Sorry! We are fully booked for this year's retreat.
Check out the March Drumming Workshop information for another opportunity to join UU women in music and movement!
Anne Mason and Sonny Ditzler will lead a weekend using vocal and rhythm techniques to help you reclaim the power of your body & your voice. We will use meditation, breathing, singing, drumming & other activities as pathways to our inner creativity & energy.
Anne Mason, a recent graduate of Lancaster Theological Seminary, is director of music at the UU Church of Lancaster and has been singing and teaching voice for 20 years.
Sonny Ditzler, with 12 years of drumming experience, is a performer, teacher, workshop leader and public speaker on rhythm and healing.
LOCATION: Bishop Claggett Center, Buckeytown, MD
(You can view the beautiful retreat site at: www.bishopclaggett.org)
Anne Slater, registrar: 610-896-6468/
watch for updated information at our website: www.jpdwr.org
Joseph Priestley District Women and Religion
and Soul Sisters of the Main Line Unitarian Church
are pleased to present
A Drumming Workshop
Saturday, March 13, 2010 from 10am to 3pm
at the Main Line Unitarian Church
816 Valley Forge Road, Devon PA 19333
(For directions go to mluc.org)
Jaqui McMillan of Drum for Joy! will be our workshop leader.
“If you can say it, you can play it”…
In this Drum For Joy! workshop you will learn the language of the drum, basic hand drum technique and how to make your drum sing. Jaqui presents drum songs in a way that make it fun and easy to learn. This workshop is suitable for beginning and experienced drummers.
Bring your own drum or percussion instrument. Jaqui will also bring some to share.
Bring a friend or neighbour, your sister, daughter or granddaughter over 10 years
Bring a bag lunch: drinks and dessert will be provided.
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SAVE $5! Advance registration and payment (mail by March 1, 2010)
Advance Tix: $20 per person, $10 for your guest under 16 years
At the door, $25 for adults, $15 for 16 and under
Send your check made out to The JPD of the UUA to
Laura Paligo, 298 Superior Street, Havre de Grace, MD 21078
Questions? call Laura at 410-942-1292 BEFORE 8 pm
The Association for the Study of Women & Mythology is thrilled to announce our first multi-day biennial conference, to be held April 23-25 at the Kirkridge retreat center, Bangor, PA, in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, several hours from New York City and Philadelphia.
Our film festival will host the world premiere of "Pink Smoke Over the Vatican," about the ordination of Catholic women priests, and will feature ethnologist Sabine Jell-Bahlson's films on Mammywata.
Poetry readings, art displays, ritual, performances (including music by Ruth Barrett and a reading by Elizabeth Cunningham) and interactive programs will be featured.
Topics include lady of the beasts, publishing goddess scholarship, archaeomythology, spiritual geometry and the goddess, the divine feminine as vortex, finding your sacred language, the wheel of the year as spiritual psychology, frog mysteries, and much more.
Don't miss this unique gathering. Space is limited and registration closes April 15--or sooner if we sell out.
To register, and for more information, go to the conference page on the ASWM website: http://womenandmythology.wordpress.com/2010-conference/
Joseph Priestley District
Women & Religion Fall Retreat
October 1-3, 2010
at St. Raphaela Center, Haverford, Pa.
for pictures and directions, go to www.acjusa.org
The Theme Within:
an experiential weekend of self-discovery.
Intuitively access your inner wisdom through the process of collage.
Facilitated by Dana Knighten and Nancy Evans,
certified Soul Collage facilitators
For Women 16 and older
10% discount for those under 25
3 nights, 6 meals (Friday Dinner through Sunday Lunch) $200.
Commuters (includes 4 meals) $165
Please print out and post/share flyer! (PDF)
For further information contact:
Anne Slater, Registrar
610-896-6468
Print and mail Registration Form! (PDF)
The Theme Within
JPD W & R Retreat 2010 Registration
Register early: space is limited!
Please PRINT FORM, FILL IN SPACES, MAIL W/CHECK to Anne (see below)
Name (please print)
____________________________________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________________________
Phone (home) _____________________(cell) ______________________________
Email _______________________________________________________________
Your Church _________________________________________________________
Roommate(s) name(s) (roommates must be listed on each other’s registration forms)
I can bring a drum/other musical instrument (just for fun!) _____________________
Please indicate here _____ if you require first-floor accommodation.
I am/am not (circle one) a vegetarian.
Special dietary circumstances? (Example: gluten or lactose intolerant; specific allergies)
_____________________________________________________________________
The Money Part: Retreat Rates and Opportunity
Rates for food and lodging are what the site charges
Commuter meals include Friday supper, Saturday lunch and supper, Sunday lunch
Resident $140 (includes two nights and 6 meals ) $_________
Commuter $105.00 (includes 4 meals) $_________
Registration: $60.00 (our costs) $___60____
My gift to help another woman attend $_________
GRAND TOTAL (add lines above)…………………… $_________
Please make your check payable to: Joseph Priestley District,
marking in the memo section “W & R Retreat”
*******Payment must be received by September 25th, 2010******
Mail to: Anne Slater, 2753 Morris Road, Ardmore, PA 19003
I will acknowledge receipt of your registration and check via email
