RCWMS

Somatic Self-Care Circle with Daria Drake (via Zoom)
2023-03-30 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York)
Daria’s knowledge and mastery of the mind-body connection feels like the muscle you’ve been
needing in your life.
– previous Somatic Self-Care participant
Sign up with a friend by March 20 and get our “Buy One, Get the Second Half-Off” special rate!
Join us for this 7-week series—on Thursday mornings from March 30 through May 11, 2023—for immersion in various somatic therapies and mindfulness to help heal yourself physically, mentally and emotionally, for a lighter, more fulfilling life! During these gatherings, you’ll get the soul-level nourishment you need to show up for your life energized and rooted in the present moment with the Somatic Self-Care Circle.
With the Circle you’ll be immersed in various somatic therapies and mindfulness to help heal yourself physically, mentally and emotionally, for a lighter, more fulfilling life!
Connect with your heart-centered community in real time and learn modalities you can bring into your daily life, relationships, spirituality and leadership.
Here’s what you’ll get from the SSCC:

Release tension so that you can feel more ease and freedom in your body and mind
Learn proven techniques for regulating your nervous system so that you can increase your capacity to show up fully for your life’s role
Connect with your community in real time during sessions for accountability and community care
Get in the habit of radical self-care so that you can build capacity to create your most vibrant life
Learn how to incorporate mindfulness into your life, so that you can experience happier, more nourishing days

What we’ll be doing in the Circle:

Yoga nidra *a meditation practice used for reprogramming your subconscious, getting deep rest & transforming negative beliefs
Breathwork *soothes and regulates your nervous system, clears and focuses your mind
Meridian Yoga Therapy *unblock energetic stagnation that causes tension, pain and emotional dis-harmony
Journaling *release thoughts and feelings trapped in your body so that you can truly move forward
Community! *Each participant will also have the opportunity to be witnessed and share reflections within the circle 🌹

Join Daria in the Somatic Self-Care Circle for your most spacious and connected life!
Leader: Daria Drake is a spiritual seeker on a mission to bring radical self-care to women so they can embody their inner peace and bring their soul’s mission to life. She brings over 1,000 hours of studying and teaching trauma-informed MindBody Centering Yoga, a passion for and practice of Buddhist philosophy and somatic therapies to her offerings.
Cost: $333 (includes all sessions). Purchase by March 20 to access our “buy one get one half-off” option. Contact marya@rcwms.org to make it happen.

Info: daria@alifealigned.co

Register below. Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Art of Conscious Aging: A Group for Women
2023-04-11 11:30 - 14:00, 2023-05-09 11:30 - 14:00, 2023-06-13 11:30 - 14:00, 2023-07-11 11:30 - 14:00, 2023-08-08 11:30 - 14:00, 2023-09-12 11:30 - 14:00, 2023-10-10 11:30 - 14:00, 2023-11-14 11:30 - 14:00 | via Zoom, Durham, NC, United States
During the pandemic Art of Conscious Aging is meeting via Zoom.
Contact info@rcwms.org to join the group.

Historic Stagville Tour - April 2023
2023-04-13 10:00 - 11:30 | Historic Stagville, Durham, NC, 5828 Old Oxford Highway, Durham, NC, 27712, United States
Join us for a tour of Historic Stagville, a state historic site in northern Durham County that includes remnants of one of the largest plantations in North Carolina. The Bennehan-Cameron family owned approximately 30,000 acres of land, and enslaved about 900 people on this property. Stagville protects a fraction of the land from that plantation, including original housing for enslaved people (1851), a massive barn (1860), and a Bennehan family house (1787-1799). Stagville is dedicated to teaching about the lives and work of enslaved people on the plantation.
Don’t miss this opportunity to join Stagville staff and other community members in learning more about Historic Stagville. The tour will begin at 1:00. Please allow sufficient time for the drive there.

Location: 5828 Old Oxford Road, Durham, NC. We’ll meet at the visitors center, which is the dark green building all the way at the end of the driveway. Everyone can park in the lot there to start. The address is 5828 Old Oxford, Durham, NC 27712. If folks are coming from Durham or Highway 85, once they are on Old Oxford Highway they should keep an eye out for a Merck construction site and big company entrance on the left– the site entrance will be the next driveway on the right. Look for a sign that says Historic Stagville and a gravel driveway with a wooden gate. If you pass Stagville Road on the left, you’ve gone too far!

