The Many Paths Gathering Space is a welcoming, dedicated space for spiritual practice, ritual, reflection, support, connection, and breathing space, for Creating Change conference-goers of all (or no) faiths, traditions, and spiritual paths.

At Creating Change 2025 in Las Vegas, the Many Paths Gathering Space is in Amazon Q.

The room is open Wednesday through Saturday, 8am–11pm, and Sunday, 8am–10:30am. Stop by for spiritual practice, to chat with a Spiritual Care Team member, or to just take a quiet break from the conference.

Stop in any time for: 

  • Art as spiritual practice: draw, color, make paper cranes, create plastic woven bracelets, or otherwise feed your spirit with creativity.
  • Anointing for activists: receive a blessing with oil to dedicate your work and activism.
  • Tarot and oracle card readings: offered by Brother Quill, from your choice of several amazing decks.
  • Self-guided Daily Muslim Prayers

Schedule of Offerings

All offerings are open to all!

Opening Night Christian Prayer
Wednesday 1/22, 7:00-7:30pm
Gather to join hearts in prayer and set intentions for the conference, led by queer Christian ministers Rev. Lauren Bennett and Rev. Candy Holmes. All are welcome!

Buddhist Meditation
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mornings, 8:15-8:45am
Start your morning by grounding with a 20-min silent mindfulness meditation, led by Teo Drake. All are welcome; no experience necessary!

Interfaith Renewal Service
Thursday 1/23, 3:00-4:30pm
In today’s polarized world, the quest for the sacred and for interconnectedness remains essential. Come join leaders and observers of various traditions who draw strength and inspiration from one another. All attendees are invited to this celebration of our community and our call for a just and equitable world. Organized by the Faith Institute Committee.

Jummah Prayer Service            
Friday 1/24, 12:00-1:30pm
The Muslim Youth Leadership Council will host a gender and sexuality-affirming prayer space for Muslim attendees. The space will be trauma-informed and invites participants to show up and pray (or not!) in whatever ways feel most comfortable, affirming, and spiritually authentic, led by ramish nadeem.

Shabbat Service
Friday 1/24, 5:30-7pm
Through song, poetry, prayer, and ritual this service will enter the Jewish Sabbath as a time of rest, celebration, connection, and reflection. Whether you are religiously Jewish, culturally Jewish, or Jew-ish, theist, atheist, or anywhere in between, you are welcome in this space! Led by Rabbi Eliana Kayelle.

Pagan Ancestor Circle
Saturday 1/25, 1:30-2:15pm
This ritual, led by Brother Quill, is intended to connect us to our Queer Ancestors of blood and spirit, to express gratitude and draw strength from Them, loosely based on generic modern Pagan ceremonial structures. You are welcome to bring photos, small representative items, or simply the names of your own Ancestors. All are welcome!

Name/Gender/Pronoun Blessing Ritual
Saturday 1/25, 3:15-4:15pm
Who you are is real, valid, and worthy of celebration! Come join a ritual of affirmation (or re-affirmation) of your true name, pronouns, and/or identity—whether you’re claiming them for the first time or have known them for decades. All are welcome!

Catholic Mass
Saturday 1/25, 4:45-5:30pm
Come experience a queer Catholic Mass, consecrated by Rev. Rosa Manríquez, an ordained Roman Catholic womanpriest. All are welcome!

Radical Faerie Heart Circle
Saturday 1/25, 7:30-9:00pm
Heart Circles are a tradition of the Radical Faerie community where participants speak and listen in heart-centered space. The process is warm, welcoming, and simple. Be prepared to turn off your cell phone for the duration of the circle. All are welcome!

Ecumenical Christian Service
Sunday 1/26, 9-10:15am
Join us for an interdenominational devotional space for Christian participants and interested observers from any background.

Queer Saints Project

What—or who—is a Saint? Who gets to decide who is or isn’t one? Are they only for Catholics, or are there Saints in other religions? The word “saint” shares its roots with the Latin word “sanctus” meaning “holy, consecrated” and while the criteria for being recognized as a saint does differ from path to path, almost all belief systems hold certain individuals as “sacred” or “set apart” in their traditions.

While not a belief system or a religion, Queer Culture has plenty of Saints—special people who stand out, who stood up and spoke out at some time or another, whose memory embodies some of the values and virtues that many people under the 2sLGBTQIA+ umbrella hold dear. Unlike many faith traditions, we do not require our Saints to be (or appear to be) perfect or pure. If anything we find the opposite; we celebrate the flawed authenticity that is essential to our Humanity.

The Many Paths Gathering Space invites you to join in an ongoing art project wherein we recognize and celebrate these Saints, in all their forms and varieties. Come draw, doodle, paint, or just meditate on the meaning of Queer Sainthood with us!

The room is open to all for spiritual practice, reflection, art making, and breathing space during any unscheduled time. All offerings are open to all. You are welcome. You are beloved.