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SUMMARY:Hope is a Verb: Spiritual Grounding for Changemakers (POSTPONED)
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Rockin’ Horse Farm in Siler City\, NC for Hope is a Verb: Spiritual Grounding for Changemakers: A Weekend Women’s Retreat to Feed your Soul. \nWhen the Work Feels Heavy\, Hope Becomes Essential\nAre you a changemaker feeling overwhelmed by today’s challenges? When progress is blocked and the forces of harm seem stronger than ever\, it’s natural to struggle with frustration and even burn-out. But what if hope isn’t something that happens to us—but something we actively practice? \nRediscover Your Spiritual Foundation\nThis weekend retreat offers changemakers a chance to reconnect with the deeper sources of resilience available to us all. Join us to explore how spiritual practices can help us stay grounded and embody hope in a world that sometimes feels hopeless. \nWho Should Attend\nThis retreat welcomes all changemakers: \n~ Mission-driven professionals and nonprofit leaders\n~ Activists and organizers\n~ Artists using creativity for social change\n~ Community volunteers\n~Engaged citizens \nIf you would find meaning in strengthening your resilience in these uncertain times\, this retreat is designed for you. \nWhat You’ll Experience and Share \n~ Connection to nature and other changemakers on a beautiful 90-acre farm\n~ Practical tools for cultivating hope as a daily practice\n~ Spiritual practices for staying grounded to maintain your energy and commitment to your important work \nTransform Your Relationship with Hope\nLeave this weekend with renewed energy\, deeper spiritual grounding\, and practical tools for embodying hope—not despite the challenges\, but because of your unwavering commitment to a just world. \n\nLocation: Rockin’ Horse Farm\, Siler City\, NC \nCost: $400\, includes retreat programming\, lodging\, and meals \nRetreat Leaders: \nMaria Kingery has been leading retreats for impact-driven entrepreneurs for more than a decade. Through 360Impact\, she helps changemakers build the resilience needed to create lasting impact in an uncertain world using her “Lead with Love” framework. In 2001\, she co-founded one of the Southeast’s first clean energy companies\, scaling it to a thriving B Corp before selling the company to seven long-time team members in a values-driven succession that centered their shared mission over maximum profit. \nBonny Moellenbrock\, a certified spiritual director\, helps clients integrate their deepest values into their lives\, initiatives\, and business strategies\, supporting the shift toward a life-affirming\, regenerative economy. Bonny spent over two decades directing capital toward social and environmental impact through her work with nonprofits\, social enterprises\, and impact investors. She led Investors Circle for seven years\, guiding a network that has channeled over $275 million into more than 350 enterprises creating positive change.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/hope-is-a-verb-spiritual-grounding-for-changemakers/
LOCATION:Rockin’ Horse Farm\, 705 Glosson Rd\, Siler City\, NC\, 27344\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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SUMMARY:Remembering Those We Miss with Shawna Ayoub
DESCRIPTION:Writing letters can be a heartfelt way to express our love and celebrate the relationships we’ve shared. Letters can help us preserve important memories and stories\, confront unfinished business\, and expose ourselves to things we may be avoiding. This is especially true when we are writing to those who are gone from our lives\, whether they have passed on or passed on us. \nIn this workshop\, we will come together to examine our grief through the epistolary form. In a safe and supportive space\, we will write letters to those we have lost as an act of self-care.  \nWriters will take home a packet of writing examples  as well as prompts\, and can contact Shawna for written feedback within two weeks of this workshop. \nLeader: Shawna Ayoub is a brown\, queer\, Durham-based writer and instructor whose work prioritizes the engagement of difficult topics. After recognizing the personal benefits of writing for release and recovery\, she has made her practice public for the last 15 years\, offering courses independently as well as through the Center for Creative Writing. Her work has appeared in Verywell Mind\, Survivor Lit\, Exit 7\, [wherever]\, The Archipelago\, and The Manifest-Station.  \nCost: $35 or $50. Scholarships available. (Contact info@rcwms.org.) \nRegister below. Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation. \n*Community members who would like to donate scholarships may do so at rcwms.org/donate.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/remembering-those-we-miss-with-shawna-ayoub/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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SUMMARY:House Concert with Courtney Ariel Bowden
