Harvest Time Companioning & Support Programs

Retreats

"There is something magical about any intense, tightly knit group
of people working and playing together, a feeling of being in
the world while at the same time being apart from it, apart together. We believe that even those of us who have not experienced that magic hear its distant music, feel its ancient
call. A transformative community is a nearly indispensable launching pad for transformation. Such a community can create
the context and the confidence for a transforming journey."

George Leonard and Michael Murphy, The Life We are Given.
Quoted in Calling the Circle by Christina Baldwin

Harvest Time retreat circles are circles of transformation. We gather to engage with money because we know that the practice of doing so is one way that God can convert us as individuals, as a community, as well as participants and agents of the economic systems in which we live.

In these circles we share the realities of our financial lives and our life stories in a prayer-filled atmosphere that welcomes each person’s soul and real life struggles with honesty, openness, compassion and a sense of humor. Sometimes we engage in collective experiments with money to stir up issues we desire to explore and to open up new possibilities for how money can flow through our lives and into the world.

The emphasis in these circles is on loving each other into wholeness and an ever deepening birth of our spirits. We find that the practice of coming together regularly and engaging with HT’s core practices creates an accountability that is less about checking up on each other and more about loving each other into our movement. The love we seek to experience together is the love that holds “in the messy, transformative moments” as well as in the joys of our lives.

Each circle determines how it specifically embodies Harvest Time’s Mission, values and practices. Each circle also determines how often and where it will meet, how it will organize, what forms of prayer it will engage in together, what experiments will be considered, etc.. We celebrate the diversity of “flavor”, gift, and spirit of each circle and share stories and learning's from the different circles in a spirit of “cross-pollinization."

Information about upcoming retreats that may be forming in your area can be found on the News & Upcoming Events page.

Partnerships

“If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. If you have come here because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” Aboriginal Saying

We believe that the work of creating partnership is one of the most powerful ways that Christ is moving through history. We engage in this work with a deep sense of awe, aware of what an incredible gift it is be invited into Christ’s work of healing and reconciliation in the world.

Harvest Time supports partnership in three ways: Harvest Time works in partnership with other organizations, currently Be Present and Haiti Partners. Harvest Time provides companionship support to individuals and circles in our network who are in partnership with other organizations. Harvest Time hosts partnership circles.

Harvest Time Partnership Circles are circles of practice and transformation where several members of the HT network (at least three – preferably 5 or 6) work in partnership with other organizations and individuals on specific projects that respond to needs in our communities and world. In the process, we open up dynamics around giving and receiving as well as dynamics around class, race, gender, and power so that we can build on foundations of trust and authenticity. Our experience is that partnership circles that open up conversations in this way are powerful places of personal and systemic transformation.

Each partnership circle determines how it specifically embodies HT’s Mission, values and practices. Each circle also determines how often and where it will meet, how it will organize, what forms of prayer it will engage in together, what steps it will take, etc.. We celebrate the diversity of “flavor”, gift, and spirit of each circle and share stories and learning's from the different circles in a spirit of “cross-pollinization.”

Harvest Time Partnership Circles gather to focus on a specific task that has a clear beginning and a clear end. They are initiated by people/circles in our network who make a commitment to stay in the process to completion.

Haiti Circle is a gathering of people who engage in life-changing partnerships with people who grew up in Cite Soleil, a large neighborhood in Port-au-Prince with intense economic poverty. We are responding to urgent needs in haiti by bringing our different gifts together. Recently, Harvest Time recognized that our long-term financial support of our partners' work in Haiti was not sustainable. We are currently transitioning the partnerships and financial commitments in a way that is rooted in relationship, mutual learning, and that supports the necessary long term sustainability for the partnership programs. This circle recently completed the Haiti Transition. We celebrate and give thanks for all the people who were a part of this process.
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Mississippi Circle is a gathering of Harvest Time and non-profit representatives from Community Wholeness Venture, Be Present, Inc., The Young People's Project, Common Fire, and other individuals who are working together to transform the gift of a farm in Mississippi into a retreat center and organic farm dedicated to social justice and the healing of human beings and the earth. As we do so, we also creating the diverse community that will care for this retreat center.

Please visit our Friends & Partners page for more information about the groups involved with the Haiti and Mississippi partnerships

Spiritual Companionship

In between gatherings, we engage in one on one conversations with Harvest Time staff or friends in the Harvest Time network. During these conversations, we reflect on our experience of God's presence and the specific questions, issues, and challenges that emerge when we attempt to align our money with our faith.

Reflection

We share articles, stories, and visual reflections from our network that support the journey with money and faith. Please visit the Resources page for a complete listing of available offerings. We also invite you to visit Harvest Time Executive Director Rosemary Feerick's web log site. Other sites of interest can be found on our Friends & Partners page.



