Devastating headlines one after another, pouring out at your job and home to the point of burnout, witnessing another fallen church leader, working within systems and around policies that don’t dignify people, needing to take a moment to breathe, and/or struggling to find joy in the midst of a dark and weary world?

Do any of these things sound like what’s been on your heart and mind?

IF SO, SOWERS SELAH 2026 MAY JUST BE AN ANSWERED PRAYER.

the truth is, we actually can live from an empty cup.

we do it all the time, but it doesn’t mean we ought to.

this is why the Sowers Selah exists.

so you can come get refreshed from being weary and replenished from being a helper - not to come serve, give, pour out, get trained, or just get more info but to come to a space that cares about your wholeness and well-being.

to come to a space to get your hope back, heal, and get the help by way of resources and teachings to live a sustainably flourishing life that helps you keep helping and go from weary to hopeful.

If you’re weary with the state of the world or church or both, then this is for you. if you’re a professional helper and are serving from an empty cup this is for you. if global pain and suffering has you growing hopeless this is for you. if injustice has you aching in a way towards apathy or numbness or confusion, then this is for you. if you spend your days pouring out to others, serving others, ministering to others, and feel overworked or burnout, this is for you.

weariness, hopelessness, and burnout don’t have to be our portion or narrative.

Jesus wants you whole and hopeful!

So, look at Sowers Selah as your very own Oasis Day

to get the water you need to be whole and keep sowing.

Our Speakers

  • Danielle Coke Balfour

    Advocate. Author. Artist.

    Danielle is a designer turned illustrator, social justice activist, and entrepreneur. She's the founder of Oh Happy Dani, a lifestyle brand and educational platform that uses artwork and resources to encourage hope, inspire justice, and make complex ideas more accessible for her community of over half a million people across social media. She is the founder of the new community space and shop, Gladly Gather.

  • Kristen LaValley

    Author of ‘Even If He Doesn’t and Facilitator.

    Kristen is a writer, teacher, and facilitator focused on spiritual formation and trauma-informed storytelling. Her work includes books, immersive retreats, and writing courses designed to help people engage with their faith with honesty, nuance, and care. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Zach, and their five children.

  • Timothy Holmes

    Co-Founding Pastor of Renovation City Church.

    Tim is a Bronx native and co-lead pastor of Renovation City Church, a new church plant in the Bronx. Tim also works for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and serves as the Assistant Regional Director for InterVarsity in NY and NJ, where he oversees staff training and spiritual development. He holds a Master of Divinity from Northern Seminary with a concentration in Christian Community Development and is a licensed minister through the Evangelical Covenant Church.

  • Manni Lee

    Spiritual Director.

    Manni is spiritual director and the Community Care Director of Wonder Aloud. She delights in accompanying others through deep listening, spiritual care, and shared stories. She creates contemplative spaces through silent retreats and spiritual direction, helping individuals and communities notice God’s presence and move toward greater freedom and wholeness. Manni believes God is continually at work in our ordinary rhythms of life, often revealed when we slow down and listen.

  • Lydia Lucas

    Co-Founder of Latinas Loving Jesus.

    Lydia Lucas is a minister and nonprofit leader who serves as Chief People Officer at City Relief, with a passion for cultivating healthy teams and compassionate leadership. She is also a co-founder of Latinas Loving Jesus, creating spaces for Latina women to encounter God and grow together in faith.

  • James Roberson

    Pastor and Ministry Leader.

    James got his start in college ministry in 1999 at James Madison University, Howard University and University of North Texas. He remains diligently focused on social justice issues and has developed programs on youth empowerment, AIDS, substance abuse, and domestic violence. He started the Bridge Church in Brooklyn in 2014 and has been married to his wife Natarsha since 2003. In his spare time, he loves watching sports and going to the gym. James and Natarsha live in Brooklyn with their three daughters: Faith, Leah, and Sophia

  • Conscious Coore

    Founder of Flamingo Trauma Recovery.

    Conscious Coore is a speaker, trauma-informed spiritual care educator, Bible teacher, and founder of Flamingo Trauma Recovery, a nonprofit dedicated to bridging the gap between faith and mental health. She is a licensed educator and deliverance minister with over a decade of experience in inner healing ministry and clinical-adjacent work, holding a Master of Arts in Teaching and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. She designs systems and programs that equip therapists, ministers, and faith leaders to integrate faith into their work with strategy, confidence, and compassion, and is pioneering Trauma-Informed Spiritual Intervention® as a standard in churches, counseling spaces, and mental health ministries.

details:

  • SATURDAY, MARCH 21st

  • 150 East 91st Street NY, NY 10128 (Redeemer Church - Upper East Side Campus)

  • 11am-9pm

  • general sessions, worship, panel discussions, communal lunch, prayer, breakout sessions, communal spiritual direction, and more!

for who:

  • HELPERS - justice workers, pastors, mental health practitioners, doctors, doulas, nurses, social service workers, activists, ministers, teachers, social service workers, non profit staff/leaders, ministry leaders, and advocates

  • THE WEARY - those who are discouraged, depressed, despair, anxious, desperate for hope, having mental health challenges as a result of life’s weight, fearful, and/or those weary from broken theology that harms

  • For men and women

  • For the Body of Christ

  • Ages 18+

What Will The Day Look Like?