DESCRIPTION:Come enjoy acoustic music and storytelling from singer-songwriter Courtney Ariel as we gather together and raise funds for her upcoming album\, which is inspired by (among other things) loving and being loved by Black women. The show will take place at a private home in Durham\, NC. The exact address will be provided after registration. \nCourtney Ariel Bowden is a songwriter and writer who thinks about the impact of Black women’s friendship-making and relational healing. Having grown up in Southern California\, she graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a BA in English Literature and from Vanderbilt Divinity School with an MDiv and concentrations in Religion\, Art & Contemporary Culture and Religion\, Gender & Sexuality. An artist-scholar\, Courtney Ariel currently pursues work at the intersections of artmaking\, accompaniment\, and research\, as a doctoral candidate. \nHer public-facing advocacy writing has been featured by Sojourners (Sojo.net)\, CNN\, The Tennessean\, and Harper’s Bazaar. Her original music can be found on streaming platforms\, including songs she has co-written (Alex Blue’s “May It Change You\,” 2024)\, and that she has written (Alex G’s “I Won’t\,” 2020). A novice but enthusiastic watcher of birds and trees in the Southeastern region of the U.S.\, Courtney Ariel still holds the swaying palms of Southern California\, the lull and roar of the pacific ocean\, at the core of her being\, always. \nIn lieu of charging admission\, you are invited to donate to the crowdfunding campaign for Courtney Ariel’s upcoming album. Join us for an unforgettable evening of music\, community\, and togetherness. \nLight refreshments will be provided. For questions about the house concert or accessibility\, please contact info@rcwms.org. \nNOTE: If the event is SOLD OUT\, email info@rcwms.com and ask to be added to a waiting list. If a spot opens up\, we’ll be in touch with you.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/house-concert-with-courtney-ariel-bowden/
LOCATION:A private home in Durham\, NC
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SUMMARY:Ministry of Black Women’s Self Care\, with Kim Gaubault - November 2025
DESCRIPTION:Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies\, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work\, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we are putting at risk the integrity of the work for which we are laboring. This work is a work of self-love\, communal love\, Womanist Ethicism\, it is multi-generational\, multicultural and is not finite\, but is instead as infinite as the beauty in the divinity that is Blackness. Come and share in this life’s work! This program is specifically designed to offer practical tools for everyday self-care to Black women-identified individuals doing all forms of ministry\, in church and community. \nNovember: Giving Thanks: The Grace for Failing Forward \nDecember: Laying Aside Every Weight: The Art of Shedding \nRegister for November below. \nLeader: Kimberly Gaubault (McCrae) is an intentional lover of humanity and actively lives the self-care life about which she teaches and advocates. Her personal philosophy of interpersonal interaction is\, “If I’ve not positively influenced someone everywhere I’ve gone\, I’ve not walked in my purpose.” \nCost: $10\, $25\, or $40 per session. Choose the price that fits your budget.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/ministry-of-black-womens-self-care-with-kim-gaubault-november-2025/
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SUMMARY:Loving My Enemies & Other Outlandish Pursuits: Angie Wright's Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:RCWMS is pleased to announce the publication of Angie Wright’s new book\, Loving My Enemies & Other Outlandish Pursuits. We warmly invite you to join us for the launch! \nThis memoir of faith\, family\, and power follows Rev. Angie Wright’s commitment as an activist and pastor to stand against hate without indulging the temptation of hating the haters. In her story\, spirituality meets social justice and betrayal pushes against the ethic of forgiveness. Rev. Wright probes questions most of us have to face at times in our  lives: How do we reconsider our relationship with people we’ve been  taught to hate and fear? And when others wreak harm on us or our communities\, can we respond in ways that summon their humanity while protecting our own? \n\n\nAngie Wright has always liked starting trouble—good trouble\, as John Lewis called it. She was the founding pastor of Beloved Community United Church of Christ in downtown Birmingham\, Alabama\, where she served for sixteen years. She was a founder of Alabama Arise and a leader in the statewide effort to overturn Alabama’s anti-immigrant law. She served on the staff and boards of numerous local\, regional\, and national justice organizations. Angie takes immeasurable joy in her splendid sons: Luke\, a musician in Hillsborough\, NC\, and Frank\, who raises cows and lives in Costa Rica with his eight-year-old son\, Kai.  Now retired\, Angie lives in Hillsborough and spends her time  gardening\, hanging out with family\, and doing her part to stop the downfall of democracy. \n\n\nPre-order the book: HERE. \n\nPlease REGISTER for the reading by selecting a free ticket below. Registrants will receive both a receipt and a separate email with a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation. Please check your spam and/or promotions folder if you don’t receive one or both of these emails. We will also be sending Zoom link reminders just before the event.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/loving-my-enemies-other-outlandish-pursuits-angie-wrights-book-launch/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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SUMMARY:Holiday Sale December 14\, 2025!
