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Offered Monthly on Fourth Tuesdays
6:30 - 7:00 pm EST
Rev. Kimberly Barker-Brugman, Facilitator

Global Neighbors. Global Prayers.

You’re invited to join Neighborhood Seminary monthly on fourth Tuesdays for prayers offered for and with Global Neighbors.  Each month the focus of prayers alternates between a nation/region of the world, and creation care/environmental justice. The prayer focus for each month can be found below.

 

Rev. Kim Barker-Brugman serves as guide for these evenings of prayer. Kim is a pastor, spiritual director and gifted retreat leader with expertise in labyrinths. Kim will incorporate a variety of prayer forms and contemplative practices during these times of intercession and being present with the Presence in compassionate prayers “mean more than words can say.” And… while there are monthly themes/places for focusing prayers, Kim will also include current, immediate  and other global concerns each month.

 

There is no cost for this monthly event.  Please come and pray with us each month, every month, every time you can! We know and believe we change and the world is impacted when we pray together.

Monthly Prayer Focus

February 28, 2023

Country / Region

- Afghanistan

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May 23, 2023

Creation Care /

Environmental Justice

– Creation Story: Day 2: Water

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August 22, 2023

Country / Region

-- Pakistan

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November 28, 2023 

Creation Care /

Environmental Justice

– Creation Story: Day 4:

Sun / Moon / Stars

March 28, 2023

Creation Care /

Environmental Justice

Creation Story: Day 1: Wind

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June 27, 2023

Country / Region

– USA

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September 26, 2023

Creation Care /

Environmental Justice

– Creation Story: Day 3 (part 2): Plants / Trees

December 26, 2023

Country / Region

– Celebrate Heritage

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April 25, 2023

Country / Region

– Israel and Palestine

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July 25, 2023

Creation Care /

Environmental Justice

– Creation Story: Day 3:

Earth / Land / Soil

October 24, 2023

Country / Region

– Haiti

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January 23, 2024

Creation Care /

Environmental Justice

– Creation Story: Day 5:

Birds / Fish

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 We do ask you to register for this event so the recurring Zoom link can be sent to you.  

About Rev. Kim Barker-Brugman

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The Rev. Kimberly Barker-Brugman is pastor of Lawrenceville UMC in Lawrenceville, VA and  is the founder/owner of Soul Story Ministries, LLC-- a ministry offering spiritual direction, supervision, and retreats.  Ordained Elder in the Virginia Annual Conference, Pastor Kim is a graduate of Methodist Theological School in Ohio, completing two degrees:  Master of Divinity and Master in Christian Education.  Kimberly holds certificates in spiritual direction from the Richmond Hill Retreat Center’s Ruah Program in spiritual guidance, training as a spiritual director supervisor, and training with Veriditas as a Labyrinth Facilitator.

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Kim has served rural and suburban churches in upstate New York and the Virginia Conference of The United Methodist Church.  Kim’s leadership and experience in ministry spans all ages and stages from retreat settings to Sunday School classes, from pulpit to pastoral care provider.  She enjoys spiritual direction, labyrinth walks, leading retreats and workshops on spirituality, prayer and Christian clowning, Bible studies and spiritual formation groups (i.e. Companions in Christ). She is active in both Kindred Project, a contemplative prayer group of lay and clergy in VA UMC, and a Spiritual Directors International group in Northern Virginia. She serves on the Virginia Conference’s Five-Day Spiritual Academy’s leadership team.  She and her husband, Kevin Brugman, have been married 27 years, have two grown sons, and a beloved black lab named Kaliyah. Kim loves to knit, to read, crochet, scrapbook, dabble in essential oils, and play with plants.

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