East Coast Collaborative of Illuman
The ECC Chapter of Illuman is a community of men who support men in our life-long journey to: heal our wounds and trauma, deepen our spirituality, and grow as elders to become good ancestors.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
— Teilhard de Chardin
Virtual Council
The Illuman East Coast Collaborative (ECC) Councils are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, from 8-9:30 PM EST. Meeting ID: 822 1491 6094 Password: 640842 or Join Zoom Meeting by clicking here.
Bring your pain, strength, power, weakness, glory, blessings or whatever else it is that you are to address at this moment in life. Council is a place for you to tackle life head on, as awake and honest to what is your reality as you dare. It is also a place to practice a radical form of listening to others and to the Spirit.
Our form of council is a communal contemplative practice where we do our inner work in a group. It isn’t a discussion group; it isn’t a place to debate ideas; it isn’t a place to get or give answers or advice; it isn’t a place to be held accountable by others. Council is a place uncommon to the rest of life where you are invited to put down the mantel(s) you carry, where you put down your many identities and roles you play, reconnect to Life itself, and sink deeper into your true self, using a variety of practices that have stood the test of time and come to us from wisdom traditions around the world. A large part of this practice is telling our own stories.
Upcoming Councils and Other Events
Illuman of DC holds and sponsors a variety of events throughout the year. These include monthly meetings, quarterly gatherings, wanderings in nature, and special events. Please check here often, or follow us on Facebook for the latest schedule of activities and events.
Contact Us
Convener: Kevin Barwick
Co-Convener: Dave Kraybill
Convener Emeritus: John Ball
Contact Us via Email: admin@illumandc.org
Support East Coast Collaborative of Illuman
Donations to Illuman ECC are tax deductible.
You may donate through the link below or by sending a check to:
Mr. Scott Gunn, Treasurer,
Illuman DC
PO Box 68
Hyattsville, MD. 20781
Donor Advised Fund: please cite EIN #: 45-4929738
If necessary, you may add IRS Submission #: 61720920230127939397
Please ask your fund to send the check to the above name and address — Email: jscottgunn@gmail.com
Please note that sending the check to the registered address of Illuman ECC in Manassas, VA will result in delays, though if the DAF insists, it can go to that address. Alternately, the DAF can send a wire transfer. Please email: jscottgunn@gmail.com for detailed instructions.
“The needs of the world are too great, the suffering and pain too extensive, the lures of the world too seductive for us to begin to change the world unless we are changed.”
William Willimon, Bread and Wine