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ABOUT HEARTS ON FIRE
Lutherans Concerned / North America invites people of all sexual orientations and gender identities to assemble with members of Reconciling in Christ and prospective RIC congregations at San Francisco State University July 3–6 under the theme, Hearts on Fire.
We’ll worship together, using a rich variety of traditions of the worshipping community. We’ll provide
a blend of the familiar and the unique drawing on our Lutheran heritage and the wealth of liturgical practice in the area.
We’ll network with one another, hear stories of joy and frustration, and make decisions together about the future direction
of Lutherans Concerned / North America.
Hearts on Fire is more than a conference. We take pride in nurturing our participants. Many see the biennial assembly
as a family reunion. In 2008, we hope to expand that family feeling by offering some new and exciting aspects to the assembly
Details and registration:
http://www.lcna.org/assembly/
Next Date
TBA
Soul-Sounding
Celebration
at herchurch
featuring Lisa Rafel
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Lisa Rafel is an internationally
known presenter, chantress, spiritual teacher and sound and energy healer. Lisa’s healing chants are rooted in the tradition of vowels as the sacred language of God/dess. These beautiful
harmonic chants engage the listener at the deepest levels. Described as “music that comes from before the languages
divided” and “healing and sacred,” they bring powerful, penetrating experiences of joy, prayer, beauty,
connectivity and peace. Lisa will often play an assortment of crystal and Tibetan bowls, bells or other percussion, weaving
a tapestry of textures and energies to blend with her chanting.
Lisa
teaches her transformational programs, Resonate With the Soul, and The Five Worlds in Florida, New York and California, and The Netherlands. All of her programs include sacred sound and opportunities
for embodying compassionate awareness. Her work utilizes sound, Integrative Kabalistic healing, guided meditation, prayer,
body awareness, and Shamanic practices of the Tibetan, Greek, ancient Egyptian and Native American cultures.
http://lisarafel.com/
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The
living Goddesses and
the
works of Marija Gimbutas.
Next
Course TBA
Sunday
4:00 - 5:30 PM
AWE
Gallery Annex
678
Portola Dr. SF
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Marija Gimbutas’ work on the Neolithic
cultures of old Europe
(6500 – 3500 BCE) reveals evidence of peaceful, woman-honoring, Goddess-worshiping, and egalitarian civilization that
existed for thousands of years without war.
we recommend you read:
“The Living Goddesses” by Marija
Gimbutas.
www.gimbutas.org
What implications does Goddess worship of
Old Europe (including the Minoans of Crete, 3,000 – 1,400 BCE) have for our spirituality
and the various religious traditions we have grown up with or presently claim?
Look at the language of the Goddess found
in art, symbols, egalitarian and matrilineal/focal communities and rituals. We are reclaiming
"She Who Is."
Introductory reading:
Why
Women Need the Goddess by Carol Christ
http://www.goddessariadne.org/whywomenneedthegoddess.htm
SFNOW is the San Francisco Chapter of the National Organization
for Women. The National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States. NOW has 500,000 contributing members
and 550 chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Since its founding in 1966, NOW's goal has been to take action to bring about equality for all women. NOW works to eliminate
discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of society; secure abortion,
birth control and reproductive rights for all women; end all forms of violence against women; eradicate racism, sexism and
homophobia; and promote equality and justice in our society. www.sfnow.org
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herchurch will be hosting
2008 November 7, 8, 9
2nd Annual
A Faith and Feminism
Womanist/Mujerista Conference
A gathering for feminist faith seekers, church leaders,
Interfaith leaders to experience and discuss the urgent implications of God/dess imagery and gender issues which transform
the church, the world, and our daily lives so that together we seek and speak justice.
Keynote Speaker: Carol Christ
Other faculty include Artists Sophia McCloud,
Judith Dancer and an interfaith panel.
Please see the brochures in the church entryway and/or
faith and feminism
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