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In an era where we are constantly told we are a divided people, CPL is committed to convening opportunities to remember our shared humanity and discover our common values of caring for one another.
Community
Join CPL Communities to become part of a vibrant community of purposeful leaders like you.
CPL Communities is the CPL private social network.
Benefits of CPL Gathering:
Meet fellow change agents.
Find new friends/allies.
Deepen friendships and collaborations.
Explore new ways of thinking and being.
Be inspired by an awesome community.
Upcoming Events Schedule
New! AoC Civic & Community Leaders
A learning journey for leaders who bring communities together.
Convene with Courage. Build Trust.
Build an Abundant Community.
For civic leaders, organizers, and dialogue facilitators, the Art of Convening® offers tools to foster trust and momentum across differences—helping communities shift from fear and fragmentation to belonging and abundance.
Community Hearth: 9-10 am + 15-minute After-party
https://www.cplcommunities.org/spaces/13037179/content
CPL Connect
CPLC Connect: More ways to be in community
A key benefit for CPL Members
1st & 3rd Wednesdays · 9:00 - 10:00am CT US
Join Patricia Neal and Paul McCarthy
Updates on all things CPL and how you can engage!
What's at the heart of the matter?
Let's connect! Continue the conversation from the Hearth, and Essential Conversation, etc. This is the "after-party" to the "after-party."
What brought you to CPL?
What can CPL do for you?
Whether you are new to CPL Communities or have been here a while, do you know how to navigate the network, this platform, events, find people, connect?
Join Paul McCarthy and Patricia Neal and guest conveners to learn more about this Community of Practice.
Community Hearth: 9-10 am + 15-minute After-party
https://www.cplcommunities.org/spaces/13037179/content
New! AoC Civic & Community Leaders
A learning journey for leaders who bring communities together.
Convene with Courage. Build Trust.
Build an Abundant Community.
For civic leaders, organizers, and dialogue facilitators, the Art of Convening® offers tools to foster trust and momentum across differences—helping communities shift from fear and fragmentation to belonging and abundance.
Community Hearth: 9-10 am + 15-minute After-party
https://www.cplcommunities.org/spaces/13037179/content
CPL Connect
CPLC Connect: More ways to be in community
A key benefit for CPL Members
1st & 3rd Wednesdays · 9:00 - 10:00am CT US
Join Patricia Neal and Paul McCarthy
Updates on all things CPL and how you can engage!
What's at the heart of the matter?
Let's connect! Continue the conversation from the Hearth, and Essential Conversation, etc. This is the "after-party" to the "after-party."
What brought you to CPL?
What can CPL do for you?
Whether you are new to CPL Communities or have been here a while, do you know how to navigate the network, this platform, events, find people, connect?
Join Paul McCarthy and Patricia Neal and guest conveners to learn more about this Community of Practice.
Community Hearth: 9-10 am + 15-minute After-party
https://www.cplcommunities.org/spaces/13037179/content
New! AoC Civic & Community Leaders
A learning journey for leaders who bring communities together.
Convene with Courage. Build Trust.
Build an Abundant Community.
For civic leaders, organizers, and dialogue facilitators, the Art of Convening® offers tools to foster trust and momentum across differences—helping communities shift from fear and fragmentation to belonging and abundance.
Community Hearth: 9-10 am + 15-minute After-party
https://www.cplcommunities.org/spaces/13037179/content
6th Annual CPL Fall Retreat 2026
Making Sanctuary
Location: Mt. Olivet Conference Center, Farmington, MN (35 mins south of MSP Airport)
What is new this year?
Days: Monday-Thursday
Location: Mt. Olivet Conference Center, Farmington, MN (35 mins south of MSP Airport)
Flow, including Leadership Path sessions each afternoon: Whole Person Leadership for Women, Art of Convening CoLab
What you can count on:
wonderful, courageous people who add value to our lives every day
conversations you don’t want to miss
networking and “camp” experiences
What we know: the way we gather shapes what becomes possible.
What would it mean in your life to make a little more sanctuary? Making sanctuary is a practice. Imagine gatherings where hospitality and generosity shape the tone of every conversation. Instead of being framed by scarcity, dialogues focus on gifts, strengths, and shared possibilities. Community members show up not as passive consumers—waiting for someone else to solve problems—but as citizens, offering their contributions and “confronting one another with their gifts”*.
Just as no crop can exceed the quality of the soil from which it grows, no encounter can exceed the quality of the relational ground in which it happens. Making sanctuary is, in this frame, the practice of tending social soil: cultivating intention, quality of listening, depth of holding, clarity of relational boundaries — not as preconditions for something else to happen, but as the thing itself.”
We will explore the meaning and practices of sanctuary as tending and enriching the social soil that is already so rich in the CPL community.
