Upcoming Events

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! This three-session workshop on September 9, 16, and 23, 2020,  is about making art out of the STUFF of our everyday lives. Nothing bought, nothing ordered-only what you can find! Holsenbeck is excited about this new teaching adventure. She says: "I want to teach this class because I am curious about what we will find and then what we will be inspired to make. The techniques I have to teach are simple. Twisting, tying, wrapping, and…

As Fall arrives, let us take this time to engage in conversation with each other. Pertinent article links and “tip sheets” relevant to each workshop in this three-session series will be sent prior to each class. Note that you can sign up for one or two or all three! September 10: What Can Introverts and Extroverts Teach Each Other During A Pandemic? As we continue the challenge of living in a pandemic, what can we learn from our relationships? How…

On September 13, 20, and 27, 2020, Enneagram expert and beloved workshop leader Sandra Smith will host a Zoom workshop to explore the Enneagram System through learning from panels of the nine types speaking for themselves. This method of teaching makes the Enneagram come alive as we discover the parts of ourselves that can relate to each type.  People of the same type behave differently.  This is because the Enneagram is a map of our inner landscape, our motivations, fears…

The online weekly writing workshop Carol taught in the spring will start up again in October. This fourth series of live online writing workshops, taking place on October 2, 9, 16, and 23, will offer a safe place and time to explore our fast-changing world and the rush of feelings that are constantly rising within us during this time of pandemic and social upheaval. Through carefully selected prompts and exercises, Carol will invite participants to pay attention, consider patterns in life that…

With a special emphasis on Japanese, Chinese, and Middle Eastern poetry, this four-session workshop offers a chance to explore, read, and even try your own hand at poetry from outside of familiar European traditions. The class will include a look at tanka, haiku, and zuihitsu (“follow the brush”) from Japan, landscape painting and poetry from China, and Ghazals from the Persian/Urdu tradition. For each tradition there will be a particular focus  on women poets, and on the ties between poetry…

We continue our Coffee and Conversation series with Lisa Baron this month. Feel free to  join even if you didn't have a chance to be part of the September session.  October 8: How Can I Get Better at Living in The Moment? This is easier for some of us than others.  Getting better at this requires us to be more flexible, lower our expectations of ourselves and others, and go with the flow more.  November 12: Holidays During A Pandemic…

Mark your calendar and plan to join us October 15-16, 2020  for the 9th annual Homegrown: NC Women's Preaching Festival. This year's preachers and presenters include Donyelle McCray, Chelsea Yarborough, Karen Ziegler, Maddy Reyes, Margie Quinn, Chelsea Yarborough, Deborah Williams, Grace Hackney, and Angie Hong. Our Vision: We believe hundreds of clergywomen in North Carolina are faithfully and creatively engaging in ministries where they proclaim the Word of God, week after week. In an ecumenical spirit of love and collegiality,…