SGTI Presents — A 3-Part Webinar
Featuring Dr. Jeanette Banashak and Rev. Dr. Beth Brown,
two married and queer spiritual directors
With special guest, activist Rev. Jamie Frazier,
Founder of The Lighthouse Foundation
Founder of The Lighthouse Foundation
SGTI is pleased to offer this webinar on how we can provide spiritual guidance and wise, compassionate care to to individuals and groups who identify as LGBTQIA.
Webinar Content
In the first episode of this 3-part webinar, Jeanette and Beth explore sexual and gender identities, ways to engage with seekers on the LGBTQIA spectrum, critical questions to ask yourself as a companion, best practices for providing spiritual care, the complexities of identifying as something, and our own stories of becoming. We also reflect on our own issues, challenges, and strengths when it comes to understanding what is involved in companioning someone who identifies on the LGBTQIA spectrum.
In parts 2 and 3, Jeanette and Beth are joined by special guest, Rev. Jamie Frasier, a black queer pastor and activist from Chicago, USA. We discuss what it means to be an accomplice to human flourishing by identifying and working through our blind spots of homophobia, racism, and transphobia. We consider awareness, ownership, dismantling, and reconstruction as specific strategies that spiritual companions can use in relationships with their clients. The lively and insightful conversation ultimately points to hope and the need to do our own work as spiritual guides.
In parts 2 and 3, Jeanette and Beth are joined by special guest, Rev. Jamie Frasier, a black queer pastor and activist from Chicago, USA. We discuss what it means to be an accomplice to human flourishing by identifying and working through our blind spots of homophobia, racism, and transphobia. We consider awareness, ownership, dismantling, and reconstruction as specific strategies that spiritual companions can use in relationships with their clients. The lively and insightful conversation ultimately points to hope and the need to do our own work as spiritual guides.
About the Presenters
Jeanette Banashak is the co-founder and co-director of the Spiritual Guidance Training Institute. She also is a senior instructor at Erikson Institute, where she teaches core child development courses and social and emotional learning, and a visiting professor of spiritual direction at the Graduate Theological Foundation. When she's not teaching, Jeanette is hiking (and keeping up with her partner's New York stride) or playing board games and telling stories with friends and family.
Jeanette has presented on this topic at the Spiritual Directors International conference, and her article, "Spiritual Companionship for LGBTQIA Individuals" was recently published in Presence: An International Journal of Spiritual Direction (Vol. 26, No. 1).
Beth Brown is the Pastor of Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church in Chicago, IL, a congregation that has a long history of Queer advocacy and inclusion. She is a trained spiritual director, mediator and Christian Educator. She is also known to be an agitator, communicator, and collaborator. Beth did her doctor of ministry degree in spirituality on the topic of whether or not discernment can be taught. When Beth is not pastoring, she is mom to two young adults, one who is trans, servant for two cats, partner to Jeanette who insists on at least one board game per week, and doing all sorts of active endeavors including running, biking, hiking, and playing pickle ball.
Jeanette has presented on this topic at the Spiritual Directors International conference, and her article, "Spiritual Companionship for LGBTQIA Individuals" was recently published in Presence: An International Journal of Spiritual Direction (Vol. 26, No. 1).
Beth Brown is the Pastor of Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church in Chicago, IL, a congregation that has a long history of Queer advocacy and inclusion. She is a trained spiritual director, mediator and Christian Educator. She is also known to be an agitator, communicator, and collaborator. Beth did her doctor of ministry degree in spirituality on the topic of whether or not discernment can be taught. When Beth is not pastoring, she is mom to two young adults, one who is trans, servant for two cats, partner to Jeanette who insists on at least one board game per week, and doing all sorts of active endeavors including running, biking, hiking, and playing pickle ball.
Purchase this webinar today:
When you make your purchase you will receive an immediate download that allows you to view the 3 webinars (3.5 hrs. of viewing). You will also be able to download a helpful Worksheet to guide you through the webinars which provides space for you to write and reflect on the material presented.
$45.00
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50% of the proceeds from your purchase go to the SGTI Scholarship Fund. Thank you for your support!
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