The first impulse of our God was to create.
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The Order of Sacred Creation is a developing community devoted to Christian formation through prayer, creative practice, learning, service, and the faithful care of creation and one another.
Rooted in the traditions of the Episcopal Church, our spirituality is shaped by an Anglican sacramental imagination: a trust that God meets us not only in worship and Scripture, but also in bodies, relationships, work, beauty, and the material world. We seek a faith that is contemplative, incarnational, attentive, and generous.
The Order does not replace the life of the Church. It accompanies it—a shared space for prayer, practice, learning, and formation that can deepen the life we carry into our parishes, communities, and the world.
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The Charism of the Order of Sacred Creation is to cultivate a Christian life of Creation · Contemplation · Formation. We practice this shared life simply: Create · Tend · Form.
Create — Develop creative practices as expressions of Christian discipleship, discovering how making, imagination, beauty, service, and repair can draw us more deeply into the mystery of the Incarnation.
Tend — Form lives rooted in prayer, Scripture, contemplation, and disciplined attention: tending to God, to one another, to ourselves, and to the creation entrusted to our care.
Form — Commit ourselves to lifelong Christian formation through learning and teaching, sharing what we know generously, and contributing to the formation of our parishes, communities, and one another.
Through these practices, we seek deeper communion with God, one another, and the created world, allowing the work of our hands, the practice of prayer, and the sharing of wisdom to shape us more fully into the life of Christ.
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Prayer and attentiveness are at the heart of the Order of Sacred Creation.
We seek to form lives rooted in prayer, Scripture, silence, and disciplined attention, drawing especially from the Anglican and wider Christian contemplative traditions. These are shared practices rather than measures of spiritual achievement; they give rhythm to our common life and help us return again and again to the presence of God.
The Daily Office, particularly Morning and Evening Prayer from the Book of Common Prayer, offers one important pattern for grounding the day in Scripture, prayer, listening, and response.
We also practice Open Prayer, a contemplative way of bringing our lives honestly before God: naming what we are feeling, what we are carrying, and what remains beyond our knowing, without needing to determine what God should do next. It makes room for desire, uncertainty, silence, and the simple act of remaining attentive to the One who already knows us.
Other practices may include silent prayer and meditation, Lectio Divina, contemplative making, chant, Sabbath and holy rest, and attentive engagement with the natural world.
Through these practices, we learn to tend: to God, to one another, to our own lives, and to the creation entrusted to our care.
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The Order of Sacred Creation is for people who are seeking a deeper, more intentional Christian life through prayer, creative practice, learning, and shared formation.
It may be especially meaningful for:
Christians who long for deeper formation beyond formal academic or certificate programs
Artists, makers, teachers, caregivers, and others who want their work and creativity to become part of their spiritual life
People drawn to contemplative prayer, Scripture, and attentive ways of living
Those rooted in parish life who desire an additional rhythm of practice, learning, and community
People who want to grow in Christ by learning, teaching, creating, tending, and being formed alongside others
Those returning to faith, asking questions, or seeking a more embodied and generous way of Christian discipleship
Come as you are. Bring the work of your hands. We are still being formed.
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The Order of Sacred Creation is still being formed. We believe formation is not a finished state, for individuals or for communities, and that is especially true for us at this stage of our life together.
At present, none of us — including the founders — considers ourselves a formal member of the Order. We are still discerning what membership should mean, what practices should shape our common life, and what structures will best support a faithful Christian community rooted in our charism.
For now, you are welcome to engage freely with our prayers, reflections, courses, music, workshops, and creative resources. You are invited to practice faithfully, learn with us, and make use of what is helpful in your own life of faith.
If you feel drawn to take a more active role in helping shape what the Order may become, we invite you to become an Associate of the Order of Sacred Creation. Associates are people who want to participate more intentionally in the life of the community, offer their experience and gifts, and help us discern together how our shared practices, formation, and future membership should develop.
We do not expect Associates to arrive with certainty or expertise. We are looking for people willing to pray, learn, create, ask good questions, and help build this community with care.
If you are interested in becoming an Associate and helping us discern what this Christian community will become, please follow the link below.
We are still being formed — and you are invited to help shape what comes next.
Who We Are
Trent Pcenicni
Trent is a lifelong pilgrim whose faith has been shaped by a winding spiritual journey through Baptist, Orthodox, Catholic, and Episcopal traditions. He has known seasons of deep faith, doubt, and return, and has found renewed grounding in Christ through prayer, Scripture, creative practice, and making Christ the rhythm of everyday life.
For more than a decade, Trent worked as a professor of art and design, where he developed a deep love of teaching, mentorship, and learning in community. Before entering academic life, he worked professionally in theater, opera, and film, and also served for many years as a church musician.
He is a licensed Lay Preacher and Eucharistic Minister in the Episcopal Church, with particular interests in contemplative spirituality, Christian formation, justice, and the relationship between creativity and prayer. His own creative life is rooted especially in the fiber arts, including weaving, spinning, knitting, dyeing, and other forms of handwork. He is also a musician and writer.
The Order of Sacred Creation grows out of Trent’s conviction that the work of our hands can become prayer, that learning and teaching can become discipleship, and that attention can become a form of love. In that spirit, he is committed to helping cultivate a Christian life shaped by Create · Tend · Form.
Co-FounderCo-FounderKatie Sorel
Katie is a maker, writer, and lifelong learner whose spiritual life is shaped by prayer, creativity, and attentive practice. She brings a particular love of the fiber arts, including quilting and knitting, and finds in handwork a way of slowing down, paying attention, and participating more fully in the life of faith.
Katie is also deeply drawn to writing, both prose and poetry, as a practice of reflection, imagination, and formation. Her love of language is closely connected to her love of learning and to the conviction that study can deepen both faith and community.
Prayer is another important rhythm in Katie’s life, especially the chanting of the Daily Office. Through Scripture, chant, silence, and repetition, she finds a steady pattern for listening and response within the ordinary course of the day.
She is currently enrolled in Education for Ministry through the University of the South, Sewanee, continuing a lifelong commitment to theological learning, reflection, and shared formation.
As a co-founder of the Order of Sacred Creation, Katie brings together a love of making, prayer, writing, and study. Her life and work reflect the Order’s conviction that the work of our hands can become prayer, that learning can become discipleship, and that attention can become a form of love.