*Peter Block, Community: The Structure of Belonging
$100 Deposit Saves Your Place
Community Hearth: 9-10 am + 15-minute After-party
https://www.cplcommunities.org/spaces/13037179/content
CPL Connect
CPLC Connect: More ways to be in community
A key benefit for CPL Members
1st & 3rd Wednesdays · 9:00 - 10:00am CT US
Join Patricia Neal and Paul McCarthy
Updates on all things CPL and how you can engage!
What's at the heart of the matter?
Let's connect! Continue the conversation from the Hearth, and Essential Conversation, etc. This is the "after-party" to the "after-party."
What brought you to CPL?
What can CPL do for you?
Whether you are new to CPL Communities or have been here a while, do you know how to navigate the network, this platform, events, find people, connect?
Join Paul McCarthy and Patricia Neal and guest conveners to learn more about this Community of Practice.
Community Hearth: 9-10 am + 15-minute After-party
https://www.cplcommunities.org/spaces/13037179/content
New! AoC Civic & Community Leaders
A learning journey for leaders who bring communities together.
Convene with Courage. Build Trust.
Build an Abundant Community.
For civic leaders, organizers, and dialogue facilitators, the Art of Convening® offers tools to foster trust and momentum across differences—helping communities shift from fear and fragmentation to belonging and abundance.
AoC Faith & Spiritual Leaders
A learning journey for leaders who bring communities together.
Gather Your Community with Sacred Presence. Lead with Wisdom. Inspire Action Rooted in Faith.
Whether you’re guiding worship, leading a study group, facilitating a retreat, or hosting a congregational dialogue, the Art of Convening® equips faith and spiritual leaders to create spaces of trust, belonging, and transformation.
Community Hearth: 9-10 am + 15-minute After-party
https://www.cplcommunities.org/spaces/13037179/content
CPL Connect
CPLC Connect: More ways to be in community
A key benefit for CPL Members
1st & 3rd Wednesdays · 9:00 - 10:00am CT US
Join Patricia Neal and Paul McCarthy
Updates on all things CPL and how you can engage!
What's at the heart of the matter?
Let's connect! Continue the conversation from the Hearth, and Essential Conversation, etc. This is the "after-party" to the "after-party."
What brought you to CPL?
What can CPL do for you?
Whether you are new to CPL Communities or have been here a while, do you know how to navigate the network, this platform, events, find people, connect?
Join Paul McCarthy and Patricia Neal and guest conveners to learn more about this Community of Practice.
New! AoC Civic & Community Leaders Gateway Session
A learning journey for leaders who bring communities together.
Convene with Courage. Build Trust.
Build an Abundant Community.
For civic leaders, organizers, and dialogue facilitators, the Art of Convening® offers tools to foster trust and momentum across differences—helping communities shift from fear and fragmentation to belonging and abundance.
AoC Faith & Spiritual Leaders
A learning journey for leaders who bring communities together.
Gather Your Community with Sacred Presence. Lead with Wisdom. Inspire Action Rooted in Faith.
Whether you’re guiding worship, leading a study group, facilitating a retreat, or hosting a congregational dialogue, the Art of Convening® equips faith and spiritual leaders to create spaces of trust, belonging, and transformation.
Community Hearth: 9-10 am + 15-minute After-party
https://www.cplcommunities.org/spaces/13037179/content
WPL4W 2026 Session
Whole Person Leadership for Women
2018 - 2026
Cohort 9: March - May 2026
New! AoC Faith & Spiritual Leaders
A learning journey for leaders who bring communities together.
Gather Your Community with Sacred Presence. Lead with Wisdom. Inspire Action Rooted in Faith.
Whether you’re guiding worship, leading a study group, facilitating a retreat, or hosting a congregational dialogue, the Art of Convening® equips faith and spiritual leaders to create spaces of trust, belonging, and transformation.
New! AoC Civic & Community Leaders Gateway Session
A learning journey for leaders who bring communities together.
Convene with Courage. Build Trust.
Build an Abundant Community.
For civic leaders, organizers, and dialogue facilitators, the Art of Convening® offers tools to foster trust and momentum across differences—helping communities shift from fear and fragmentation to belonging and abundance.
CPL Connect
CPLC Connect: More ways to be in community
A key benefit for CPL Members
1st & 3rd Wednesdays · 9:00 - 10:00am CT US
Join Patricia Neal and Paul McCarthy
Updates on all things CPL and how you can engage!
What's at the heart of the matter?
Let's connect! Continue the conversation from the Hearth, and Essential Conversation, etc. This is the "after-party" to the "after-party."
What brought you to CPL?
What can CPL do for you?
Whether you are new to CPL Communities or have been here a while, do you know how to navigate the network, this platform, events, find people, connect?
