A two-year program on spiritual formation is starting this month at the Heartland Center for Spiritually in Great Bend.“The hunger and thirst of people for a closer relationship with God has been heard by the staff at Heartland Center for Spirituality,” said Sister Jolene Geier, OP. “This fall we will be beginning of another two-year process for adult spiritual formation.”“The program is intended for any Christian who seeks to grow in the relationship with God, other people and creation,” said Phil St. Romain from the Center. The spiritual formation process has been defined as the growth and development of the whole person by an intentional focus on one’s spiritual and interior life, interactions with others in ordinary life, and spiritual practices. Others would mean the same thing using the terms “growing in faith” or discipleship,” St. Romain said.“‘Spiritual’ here refers to our human longings for meaning and relationship with a ‘higher power,’” he explained.