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SUMMARY:Morning Silence
DESCRIPTION:Morning Silence is an ongoing event that occurs from 8:00 – 9:00 am on Zoom on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. Rotating facilitators provide a few words about the theme(s) for the day to introduce each session. Two sessions of silence (20 minutes) follow with a brief time of stretching in between. The time concludes with 10 minutes of sharing from the participants. To be added to the notification list\, please go to contact us page.
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SUMMARY:Anger: Yours\, Theirs\, and God’s
DESCRIPTION:Quandaries & Conversations for Clergy \n\n\n\n\n\nLocation: Avila Center for Community Leadership\,                                        711 Mason Rd\, Durham\, NC 27712 \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“I know that compassion is all out of fashion and anger is all the rage.“ \n-David Wilcox\n\n\n\nOurs is certainly an age in which “anger is all the rage.”  \n\n\n\nConsider these questions: \n\n\n\nRev. Dr. Paul Lang\, Pastor of Cary Presbyterian\, will facilitate this timely conversation with area pastors serving in an array of ministries. \n\n\n\n† While it seems that scripture on the whole counsels against having and harboring anger — it is also true that there are moments when God is overcome with wrath.  How do we understand God’s anger? \n\n\n\n† Can anger ever be the source of virtue?  \n\n\n\n† In the current US culture\, many seem to feel that their anger is justified and\, in fact\, is indicative of their righteousness. Can that be true? \n\n\n\n† What are we to do with anger … ours and theirs … personally and pastorally?  \n\n\n\nThis will be the first of three gatherings in 2025 with the intent of providing helpful space and time for clergy conversation and camaraderie.     \n\n\n\nRegistration is limited. A healthy lunch\, drinks\, and snacks will be provided. For scholarship requests\, please contact elaina@peacehillavila.org. \n\n\n\nSponsored by Peace Hill\, RCWMS\, and Duke University Chapel.
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SUMMARY:Telling Our Stories: Blessings and Trials
DESCRIPTION:“Ruth and Naomi” by Luba Lukova www.lukova.net\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation: Avila Center for Community Leadership\, 711 Mason Road\, Durham NC 27712 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nYou are invited to Telling Our Stories: Blessings and Trials\, a time of retreat and reunion\, honoring the 50th anniversary of founding the Women’s Center at Duke Divinity School and the herstories embedded in that ministry! \n\n\n\nSeveral alums are preparing a time and a space for stories of our lives to be told and heard\, for alums and students to meet\, and for renewing ties with classmates and with the institution we share. \n\n\n\nWe will focus on… \n\n\n\n\nREFLECTING – how women-centered thought and action took place 50 years ago in DDS and in the five decades since.\n\n\n\nCONNECTING – renewing ties of friendship\, meeting new friends and colleagues\, engaging DDS alums from diverse generations.\n\n\n\nHONORING – Women’s Center student coordinators and their faithful work\, as well as faculty and staff who have mentored and advised them.\n\n\n\nARCHIVING – gathering stories of our lives as students and as graduates\, in written and oral forms\, to add to the historical record of women at Duke Divinity School.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWelcome to Peace Hill at Avila! \n\n\n\nOur host for the gathering is Peace Hill at Avila\, a 25-year-old community whose mission is to nurture people working toward a more compassionate and just society. With original buildings dating from a mid-20th century Carmelite monastic group and lodgings added to enable Avila Retreat Center to operate in the 1980s\, the setting is conducive to group meetings\, walks in the surrounding forest\, convivial meals\, and quiet contemplation. \n\n\n\nAccessible rooms are adjacent to the central gathering spaces. Meals will be coordinated through local caterers\, with attention to dietary preferences. Plenty of “grazing” options will be available at all times. \n\n\n\nThe cost of this event is partially underwritten by the Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South. \n\n\n\nTicket options: \n\n\n\n\nFull tickets include overnight lodging\, food\, and program: $195\n\n\n\nCommuter tickets include food and program (no lodging): $125\n\n\n\nStudent tickets include meal and program (no lodging): $25\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nStarting time: 3 pm on Sunday\, March 16Ending time: 10 am on Tuesday\, March 18 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTentative Schedule \n\n\n\nSunday\, March 16\, 