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Well-Being Wednesdays

Well-Being Wednesdays offer a unique opportunity to renew your mind and spirit as you engage a topic from multiple perspectives. This offering is available in a convenient, partial-day, virtual format. Well-Being Wednesdays are offered four times each year in addition to the annual in-person Well-Being Retreat. 

Well-Being Respite
"Having just finished the [Well-Being Wednesday], I can see how important it is for me to do this regularly. Normally, I am caring for the church, my family, and my community. This gives me an opportunity to care for me." 

"I am thankful for … the framing of the workshop in worship and prayer from start to finish, creating a safe and loving atmosphere for learning."

— Well-Being Wednesday attendees

Well-Being Wednesdays allow you to step away from your daily routine and engage meaningfully with colleagues in life, work, or ministry.

Available at no cost to all members of the Benefits Plan of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), their spouses, and surviving spouses, Well-Being Wednesdays offer a virtual space to pause, learn, reframe, and connect. Each offering focuses on a different dimension of wholeness — financial, spiritual, vocational, and health — and how the current landscape shapes our understanding and application of it.

Each Well-Being Wednesday comprises the following:

  • centering prayer
  • an engaging workshop
  • a panel discussion
  • break-out conversation with other participants
  • a charge and blessing as you return to the rhythm of your day

Participants who attend the live event are awarded 40 Call to Health points following the program.

Upcoming Well-Being Wednesdays

Registration for each Well-Being Wednesday opens a few weeks before the event. Titles, descriptions, and speaker information will be added as they are confirmed.

Coping with Diagnosis: Support for Every Step

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026 (VIRTUAL)
1-3:30 p.m. ET
Registration launches Sept. 16, 2026.

A medical diagnosis can bring more than physical challenges; it can also change the way you move and show up. Alongside diagnosis and the decisions that require attention, it often carries anxiety and grief due to uncertainty and identity shifts.

Whether you’re living with illness or caring for someone you love, you don’t have to carry it alone. In this Well-Being Wednesday session, Dr. Jaime Eaddy will make space for community and honest conversation as she and our panelists offer practical support grounded in empathy and oriented toward hope. The presentation will focus on the following:

  • Diagnosis to name the emotional and spiritual weight that can accompany medical news.
  • Navigating care to identify ways to communicate, ask questions, and care for self or a loved one. In addition, we will offer insight to comprehensive benefits and care-navigation resources available through the Board of Pensions.
  • Resilience and well-being through stories and practices that cultivate steadiness, connection, and meaning to sustain you and compel you to keep showing up through it all.

This program is designed to acknowledge the complexity of illness and loss with empathy, insight, and hope.

Access recordings

Members and employers can access Board of Pensions e-learning content, including recordings of past Well-Being Wednesdays, through the Lifelong Learning site. View instructions on how to log in to your e-learning account or create an account if you don’t already have one.

Questions?

Email the Education team if you have questions about Well-Being Wednesdays. You will typically receive a response within 48 hours.

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