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Program Inquiries

ABOUT STILLPOINT

Stillpoint Mission Statement

The mission of Stillpoint is to provide a gathering place that is hospitable to and nourishing of the spiritual life. Our programs, informed by Incarnational Theology, provide opportunities for spiritual development, personal growth and social transformation. We welcome individuals and groups of all faiths that genuinely seek the Divine, and those who desire to embrace the sacred in their lives and world. Our goal is that all who come to Stillpoint can experience the invitation:“Be still and know that I am God”.

Program Areas

Stillpoint programs tie back to at least one of the three areas of opportunity included in our mission statement:

Program types that can fall under these categories include:

Thank you for expressing an interest in presenting a program at Stillpoint. In order for us to evaluate your program proposal, please provide us with the following written information:

Proposed program/workshop title:

Summary of program content:

Stillpoint’s mission is to be a gathering place nourishing of the spiritual life. To honor this mission, we host programs and workshops that touch on the following educational areas:

·  Spirituality

·  Social Engagement

·  Complementary Spiritual Practices

·  Religion and Theology

·  Spirituality and Culture

·  Spiritual Practices

·  Spirituality and the Arts

·  Personal Development

Which of these education areas do you feel your proposed program addresses and why?:

Stillpoint strives to host programs that help participants nourish their spiritual life through one of these three missional pathways:

1)  Personal Growth (Depth): creating spiritual depth through deepening our personal intimate relationship with the Divine, through contemplative prayer, enneagram, lectio, etc…

2)  Social Transformation (Breadth): broadening our relational connection to our fellow beings, both human and non-human, other religions

3)  Spiritual Development: Understanding our spiritual path/journey and our advancement on that journey, spiritual direction, groups, etc.

Of these three missional pathways, which do you feel your program will nourish attendees in, and why:

Description of proposed audience for this program:

Brief summary of any additional expected benefit to program attendees:

Outline of your professional credentials as they relate to this program topic:

Payment: There are three different payment methods generally used for programs at Stillpoint:

1) Freewill donation

These are free programs to educate/serve the community, freewill donations are collected to offset Stillpoint's overhead expenses, no payment to the program provider.

2) Flat Fee

Program provider pays a flat fee based on the amount of time and space needed to rent the facility. The program provider does all their own marketing, collection of any funds charged participants, etc. Any additional items program provider would like from Stillpoint can be paid for a la carte, such as credit card processing or using Stillpoint staff for event management. You can view the facility rental fees on our website.

3) Split Fee

Program provider and Stillpoint share the income earned by the program (generally 50/50 but this can vary depending on the materials/costs involved in the event so feel free to propose what you feel is fair with justification for any additional costs you will be paying for). Stillpoint jointly markets the program across a variety of platforms and can provide additional staffing. Stillpoint collects fees paid by participants and provides an accounting and payout to the program provider after the event.

Proposed fee for attendees to this program:

Proposed fee structure for Stillpoint & Presenter for this program and an explanation of any reasons for requesting something different than one of the three payment methods outlined above:

What resources will you be contributing to marketing this event? (ie. Will you be notifying your own mailing list, distributing materials, word of mouth, paid advertising, personal website, etc.)

Please discuss your prior speaking experience:

Please provide 3 References who have attended prior events you led/spoke at:

Biography of the presenter: