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Contemplative Book Club
Tuesdays 20th October – 24th November 2026.
6:15 – 7:15pm.
Join us for a reflective reading (over 6 weeks) of The Community Builder’s Journal, inspired by the book launch held recently at Campfire in the Heart in collaboration with the Mparntwe Alice Springs Community Foundation.
No prior reading is necessary, as each week we’ll take turns reading from the book and pause to reflect on what’s speaking to us in that moment.
The Community Builder’s Journal invites you to experiment with building community in your street, neighbourhood, workplace, or wherever life places you. Part reflective journal, part practical guide, this book offers weekly ideas, stories, questions, and invitations to try something new.
We’ll explore how to build small groups, sustain collective energy, and respond to conflict. Through diverse lenses – including social, economic, cultural, ecological, and political – we’ll reimagine what’s possible in the places and communities you care about.
This journal offers not just ideas, but encouragement to live them.
The book’s co-authors include Peter Westoby and Rachael Donovan, community development practitioners who have visited Alice Springs regularly over the last 4 years to deliver workshops.
Books are available from Practical Action Publishing.
(No prior reading is necessary, as each week we’ll take turns reading from the book and pause to reflect on what’s speaking to us in that moment.)
*** Feel free to come early and join in our daily meditation at 5:30pm ***
Previous Contemplative Book Club titles:
- ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’ by Viktor Frankl
- ‘The Untethered Soul’ by Michael Singer
- ‘Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics’ by Mirabai Starr
- ‘The Power of Now’ by Eckhart Tolle
- ‘The Interior Castle’ by Teresa of Avila
- ‘The Spiritual Teachings of Marcus Aurelius’ by Mark Forstater
FREE EVENT (Donations welcome)