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Part 2: Other events of interest

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Part 1 - RCWMS Events
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Saturdays thru September 4, 9:00–10:30 am
YOGA IN THE PARK
Hill above the Farmer's Market, Durham Central Park, Durham, NC
Come enjoy free yoga in a beautiful outdoor setting. No need to sign up, just show up with a towel or blanket and water to drink.
Sponsors: RCMWS, The Scrap Exchange, stone circles, and Durham Central Park
Cost: Free!
Contact: Jewel Wheeler, jewel.wheeler@duke.edu, 919-493-5220

August 11, 2010, Wednesday, 3:00 pm
FEMINISTS OF FAITH
Biddle Rare Book Room, Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, NC
Join us for an afternoon honoring activist women of faith who have contributed their papers to the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture at Duke University. Particular attention will be paid to the papers of Diane Weddington, Bett Hargrave, B Holt, Tibbie Roberts, Nancy Peeler Keppel, and RCWMS.
Cost: Free and open to the public
Sponsors: RCWMS and the Sallie Bingham Center
Contact: RCWMS, 919-683-1236, rcwmsnc@aol.com, www.rcwms.org

August 15, 2010, Sunday, 2:00 pm
Community Screening of MEINRAD CRAIGHEAD: PRAYING WITH IMAGES
Elemental Healing, 5200 Park Rd, Suite 200-C, Charlotte, NC http://elementalhealingcharlotte.com
Join us for a public screening of the hour-long documentary about this remarkable visionary artist.
Contact: Annie Flint, 704-535-3640, lflint001@carolina.rr.com

August 21, 2010, Saturday, 9:30 am-4:00 pm
AWAKEN THE FEARLESS WRITER WITHIN
Durham, NC
Explore your writing in a supportive group of women using Centered Writing Practice™, a method developed by Peggy Millin. Emerging and accomplished writers will write to prompts, read, listen to others, and respond to what has been read.
Leader: Peggy Tabor Millin, founder of ClarityWorks in Asheville, guides women in the writing process through classes and retreats. She is the author of Women, Writing, and Soul-Making: Creativity and the Sacred Feminine (2009) and Family Matters: The Power of the Personal Story (2010). See www.clarityworksonline.com.
Cost: $80
Contact: RCWMS, 919-683-1236, rcwmsnc@aol.com, www.rcwms.org

September 25, 2010, Saturday, 9:00 am-noon & 1-4:00 pm
THE BEGINNING OF THE BIRTH PANGS: Exploring Pregnancy and Motherhood as Embodied Spiritual Experiences
Durham/Chapel Hill, NC
Come for one or both sessions. Explore the body’s wisdom and its spiritual capacity in these two experiences that touch us all, whether we are mothers or not.
Morning session, “The Sacred Poetics of Pregnancy: Exploring Relationship and Interdependence”
Afternoon session, “The Mystical Metaphors of Motherhood: Exploring Ambiguity and Adventure”
Leader: Dr. Marcia Mount Shoop, author and theologian in residence at Univ. Presbyterian Church, Chapel Hill
Cost: $50 for one session (half day), $75 for all day
Contact: RCWMS, 919-683-1236, rcwmsnc@aol.com, www.rcwms.org

September 26, 2010, Sunday
Community Screening of MEINRAD CRAIGHEAD: PRAYING WITH IMAGES
Charlotte, NC
Join us for a public screening of the hour-long documentary about this remarkable visionary artist.
Details: TBA
Contact: Amy Kellum, 919-418-4000, ak@meinradproject.org, www.meinradproject.org

October 10-17, 2010
WEEK OF QUIET & WRITING FOR WOMEN
Trinity Center, near Morehead City, NC
RCWMS has reserved Pelican House, the retreat house on the beach at Trinity Center, for an unstructured week of writing for women. Please come for the whole week.
Cost: about $690, includes room and meals
Contact: RCWMS, 919-683-1236, rcwmsnc@aol.com, www.rcwms.org

November 19, 2010 evening
Reception for STRENGTH FROM ALL MY ROOTS: Textiles Honoring the Legacy of Pauli Murray
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Durham, NC
This exhibit of textile arts will honor the 100th anniversary of Pauli Murray’s birth. Exhibit will be open throughout November.
Contact: RCWMS, 919-683-1236, rcwmsnc@aol.com, www.rcwms.org

CALENDAR, Part 2 – Other Events of Interest

July 12-17, 2010
LIGHT TO LIVE IN: The Biblical Call to Peace Rooted in Justice
Keuka College, Keuka Park, NY
A conference for peacemakers sponsored by the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America.
Contact: www.bpfna.org/conference

July 17, 2010, Saturday, 3:00-5:00 pm
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE BUDDHA
Friends Meeting House, 404 Alexander Ave., Durham, NC
Reflections on a pilgrimage to Buddhist India with slides and stories.
Speakers: Jeanne van Gemert & Ron Vereen
Cost: Suggested donation of $10 will support The Alice Project, a school for poor children in India
Sponsor: Triangle Insight
Contact: 919-682-9459

July 23-24, 2010
DANCING WITH MARY MAGDALENE
Durham Friends Meeting, 404 Alexander Avenue, Durham NC
An original, experiential workshop combining ceremony, meditation, walks, and the cycle of Dances originated by Amina Linda McMakin in the tradition of the Dances of Universal Peace.  
Cost: $115 for workshop and public dances   
Contact: Hayat Laurie Lindgren, 919-614-4089, lgl@nc.rr.com

August 5, August 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, & 9, (6 Thursdays) 7-9 pm
WRITING, VISIONS, AND REVISIONS: Visual Journaling, Sacred Stories, & Personality Type
The Health Touch Community Room, Westgate Plaza (near Target), Durham, NC www.ArtsCanHeal.com
This writing workshop covers visual journaling, writing from Navajo Sacred Stories, writing from your personality type to help break writer's block, writing travel stories, and creating humor in your writing.
Leaders: Ruth Hamilton, founder of Carolina Health & Humor Association, and author of the book "Laugh Lines." Ann Loomis, author of Write from the Start, a book that links personality type and the writing process.
Cost: $125 ($150 after July 22)
Contact: ruth@artscanheal.com or abloomis@bellsouth.net. 
To register: Send check to Arts Can Heal, 3500 Westgate Dr., Suite 504, Durham, NC 27707

Format: This CALENDAR is in two parts.
Part 1: RCWMS events
Part 2: Other events of interest

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