Prayer Groups
Supporting Centering Prayer Practitioners…
At the heart of the Chapter are the various Centering Prayer groups across the area. Each Centering Prayer group has at its core the practice of a 20 minute Centering Prayer session. The groups spend the rest of the hour or hour and a half in reading a passage from scripture or related books, viewing a segment of a Fr. Thomas Keating video, engaging in Lectio Divina (a contemplative method of reading the scriptures), discussing certain texts or books important to the participants and ending with prayer requests (of course, not all at the same meeting!).
If you wish to start a new Centering Prayer group, please let us know. A facilitator could attend the group the first time, if you wish, and we would continue our assistance as needed.
A listing of the prayer groups we know of are below. If you’d like to have your prayer group added to the list, please let us know.
| Daily | ||
|---|---|---|
| The Church of Conscious Harmony Group meets in Theosis Chapel, under the sanctuary, or Online via Zoom | 7:00 – 7:30 am CT (In-person or Online via Zoom.) | 30 minutes of Centering Prayer to start the day. To join online, please see this link. |
| The Church of Conscious Harmony – Online via Zoom | 6:00 – 6:25 pm Central Time (Online via Zoom) | 25 minutes of Centering Prayer to bookend your day. For the Meeting ID, please see this link. |
| Metanoia Journey – Online via Zoom | 4:30 – 5:00 pm CT (Online via Zoom) | 30 minutes of Centering Prayer. For the Zoom link, please register at this link. |
| Mondays | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Catherine of Siena, ATX | 3:00 – 4:30 pm via Zoom | For the Meeting info, please contact: Marianne Metzner 512-203-5460 |
| Hill Country Centering Prayer Group | 7:30 – 8:00 am via Zoom | For the Meeting ID, please contact: Nancy Herlin 512-784-2627 |
| Lake Travis Area Group meets in various members homes in Lakeway | 7:00 – 8:00 pm via Zoom. | For the Meeting ID, please contact: Marcia Dilly 512-944-0631 |
| University United Methodist Church | 7:00 – 8:00 pm via Zoom. | Jan Reed 512-478-9387 |
| Cedar Park First United Methodist Church (Group meets in the sanctuary) | 7:30 – 8:30 pm Hybrid (In-person and via Zoom) | For the meeting info, please contact: Steve Hamman 512-970-7789 |
| Tuesdays | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chapel in Wesleyan Independent Living, 210 White Heron Drive, Georgetown. Check-in and mask required | 10:00 – 11:00 am in-person | For meeting info, please contact: Nancy Marsh 512-863-9181 |
| St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic Church Annex Chapel | 10:30 – 11:30 am | For meeting info, please contact: Sandy Palacios |
| St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church – Salado (Chapel Meeting Rm) | 1:30 – 2:30 pm | Vicki Joy McClure |
| St. Michael’s Episcopal Church Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina | 6:30 – 7:30 pm Hybrid (In-person and via Zoom). | For the meeting info, please contact: Phyllis Blees 512-426-1266 |
| Unity Spiritual Center Pflugerville | 7:00 – 8:30 pm via Zoom | Valerie Cary 512-323-6688 |
| Wednesdays | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Catherine of Siena, ATX | 1:00 – 2:30 pm in-person | For the Meeting info, please contact: Marianne Metzner 512-203-5460 |
| First Baptist Church of Austin | 6:15 – 6:35 pm (Virtually this Summer) | Joe Smith 512-660-7927 (text) |
| First United Methodist Church– Boerne, TX (Jones Chapel) | 4:55 – 6:30 pm via Zoom. | For the Meeting ID, please contact: Chaplain Jenny Russell 423-504-4949 |
| In various homes in South-Central Austin (email for specifics) | 7:00 – 8:30 pm via Zoom every other Weds | Joe Gieselman |
| Thursdays | ||
|---|---|---|
| The Baha’i Center of Round Rock | 6:30 – 7:30 pm | Reed Amadon 713-478-0759 |
| Fridays | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hill Country Centering Prayer Group | 7:30 – 8:00 am via Zoom | For the Meeting ID, please contact: Nancy Herlin 512-784-2627 |
| Saturdays | ||
|---|---|---|
| The Church of Conscious Harmony Online Support Group after Centering Prayer | 7:30 – 8:00 am via Zoom | To join online, please see this link. |
| St. Mark’s Episcopal Church – 2128 Barton Hills Dr (Contemplative Prayer Group meets in Grace Chapel.) | 8:15 am |
| Sundays | ||
|---|---|---|
| Metanoia Journey Centering Prayer/ Lectio Divina | 8:30 – 9:30 am via Zoom. | David Wallace 512-496-1744 |
| Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church | 9:45 – 10:45am | Janis Claflin |
| University United Methodist Church Room S-200 – Second floor Sanctuary Bldg. | 9:45 – 10:45am | Jan Reed 512-478-9387 |
Note that we also have several Contemplative Church Services in the area.
