SUN 9/19 - TUE 9/21 2021
THE NECESSITY OF HEALING.
At NSP we know our world to be in need of healing. We are awake and aware of injustice, marginalization, oppression, and inequity. We are also alert to the possibilities of healing when our truths are spoken boldly and received warmly. At NSP we strive to be a healing community by listening to the voices of those on the margins and by celebrating each person living into their own originality. Together we experience the antiseptic of truthful seeing and the balm of being truly seen.
THE POWER OF HOPE.
NSP is a community that delights in difference, thus providing space for people to be at home, to be themselves right out in the open. We embrace the expansiveness of the sacred in one another, and in so doing, we experience freedom. Freedom to dance, to laugh, to sing. Freedom to ask for help and the freedom to accept it. Freedom to take up our space in the world and not apologize. Freedom to be.
“The single most guaranteed soul and mind-refreshing conference I attend each year. I learn, I connect; I get nourished, inspired, challenged, tickled, and deeply moved, year in and year out. Keep up this essential, life-giving work, Friends!”
— JAIME CLARK-SOLES
“NSP privileges voices that I need to hear. I come away challenged and inspired.”
— LAURA STEPHENS-REED
Hope. Delight. Worship. Renewal.
— ISABEL DOCAMPO
“Amplifying the voices of women in church/pastoral leadership in a world of hierarchal and patriarchal power structures is courageous and brilliant. This is why I go, support it and love this conference. It is important work.”
— MARTA FIORITI
“I have loved every single year. I walk away refreshed and connected!”
— SARAH MILLER
Safe, sacred space to celebrate and be celebrated.
— @YOGI.MSCHAC
“As a (privileged) white cis woman, I have been blessed, challenged and encouraged to hear and experience the voices of my non-white, non-cis sisters. My eyes and heart have been opened. These sisters have embraced my inexperience in being with those in the margins and taught me with grace and patience. NSP is a must for anyone who feels called to do ministry.”
— MANDI HOCKENSMITH RICHEY
Authenticity. Acceptance of my calling as a female minister, without adherence to masculine ministry models. Demonstrations of excellence in ministry.
Unconfined Collaboration!