  • Breakout Sessions

    That speak to different groups of helpers and the weary that could use practical tools and teachings to meet them where they are and help them walk in wholeness and hope. These will be interactive and all will be recorded as well for you to access after the conference is over.

  • Communal Spiritual Direction

    Spiritual direction is a resource many use that can be healing, restorative, and invite us to slowness and selah as we listen to God. This will be a communal version of this as we do this together as a Body of Christ at Sowers Selah.

  • Worship

    This will be lead but our bilingual worship team that will kick off our day with fixing our eyes on Jesus as we begin with gratitude, honor, and worship unto Him.

  • Main Sessions

    We’ll have main sessions in the sanctuary that will be teachings/sermons that invite us to topics that are for everyone in the room and resource attendees for flourishing and wholeness. These will also be recorded

  • Pray

    At all of our events as a ministry, we prioritize prayer. We will have a prayer team at the conference that will be ready to pray for you as trauma-informed trained intercessors and also it’ll be a time to pray for one another as the body of Christ.

  • Reflect

    Communally and individually throughout the day with intentional moments of reflection, communion, and spiritual practices that nourish our souls

  • Remain in Practices That Sustain

  • Restored Towards Hope in the Dark

  • Refreshed In Our Weariness

  • Rest and Relationships As Priorities

  • Re-establishing our Theology of Suffering

  • Revelation (the book) as An Anchor

  • Replenish Your Spirit - Group Spiritual Direction

sessions/topics:

speakers will be announced soon!

Frequently Asked Questions

Got additional questions? Emails us at hey@wearefullcollective.com

  • We aren’t offering child care at this event and it’s for people ages 18+. However, if you have an infant 2 years or younger, you’re welcome to bring them with you.

  • Yes, if indicated that it’s needed - we will ensure there’s someone to provide that service to our neighbors who need it.

  • No, this is a space for brothers and sisters in Christ! Women and men are welcome.

  • This is the Upper East Side and there’s plenty of places to eat, shop, museums, and walk around. Central Park is not too far and there’s a few trains close by as well.

  • None we recommend directly as a ministry but the closest are:

    • Vovo the Franklin New York by IHG

    • Courtyard by Marriot

    • The Carlyle - A Rosewood Hotel

    • The Mark Hotel

    • And hotels in midtown and the upper west side

  • Yes there are! We welcome churches, ministries, and organizations to come together!

  • We’ll provide a finalized schedule in early March but for now know that the schedule is from 11am-9pm and that includes a lunch we will provide and a dinner break for your all.

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Hey!

hey friends, I’m so delighted you’ve stumbled upon this event. I believe this is no accident and it’s because God has heard your prayers and wants to give you a space and time to get refreshed and replenished. That’s what Sowers Selah is, or at least I hope it to be - a an answered prayer. Something some of you have been hoping for or looking for or didn’t even know you needed.

I know for me, despair can be so close when my empathetic spirit sees all the suffering in the world globally, locally, and in my own life and I feel like I can barely make an impact. I know for me, the weight that comes with pastoring and leading others and how that sometimes leaves little room for me to make room to be poured into. I know for me, as someone who pursues to live justly - witnessing injustice on a constant basis can be so depleting. I know for me, as a mom struggling to have hope in the future that my son is growing up in. I get it presently but I also spent 12 years working as a teacher and social worker, and I get it from that front too. I’ve spent 10 years in ministry and get it from that front too. All beautiful pathways that sow into others but that can also come at the cost of our own well-being, wholeness, or hope.

We don’t need to run from being empathetic or helpers or just people who care about what’s going on. There’s another way. What is we Selah-ed? Paused and listened to God, ourselves, and others as a tool to help us continue to walk through life with an awareness of the dark but a deep hope in the Light?

This is what we are making space for at Sowers Selah 2026, I hope you’ll come because your soul, mind, heart, and body deserve to go from survival mode to a sowing mode that flourishes.

learn more about Pricelis here

being tired, weary, exhausted, discouraged, fatigued, burnout, and hopeless doesn’t have to be the narrative you accept for your life. Jesus has more to offer. And as a sower, you get to take moment to selah and be filled.

JOIN US!

JOIN US!

Either in-person in NYC or virtually!

REGISTER HERE!

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