DESCRIPTION:Handmade cards\, books\, jewelry\, animals\, paintings\, etc. by: \nKimberley Pierce Cartwright\, Galia Goodman\, Bryant Holsenbeck\, Jereann King Johnson\, Jeanette Stokes\, Mary Rocap\, & The TravelPenguin \n\n\nCome by to visit\, experience local artwork\, and purchase great gifts. RCWMS books will be on deep discount.  They make great holiday gifts! Bring your neighbors\, friends\, and families. A portion of the proceeds will benefit RCWMS. Masks are requested. \nFor more information\, please email Jeanette Stokes at jeanette@rcwms.org. \n  \nLocation: 1202 Watts Street\, Durham\, NC (Corner of Watts Street and Demerius Street)
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/holiday-sale-december-14-2025-2/
LOCATION:1202 Watts Street\, Durham\, NC\, Watts Street 1202\, Durham\, North Carolina\, 27701\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ministry of Black Women’s Self Care\, with Kim Gaubault - December 2025
DESCRIPTION:Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies\, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work\, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we are putting at risk the integrity of the work for which we are laboring. This work is a work of self-love\, communal love\, Womanist Ethicism\, it is multi-generational\, multicultural and is not finite\, but is instead as infinite as the beauty in the divinity that is Blackness. Come and share in this life’s work! This program is specifically designed to offer practical tools for everyday self-care to Black women-identified individuals doing all forms of ministry\, in church and community. \nDecember: Laying Aside Every Weight: The Art of Shedding \nRegister for December below. \nLeader: Kimberly Gaubault (McCrae) is an intentional lover of humanity and actively lives the self-care life about which she teaches and advocates. Her personal philosophy of interpersonal interaction is\, “If I’ve not positively influenced someone everywhere I’ve gone\, I’ve not walked in my purpose.” \nCost: $10\, $25\, or $40 per session. Choose the price that fits your budget.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/ministry-of-black-womens-self-care-with-kim-gaubault-october-2025-2/
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SUMMARY:Loving My Enemies & Other Outlandish Pursuits: Angie Wright’s Book Party! (In-Person)
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the release of Angie Wright’s powerful new memoir\, Loving My Enemies & Other Outlandish Pursuits\, with RCWMS!  \nJoin us for an unforgettable evening at Night School Bar\, where Rev. Angie will share insights on faith\, family\, power\, and the ways they shape our world.  \nThis memoir follows Rev. Angie Wright’s commitment as an activist and pastor to stand against hate without indulging the temptation of hating the haters. In her story\, spirituality meets social justice\, and betrayal pushes against the ethic of forgiveness. Rev. Wright probes questions most of us have to face at times in our  lives: How do we reconsider our relationship with people we’ve been  taught to hate and fear? And when others wreak harm on us or our communities\, can we respond in ways that summon their humanity while protecting our own? \nPurchase the book: HERE.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/loving-my-enemies-other-outlandish-pursuits-angie-wrights-book-party-in-person/
LOCATION:Night School Bar\, 719 N Mangum St\, Durham\, NC\, 27701\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260121T190000
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SUMMARY:Ministry of Black Women’s Self Care\, with Kim Gaubault - January 2026
DESCRIPTION:Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies\, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work\, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we are putting at risk the integrity of the work for which we are laboring. This work is a work of self-love\, communal love\, Womanist Ethicism\, it is multi-generational\, multicultural and is not finite\, but is instead as infinite as the beauty in the divinity that is Blackness. Come and share in this life’s work! This program is specifically designed to offer practical tools for everyday self-care to Black women-identified individuals doing all forms of ministry\, in church and community. \nJanuary: This Time\, I’m Centering Me \nFebruary: Making History: Financial Literacy and Other Forms of Liberation \nMarch: Women’s History Month: Black Girl Magic Now\, Then\, Forever \nRegister for JANUARY below. \nLeader: Kimberly Gaubault (McCrae) is an intentional lover of humanity and actively lives the self-care life about which she teaches and advocates. Her personal philosophy of interpersonal interaction is\, “If I’ve not positively influenced someone everywhere I’ve gone\, I’ve not walked in my purpose.” \nCost: $10\, $25\, or $40 per session. Choose the price that fits your budget.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/ministry-of-black-womens-self-care-with-kim-gaubault-jan-2026/
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SUMMARY:READING: Proclamation Beyond the Pulpit by Chelsea Yarborough