Retreats "There is something magical about any intense, tightly knit group of people working and playing together, a feeling of being in the world while at the same time being apart from it, apart together. We believe that even those of us who have not experienced that magic hear its distant music, feel its ancient call. A transformative community is a nearly indispensable launching pad for transformation. Such a community can create the context and the confidence for a transforming journey." George Leonard and Michael Murphy, The Life We are Given. Quoted in Calling the Circle by Christina Baldwin Harvest Time retreat circles are circles of transformation. We gather to engage with money because we know that the practice of doing so is one way that God can convert us as individuals, as a community, as well as participants and agents of the economic systems in which we live. In these circles we share the realities of our financial lives and our life stories in a prayer-filled atmosphere that welcomes each person’s soul and real life struggles with honesty, openness, compassion and a sense of humor. Sometimes we engage in collective experiments with money to stir up issues we desire to explore and to open up new possibilities for how money can flow through our lives and into the world. The emphasis in these circles is on loving each other into wholeness and an ever deepening birth of our spirits. We find that the practice of coming together regularly and engaging with HT’s core practices creates an accountability that is less about checking up on each other and more about loving each other into our movement. The love we seek to experience together is the love that holds “in the messy, transformative moments” as well as in the joys of our lives. Each circle determines how it specifically embodies Harvest Time’s Mission, values and practices. Each circle also determines how often and where it will meet, how it will organize, what forms of prayer it will engage in together, what experiments will be considered, etc.. We celebrate the diversity of “flavor”, gift, and spirit of each circle and share stories and learning's from the different circles in a spirit of “cross-pollinization." Information about upcoming retreats that may be forming in your area can be found on the News & Upcoming Events page. Partnerships “If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. If you have come here because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” Aboriginal Saying We believe that the work of creating partnership is one of the most powerful ways that Christ is moving through history. We engage in this work with a deep sense of awe, aware of what an incredible gift it is be invited into Christ’s work of healing and reconciliation in the world. Harvest Time supports partnership in three ways: Harvest Time works in partnership with other organizations, currently Be Present and Haiti Partners. Harvest Time provides companionship support to individuals and circles in our network who are in partnership with other organizations. Harvest Time hosts partnership circles. Harvest Time Partnership Circles are circles of practice and transformation where several members of the HT network (at least three – preferably 5 or 6) work in partnership with other organizations and individuals on specific projects that respond to needs in our communities and world. In the process, we open up dynamics around giving and receiving as well as dynamics around class, race, gender, and power so that we can build on foundations of trust and authenticity. Our experience is that partnership circles that open up conversations in this way are powerful places of personal and systemic transformation. Each partnership circle determines how it specifically embodies HT’s Mission, values and practices. Each circle also determines how often and where it will meet, how it will organize, what forms of prayer it will engage in together, what steps it will take, etc.. We celebrate the diversity of “flavor”, gift, and spirit of each circle and share stories and learning's from the different circles in a spirit of “cross-pollinization.” Harvest Time Partnership Circles gather to focus on a specific task that has a clear beginning and a clear end. They are initiated by people/circles in our network who make a commitment to stay in the process to completion. Haiti Circle is a gathering of people who engage in life-changing partnerships with people who grew up in Cite Soleil, a large neighborhood in Port-au-Prince with intense economic poverty. We are responding to urgent needs in haiti by bringing our different gifts together. Recently, Harvest Time recognized that our long-term financial support of our partners' work in Haiti was not sustainable. We are currently transitioning the partnerships and financial commitments in a way that is rooted in relationship, mutual learning, and that supports the necessary long term sustainability for the partnership programs. This circle recently completed the Haiti Transition. We celebrate and give thanks for all the people who were a part of this process. . Mississippi Circle is a gathering of Harvest Time and non-profit representatives from Community Wholeness Venture, Be Present, Inc., The Young People's Project, Common Fire, and other individuals who are working together to transform the gift of a farm in Mississippi into a retreat center and organic farm dedicated to social justice and the healing of human beings and the earth. As we do so, we also creating the diverse community that will care for this retreat center. Please visit our Friends & Partners page for more information about the groups involved with the Haiti and Mississippi partnerships Spiritual Companionship In between gatherings, we engage in one on one conversations with Harvest Time staff or friends in the Harvest Time network. During these conversations, we reflect on our experience of God's presence and the specific questions, issues, and challenges that emerge when we attempt to align our money with our faith. Reflection We share articles, stories, and visual reflections from our network that support the journey with money and faith. Please visit the Resources page for a complete listing of available offerings. We also invite you to visit Harvest Time Executive Director Rosemary Feerick's web log site. Other sites of interest can be found on our Friends & Partners page.
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