Flourishing Souls
For inner wholeness and deepening spirituality
This ministry is about Contemplative Prayer forms.
They open us up intimately to God and create a union with God...
This ministry is about the Enneagram for a wholeness of your own heart, soul, mind & strength.
You cannot give all of yourself to God without self-awareness...
Either or both for the transformation of the world,
one person at a time. Are you willing?
Services
Enneagram Exploration
To know God more fully, we must also know ourselves. For one-on-one sessions, we explore your habits, actions, and unconscious behaviors to reveal your gifts and graces. This also reveals blind spots and adverse traits you can see, release, and allow God to bring an inner awakening of unconditional love
Click "Learn More" below for more about the Enneagram and the Integrative Enneagram Form we use for this process
Contemplative Prayer
The Church of Jesus Christ is going through incredible changes. Some are threatened by the sheer magnitude of the changes. Others know that growth and moving to a new level of spiritual consciousness will be tumultuous, but Spirit-led as well.
If people of faith can willingly embody the realities of God at work in the world, they may find that Contemplative Prayers will hold them in the deepening space of closeness to God.
Flourishing Souls desires to create a community of people who will practice Centering and other Contemplative Prayer forms weekly for connection, accountability, and intentional focus on each another while opening their heart to God.
Click on "Learn More" to consider what is awaiting you if you are willing.
Other Services
Other services available :
Speaker on the Enneagram & its spiritual significance
Speak on a Biblical topic of choice
Pre-Marriage Sessions using the wisdom
of the Enneagram
Weddings
Public Speaking / Preaching
Book or Bible Study Groups
Retreats / Workshops
Topics can be arranged
This ministry is about Contemplative Prayer forms.
They open us up intimately to God and create a union with God...
This ministry is about the Enneagram for a wholeness of your own heart, soul, mind & strength.
You cannot give all of yourself to God without self-awareness...
Either or both for the transformation of the world,
one person at a time. Are you willing?
FLOURISHING SOULS
There are many approaches to the Enneagram. Flourishing Souls delves into the spiritual dimensions of this map of human consciousness. It illuminates why we do what we do and why we find change so difficult.
"Rather than putting us into a box, the Enneagram shows us how small or limited we have made our own box - and invites us to be our free, authentic self."
Prayerfully consider if God is drawing you to look deeper, open wider, and invite your soul to flourish in new and unexpected ways.
Jill Schneider Smith
I have been a pastor in the United Methodist Church for over twenty years. I started this ministry in 2020 because I was seeking a new way to connect individuals to God in deeper and more life changing ways than most local churches address.
I discovered the healing aspects of Contemplative Prayer forms at the same time I was just beginning to explore the Enneagram (which teaches how to be emotionally healthy and I've since learned it is a deeply spiritual system for self awareness). Both Contemplative Prayer and the Enneagram brought me to an understanding of who God created me to be, and how much I am completely loved. Just as you are. This awareness also brought wisdom, teaching me to release habits of my personality that were keeping me distant from God and myself. This is always a journey, so growth, deepness, and expansive connection to the Spirit is continual.
God is good that way.
I desire to bring these practices for finding wholeness and inner healing to the kingdom of God.
* The Enneagram to help see the gifts God has placed within you and release the habits of personality that keep you locked into behaviors (some you see, some are blind spots) that keep you from following your dreams.
* Contemplative Prayer, specifically Centering Prayer as a regular practice because it creates healthy neuropathways in your mind as it connects your heart to the open, loving space where God longs to hold you.
.... I find both incredibly helpful, because you can't love God with your whole heart if you don't know your true, authentic self.
CONTACT
Jill Schneider Smith, MDiv. DMin.
@flourishingsoulsnc