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We are so glad you stopped by. We invite you to explore our website and see what you may be drawn to. 

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Here, in this space, discover the wonder of the depth of God’s love for you, in all the beauty that makes you you, for you are God’s beloved.
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Join Us On The Journey

We are not a church or an institution.

We are people who have encountered God’s welcome and are being made whole through God’s expansive love.  We create space just as God has created space for us. If you desire to know God’s radical welcome or to join us on a journey toward wholeness, you are so welcome here. You are invited to Come As You Are, Encounter the Holy, Be Renewed. 

We believe everyone is created in the image of God. We embrace the diversity of sexual orientation, gender identity and its expression, religious background, age, range of abilities, racial and cultural identity or background, and educational and socioeconomic status.

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A Word From Our Executive Director

God placed on my heart several years ago the desire to create a place that permeates love, acceptance, and welcome for all, a place that offers programs and services that ministers to people body/mind/spirit. Because people can be wounded and excluded through the church,  the desire was to intentionally create a safe, welcoming, inclusive place where all truly belong, where people can experience being loved and heard, healing and wholeness, and a deeper awareness of God. It is a joy and a privilege to partner with God and others in this ministry.

Rev. Eva Sullivan-Knoff

Events

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September
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Online

Moving Beyond: An Enneagram Training and Certification ProgramWeekly

This program provides a comprehensive Enneagram education, as well as specialized content regarding the ins and outs of bringing the Enneagram to communities generally under-resourced as well as those communities outside the traditional practice of Enneagram trainings. This unique blend of knowledge and practice provides for the graduate the needed experience to navigate in this pioneering space. ...

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October
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
3950 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue
Chicago, IL

Annual Event

We invite you to join us for Our Annual Event, celebrating our 7th Anniversary. Come help us celebrate! When: October 1 from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Where: 3950 W Bryn Mawr, Chicago Entertainment: The jazz band, “The Clifton Trio” will be featured. There will be food, a silent auction, and more. Just to give you […] ...

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October
7:00 am - 8:30 pm
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The Enneagram & Elderhood: A series of guided conversations about the Enneagram in the Second Half of LifeWeekly

The Enneagram & Elderhood: A Series of Guided Conversations about the Enneagram in the Second Half of Life, with Pam Sutherland Three consecutive Wednesday nights:  October 4, 11, 18 7:00-8:30 p.m., Central Time Location: Zoom Looking Back: An Invitation to Reflect The View from Where We Are are Now The Journey Forward – How We […] ...

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October
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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Integrating the Enneagram Into Our Lives: Type Six

Three Types care deeply about feeling valued and accepted. They are motivating and encouraging, and at their best, they are confident, competent, and optimistic projections providing them with natural resilience. Their gifts can carry us along with their enthusiasm and inspire hope. What kind of world would we live in without the Threes? Join me Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 10:30 Central time on Zoom as we explore how to be in meaningful community with the gifts of Type Three. ...

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October
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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Engaging with the Enneagram Instincts: A 4-Part Series, Fall 2023Weekly

We invite you to engage with us this fall in this 4-part series focused on the Enneagram Instincts and Subtypes. These sessions will build on one another, so please plan to join us for the whole journey. The sessions will be led by Pam Sutherland, a spiritual director and Enneagram consultant, teacher, and coach. Cost: $140; Click […] ...

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We are a part of an Association of Journey Centers, a growing, vibrant movement of God’s Spirit inviting people to encounter the Holy.

Thank you!

”Thank you so much to you and to the group who guides the Journey Center!
The learning and experiences through your workshops keep on quietly blessing me with hope and peace.”

Love and Acceptance

“You show love & acceptance without judgment, so I wanted to share this with you and say thank you for all you have done
and continue to do in my life and so many others. “

Just as we are

“I’m thrilled to know that there are places like Journey Center where people can come to be received and loved by God just as we are and a place where we can learn and join the sacred journey together.”

The Spirit was present

“What a wonderful, insightful and sacred time Journey Center of Chicago provided  at the Contemplative Retreat. Through prayer, dialogue and spiritual exercises the movement of the Spirit was present. Thank you for fostering a safe and holy space. Peace be with you.”

A gift

“You and the a Journey Center are a gift to hurting people! Thank you so much for being available to me!”

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On Our Racial Justice Journey

A Statement from our former Board Chair, Rev. Jolene Bergstrom-Carlson

God accepts us where we are and invites us to become more…
Jesus’ essence was one of welcome and radical hospitality.

Over 400 years ago, our country didn’t show the essence of Jesus and brought people from Africa to be sold as slaves. African American people have been enslaved in many ways ever since. The visible murder of George Floyd has awakened a too often dormant demand to face the raw truth that the crimes of injustice are happening throughout this country every minute of every day.

It is in this horrific truth, that the Journey Center invites you to travel inside yourself and into the history of both white and black experiences that have perpetuated the pain and have been recipients of the pain of injustices. We offer this with deep humility aware of the limitations each of us has, but we come with hearts open and eager to name truth and be in an authentic and safe community to learn, confront, lament and grow.

Isaiah 62:10
“Go through, go through the gates,
Prepare the way for the people:
Build up, build up the highway,
Clear it of stones,
Lift up an ensign over the peoples.”

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