Border Southwest CCDA Gathering 2025
Neighborhood Ministries
Phoenix, Arizona - February 20-22, 2025
Registration is open for the 2025 Border Southwest CCDA gathering! Here is the link to register:
https://nmphx.com/ccdasw2025/
Border Southwest CCDA Gathering 2025
Neighborhood Ministries
1918 W. Van Buren St.
Phoenix, AZ 85009
February 20-22, 2025
REFUGIO
Our CCDA ministries in the Southwest bring us together every year for refuge, for restoration and for community. This year’s theme beacons us to come and BE together, learn together and leave with some renewal found underneath the everlasting wings.
From: Thursday, February 20th, 2025 -- 3:00pm
Until: Saturday, February 22nd, 2025 -- 12:00pm (Noon)
Pre-Conference invites - 2/19/2025
1. Franciscan Renewal Center
- Just in case you’d love to build a few more days for retreating around the Phoenix event … we’d suggest The Franciscan Renewal Center. For their registration page connect here: https://www.thecasa.org/
2. Wednesday Racial Justice Pilgrimage in Phoenix - 9 AM
- Join us for a pre-conference activity on Wednesday. Please indicate in the registration form below you will be coming. We call this activity “Exegeting the City”. This pilgrimage is particular to Arizona’s racial injustice story. Hope You can join us. For more information contact Kit Danley.
Thursday Evening - 2/20/2025
- Worship and Contemplative activity
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Evening message:
- What does refuge … rest … reflection … resiliency look like in the midst of our current sufferings – that’s the theme of this first night. We all need this message!
- A community voice … what leaning in on God and community looks like right now.
Friday - 2/21/2025
- Worship and Contemplative activity
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Morning message:
- How do we learn to lean on God in powerlessness – as image bearers in Christ – How does suffering birth creativity
- A community voice … Dependent on God – Lord, you and you alone are what I need. Using the Examen.
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Afternoon
1. South Mountain look-out
2. Gladys and Miguel Perez – “Starts with the heart” homelessness and the canals
3. Canan in the Desert field trip to a internally known prayer garden (symbolism of the desert)
- Self-directed and directed contemplative break out centers
1. Powerlessness collage station
2. Art stations around encruciades – our contemplative activity source
3. Prayerwalk in the neighborhood
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Friday evening
- Worship and Contemplative activity
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Evening message:
- Resiliency – what does resiliency require of us? What makes for a resilient faith in the midst of suffering, uncertainty and chaos. Consider the work and role of trauma
- A Community voice – resiliency happens in community. A small group conversation around community in mission.
Saturday Morning 2/22/2025
- Worship and Contemplative activity
- Panel of community members describing their resiliency, power and realities and the resources they are leaning on
Psalm 63
1 You, God, are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
where there is no water.
2 I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
3 Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.