Cost: $10/person. Additional donations to Stagville are welcome here.

Register below.

Writing Great Essays with Shawna Ayoub (via Zoom)
2023-04-16 14:00 - 16:00
In this workshop, we will dive into the tenets of what makes a great essay, troubleshoot writer’s block, and work on enhancing our essays at the sentence level. Our aim will be to generate a framework for developing or already-written essays in order to better understand our own goals for the finished product. Whether you are seeking information about essay writing or trying to heighten your already-written essay, this workshop is for you.
Writers 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.
Leader: 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 12 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.

Cost: $100. Scholarships available. Please contact info@rcwms.org.
Register below. Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Ministry of Black Women's Self Care, April, 2023 - with Kim Gaubault (via Zoom)
2023-04-19 19:00 - 20:30
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.

April: Authenticity: Giving Myself Permission to Be All of Me

May: Choosing Me, Even When it Doesn’t Look Like What’s ‘Expected’

June: I Said What I Said: Speaking Our Truths Without Disclaimers

Leader: 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.”
Cost: $10, $25, or $40
per session. Choose the price that fits your budget.
Register for April below.
Register for May: HERE. June: HERE.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Someone Other Than a Mother: A Reading and Q & A with Erin Lane (via Zoom)
2023-05-04 19:00 - 20:00
Both memoir and manifesto, this book sets aside the shaming social scripts that are bad for moms and non-moms alike and invites readers to write a truer, kinder story about who we are when we are not who the world expects. Lane will be in conversation with local pastor and life enthusiast Rev. Lisa Yebuah. (BONUS: The Resource Center’s own Jeanette Stokes is featured in the book!)

Author: Educated at Duke Divinity School and trained by Parker J. Palmer, Erin Lane works as a writer, theologian, and vocational facilitator, helping people explore their shyest and wildest questions of purpose. She resides in Raleigh, NC with all manner of kin—human and not.

Cost: Free. Registration is required.

Register: Below. Registrants will receive a zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Writing Week May 2023 with Carol Henderson
2023-05-08 18:00 | Trinity Center, 618 Salter Path Rd, Pine Knoll Shores, NC, 28512, United States
Only a few spots left! Join us May 8–14, 2023!

Wouldn’t you like a week full of quiet days to think and write? Come spend a week of quiet and writing with a supportive group of women in Pelican House, at the beautiful Trinity Center on Emerald Isle, NC. We observe silence in the daytime so participants can read, write, or rest. In the evenings we gather to reflect on the day and often share our work with one another. Room and meals are included. Everyone gets her own room. Her own space. Her own time.
Leader: Carol Henderson is a writer, editor, workshop leader, the author of Losing Malcolm, and Farther Along: The Writing Journey of Thirteen Bereaved Mothers, and the editor of Wide Open Spaces: Call Stories. Learn more about Carol here.
Cost: $850 total. $200 due with registration to hold your spot. Balance due April 1, 2023. Cost includes lodging and meals.

Register: Contact info@rcwms.org.

Week of Writing and Quiet May 2023
2023-05-14 18:00 - 2023-05-21 12:30 | Trinity Center, 618 Salter Path Rd, Pine Knoll Shores, NC, 28512, United States
Only a few spots left! Join us May 14–21, 2023.

Wouldn’t you like a week full of quiet days to think and write? Come spend a week of quiet and writing with a supportive group of women in Pelican House, at the beautiful Trinity Center on Emerald Isle, NC. We observe silence in the daytime so participants can read, write, or rest. In the evenings we gather to reflect on the day and often share our work with one another. Room and meals are included. Everyone gets her own room. Her own space. Her own time.
Leader: Jeanette Stokes
Cost: $850 total. $200 due with registration to hold your spot. Balance due April 1, 2023. Cost includes lodging and meals.

Register: Contact info@rcwms.org.

Ministry of Black Women's Self Care, May, 2023 - with Kim Gaubault (via Zoom)
2023-05-17 19:00 - 20:30
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.

May: Choosing Me, Even When it Doesn’t Look Like What’s ‘Expected’

June: I Said What I Said: Speaking Our Truths Without Disclaimers

July: HELP, I’m adaptable!: Loving Without Losing Me
August: My Love Language Is...