DESCRIPTION:RCWMS is pleased to invite you to join us for a reading by Chelsea Yarborough from her new book\, Proclamation Beyond the Pulpit: The Expansive Homiletical Practice of Black Women (Baylor\, 2025). \nPreaching is typically considered to be a practice confined to ministry within the institutional church. Studies of preaching are often filtered through the lens of the pulpit\, with Black women rarely featured as central figures. Proclamation Beyond the Pulpit lifts up Sojourner Truth\, Nannie Helen Burroughs\, and Fannie Lou Hamer as crucial sources for homiletic theory. Chelsea Yarborough introduces a methodology for preaching that arises from the witness and practices of these three Black women non-pulpit preachers\, expanding our understanding of proclamation beyond traditional notions of its nature and purpose. \nThis shift away from the limitations of the pulpit into the public sphere and beyond has deep roots in the preaching legacy of Black women. Often denied places of authority in the church\, Black women have carved out spheres for their proclamation\, teaching us that the essence and purpose of preaching is less about place and more about impact and practice. By centering the lives and ministries of three historical Black women preachers who preached beyond the pulpit\, Yarborough highlights a lineage of expansive homiletical possibilities and offers valuable insights for preachers across diverse platforms. \n\n\nRev. Dr. Chelsea Brooke Yarborough\, PhD\, is the Associate Director of Leadership Programming at the Association of Theological Schools. She is a preacher\, an ordained minister in the Baptist tradition\, a poet\, leadership coach and an enneagram teacher. She serves as a trustee for RCWMS. \n\n\nPre-order the book: HERE. \n\nPlease REGISTER for the reading by selecting a free ticket below. Registrants will receive both a receipt and a separate email with a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation. Please check your spam and/or promotions folder if you don’t receive one or both of these emails. We will also be sending Zoom link reminders just before the event.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/reading-proclamation-beyond-the-pulpit-by-chelsea-yarborough/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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SUMMARY:2026 Health & Wellness Series: Reclaiming the Heart & the Womb with Health Integration 629\, LLC (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Women of Color will gather this year to explore how being connected to our hearts and our wombs (both literal and figurative) supports goals for wellness. Discussions will include information regarding the distinction between sex\, sexuality\, and sensuality\, and how a deeper knowledge of self can support your personal health plan. Registrants will receive up to 3 individual health coaching sessions to support their goals. \nThe initial idea for this series was offered by a 2025 Health Series participant and has been designed for individuals who will benefit from learning in a community. Participants will commit to their practice by using the information from each session to set goals and take action toward their personal vision for improved health and well-being. \nThe following resources are included in the price of the 2026 series: Health Inventory Assessment\, Personal Maintenance Plan\, and up to 3 one-on-one coaching sessions during the series in addition to the 9 group sessions above (limited to 3 private sessions total\, per participant\, between February 2026 and May 2026). \nJoin us for this 9-session series (space will be limited): \nFebruary 5th\, 2026- Session Title: What Are You Creating This Year? (Vision) \nShort Description: What have we been told? What do we know? \n\n\nFebruary 19th\, 2026- Session Title: Sacred Intimacy and Sensuality (Connection & Reciprocity)\nShort Description: Improving Health & Wellbeing through the 8 senses and becoming aware of the divine exchange between our inner and outer worlds.\n\nMarch 5th\, 2026- Session Title: Woman: Winter\, Spring\, Summer\, Fall \nShort Description: Honoring our seasons with awareness.\n\n\nMarch 19th\, 2026- Session Title: Your Wisdom \nShort Description: Winter  \n\n\nApril 2nd\, 2026- Session Title: Your Beauty\nShort Description: Spring \n\n\nApril 16th\, 2026- Session Title: Your Power\nShort Description: Summer \n\n\nApril 30th\, 2026- Session Title: Your Art \nShort Description: Fall\n\nMay 14th\, 2026- Session Title: Meeting this Moment: Healthy\, Strong\, Balanced & Nourished\nShort Description: Receiving and Releasing\n\nMay 28th\, 2026- Session Title: Our Medicine\, Our Recipe\nShort Description: Eating\, bathing\, cooking\, movement\, listening\, observing\, art\, etc.\n\nCost: $90\nSpace is limited (6-13 participants). All participants must complete a Group/Individual Coaching Agreement outlining the parameters of the series.\n\nOne-time registration is required. Please email info@rcwms.org if you have any questions or concerns.\nRegister below. Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/2026-health-wellness-series-reclaiming-the-heart-the-womb-with-health-integration-629-llc-via-zoom/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ministry of Black Women’s Self Care\, with Kim Gaubault - February 2026
DESCRIPTION:Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies\, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work\, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we are putting at risk the integrity of the work for which we are laboring. This work is a work of self-love\, communal love\, Womanist Ethicism\, it is multi-generational\, multicultural and is not finite\, but is instead as infinite as the beauty in the divinity that is Blackness. Come and share in this life’s work! This program is specifically designed to offer practical tools for everyday self-care to Black women-identified individuals doing all forms of ministry\, in church and community. \nJanuary: This Time\, I’m Centering Me \nFebruary: Making History: Financial Literacy and Other Forms of Liberation \nMarch: Women’s History Month: Black Girl Magic Now\, Then\, Forever \nRegister for FEBRUARY below. \nLeader: Kimberly Gaubault (McCrae) is an intentional lover of humanity and actively lives the self-care life about which she teaches and advocates. Her personal philosophy of interpersonal interaction is\, “If I’ve not positively influenced someone everywhere I’ve gone\, I’ve not walked in my purpose.” \nCost: $10\, $25\, or $40 per session. Choose the price that fits your budget.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/ministry-of-black-womens-self-care-with-kim-gaubault-february-2026/
