May Womanspirit Meeting
Dear Women of WomanSpirit---
Our May Gathering will be next week: Monday, May 11th :
7:30 p.m. in Osias Hall. (For those who don't know UUFBR too well, Osias is the large room you walk through on the way to the Sanctuary, so come in the usual front door to find us.)
The evening will center around The Artful Bras Project -- which was designed by some South Carolina quilters to raise breast cancer awareness in a unique way. Plan on an evening of shared beauty and creativity (plus some funky humor) as we will be creating "artful bras." (If you want to learn more in advance, "Google" "artful bras.")
As always, all UUFBR women members and friends are invited to be with us at WomanSpirit gatherings. Questions?? please feel free to contact Leslie Rigg, Adele Alexandre, or me.
Please bring with you, if possible:
old bras, ribbons, buttons, beads, other interesting findings --
see you there.... mary c...........
And, just for your contemplation....
Breast cancer walks daily among us at UUFBR -- having made its mark on at least 18 UUFBR women at some time during the past 20 years.
Women over 50 Group
from uujax.org
Women Over 50 Group
Meets the 2nd & 4th Monday @6 pm
UU Sisterhood
from uucfl.org
UU Sisterhood at Unitarian Universalist Church of Fort Lauderdale
Meetings are held the 1st and 3rd Sunday at 9:30 am sharp and all women are welcome.
A women's discussion group featuring shared leadership, offering topics chosen by the individual meeting leaders, open to all sisters.
Activities
from uustpete.org
Women's Forum
Women's Forum meets every 3rd Wednesday. We have a potluck at the church at 6:00 and a program at 7:00. If you are rushed for time stop at the grocery store deli or just come. We welcome any woman who is interested in getting together with like minded women. Contact Betsy Filz for information Betsy.Filz@uustpete.org, or call the office at 727-898-3294.
Come Take a Walk with Us
We are a group of women who get together Monday mornings at 11:30 to take an easy 40 minute walk on the beach or in one of our many local parks and then go to lunch. We welcome any woman who would like to join us for friendship, exercise and nourishment. If you work and would like to join us on a snow day off or if you have company who would like to get together with other women we would like to meet you. Contact Betsy Filz Betsy.Filz@uustpete.org or Pat Yochim Pat.Yochim@uustpete.org for more information.
April Womanspirit meeting
For our April WomanSpirit gathering, UUFBR Intern Jan Taddeo brings us a taste of her experience at the International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women. We will explore the role of the feminine divine in myths and rituals celebrating the seasons, specifically the Demeter-Persephone story related to spring -- including a dramatic reading of a one-act play by Dr. Pat Montley, "Persephone's Journey" -- and exploration of how the play's representation of women's identity ties in with our own experiences.
As always, all UUFBR women members and friends are welcomed to this gathering: Monday, April 13th -- 7:30 p.m., in the Sanctuary.
best to you all,
mary c..............................
Cakes for the Queen of Heaven in Tampa Bay
from UUTampa.org
Cakes for the Queen of Heaven - Volume 1: IN ANCIENT TIMES is a 5-session series of classes that will examine womens history related to art, literature and religion in the Ancient Near East, Old Europe and the predominate Western culture. We will look at not only Christian and pre-Judaic cultures, but also to the wealth of material rooted in Africa, Asia, and original peoples of America. It is important to note that our religious heritage cannot be contained in these five short sessions:
April 6 - The Sacred Female
April 20- In the Name of the Mother and the Daughter
May 4 - Womanpower
May 18 - From Goddess to God
June 1 - Heritage of Peace
We will connect with our ancient past, with those deep roots in Goddess-oriented, possibly peaceful cultures. We will begin to tell a new story.
Meet Matilda Joslyn Gage!
Come hear Sally Roesch Wagner, PhD in St. Pete March 28, 2009!
"Meet Matilda Joslyn Gage"
A free presentation by a nationally recognized lecturer, pioneer feminist, author, and noted women's studies professor will be given Saturday, March 28, at the St. Petersburg U-U Church at Mirror Lake. Gage, as important as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was recognized in her day as part of the suffrage leadership 'triumvirate.' Nearly written out of history after her death in 1898 for her radical views, Gage remains amazingly relevant and inspirational today.
Doors open @ 1:30 p.m.
Presentation @ 2:00 p.m.
FMI see flyer under the Announcements category,
or contact Gloria Marvin [marvin8101 at aol.com]
