.