Eremos Inc

OUR 2023 PROGRAMMING THEME WAS FACETS OF JOY. FROM WORKSHOPS SUCH AS THE RESTORATION OF JOY IN JANUARY WITH OVER 100 ATTENDEES VIA ZOOM TO A MOVING DAY WITH ANGELA WILLIAMS GORRELL SPEAKING ABOUT GRIEF AND JOY IN LOST & FOUND IN OCTOBER, PEOPLE WERE INVITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT AND CULTIVATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPERIENCING THE POWER OF JOY. IN ADDITION, WE OFFERED POETRY OF THE SEASON FOUR TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, A THREE-PART SERIES ON CELTIC SPIRITUALITY, A MINDFULNESS SERIES, AND A FREE 6-PART SUMMER INTERLUDE SERIES (VIA ZOOM). THESE OFFERINGS REACHED 439 PEOPLE.ON-GOING GROUPS MEET FROM ONCE A WEEK TO EVERY OTHER MONTH. IN ALL CASES, THEY SUPPORT THE CREATION OF A BEAUTIFUL, INTIMATE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE LARGER EREMOS COMMUNITY. CONTEMPLATIVE MENS GROUP, BENEDICTS WAY, CONTEMPLATIVE MORNINGS AND OUR NEWEST WEEKLY GROUP, A QUIET PAUSE, COMBINED HAD 462 PARTICIPANTS OVER THE YEAR. BOOK REFLECTION SERIES (4 SESSIONS OVER A MONTH) OFFERED THREE TIMES PER YEAR ARE ANOTHER WAY TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER AS WE EXPLORE IN DEPTH BOOKS CONNECTED TO OUR PROGRAM THEME FOR THE YEAR. COMBINED, THESE GROUPS SUPPORTED 64 PEOPLE, MOST VIA ZOOM. FOR A DEEPER EXPERIENCE, WE OFFERED TWO ONE-DAY RETREATS TO 26 INDIVIDUALS. OUR SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR OFFERS SPIRITUAL DIRECTION VIA ZOOM, PHONE, AND SOME IN-PERSON SESSIONS, OR, AS APPROPRIATE, REFERS PEOPLE TO OTHER SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS IN THE EREMOS COMMUNITY. WITH A BUSY TRAVEL SCHEDULE THIS YEAR, THE SESSIONS OFFERED ON BEHALF OF EREMOS WERE ONLY 82 IN 2023. WE EXPECT THE NUMBER OF SESSIONS TO RISE IN 2024.FINALLY, WITH MANY READY TO FULLY RETURN TO IN-PERSON GATHERINGS, WE HOSTED A JOYFUL REUNION COMMUNITY POTLUCK IN MAY AND RETURNED TO AN IN-PERSON GALA IN NOVEMBER. THESE TWO EVENTS SERVED 78 PEOPLE.