The Spiritual Path opens into optional in-person retreats and local meditation and prayer practice. Where the online modules teach biblically-rooted companioning in Christ, the retreats let you sit in His presence, in place, in community — and return with a practice you can keep.
For those who companion grief through faith in Christ. Learn biblically-rooted companioning — the God who draws near in sorrow, the psalms of lament, and how to hold the question without supplying easy answers — meeting the mourner in the hope of Scripture without proselytising the grieving. The five online modules build the posture of faith-sensitive companioning. The retreats and local circles are where that posture becomes a lived, in-place practice.
Credential
Everlight Biblical Companion Guide
15 hrs online · + retreats & circles
Optional, not required. Retreats and circles are optional, not a requirement for the Everlight Biblical Companion Guide credential. Each carries a separate fee (accommodation additional where residential); local circles are offered on a sliding scale.
Hinterland retreat centre · weekend residencies
A quiet hinterland sanctuary for residential weekend retreats. Shared silence, Scripture meditation, morning and evening prayer, and a closing remembrance service — rooted in Christ.
Urban chapel · weekly evening sits
A weekly evening sit in the city — 60 minutes of Scripture meditation, a psalm read together, and brief companioning reflection. Drop-in, sliding-scale, open to all enrolled companions.
Community chapel · monthly remembrance evenings
A monthly evening of simple Christian remembrance — a lit candle, a name spoken, a psalm of lament, shared silence — co-designed with the family before God.
Join a facilitated 60-minute Scripture sit, in person or online — a psalm read, silent meditation, and brief companioning reflection after.
Hold and witness a small peer circle using the structure taught in spi-3, with an Everlight Biblical guide present.
Co-design and hold one simple Scripture-grounded remembrance ritual with a consenting participant, recorded as a PracticumLogEntry.
The Open Circle, City Chapel
Scripture meditation, a psalm read together, and companioning reflection. Drop-in, sliding scale.
Stillpoint Sanctuary, Hinterland
Shared silence, Scripture meditation, morning and evening prayer, and a closing remembrance service in Christ.
Community Chapel
A co-designed Christian remembrance evening — candle, name, psalm of lament, shared silence. Witnessed by the cohort.
Stillpoint Sanctuary
A day practising biblically-rooted companioning — the God who draws near, the psalms of lament, remembrance in Christ.
Stillpoint Sanctuary, Hinterland
The capstone immersion: hold space through Advent, with Scripture, prayer, and a closing remembrance rite. Counts toward the Biblical Companion Guide credential.
Dates are illustrative for the founding cohort. Confirmed dates and enrolment open from the companion dashboard after spi-2.
Enrol in the Spiritual Path to begin the online modules. Retreats and circles open to companions progressing through the path.
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