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SOAR 2025 Schedule
*Schedule subject to change without notice and updated as speakers and sessions are confirmed.
** All times are listed in MDT, which is the time zone for Banff.
2025 Ministers Gathering
Wednesday, August 6: Opening Ceremony at 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 7: Programming from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
2025 Member Gathering
Thursday, August 7: Programming from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
2025 Practitioner Gathering
Friday, August 8: 2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
SOAR 2025
Thursday, August 7
12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Retreat Registration Open
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Early Arrival Optional Activity – Nature Walk
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. SOAR Attendee Meet and Greet
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Reception Hour Sponsored by NextGEN
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Community Dinner (Included in registration fee)
7:30 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. Opening General Session
Featuring:
- Opening indigenous blessing
- The Call to Adventure: This session marks the beginning of your transformative journey. Join us for an immersive introduction to the Hero’s Journey, where you’ll answer the call to adventure and step onto the path of personal and spiritual growth.
- Talks by Dr. Christian Sorensen and Centers for Spiritual Living Spiritual Leader Rev. Dr. Soni Cantrell-Smith
Friday, August 8: Revelation
7:45 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Movement / Yoga
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Morning Meditation
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Morning General Session
Featuring:
- Crossing the Threshold: Step beyond the ordinary and into the realm of the extraordinary. You’ll gain tools to move through both internal hesitation and external resistance, taking the first courageous step toward your greatest transformation. This session invites you to embrace the unknown and move forward with confidence as you cross the threshold into a new chapter of your spiritual unfolding.
- Talks by Rev. Elzia Sekou and Deborah Gayle, RScP
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Community Lunch (Included in registration fee)
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Workshops
- Revelation: Amplify Your Divine Presence with Fran Watson, RScP
- Restoration: Become a Cultural Connector: With Ease and Grace with Rev. Dr. Trish Hall
- Grace: The Alchemy of Release: Transforming Pain into Power with Rev. Dr. Michelle Wadleigh
- Revelation/Restoration/Grace: The Magic of Mind Release: The Shift that Changes Everything with Indira Dyal
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Coffee Connection Break (Included in registration fee)
3:45 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Free time and dinner (Not included)
7:30 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. Evening General Session
Featuring:
- The Dark Night of the Soul: Every hero faces moments of darkness. In this deep and contemplative session, we navigate the trials that test us and shake us to our core. Are you willing to meet your darkest hour—and discover what lies within it?
- Talks by: Rev. Dr. Petra Weldes and Rev. Sunshine Daye
9:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Evening Activity – Laughter Yoga with Sharon Falconer
Saturday, August 9: Restoration
7:45 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Movement / Yoga
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Morning Meditation
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Morning General Session
Featuring:
- Discovering Light in the Darkness: Just when the night seems deepest, a spark of revelation breaks through. In this luminous session, you’ll uncover the hidden insights waiting on the other side of the dark night of the soul—reminding us that grace is always present when we need it most.
- Talks by Rev. Abigail Schairer and Rev. Dr. Roger Teel
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Community Lunch (Included in registration fee)
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Workshops
- Revelation: Revel Night Live: Expressing Spirit Through Art & Community with Chris[The]Alchemist and Noadiah Shanti
- Restoration: Divine Vibrations through Color and Healing with David and Lin Serlin, RScP
- Grace:Finding Inner Peace: A 90 Minute Workshop with NLP, Huna, and MER with Rev. Elizabeth Rowley Hogue
- Revelation/Restoration/Ritual: Rekindling My Memory of the Divine with Rev. Jill Brocklehurst-Booth
2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Afternoon General Session
Featuring:
- The Reward – Gifts Gained: Celebrate the treasures gathered along your path—wisdom, resilience, compassion, and joy. This session is a jubilant honoring of the heroes among us, complete with community awards and heartfelt recognition. Let your heart swell as we acknowledge the gifts we now carry forward.
- Presented by the CSL Awards Team
4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Free time and dinner (Not included)
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Evening General Session
Featuring:
- Transformation – Becoming New: You are not the same person who began this journey. In this session of spiritual alchemy, we honor the inner shifts that have reshaped us. It’s time to step fully into your renewed self—radiant, aligned, and transformed.
- Talks by: Rev. Dr. Andrea Asebedo and Claudette Gadsden
9:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Evening Activities
Sunday, August 10: Grace
7:45 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Movement / Yoga
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Morning Meditation
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Morning General Session
Featuring:
- The Return – Sharing Out into the World: The journey doesn’t end here. Because of you, it will ripple outward into the world. In this closing session, you’ll be invited to integrate your insights and share your transformed presence within your community—and far beyond.
- Talks by Rev. Michele Synegal and Rev. Dr. Pat Campbell
11:30 a.m. Departures
Register Here for SOAR 2025
A Journey of Revelation, Restoration, and Grace
August 7–10, 2025
107 Tunnel Mountain Dr.
Banff, Alberta
T1L 1H5 Canada