Leader: 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.”
Cost: $10, $25, or $40
per session. Choose the price that fits your budget.
Register for May below.
Register for June: HERE. July: HERE. August: HERE.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Crossings: A Reading with Author Laurel Ferejohn (via Zoom)
2023-06-04 16:00 - 17:00
Join Laurel Ferejohn for a reading from her novel Crossings, recently long-listed for the Lee Smith Novel Prize from Blair Publisher. In the novel, set on a small island in 1969, a secret friendship offers respite for Tomby, who is a gay Marine, and Valetta, the wary wife of one of Tomby’s nemeses in the squadron. With Vietnam looming, the two friends become a safe port for one another as each seeks to survive, define their life, and find belonging.
Author: Laurel is a writer and independent editor for writers of creative prose and poetry. She has published fiction, memoir, essays, and poetry in journals, and she is a winner of the Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize, a finalist for the World’s Greatest Short-Short Story, and a recipient of the Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artist Award. She occasionally teaches flash writing through RCWMS.
Laurel will be introduced by Abigail DeWitt, the author of three novels: Lili, Dogs, and News of Our Loved Ones. Her short fiction and essays appear in numerous journals, and she is the recipient of grants and fellowships from the NC Arts Council, the Tyrone Guthrie Center, the McColl Center for the Arts, and the Michener Society. She has taught at colleges and universities and is on the permanent faculty of the Table Rock Writers Workshop.
Cost: Free. Registration is required.
Register below.

Kindred Spirits Quilt Show - Durham, NC
2023-06-16 18:00 - 21:00 | The Fruit, 305 S Dillard St, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Fanny Lou Hamer. Quilt by Kimberley Pierce Cartwright
As part of Kindred Spirits: A Convergence of African American Quilters conference, we are having a quilt show on June 16, 6:00-9:00 pm, during Durham’s Third Friday celebration of Juneteenth.
The show’s theme is Deconstructing the Mammy Archetype. The Mammy archetype is a stereotypical portrayal of Black women in American popular culture. It is a caricature of a nurturing, maternal figure who is often depicted as overweight, asexual, and happily serving white people. The Mammy stereotype has been used to justify the enslavement and subjugation of Black women and has been perpetuated through various forms of media.
Modern African American quilt work provides an avenue for deconstructing the Mammy archetype. Quilting has long been a form of creative expression for African American women, and in recent years, many Black artists have used the medium to challenge and subvert racist stereotypes.
By incorporating imagery and symbolism that directly confront the Mammy archetype, African American quilt makers are able to reframe the narrative and reclaim their own agency. For example, some artists have created quilts that depict Black women as strong and independent, rather than subservient and obedient. Others have used quilting to celebrate the beauty and diversity of Black women’s bodies, challenging the notion that Black women must conform to Eurocentric beauty standards.
Overall, modern African American quilt work offers a powerful means of deconstructing the Mammy archetype and challenging the ways in which Black women have been historically misrepresented in American culture. By using the medium of quilting to tell their own stories and celebrate their own experiences, Black women are able to reclaim narratives and assert their own agency.
Location: The Fruit, 305 S Dillard St., Durham
Cost: Free. All are welcome.

Historic Stagville Emancipation Tour June 2023
2023-06-20 10:00 - 11:30
This guided tour will highlight how enslaved people claimed their freedom at Stagville in 1865. Each June, Historic Stagville offers special tours focused on Emancipation as part of the site’s commemoration of Juneteenth. The tour explores the detailed history of Emancipation on one of North Carolina’s largest plantations. Hear stories of how formerly enslaved families celebrated, defended themselves, and organized, while the plantation owners strategized to hold on to their power and wealth.
Historic Stagville, a state historic site in northern Durham County, includes remnants of one of the largest plantations in North Carolina. The Bennehan-Cameron family owned approximately 30,000 acres of land and enslaved about 900 people on this property. Stagville protects a fraction of the land from that plantation, including original housing for enslaved people (1851), a massive barn (1860), and a Bennehan family house (1787–1799). Stagville is dedicated to teaching about the lives and work of enslaved people on the plantation.
Don’t miss this opportunity to join Stagville staff and other community members in learning more about Emancipation at Historic Stagville. The tour will begin at 10:00 AM. Wear comfortable shoes and bring sunscreen. The tour will be mostly outdoors, with two short stops at historic buildings. The route includes walking over grass, gravel, and uneven ground.

Location: 5828 Old Oxford, Highway, Durham, NC.
Meet near the green office building by the parking lot at the back of the Historic Stagville property. Please allow sufficient time for the drive there.

