June 2026
- Helms Jarrell
- Jun 2
- 4 min read
Upcoming Events
Gathering Dates
Until further notice, we meet at 2916 Parkway Ave; Charlotte, NC 28208
2026 dates: June 7, June 21, July 5- Funeral for the Empire, July 19, Aug 2, Aug 16, Sept 13, Sept 27, Oct 4, Oct 18, Nov 1- All Saints/Children’s Blessing, Nov 15, Nov 29. Dec 6, Dec 13, Dec 20.
Our meeting location for July 19, Aug 2, and Aug 16 will be at The Pauline’s Apothecary Tea Bar at 2326 Arty Ave.
Please remember to bring a snack to share at communion each time we gather.
And if you have the ability to bring food to add to the Freedom Fridge, please do.
Community Make Day: Save the date for June 13 from 12-2pm at 2916 Parkway Ave. One table at the Rhizome Art Market will have educational materials and a video about the Maroon communities of the Great Dismal Swamp in North Carolina and make art to symbolize their experience. This art will be used for the Funeral for the Empire on July 5th.
Please take a look at the Funeral for the Empire notes from last year and add your comments if you cannot come to the planning meetings. This way, everyone is a part of the planning!
The theme for this season is: Wide Open, Well Held: Cultivating a World in which all may Remain Open and Curious while also Setting Healthy Boundaries
The toolkit for this season is linked here.
A note about space: We're still searching for West Side meeting space. Until then, we'll meet at Marian House at QCFT. In July and August, Marian House is turned into a theater for Mixed Metaphors Production. For July and August, we have reserved The Pauline's Tea Bar and Apothecary for our meeting space. 2326 Arty Ave.
Please block your calendar for August 30th when we will all go see the Mixed Metaphors Production show as a group (or two small groups) Time and Details TBD.
Leadership at Upcoming Gatherings:
Throughout the summer season, we will be experimenting with different social technologies. A social technology is a structured way of gathering and interacting that helps people communicate, learn, and work together more effectively. It creates conditions for deeper listening, stronger relationships, shared understanding, and meaningful participation within a group. You are invited to offer your leadership by engaging deeply with curiosity and initiative.
Date | Childcare | Social technology |
June 7 | Shelly | Fishbowl |
June 21 | Mattie | Story Circles |
July 5 | none- Funeral for the Empire | Funeral for the Empire |
July 19 | Gretchen | Think, Pair, Share |
August 2 | Chris | Spectogram |
August 16 | Pride After Party | Pride After Party |
August 30 | Activation | Activation |
Governance
The next Governance meeting date is TBD.
In summer and fall 2026, we will revisit the community’s existing covenant not simply as a document to preserve, but as a living reflection of who we are becoming together. Community members will be invited to actively engage the old covenant by marking
it up, annotating it, questioning it, expanding it, and adapting it in light of present realities and future hopes. Some commitments may feel deeply rooted and worth carrying forward, while others may need to be revised, clarified, or released altogether. This process invites honesty, imagination, and collective ownership, recognizing that healthy
covenantal life requires ongoing reflection and renewal.
Throughout the Summer and Fall seasons, we will work collaboratively to craft a renewed covenant emerging from the old while making space for new wisdom, practices, and commitments to take shape. As participants engage shared experiences, conversations, worship, conflict, care, and collective discernment, we expect new insights and needs to emerge from within the life of the community itself. Together, we will identify the promises, practices, boundaries, and rhythms that feel necessary for
sustaining liberatory, embodied, and trustworthy community life in this season. In this way, the covenant becomes more than a statement of values—it becomes a communal practice of listening, adapting, and intentionally shaping how we belong to one another.
Remember to RSVP
Please remember to RSVP to the attendance text that went out. If you did not get it, please reach out to Shelly Murphy.
Beloved Community School for the Common Good
forming a culture of justice, connection, and collective care.
June-August 2026
This Season's Theme for our School for the Common Good is:
Wide Open, Well Held
Our summer theme, Wide Open, Well Held, invites us to imagine a world where
people can remain openhearted and curious without sacrificing safety, clarity, or
care. Throughout the season, we will practice holding the tension between
openness and protection with intention—resisting both defensiveness and
overexposure, and learning instead how boundaries and connection can coexist.
For our School for the Common Good Activation this season, we’ll all be attending the Mixed Metaphors Production together
Toolkit - Resources to use at home, with family, and in small groups. become a sponsor of the school to receive an all seasons pass to this toolkit or order a season at time. Check out the resource guide for summer 2026 here.
Beloved Community Circles: Information to come.
Ritual Gatherings: Bi-weekly practices of ceremony, creative contemplation, story sharing, and connection rooted in the Christian tradition.
Communications
Ways to stay up to date
Slack is a communication tool that BCC folks use to update each other throughout the week. If you want to join the slack, let Helms know.
If you don’t want to find us on Slack, you can still find updates on our Linktree.
You can also add the Beloved Community Charlotte Google calendar to your calendar.
If someone you know wants to join our belovedcommunityclt email list, email iamhelmsie@gmail.com and she’ll add you to the list.
If you want to schedule some time to connect with Helms, feel free to find a time that works for you using this link: https://calendly.com/helmsjarrell
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