Holding Presence
Barnabas Landing + Sanctuary Mental Health
February 18 - 21, 2025
Featuring: Matt Maher,
Hillary L. McBride & John Swinton
Hold, and be held in,
Presence.
This February, you are invited to gather with other multi-disciplinary artists as we explore what it means for the church to be a safe and present sanctuary for those experiencing mental health challenges. How do the songs we sing and the art we create allow those experiencing loneliness, stigma or shame to be held by God’s presence just as they are?
There will be time for rest, creativity, and connection, and as always, there will be food for the body and the soul. Join us as we reflect together on what it is to hold, and be held in, Presence.
DATES
February 18 - 21, 2025
FEATURING
Matt Maher
Hillary L. McBride
John Swinton
COST
$200/Person
FEATURING…
MATT MAHER
Since his major-label debut in 2008, Matt Maher has become a staple in the artistic and songwriting community. A nine-time-GRAMMY® nominee and three-time-GMA Dove Award® winner, he has garnered multiple radio successes, writing and recording songs such as his Top 5 CCLI song “Lord, I Need You” and the chart-topping radio singles “Because He Lives (Amen)” and “Alive & Breathing.” Along with other hits such as “Hold Us Together,” “Christ Is Risen,” “All The People Said Amen,” and “Your Grace Is Enough,” Maher has written or co-written six No. 1 radio singles.
HILLARY L. MCBRIDE
I am a therapist, researcher, speaker and writer. I love to help see people grow, heal, change, and come into more fullness in themselves and their relationships. I am passionate about the well-being of all people, and want to make psychology and academic research accessible to a wide variety of people.
JOHN SWINTON
John Swinton is the Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies at the School of Divinity, History, and Philosophy, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Previously he worked for sixteen years as a registered mental health nurse, and spent several years as a hospital chaplain and community mental health chaplain. He is particularly interested in mental health issues both as they relate to the spiritual dimensions of care offered by religious communities as well as the spiritual care offered by established “secular” mental health services. He has published widely in the fields of disability theology, spirituality and health, and qualitative research and mental health. John is an ordained minister of Church of Scotland.