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Meet the Rev. Dr. Shonda Jones — 2023 Facilitator for Queer Clergy* Thriving in the South

January 11, 2023 by Rachel Sauls Leave a Comment

RCWMS is thrilled to welcome the Rev. Dr. Shonda Jones as the Facilitator for the 2023 cohort of Queer Clergy* Thriving in the South! Rachel Sauls, the RCWMS Special Assistant […]

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Seeking Applicants for the 2023 Cohort of Queer Clergy* Thriving in the South

November 3, 2022 by Rachel Sauls Leave a Comment

RCWMS is seeking applicants for theQueer Clergy* Thriving in the SouthJanuary–June 2023 Cohort The Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South (RCWMS) is seeking applicants for Queer (Women […]

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Meet the 2022 Queer Clergywomen Thriving in the South Leadership Team

December 21, 2021 by Rachel Sauls Leave a Comment

RCWMS is thrilled to announce Rev. Katie Ricks as the Facilitator and Tsharre Sanders as the Program Manager for the 2022 cohort of Queer Clergywomen Thriving in the South, a […]

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Feminist & Womanist Spiritual Direction

May 5, 2021 by Nancy Powell Leave a Comment

Spiritual direction is a practice to explore one’s spiritual self in order to live a full life of purpose. The RCWMS Feminist & Womanist Spiritual Direction Project has been encouraging […]

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Seeking applicants for the Fall 2021 RCWMS Anita McLeod Internship

April 9, 2021 by Jeanette Stokes Leave a Comment

The Resource Center for Women* and Ministry in the South (RCWMS) is offering paid, part-time Anita McLeod Internships for those interested in the intersections of justice, religion, and feminism and […]

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Meet Dr. Shonda Jones, Facilitator for Queer Clergywomen Thriving in the South

January 28, 2021 by Rachel Sauls Leave a Comment

RCWMS is thrilled to announce Dr. Shonda Jones as the Facilitator for Queer Clergywomen Thriving in the South, a virtual, peer-supported cohort for queer clergywomen who have been religious leaders […]

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Meet RCWMS Intern Rachel Sauls

February 24, 2020 by Jeanette Stokes Leave a Comment

Rachel Sauls is the spring 2020 Anita McLeod Intern at RCWMS. She grew up in Durham, but has always been a Tar Heel, and is currently a senior at UNC-Chapel […]

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How Did I Get Here?

February 15, 2020 by Lisa Baron Leave a Comment

How Did I Get Here and Where Am I Going? On January 18, my colleague Cathy Meerbergen and I facilitated a workshop entitled “How Did I Get Here and Where […]

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Tradition

December 19, 2019 by Rebecca Welper 1 Comment

Dislodging the myths that were embedded in me as a child has been a painful and illuminating project of adulting. In a cosmic game of Jenga, I delicately loosen, rearrange, […]

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Why I’m supporting RCWMS

December 14, 2019 by Christine Houghton Leave a Comment

Let me introduce myself. I’m Christine, and I want to let you know why I’m supporting RCWMS this December. Exactly a year ago, I pretty much gave up on the nonprofit […]

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Road Trip

December 11, 2019 by Jeanette Stokes Leave a Comment

I took a long road trip in October to New Orleans, Tulsa, and points in between. I drove because I don’t really like flying, and it would have required many […]

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Welcome Our New Interns

September 10, 2019 by Jeanette Stokes Leave a Comment

This month we welcome our interns for the 2019 fall semester, Liddy Grantland and Shelley Leazer. As our Anita McLeod Interns, they will each work about 10 hours a week […]

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Blossoming

June 20, 2019 by Jeanette Stokes Leave a Comment

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“I have my new life plan!” That’s what one participant exclaimed at the end of one of our writing workshops recently. Though that wasn’t the goal of this particular evening, […]

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An evening of storytelling with Nancy Corson Carter

July 16, 2018 by Melissa Gamble 1 Comment

The Never-Quite Ending War book cover

On Wednesday, June 27th, I attended a reading by Nancy Carson Carter on her new book,  The Never-Quite Ending War: A WWII GI Daughter’s Stories. Nancy illuminated stories of her […]

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Art-Party and Fundraiser for Bryant Holsenbeck’s Book, “The Last Straw”

May 21, 2018 by Andrea Davis 1 Comment

The Last Straw book cover

When people are gathered for an art party, one may imagine paint, canvases, and brushes, or at least some paper and scissors. Since Bryant Holsenbeck was involved, something would be […]

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Changing the Race Dance

May 9, 2018 by J Zirbel [No pronouns, simply J] Leave a Comment

I have learned from my participation in “Changing the Race Dance” that I can keep moving in love and wisdom, working to unravel and loosen the hold racism has on […]

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The Language and Practice of Self-Care

March 22, 2018 by Solita A. Denard 2 Comments

On a rainy Sunday afternoon in March, Mothers, Sisters and Daughters gathered in a circle for an event sponsored by RCWMS: “The Ministry of Black Women’s Self-Care.” Despite the chilly […]

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The Story of Now

February 21, 2018 by Cathy Hasty Leave a Comment

We gathered in the sanctuary of Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church in the middle of Durham. We were a small group of mostly strangers and mostly women drawn by the topic […]

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Thank You!

February 5, 2018 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 […]

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Circles of Gratitude

December 27, 2017 by Mike McLeod Leave a Comment

On November 29th, forty of Anita McLeod’s dear friends, colleagues, and family members gathered at the King’s Daughters Inn to honor her memory on what would have been her 78th […]

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Roots & Branches: RCWMS 40th Anniversary Celebration

November 1, 2017 by Marcy Litle Leave a Comment

This year we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of RCWMS. Forty years! Amazing. Born of a spark of imagination, inspired by a conversation between RCWMS founder and leader, Jeanette Stokes, […]

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Financial Fitness for Young Women

October 4, 2017 by Andrea Davis Leave a Comment

Money, death, taxes–all topics most people prefer to avoid. However, Lisa Gabriel and LisaMarie Smith, along with a group of under-40 women, confronted these realities head-on in a workshop on […]

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Gather the Harvest

September 7, 2017 by Jeanette Stokes Leave a Comment

On August eighth, twelve women gathered in the RCWMS office for one of our recurring seasonal writing workshops. A number of those were familiar faces, while a few were there […]

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Freedom of assembly and speech at Tillis’ office

August 11, 2017 by Colleen Sharp Leave a Comment

This summer, the RCWMS interns have attended weekly Tuesdays With Tillis protests in Raleigh, NC. You can read Savannah Lynn’s post about a “die-in” staged in June by clicking HERE. […]

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