ONE DAY EVENT
Learning to Truly
See Your Community
Pause. Notice. Connect. Respond.
John Calvin Presbyterian Church
Annandale, VA
October 14, 2026
A one-day gathering of soup, art, creativity,
community exploration, and shared belonging
Join us for an experiential day designed to help leaders see their neighbors
with the eyes and love of Jesus. Practice deeper attention, creative hospitality,
and locally rooted care.
Soup Making
Cook together and experience belonging in a bowl.
Community Studio
Cultivate belonging through art, music, and embodied creative practice.
Dinner Church
Share a meal rooted in belonging, welcome, and connection.
More Than Art. More Than Soup. A Practice of Neighbor-Love.
Event Details
When
October 14, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Where
John Calvin Presbyterian Church, 6531 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA 22003
Cost
$45 per person
Agenda
9:00 AM – Setting the Table: "Why visiting and seeing your community matters."
10:00 AM - Community Walk/Drive
12:00 PM – Coop’s Soup Experience
2:30 PM – Group Shares Their Community Walk/Drive Experience
3:00 PM – Community Studio Experience
4:30 PM – Dismissal
Meet Your Guides
Shannon Kiser
Shannon serves as Senior Director of Fresh Expressions North America. She leads a team of mission strategists and trainers to equip leaders and develop strategies for mission innovation and new forms of Christian community. She is on the pastoral staff of Riverside Presbyterian Church in Sterling, VA, and is the author of "Opening Space: A Vision for Fresh Expressions of Church and Creative Mission."
Cristin Cooper
Cristin is the founder of Coop's Soups, a soup business and community-driven initiative that uses the simple act of making soup to build connections, fight loneliness and express compassion.
Brian Clark
Brian is a pastor, church planter, and missional practitioner who has spent more than three decades helping congregations discover fresh ways to love their neighbors and embody the gospel in changing communities.
Casey Wait
Casey is an artist and pastor living near Washington D.C. in Northern Virginia. She balances her life as a pastor at John Calvin Presbyterian Church with her passion for painting. By integrating her artistic exploration with her role as a pastor, she seeks a unique depth to her art, inviting viewers into a conversation about the world around us and the shared human experience.