20253 pm-6 pm Welcome\, move in/set up supplies\, orient to spaces and natural setting at Avila4-6 pm Welcome and introduce yourself to Minoka Yonts\, Director of Alumni Relations!4:30 pm Recording session times available5:30 pm Happy Hour\, followed by 6pm Evening meal in Dining Room7:30 pm Talk with Susan Thistlethwaite about 50+-year history of women in seminaries in historicaland cultural context9 pm Evening prayer\, quiet time \n\n\n\nMonday\, March 17\, 20257 am-8 am Morning silence (chapel\, library\, outdoors)8 am Breakfast in dining room. Welcome Chinwe Edeani and Mia Lee\, current WC coordinators!9 am-12 noon Circle of story-telling and listening (may record)12:30 pm Lunch\, walk\, recording session times available2-4 pm Café table conversations reflecting on what we’ve heard and what we want to share withothers (such as hopes and recommendations for action) arising from the time together4:00 pm Welcome Dr. Jerusha Neal\, faculty advisor for the Women’s Center!4:30 pm Recording session times available5:30 pm Happy Hour\, followed by 6pm Evening meal in Dining Room7:30 pm Liturgy of thanksgiving\, lament\, restoration9 pm Quiet time \n\n\n\nTuesday\, March 18\, 20257 am-8 am Morning silence8 am Breakfast in dining room\, with blessings on the time together9 am Prepare to leave (check-out time is 10 am).Car-pool to campus/Divinity School for 11:45 worship at Goodson Chapel\, followed by lunch withMinoka Yonts (MDiv’17)\, Director of Alumni Relations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYOUR PARTICIPATION is sought even if you are not able to attend the March 16-18 gathering! Our goal is to gather stories from our time as divinity students and after\, and to share these stories with a wider audience by placing them in the University Archives. You are invited to write or record stories that respond to prompts – or to use whatever focus you wish. \n\n\n\nHere are some possible prompts: \n\n\n\n\nHow did you decide to attend Duke Divinity? Did the decision fit the existing contour of your life or represent a new direction?\n\n\n\nAs you reflect on your life story and the social\, political\, cultural settings of your life\, what place does your time as a Duke Divinity student occupy in your story?\n\n\n\nIn what ways did the Women’s Center at Duke Divinity influence your life and studies?\n\n\n\nTell about Women’s Center colleagues\, faculty\, staff/administrators or others who influenced your faith and vocation at Duke Divinity.\n\n\n\nWhat other stories would you like to tell?\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWe invite you to bring your stories to the gathering or email them to planners. \n\n\n\nWe hope to be able to make video and/or audio recordings of your stories during the gathering. Stay tuned for further information about this. \n\n\n\nContact: nrosebaugh@hotmail.com or bettylwolfe@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Morning Silence
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SUMMARY:Seasons Within
DESCRIPTION:Register\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSeasons Within is a quarterly retreat series to celebrate the equinox and solstice sponsored by Peace Hill at Avila. \n\n\n\nJoin us for a day of renewal and deep inner listening as we honor the Spring Equinox—a time of balance\, growth\, and new beginnings. We will work with the archetype of the Healer\, exploring what has heart and meaning through four transformative practices. Each practice will center on one chamber of the four-chambered heart: full\, open\, clear\, and strong.   \n\n\n\nJust as the Earth awakens from winter’s stillness\, we\, too\, are called to realign with life-affirming patterns. This seasonal shift invites us to nourish our well-being\, strengthen our inner clarity\, and expand into spring with purpose. Through mindful movement with sound bowls\, silent reflection\, and intentional practice\, we will cultivate the vitality needed to embrace the season ahead.   \n\n\n\nThis is an invitation to tend to your own healing as a radical act—for yourself and the world around you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe spring retreat will be led by Shakira Bethea. With over a decade of experience as a licensed massage and bodywork therapist\, Shakira’s deep commitment to embodied living has evolved over time\, shaping her brand Rhythmic Bloom.  \n\n\n\nShe guides others on a transformative journey of spiritual and personal growth\, helping them reset after grief\, depression\, and life’s hardships. Through loving honesty and mindful movement\, she supports individuals in finding resonance\, reclaiming their rhythm\, and embracing a life of deeper connection and purpose. \n\n\n\nYou can learn more about her work at www.rhythmicbloom.com.
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