Welcome to the Covenant Communities Of Spiritual Directors!

We are an ecumenical network of communities with a common purpose - to offer with intention, ways in which spiritual directors are nurtured, sustained, and held fast to the covenant we have made.

2025-26

Upcoming Annual Retreat and Offerings

  • The Enneagram and Transformation in the Spiritual Journey: A Retreat for Spiritual Directors and Supervisors

    The Ennneagram and Transformation
    With
    Hunter Mobley

    January 23-25, 2025

    Location: Wesley Center, Woodworth, LA

    For registration CLICK HERE or email Laura Vaughan for more information at laura@ingoodcompanyfoundation.org

  • A Pathway to Spiritual Formation

    Covenant Communities of Spiritual Directors Offers
    4 Retreats from September 2025-April 2026
    A Pathway to Spiritual Formation
    With Dr. Amy Oden at
    The Wesley Center, Woodworth, LA

    The gathered community will journey together through 4 retreats that each include: teaching and discussion, spiritual practices, silence ,small group listening and shared worship.       

    You are invited to experience spiritual practices and contemplative ways of being in the world in order to: deepen prayer experiences, grow in relationship with God, open space for deep soul conversations, experience renewal for pastoral leaders and others weary and depleted, strengthen and support pastoral leaders and others in their own faith formation, root daily life in spiritual practice and develop a rhythm of life to sustain spiritual growth.

    For more information email Laura Vaughan at

    laura@ingoodcompanyfoundation.org

Regional Spiritual Direction Training Programs

  • Upper New York Training in Missional Spiritual Direction and Congregational Formation

    This six retreat two year program is a ministry of the Upper New York Conference of the United Methodist Church Click here for a brochure for more information. Email Nancy Dibelius with questions about upcoming training opportunities.

  • The Art of Holy Listening Spiritual Director Training

    This three year program is offered by the Center for Sacred Space, Inc., a 501c3 ministry non-profit located in Pensacola, Fla. Click here for a brochure for more information. Email Kaye Westmark with questions about upcoming training opportunities.

  • Charis Spiritual Director Training Program

    This three year program is offered by The Gathered Community, a 501c3 ministry non-profit located in East Texas. Click here for more information about the Charis program. Email Becky Oates or Kelli Davis with questions and for more details about upcoming training opportunities.

Resources

Link to information about resources and training programs being offered within our various Covenant Communities. Start here to find out more!

Become a Member

We welcome you to join our fellowship! Spritual Directors and Retreat Leaders who agree to our covenant can become a member of the Covenant Communities!

Find a Community

Join one of our Covenant Communities of Spiritual Directors! Here you’ll find information on how to get in contact with one of our existing communities.

Carole Cotton Winn Speaker Fund

We have established this fund to help underwrite the fees of resource leaders for our annual Shepherds and Supervisors retreat gathering. Give today!

“We clasp the hands of those who go before us, and the hands of those who come after us; we enter the little circle of each other’s arms.”

— Wendell Berry, Healing