An opportunity to sample the Selah Companion Conversations before regular meetings begin in 2024
“TASTE” EVENT
Date: Sunday, November 19 via Zoom
Time: 5-6:30pm PST
Cost: No cost
Facilitators: John and Marissa Fernandez Kiemele
Register: RSVP for the Zoom link
SELAH COMPANION CONVERSATIONS
An opportunity for Going Deeper as Selah Companions through:
- connecting online on a monthly basis
- unpacking our experiences of living Selah values and commitments
- exploring topics and themes related to our Selah values and commitments
- supporting and inspiring each other through sharing experiences and reflections
- fanning the flame for contemplative living in dispersed community
- Format: Gathering, Checking in, Conversing, Practicing
2024 SESSION DETAILS
Dates: Second Sunday/month via Zoom
Time: 5-6:30pm PST
Cost: No cost
Facilitators: John and Marissa Fernandez Kiemele
Register: RSVP for the Zoom link
SESSION DATES
Jan 14
Feb 11
March 10
April 14
May 12
RSVP to receive Zoom link
QUESTIONS
Contact info@selahcenter.org with questions
FACILITATOR BIOS
John Kiemele
John Kiemele is a wellbeing educator and spiritual director who currently companions individuals, teaches various seminars and lifestyle classes, leads contemplative retreats, and also serves as Program Director at Rolling Ridge Retreat Center in Andover, MA. With a focus on contemplative soul care, John walks alongside individuals, small groups, classrooms and congregations. Recognizing how intentional pausing and listening unlocks life, John strives to engage the whole person – body, mind, soul – in the lifelong process of living well. John received his PhD in education/spirituality from Talbot School of Theology, with post-doctoral emphases in Spiritual Direction, Mindful Self-Compassion, the Enneagram Spectrum, and Wellness Coaching. He is also an ordained pastor who has served congregations across the US and Canada. John enjoys baking, hiking, traveling, visiting cathedrals and monasteries, attending live theater, watercolor painting and rummaging through antique and thrift shops.
Marissa Fernandez Kiemele
Marissa is a board-certified physician who has been practicing for 25 years, specializing in Family Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. Marissa completed her medical school at University of Alberta and her residency with University of Ottawa. Besides Canada and the US, her medical work has taken her to South America, South Africa, Central America, and the Caribbean. Her focus is on whole-person wellbeing – body, mind, soul – through the integration of western medicine and ancient wisdom traditions. She is the founder of “AIM to Live Well,” a mindfulness-based transformational lifestyle-change program for living well and for prevention and treatment of chronic medical conditions. She has taken culinary training in the US and Europe. Other interests include organic edible gardening, visiting organic farms and farmers’ markets across the globe, being in nature, and more recently learning watercolor painting and playing native American flute.
