101st California Men’s Gathering • Camp Arroyo, Livermore, CA
Labor Day Weekend – September 3rd – September 6th, 2021
Due to difficulties of staging a Summer gathering the event has been canceled.
The next opportunity for the 101st California Men’s Gathering is Memorial Day 2022.
The community gathering content planned for the Summer Gathering theme of Love, Vulnerability & Healing will be presented by John Torres on October 23rd from 10am-4pm. Register Today!
Free Special Statewide Series
Love, Vulnerability & Healing
Oct 23rd, 2021 @ 10am
Man’s existence, our relationships, the potential we realize, and the joy and fulfillment of life’s experiences are all the result of Love. When life, relationships, and experiences don’t live up to our expectations, it is common to become guarded, closed off and vigilant to protect what we have. In this state of fear, our potential is limited. When and how do we let down our guard and open ourselves up to the healing that love offers. When we are comfortable with vulnerability, especially in relation to each other, love provides the healing we all seek. It is with this healing love that we can remove the limits we have placed on our own potential.
Safety is an illusion. Everyone wants safety. Everyone wants to be in a culture of heart-centered folks where they feel “safe.” What is it that heart-centered folks share in common? What is it that assists in cultivating love? Heart-centered folks embrace vulnerability. Heart-centered folks embrace imagination. If you are tired of the “same old thing” getting in the way of your imagination. If you feel uncertain, confused, and distracted by current events, we welcome you to the CMG 101st Gathering. Come and be challenged to tell your story. Listen to the stories of others who have survived and thrived in similar circumstances. Come to this playful pause and take away an experience of healing.
In preparation for this event, please bring a token of an intention of love, vulnerability, and healing to share. Some options may be a picture, a stone, a feather, a piece of leather, a ring, a sea shell, a hat, tie or dress, a past CMG Program Guide, etc.
is an active member of CMG. He has facilitated workshops and discussions for CMG & for the Billy Community. He has served on the Billy Foundation Board of Directors (4 yrs.). He is currently facilitating a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) workshop monthly and is active in Queer Spirituality presentations in Sonoma & Napa County. He is a retired minister in Metropolitan Community Churches (20 yrs). He is a self-described unionist & former customer service employee of Kaiser Permanente (25 yrs). He is currently serving on the Santa Rosa Kaiser LGBTQI+ Patient Task Force. jonniet@comcast.net). He resides in Santa Rosa, CA with his partner of 43 years, Tim Webb and their two loyal companions, Connie & Penny.
Please direct questions to question@thecmg.org
To volunteer please email garrickwilhelm@thecmg.org
We’d love to see you there!
California Men’s Gatherings and its members stand together with our Black brothers in solidarity: Black Lives Matter. We are with you in this time of pain. We renew our call for racial justice and economic equality. We are committed to listening, learning, understanding, and connecting at the heart in order to bring about the needed changes within our own organization and in society at large.
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