Cost: $10/person. Additional donations to Stagville are welcome here.

Register below.

Ministry of Black Women's Self Care, June, 2023 - with Kim Gaubault (via Zoom)
2023-06-21 19:00 - 20:30
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.
June: I Said What I Said: Speaking Our Truths Without Disclaimers

July: HELP, I’m adaptable!: Loving Without Losing Me
August: My Love Language Is…

Leader: 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.”
Cost: $10, $25, or $40
per session. Choose the price that fits your budget.
Register for June below.
Register for July: HERE. August: HERE.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Ministry of Black Women's Self Care, July, 2023 - with Kim Gaubault (via Zoom)
2023-07-19 19:00 - 20:30
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.

July: HELP, I’m adaptable!: Loving Without Losing Me
August: My Love Language Is...
Leader: 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.”
Cost: $10, $25, or $40
per session. Choose the price that fits your budget.
Register for July below.
Register for August: HERE.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Ministry of Black Women's Self Care, August, 2023 - with Kim Gaubault (via Zoom)
2023-08-16 19:00 - 20:30
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.
August: My Love Language Is…
September: I Changed My Mind: The Freedom to Make a Different Choice
October: Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water: The Blessing in Anger
November:What I Heard About My Hair (Part 2)
December: Just for Today: Honoring All of Me in the Here and Now
Leader: 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.”
Cost: $10, $25, or $40
per session. Choose the price that fits your budget.
Register for August below.
Register for September: HERE. October: HERE. November: HERE. December: HERE.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Writing the Body with Shawna Ayoub (via Zoom)
2023-09-09 14:00 - 16:00
Writing with Shawna Ayoub has been life-changing. I have taken several classes with her, both in-person and online, all focused on memoir. Under her visionary tutelage, I have created the most profound writing of my life. Her feedback is insightful, honest, and constructive. I live with chronic illness, and Shawna always meets me exactly where I am, helping me set achievable goals. Collaborating with her has made me a better writer, but perhaps more importantly, writing with Shawna has healed me.
-Jen DeRosa

It’s a well-researched fact that we store our emotional experiences in our physical bodies. On anniversaries of loss, for example, it is common to feel body pain, heaviness, or fatigue. In this workshop, we will practice feeling into our body stories safely in order to capture them in words. As a group, we will learn about how the body stores memory, and why, and take home practices for listening to the stories our bodies want to tell us. While this course is appropriate for writers at every level and of every genre, it can also be taken to build off “Writing Great Essays,” offered April 16th.
Writers 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.
Leader: 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 12 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.
Cost: $100. Scholarships available. Please contact info@rcwms.org.
Register below. Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

A Week of Quiet and Writing in September, 2023
2023-09-17 16:00 - 2023-09-24 13:00
Wouldn’t you like a week full of quiet days to think and write? Come spend a week of quiet and writing with a supportive group of women at the beautiful Trinity Center on Emerald Isle, NC. We observe silence in the daytime so participants can read, write, or rest. In the evenings we gather to reflect on the day and often share our work with one another. Room and meals are included. Everyone gets her own room. Her own space. Her own time.
Leader: Jeanette Stokes

Cost: $850, includes lodging and meals.
Contact: RCWMS, 919-683-1236, jeanette@rcwms.org

