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Thank You!

by Jeanette Stokes Leave a Comment

Thank you so much for supporting RCWMS in 2017 during our 40th anniversary year. We set a goal of raising $40,000 in the last three months of the year, and you helped us exceed that goal! We ended up raising $42,460. Thank you!

At our board meeting last week, we had a wonderful conversation about our plans for the year to come. We’re looking forward to “Reading and Writing Mortality,” labyrinth walks, an evening of songwriting with Carrie Newcomer, art and writing retreats in Durham and at the beach, and our 7th annual women’s preaching festival in the fall. And that’s just the beginning! Your contributions make all of these events possible.

We’re especially grateful to those of you who have become monthly sustainers of feminist spirituality and social justice. If you would like to set up recurring monthly donations to RCWMS, this helps tremendously as we budget and plan for upcoming programs.

Happy New Year and thank you for supporting this work!

Cheers,

RCWMS Trustees:
Barbara Anderson
Solita Denard
Jehanne Gheith
Erin Lane
Marcia Rego
Rebeccca Vidra
Karen Ziegler
Cathy Hasty
Molly Williams

Executive Director:
Jeanette Stokes

About Jeanette Stokes

The day Jeanette graduated from Duke Divinity School in 1977, she turned to some friends and said, “They’ll be sorry.” With only had an inkling of what she would do next, she felt sure it would have something to do with women, faith, and social justice. A few months later, she and friends founded the Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South, where she serves as the Executive Director. Not sure whether anyone was ever sorry they granted Jeanette and M.Div., she is sure that the last four decades of trying to change the landscape of religion in American has had at least some marginal effect. Mostly her work has offered solace and support to others on the journey. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma and a graduate of Smith College, Jeanette is the author of three collections of essays, 25 Years in the Garden, 35 Years on the Path, and Just Keep Going, and three memoirs, Hurricane Season: Living Through a Broken Heart, Flying Over Home, and Following a Female Line. She is happier if she spends some time each week walking, writing, painting, and messing around in the garden.

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