Fall Retreat
The Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont UU Women’s Fall 2009 Retreat, will take place the weekend of October 30th-November 1st, at Rockraft Retreat Center in beautiful Sebago Lake, Maine. The price per woman for the weekend, which includes two nights, six meals, and many wonderful workshops is: $150 for rustic Carriage House bunk-house accommodations and $165 for a bed in the Main House or Carriage House.
We will be "Celebrating Samhain" during our last time at Rockcraft before the center closes at the end of the year. This is the time of year when the veil between the worlds are the thinnest. The perfect time to divine what the future has in store for us; and remember our loved ones who have passed. We will honor the sacredness of Samhain and rejoice in the playfulness of Halloween.
Fall 2009 Retreat Workshops
Full descriptions will be added later but you may look forward to many of the following and more:
Following our Intuition
Croning 2010 planning
Sacred Circle Dancing
Yoga
Pumpkin carving and Halloween decoration making
Casting Runes
Tarot
Halloween party
Day of the Dead Worship Service
Sylvia Sims journeyed from our world on Christmas Eve. She was surrounded by family, holding hands, and Mozart's Requiem was playing as she had previously requested. Sylvia was the embodiment of female strength and warmth. An example to all on living a life that integrates mind, body and soul. She will be missed.
About Us
The Women & Religion movement officially began in 1977, with the passage of the Women and Religion Resolution at the UUA’s annual General Assembly. The dual focus of the resolution was to urge the UUA to look at the religious roots of sexism, and to encourage all Unitarian Universalists to examine the extent to which religious beliefs influence sex-role stereotypes in interpersonal behavior within families, friendships and in the workplace.
The Northeast District Women & Religion Committee began in 1982, when 24 women gathered for 24 hours. The NED W&R has occasionally fostered activities and programs within the District and at District meetings directed at raising consciousness of women’s issues and concerns; however, its primary focus has been sponsoring Fall and Spring weekend conferences with a wide variety of programming for women. For over 25 years, women have gathered to learn, rest, play, grow, sing, dance and celebrate life’s passages. Come join us!
