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Weekend In The Word
Please join us on February 27 & 28 for Weekend in the Word. Marla Tuski will be speaking on Spiritual Direction: Companioning Another Who is Beloved by God.
The 1st session on Friday, February 27, 7:00-8:30pm will be on: Our Spiritual Lives: A Journey Shared by All Believers.
Marla will return on Saturday, February 28, 9am-noon for the 2nd session & 3rd sessions talking about: Foundation of Spiritual Direction: Knowing God with Head and Heart & Experiencing and Leading Spiritual Direction: A Glimpse inside the Practice, respectively.
Marla Tuski has been a spiritual director for 7.5 years, since completing a certificate in direction from SoulFormation (info at SoulFormation.org). Her training included 18 months at SoulFormation’s Academy of Spiritual Formation which required reading and response papers, intensive retreats, and spiritual direction in peer-based triads, all focused on her own spiritual formation. Following that, she was accepted into SoulFormation’s School of Spiritual Direction where she trained and received supervision for 8 months. She continues her professional development by participating in SoulFormation’s Community of Spiritual Directors, which requires that she meets regularly with her own spiritual director and that she participates in a bi-monthly supervision group.
Previous education:
Bachelor’s degree in Developmental Psychology, Western Washington University
Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling, Western Washington University
She has done a year’s worth of study in theology and Biblical Studies at Regent College.
Marla has also completed training to lead the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises and has led people through the 19th Annotation of the exercises for each of the last five years.
She has worked as a mental health counselor, an academic advisor at Whatcom Community College, and as a minister of administration at Northwood Christian and Missionary Alliance Church in Blaine Washington. She is currently a practicing Anglican learning the rich resource of the Book of Common Prayer. She considers both receiving and offering spiritual direction to be among the great graces of her life.