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T200000
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SUMMARY:2026 Health & Wellness Series: Reclaiming the Heart & the Womb with Health Integration 629\, LLC (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Women of Color will gather this year to explore how being connected to our hearts and our wombs supports goals for wellness. Discussions will include information regarding the distinction between sex\, sexuality\, and sensuality\, and how a deeper knowledge of self can support your personal health plan. Registrants will receive up to 3 individual health coaching sessions to support their goals. \nThe initial idea for this series was offered by a 2025 Health Series participant and has been designed for individuals who will benefit from learning in a community. Participants will commit to their practice by using the information from each session to set goals and take action toward their personal vision for improved health and well-being. \nThe following resources are included in the price of the 2026 series: Health Inventory Assessment\, Personal Maintenance Plan\, and up to 3 one-on-one coaching sessions during the series in addition to the 9 group sessions above (limited to 3 private sessions total\, per participant\, between February 2026 and May 2026). \nJoin us for this 9-session series (space will be limited): \n\nFebruary 19th\, 2026- Session Title: Sacred Intimacy and Sensuality (Connection & Reciprocity)\nShort Description: Improving Health & Wellbeing through the 8 senses and becoming aware of the divine exchange between our inner and outer worlds.\n\nMarch 5th\, 2026- Session Title: Woman: Winter\, Spring\, Summer\, Fall \nShort Description: Honoring our seasons with awareness.\n\n\nMarch 19th\, 2026- Session Title: Your Wisdom \nShort Description: Winter  \n\n\nApril 2nd\, 2026- Session Title: Your Beauty\nShort Description: Spring \n\n\nApril 16th\, 2026- Session Title: Your Power\nShort Description: Summer \n\n\nApril 30th\, 2026- Session Title: Your Art \nShort Description: Fall\n\nMay 14th\, 2026- Session Title: Meeting this Moment: Healthy\, Strong\, Balanced & Nourished\nShort Description: Receiving and Releasing\n\nMay 28th\, 2026- Session Title: Our Medicine\, Our Recipe\nShort Description: Eating\, bathing\, cooking\, movement\, listening\, observing\, art\, etc.\n\nCost: $90\nSpace is limited (6-13 participants). All participants must complete a Group/Individual Coaching Agreement outlining the parameters of the series.\n\nOne-time registration is required.  Please email info@rcwms.org for additional information today! 
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/2026-health-wellness-series-reclaiming-the-heart-the-womb-with-health-integration-629-llc-via-zoom-2/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260312T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260312T143000
DTSTAMP:20260611T150116
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SUMMARY:What's Love Got To Do With It? (Sponsored by: Peace Hill at Avila and RCWMS)
DESCRIPTION:This retreat will invite participants into one of the most challenging and transformative teachings shared across many spiritual traditions: the call to love one’s enemies while also learning to love oneself with honesty\, dignity\, and care. Rather than treating these practices as opposite\, we will explore how they are deeply connected and mutually empowering. What does love look like? What does love require of us? How can we embody love in the midst of discord and division? Rev. Angie Wright and Rev. Dr. Cathy S. Gilliard will guide participants as we explore personal challenges\, unhealed wounds\, and hopes for moving forward with greater intention and grace. \nLeaders: Rev. Angie Wright is the author of Loving My Enemies & Other Outlandish Pursuits\, a memoir of family\, faith and power. Angie is a retired UCC pastor devoted to the pursuits of justice and mercy. She has two splendid sons and one precocious 8-year-old grandson. Rev. Dr. Cathy S. Gilliard is a retired United Methodist Church pastor\, having most recently served as senior minister at Park Avenue United Methodist Church\, New York\, NY. She is the proud mother of two wonderful sons and six amazing grandchildren. \nPhoto by Angie Wright.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/whats-love-got-to-do-with-it-sponsored-by-peace-hill-at-avila-and-rcwms/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T203000
DTSTAMP:20260611T150116
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SUMMARY:Ministry of Black Women’s Self Care\, with Kim Gaubault - March 2026
