When Summit ’09 was imagined as an opportunity for persons of multiple disciplines and sometimes disparate adventures to share in inspiration and learning, little did we know that the lived experience in Orlando would grow into an ongoing opportunity of engagement. Many of the 1800 conferees from around the globe have asked the planning community and the Steering Committee of the SCC to ensure that the good spirit enjoyed and the intentional growth that happened will continue to live. Our response to this request is to provide the resources that were created for Summit ’09 to be available to both registrants who were there in person and to the wider interested community. Links on the permanent Summit ’09 website will include audio and video presentations of plenaries and workshops, hundreds of photographs, hard copy materials according to permission, informal links to You Tube videos, links to “Collaboratives” in your local village of care, etc. We are hopeful for a movement that will keep us enthusiastic until our next meeting and beyond. All expectations and dreams were certainly not met at the Summit and for this we learn and try harder for the future. The present and the future lives of our caring domain demand that we provide ways to communicate with our differences and our strengths. Please step into this site from time to time. We in the planning community will continue to honor ways to improve our relationship to you as well as be about sharing what we have learned about spiritual care with others.

George Henry Grant, PhD
Chair of Summit ‘09