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Welcome! The Women and Religion Movement is alive and well in the 21st Century. A grassroots project started by lay leaders in the 1970s as an effort to promote examination of religious roots of sexism and patriarchy within the UUA and beyond, UU Women and Religion officially began as a task force following the unanimously-passed WOMEN AND RELIGION RESOLUTION at the 1977 UUA General Assembly. Although the Task Force was eventually sunsetted, the movement still exists in UU communities that hold Women & Religion programs and gatherings for those who identify as women. It exists at the UU General Assembly, where UUW&R brings our Store to the Exhibit Hall and occasionally hosts a gathering. And it lives in the hearts and lives of people who have been touched by the many changes inspired by this movement.

"We do not want a piece of the pie. It is still a patriarchal pie. We want to change the recipe!" -- Rosemary Matson

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Seeking the Goddess in Nature… Finding the Divine Within

What do we mean when we say The Goddess? Who is She? How do we find Her?

“The Goddess is first of all earth, the dark, nurturing mother who brings forth all life. She is the power of fertility and generation; the womb, and also the receptive tomb, the power of death. All proceeds from Her, all returns to Her. As earth, She is also plant life, trees, the herbs and grains that sustain life. She is the body, and the body is sacred.”

-- Starhawk, the Spiral Dance

 

During this experiential weekend, we will seek to know Her, deep in our bodies, to understand our parts in the divine dance that is the creative universe.  Connecting through the elements of life (Earth, Air, Fire, Water & Spirit) we will work, play, sing and dance in sacred space, opening ourselves to an awareness of the interconnectedness of the web of life.

Beginning with a Waters of the World ceremony on Friday night, and culminating with a ritual walking of the labyrinth on Sunday morning, we will come together as a community of women, sisters on a journey.

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