DESCRIPTION:Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies\, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work\, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we are putting at risk the integrity of the work for which we are laboring. This work is a work of self-love\, communal love\, Womanist Ethicism\, it is multi-generational\, multicultural and is not finite\, but is instead as infinite as the beauty in the divinity that is Blackness. Come and share in this life’s work! This program is specifically designed to offer practical tools for everyday self-care to Black women-identified individuals doing all forms of ministry\, in church and community. \nJanuary: This Time\, I’m Centering Me \nFebruary: Making History: Financial Literacy and Other Forms of Liberation \nMarch: Women’s History Month: Black Girl Magic Now\, Then\, Forever \nRegister for MARCH below. \nLeader: Kimberly Gaubault (McCrae) is an intentional lover of humanity and actively lives the self-care life about which she teaches and advocates. Her personal philosophy of interpersonal interaction is\, “If I’ve not positively influenced someone everywhere I’ve gone\, I’ve not walked in my purpose.” \nCost: $10\, $25\, or $40 per session. Choose the price that fits your budget.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/ministry-of-black-womens-self-care-with-kim-gaubault-march-2026/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260329T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260403T170000
DTSTAMP:20260611T150116
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SUMMARY:Ecumenical Holy Week Labyrinth
DESCRIPTION:Walking a labyrinth is an ancient spiritual tool for reflection. The 40’x40′ labyrinth laid out on the floor of the sanctuary is a replica of the labyrinth found on the floor of Chartres Cathedral. Prayer stations on the perimeter provide resources for those who walk. \nFree and open to the public. Please wear clean socks. \nMore: Binkley\, binkleychurch.org/calendar/ \nSponsors: Several Chapel Hill churches
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/ecumenical-holy-week-labyrinth/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T203000
DTSTAMP:20260611T150116
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SUMMARY:Ministry of Black Women’s Self Care\, with Kim Gaubault - April 2026
DESCRIPTION:Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies\, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work\, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we are putting at risk the integrity of the work for which we are laboring. This work is a work of self-love\, communal love\, Womanist Ethicism\, it is multi-generational\, multicultural and is not finite\, but is instead as infinite as the beauty in the divinity that is Blackness. Come and share in this life’s work! This program is specifically designed to offer practical tools for everyday self-care to Black women-identified individuals doing all forms of ministry\, in church and community. \nApril: Dealing with Shrinkage: Imposter Syndrome\, Hair Journeys and Taking Up Space in this Skin \nMay: Mothering and Being Mothered: Blessed be the Ties that Bind \nJune: Braving the Storm: Grieving People Who Are Still Alive \nRegister for APRIL below. \nLeader: Kimberly Gaubault (McCrae) is an intentional lover of humanity and actively lives the self-care life about which she teaches and advocates. Her personal philosophy of interpersonal interaction is\, “If I’ve not positively influenced someone everywhere I’ve gone\, I’ve not walked in my purpose.” \nCost: $10\, $25\, or $40 per session. Choose the price that fits your budget.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/ministry-of-black-womens-self-care-with-kim-gaubault-april-2026-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T203000
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SUMMARY:Ministry of Black Women’s Self Care\, with Kim Gaubault - May 2026
DESCRIPTION:Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies\, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work\, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we are putting at risk the integrity of the work for which we are laboring. This work is a work of self-love\, communal love\, Womanist Ethicism\, it is multi-generational\, multicultural and is not finite\, but is instead as infinite as the beauty in the divinity that is Blackness. Come and share in this life’s work! This program is specifically designed to offer practical tools for everyday self-care to Black women-identified individuals doing all forms of ministry\, in church and community. \nMay: Mothering and Being Mothered: Blessed be the Ties that Bind \nJune: Braving the Storm: Grieving People Who Are Still Alive \nRegister for MAY below. \nLeader: Kimberly Gaubault (McCrae) is an intentional lover of humanity and actively lives the self-care life about which she teaches and advocates. Her personal philosophy of interpersonal interaction is\, “If I’ve not positively influenced someone everywhere I’ve gone\, I’ve not walked in my purpose.” \nCost: $10\, $25\, or $40 per session. Choose the price that fits your budget.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/ministry-of-black-womens-self-care-with-kim-gaubault-may-2026/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T133000
DTSTAMP:20260611T150116
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SUMMARY:The Heart of Mindfulness with Jen Johnson