Ministry of Black Women's Self Care, September, 2023 - with Kim Gaubault (via Zoom)
2023-09-20 19:00 - 20:30
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.
September: I Changed My Mind: The Freedom to Make a Different Choice
October: Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water: The Blessing in Anger
November:What I Heard About My Hair (Part 2)
December: Just for Today: Honoring All of Me in the Here and Now
Leader: 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.”
Cost: $10, $25, or $40
per session. Choose the price that fits your budget.
Register for September below.
Register for October: HERE. November: HERE. December: HERE.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Homegrown: NC Women's Preaching Festival 2023
2023-10-05 14:30 - 2023-10-06 15:00
Please join us October 5-6, 2023 for the 11th annual Homegrown: NC Women’s Preaching Festival.
As preachers we are often called to speak and act in places of torn hearts, fractured communities, and broken systems. Together we will explore when to repair, what to release, and how to renew. Join us for another year of highlighting excellent preaching, honing our homiletic skills, and building community.
This year’s preachers and presenters include Melva Sampson, Melinda Wiggins, Donna Banks, Jereann King Johnson, Christine Parton-Burkett, Lindsey Ardrey, Bridgette Gloster, Bluestem Community, Kimberly McCrae, and more to come!
Our Vision: We believe hundreds of Christian 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, we will lift up the voices of local clergywomen (trans/cis) to encourage and inspire; share and learn; and to hone our craft. Together we will hear wonderful preaching from conference attendees and have time for group conversations on the art of proclamation in all its forms. We will pray, worship, and celebrate together.
Traveling from out of town? Act now to reserve a room at the nearby Residence Inn, 1108 W. Main St, Durham. The special group rate is $169. Note that you must reserve your room no later than September 5 to access the group rate.
In addition to an incredible line-up of presenters, we are excited about the gifts and wisdom, joys and challenges that each of you bring to this festival every year. In addition to the workshops and worship, we will offer several opportunities for being in communion with each other. Learning in community for two days is the heart of who we are. We hope you will plan to join us!
Learn more about the festival: www.ncwomenpreaching.com
Cost: $100 – Regular price ticket and help someone else attend
$75 – Regular price ticket
$25 – Limited income/student
$25 – Thursday dinner and worshop only
Questions? Contact RCWMS: info@rcwms.org
Individual workshop registration details will be available once we finalize the schedule.
Please donate here to help support Homegrown!

Ministry of Black Women's Self Care, October, 2023 - with Kim Gaubault (via Zoom)
2023-10-18 19:00 - 20:30
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.
October: Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water: The Blessing in Anger
November:What I Heard About My Hair (Part 2)
December: Just for Today: Honoring All of Me in the Here and Now
Leader: 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.”
Cost: $10, $25, or $40
per session. Choose the price that fits your budget.
Register for October below.
November: HERE. December: HERE.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Philadelphia 11! Documentary Film Screening
2023-11-09 19:00 - 21:00 | St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 403 E. Main St, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
SOLD OUT. We expect some tickets to become available. Please email info@rcwms.org to get on the waiting list.
Join us at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Durham for a screening of The Philadelphia Eleven!, a story about faith and inclusivity, and the women who transformed an age-old institution.
In defiance of church rules and two millennia of patriarchal Christianity, in 1974 a group of women and their supporters organized their ordination to become Episcopal priests. The ordinations took place at the Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia and became a media frenzy. In this film, you will meet the women who succeeded in transforming The Episcopal Church.
We’ll be joined at the screening by The Rev. Dr. Carter Heyward and The Rev. Canon Marie Moorefield Fleischer, members of the Philadelphia Eleven. They plan to share remarks after the screening.

We will gather at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 403 E Main St in Durham. The screening will be held in the Parish Hall. Enter the Parish Hall through the doors that are located across from the Queen Street parking deck, on the west side of the church. Those with limited mobility may park in the church lot, whose entrance is off Main St. Plan to come down the ramp at the back corner of the lot, through the Columbarium and enter the Parish Hall through the door straight ahead. All others should plan to park in the Queen St. deck.
Sponsors: RCWMS, Saint Philip’s Episcopal Church, Pauli Murray Center & Episcopal Diocese of NC.
Watch the Trailer here!
Cost: Free. Registration is required
Questions? Contact RCWMS: info@rcwms.org.
Donate now to help the film reach a wider audience.

Ministry of Black Women's Self Care, November, 2023 - with Kim Gaubault (via Zoom)
2023-11-15 19:00 - 20:30
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.
November:What I Heard About My Hair (Part 2)
December: Just for Today: Honoring All of Me in the Here and Now
Leader: 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.”
Cost: $10, $25, or $40
per session. Choose the price that fits your budget.
Register for November below.
Register for December: HERE.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Historic Stagville Tour - November 2023
2023-11-16 10:00 - 11:30
Join us for a tour of Historic Stagville, a state historic site in northern Durham County that includes remnants of one of the largest plantations in North Carolina. The Bennehan-Cameron family owned approximately 30,000 acres of land, and enslaved about 900 people on this property. Stagville protects a fraction of the land from that plantation, including original housing for enslaved people (1851), a massive barn (1860), and a Bennehan family house (1787-1799). Stagville is dedicated to teaching about the lives and work of enslaved people on the plantation.
Don’t miss this opportunity to join Stagville staff and other community members in learning more about Historic Stagville. The tour will begin at 10:00. Please allow sufficient time for the drive there.

Location: 5828 Old Oxford, Highway, Durham, NC

Cost: $10/person. Additional donations to Stagville are welcome here.

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