Initiatives That Bring Our Mission to Life
Our initiatives bring spirituality to life through meaningful programs that nurture connection, compassion, and understanding. From honoring the sacred in nature to practicing compassion in action, each initiative invites you to explore what it means to live with purpose and spiritual depth.
Reconnect with the sacred in the natural world. Through stories, science, and spiritual insight, we explore the deep bond between animals, the earth, and the human spirit.
Spirituality is real, rooted in the brain, and active from birth. This initiative invites people of all backgrounds to explore meaning, joy, and connection through the intersection of faith, art, and community.
Compassion is at the heart of spirituality. This initiative brings people together through events and partnerships that reflect the justice, inclusion, and shared humanity that flow forth from compassion.
Join our Next Event
From concerts and intergenerational dialogues to spiritual gatherings, our events create space to explore, reflect, and connect. Each one is an invitation to come together across traditions and perspectives and experience the shared humanity at the heart of it all.
Take Heart Now with Dr. Jessica Spence Moss
Take Heart Now with Dr. Jessica Spence Moss
Join us for Take Heart Now! as Jessica shares what she’s learned from more than a decade of interfaith work and youth leadership development — and how creating spaces for young people to listen, connect, and lead can strengthen all of us.
Integrating Spirituality in your Daily Life
Integrating Spirituality in your Daily Life
This 90-minute virtual workshop is designed to support our young people and the people who work with them.
The Annual Dinner
The Annual Dinner
“The Courage to be Kind" Join us for our annual celebration as we come together in healing, strength, and spiritual solidarity to meet the challenges before us.
Take Heart Now with Ann Smith
Take Heart Now with Ann Smith
Ann Smith is a spiritual leader and community builder who has dedicated her life to creating sacred spaces for healing, connection, and women’s empowerment.
Bringing people together. Unleashing the Spirit. Embracing the Sacred. Transforming the World
Updates and Stories
Read and watch the latest from our community, including event highlights, messages from our team, and stories that bring our work to life.
Standing Together in Spiritual Solidarity
On September 11, interfaith leaders and community members gathered at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral for Standing Together in Spiritual Solidarity: A Multi‑Faith Commitment to One Another and the Golden Rule in Our Democracy. Marking the 25th anniversary of the...
Standing Together in Spiritual Solidarity: Why a Multifaith Response to 9/11 Matters Today
On September 11, 2001, the world changed in ways that continue to shape our communities, our fears, and our perception of people who look and worship differently than we do. In the years since, we have gathered to mourn the lives lost, to honor those forever changed,...
The Animal Defenders International Wildlife Sanctuary
Kiara and her son, Scark A Journey from Cruelty to Compassion by Dr. Lo Sprague How We Got Here As children we look to adults to intervene in the cruelty we see towards our pets or other creatures, often only to be told: “It’s okay. They’re animals - they are not like...
The Take Heart Now Online Series
The Take Heart Now Online Series is an ongoing program of short presentations with widely diverse individual faith leaders and people of deep spirituality sharing what they actually do to get through the tough times we are all encountering today.
Carl Murrell – Take Heart Now
In this edition of Take Heart Now, Carl Murrell shares reflections on staying grounded, finding hope, and drawing on the practices and wisdom that...
Dr. Laila Al Marayati – Take Heart Now
Join us for an inspiring conversation with Dr. Laila Al-Marayati, a Palestinian American physician, interfaith leader, and lifelong advocate for...
Bob Williams – Take Heart Now
In this special episode of Take Heart Now, Bob Williams joins The Guibord Center on the eve of his retirement for a thoughtful conversation...
Zach Hoover – Take Heart Now
In this heartfelt edition of Take Heart Now, Rev. Zach Hoover reflects on the importance of caring for ourselves during seasons of grief,...
Explore the World’s Faith Traditions
The Guibord Center offers resources that share the sacred texts, values, and practices of diverse faiths through the voices of those who live them. Grounded in spirituality and guided by lived experience, these pages invite deeper understanding, respect, and connection across traditions.
The Heart Behind The Guibord Center
The Guibord Center exists to make spirituality accessible, inclusive, and deeply connected to everyday life. We bring people together across faiths and backgrounds through gatherings, relationships, and experiences that honor the sacred in all people.
Founded by the Rev. Dr. Gwynne Guibord, and a small group of colleagues, our work is grounded in her vision of friendship, belonging, and honoring the sacred in every person.
Today, we carry that vision forward through inclusive gatherings, meaningful partnerships, and a commitment to making space for all.