DESCRIPTION:There is a kind of stillness available to us that lives below the noise of daily life — in the body\, in the breath\, in the quiet center of the heart. \nThe Heart of Mindfulness is a 90-minute live online workshop that explores heart-centered practices. Research shows that heart-centered mindfulness practices can reduce stress\, calm the nervous system\, and cultivate positive emotions\, including love\, joy\, gratitude\, and awe. Through guided meditation and mindful writing\, you’ll explore how these practices can become a genuine refuge in your everyday life. \nThis workshop is for anyone who wants to feel more at home in themselves and the world. Please bring a journal or paper and pens.  \nLeader:  Jen Johnson\, MS\, MFA\, LCMHC is a mindfulness teacher and counselor offering an integrative approach to mind body healing and creative awakening. She offers mindfulness coaching and therapy and facilitates workshops on mindfulness\, mindful writing\, grief\, and nature connection. Learn more about Jen here. \nCost: $25\, $30\, $35\, $40\, or $45 – sliding scale \nRegister below. Registrants will be sent a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/theheartofmindfulness/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260612T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260614T120000
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SUMMARY:Hope is a Verb: Spiritual Grounding for Joyful Changemaking
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Farmhouse at Spring Forest in Hillsborough\, NC for Hope is a Verb: Spiritual Grounding for Joyful Changemaking. \nWhen the Work Feels Heavy\, Hope Becomes Essential \nAre you a changemaker feeling overwhelmed by today’s challenges? When progress is blocked and the forces of harm seem stronger than ever\, it’s natural to struggle with frustration and even burn-out. But what if hope isn’t something that happens to us—but is something we actively practice? \nRediscover Your Spiritual Foundation \nThis weekend retreat offers changemakers a chance to reconnect with the deeper sources of resilience available to us all. Join us to explore how spiritual practices can help us stay grounded and embody hope in a world that sometimes feels hopeless. \nWho Should Attend \nThis women’s* retreat welcomes all changemakers: \n~ Mission-driven professionals and nonprofit leaders\n~ Activists\, organizers\, and artists\n~ Engaged citizens and volunteers \n*This retreat is for all women\, including trans women\, as well as nonbinary or gender expansive people who are comfortable in women-centered spaces. \nIf you would find meaning in strengthening your resilience in these uncertain times\, this retreat is designed for you. \nWhat You’ll Experience and Share \n~ Connection to nature and other changemakers on a beautiful\, 34-acre regenerative farm and forest\n~ Practical tools for cultivating hope as a daily practice\n~ Spiritual practices for staying grounded to maintain your energy and commitment to your important work \nTransform Your Relationship with Hope \nLeave this weekend with renewed energy\, deeper spiritual grounding\, and practical tools for embodying hope—not despite the challenges\, but because of your unwavering commitment to a just world. \n\nLocation: The Farmhouse at Spring Forest\, 1907 New Sharon Church Rd\, Hillsborough\, NC 27278 \nCost: $400–600 \n~ Single occupancy room (2 beds available): $600\n~ Shared occupancy room (6 beds available): $450 \nRegister by April 15\, 2026 for to receive a $50 early bird discount! No code needed. \nCost includes retreat programming\, lodging and meals prepared by Chef Netta Edwards with locally grown food\, as well as a post-retreat online group check-in and an optional post-retreat 1:1 online spiritual coaching session. \nLimited scholarship funds available. Please email info@groundedimpact.net to express your interest in a partial or full scholarship. \nRetreat Leaders: \nMaria Kingery has been leading retreats for impact-driven entrepreneurs for more than a decade. Through 360Impact\, she helps changemakers build the resilience needed to create lasting impact in an uncertain world using her “Lead with Love” framework. In 2001\, she co-founded one of the Southeast’s first clean energy companies\, scaling it to a thriving B Corp before selling the company to seven long-time team members in a values-driven succession that centered their shared mission over maximum profit. \nBonny Moellenbrock\, a certified spiritual director\, helps clients integrate their deepest values into their lives\, initiatives\, and business strategies\, supporting the shift toward a life-affirming\, regenerative economy. Bonny spent over two decades directing capital toward social and environmental impact through her work with nonprofits\, social enterprises\, and impact investors. She led Investors Circle for seven years\, guiding a network that has channeled over $275 million into more than 350 enterprises creating positive change.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/hope-is-a-verb-spiritual-grounding-for-joyful-changemaking/
LOCATION:The Farmhouse at Spring Forest\, 1907 New Sharon Church Rd\, Hillsborough\, 27278\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T120000
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SUMMARY:Freedom Dreaming at Historic Stagville with New Legacy Lab
DESCRIPTION:Artist and Cultural Organizer Monèt Marshall invites us to visit Historic Stagville –  a former plantation in Durham County – through an interactive experience rooted in resistance and liberation. Through performance\, guided mediations\, and facilitated conversation at Horton Grove\, we all will be invited to expand our imaginations into past and future Black feminist dreaming. This offering is open to all ages\, races\, genders\, and class backgrounds. \nThis event is co-hosted by New Legacy Lab \, the Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South\, and ROSA. \nCost: Tickets for this event are offered on a sliding scale of $15 – $35.  Please use New Legacy Lab’s Sliding Scale to determine your ticket price. \nRegistration is required. Register at this link: https://www.newlegacylab.com/event-details/freedom-dreaming-at-historic-stagville