Join Paul McCarthy and Patricia Neal and guest conveners to learn more about this Community of Practice.
New! AoC Faith & Spiritual Leaders
A learning journey for leaders who bring communities together.
Gather Your Community with Sacred Presence. Lead with Wisdom. Inspire Action Rooted in Faith.
Whether you’re guiding worship, leading a study group, facilitating a retreat, or hosting a congregational dialogue, the Art of Convening® equips faith and spiritual leaders to create spaces of trust, belonging, and transformation.
Community Hearth: 9-10 am + 15-minute After-party
https://www.cplcommunities.org/spaces/13037179/content
WPL4W 2026 Session
Whole Person Leadership for Women
2018 - 2026
Cohort 9: March - May 2026
New! AoC Faith & Spiritual Leaders
A learning journey for leaders who bring communities together.
Gather Your Community with Sacred Presence. Lead with Wisdom. Inspire Action Rooted in Faith.
Whether you’re guiding worship, leading a study group, facilitating a retreat, or hosting a congregational dialogue, the Art of Convening® equips faith and spiritual leaders to create spaces of trust, belonging, and transformation.
Community Hearth: 9-10 am + 15-minute After-party
https://www.cplcommunities.org/spaces/13037179/content
CPL Connect
CPLC Connect: More ways to be in community
A key benefit for CPL Members
1st & 3rd Wednesdays · 9:00 - 10:00am CT US
Join Patricia Neal and Paul McCarthy
Updates on all things CPL and how you can engage!
What's at the heart of the matter?
Let's connect! Continue the conversation from the Hearth, and Essential Conversation, etc. This is the "after-party" to the "after-party."
What brought you to CPL?
What can CPL do for you?
Whether you are new to CPL Communities or have been here a while, do you know how to navigate the network, this platform, events, find people, connect?
Join Paul McCarthy and Patricia Neal and guest conveners to learn more about this Community of Practice.
New! AoC Faith & Spiritual Leaders
A learning journey for leaders who bring communities together.
Gather Your Community with Sacred Presence. Lead with Wisdom. Inspire Action Rooted in Faith.
Whether you’re guiding worship, leading a study group, facilitating a retreat, or hosting a congregational dialogue, the Art of Convening® equips faith and spiritual leaders to create spaces of trust, belonging, and transformation.
Community Hearth: 9-10 am + 15-minute After-party
https://www.cplcommunities.org/spaces/13037179/content
Advancement Action Council
CPL Advancement Action Council
The Advancement Action Council serves as an expression of and a practice space for convening, guided by the methods and principles of the Art of Convening. Our ongoing meetings will generally follow the Art of Convening Wheel format, ensuring a structured and meaningful experience for all. Together, we aim to build, cultivate, grow, activate, foster, nurture, and inspire each other and our community.
(I) Membership/ Engagement
Strategic Alliances
(II) Alumni Development
AoC Re-envisioning
(III) Development/Fundraising
Strategic Partners
(IV) Event Planning/Programs
Strategic Partners
(V) AoC Re-envisioning
If you have gifts to bring to the CPL community, contact Patricia Neal to learn more: pneal@centerfpl.org
WPL4W 2026 Session
Whole Person Leadership for Women
2018 - 2026
Cohort 9: March - May 2026
New! AoC Faith & Spiritual Leaders Free Informational Session
A learning journey for leaders who bring communities together.
Gather Your Community with Sacred Presence. Lead with Wisdom. Inspire Action Rooted in Faith.
Whether you’re guiding worship, leading a study group, facilitating a retreat, or hosting a congregational dialogue, the Art of Convening® equips faith and spiritual leaders to create spaces of trust, belonging, and transformation.
Community Hearth: 9-10 am + 15-minute After-party
https://www.cplcommunities.org/spaces/13037179/content
Community Hearth: 9-10 am + 15-minute After-party
https://www.cplcommunities.org/spaces/13037179/content
WPL4W 2026 Session
Whole Person Leadership for Women
2018 - 2026
Cohort 9: March - May 2026
CPL Connect
CPLC Connect: More ways to be in community
A key benefit for CPL Members
1st & 3rd Wednesdays · 9:00 - 10:00am CT US
Join Patricia Neal and Paul McCarthy
Updates on all things CPL and how you can engage!
What's at the heart of the matter?
Let's connect! Continue the conversation from the Hearth, and Essential Conversation, etc. This is the "after-party" to the "after-party."
What brought you to CPL?
What can CPL do for you?
Whether you are new to CPL Communities or have been here a while, do you know how to navigate the network, this platform, events, find people, connect?
Join Paul McCarthy and Patricia Neal and guest conveners to learn more about this Community of Practice.
Community Hearth: 9-10 am + 15-minute After-party
https://www.cplcommunities.org/spaces/13037179/content