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/freedom-dreaming-at-historic-stagville-with-new-legacy-lab/
LOCATION:Historic Stagville\, Durham\, NC\, 5828 Old Oxford Highway\, Durham\, NC\, 27712\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T120000
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SUMMARY:BLUESTEM WALKING TOUR\, Bluestem Conservation Cemetery
DESCRIPTION:Come learn about Bluestem\, a beautiful piece of land north of Hillsborough\, NC\, now being developed as a nature preserve and a conservation burial ground.\n\nWhy conservation burial\, and why Bluestem in particular? Cemeteries are places for people to be permanently memorialized and places at which family and loved ones may gather for reflection. Conservation burial grounds serve as places where individual and community commitment to conservation and perpetuity come together. Bluestem will be a conservation cemetery designed as a nature preserve and place of reverence\, with a trail network\, quiet areas for reflection\, open space for contemplation\, and designated areas within its restored landscape for natural burial.\nJoin us at Bluestem Conservation Cemetery a place of reverence for all to connect with the sacred in nature. Drop in to get to know this place\, find more information about conservation burial and Bluestem’s natural sanctuaries\, and let us know more about how Bluestem can serve you and your spiritual community! Local clergy\, faith leaders\, spiritual guides\, laypeople\, and just curious folks welcome! \nDisclaimer: The tour will involve walking on natural pathways and trails for approximately 1.5 miles\, with limited opportunities to sit. Bringing a water bottle is strongly encouraged. For additional information or learn more about Bluestem\, please visit: HERE \nCost:$10.00. Proceeds will support Bluestem. \nSpaces are limited. Register below.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/bluestem-walking-tour-bluestem-conservation-cemetery/
LOCATION:1900 Hurdle Mills Road  Cedar Grove\, NC 27231
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T203000
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SUMMARY:Ministry of Black Women’s Self Care\, with Kim Gaubault - June 2026
DESCRIPTION:Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies\, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work\, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we are putting at risk the integrity of the work for which we are laboring. This work is a work of self-love\, communal love\, Womanist Ethicism\, it is multi-generational\, multicultural and is not finite\, but is instead as infinite as the beauty in the divinity that is Blackness. Come and share in this life’s work! This program is specifically designed to offer practical tools for everyday self-care to Black women-identified individuals doing all forms of ministry\, in church and community. \nJune: Braving the Storm: Grieving People Who Are Still Alive \nRegister for JUNE below. \nLeader: Kimberly Gaubault (McCrae) is an intentional lover of humanity and actively lives the self-care life about which she teaches and advocates. Her personal philosophy of interpersonal interaction is\, “If I’ve not positively influenced someone everywhere I’ve gone\, I’ve not walked in my purpose.” \nCost: $10\, $25\, or $40 per session. Choose the price that fits your budget.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/ministry-of-black-womens-self-care-with-kim-gaubault-june-2026-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260730T133000
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SUMMARY:Mindful Writing for Transformation (4-Week) Online Workshop
DESCRIPTION:There are stories inside you that want to be told. Not perfected\, simply heard. \nMindful writing is less about craft and more about presence. It’s a practice of slowing down\, turning inward\, and allowing whatever wants to be expressed to move through you and onto the page. No forcing anything. No inner critic in charge. \nIn this four-week workshop\, we create the conditions for stories to arrive naturally — through mindfulness practices and gentle\, guided writing activities designed to quiet the mind and open the heart. When we stop trying to write and simply listen\, something shifts. Words come. Truth surfaces. The page becomes a place of refuge and revelation where we bear witness to our own stories with kindness and acceptance. \nWriting in this way has a remarkable capacity to bring order to inner chaos\, restore a sense of wholeness\, and reconnect us with our own inner wisdom — the part of us that already knows. \nNo writing experience is necessary. This is a space for anyone who feels called to listen more deeply to their own story. \nBring a journal and a pen. Come exactly as you are. \nLed by Jen Johnson\, mindfulness teacher\, therapist\, photographer\, and writer. Jen brings an integrative approach to mind-body healing and creative awakening. Her writing has appeared in book chapters\, a poetry anthology\, magazines\, literary journals\, and professional training manuals. More about Jen here.  \nDate & Times: Thursdays\, July 9\, 16\, 23\, and 30 from 12:00- 1:30 PM \nCost: $125-175\, sliding scale \nRegister below. Registrants will be sent a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/mindful-writing-for-transformation-4-week-online-workshop/
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