now is the time to blossom
spring goddess festival, may 3rd and 4th
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Now is the time to blossom. Join us on zoom for a wonderful day with our community.
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on zoom with Pastor Stacy and herchurch priestexx
Join herchurch for our wonderful liturgy, celebrating, honoring and connecting to the Divine Feminine. An uplifting experience with word, music, movement and more, the liturgy is unique and moving. All are welcome.
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on zoom with Katie Ketchum
In this workshop we will explore two ancient forms of meditation: Visual and Singing Chants.
In this restorative and relaxing workshop we will learn simple chants and the process of interacting with art as visual meditation, called Visio Divina in ancient times. No experience in singing or meditation is needed. Katie Ketchum directs the herchurch choir in San Francisco and teaches painting with Jennifer Mantle. She has been practicing Visual and Singing Meditation for many years. Bring along a pen and paper. Limited to 8 participants.
supplies: pen and paper
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on zoom with emma and young herchurchers
Join us for a conversation with the younger contingent of herchurch about their journey to this community, their relationship to the Divine Feminine, and their vision for the future. Led by Emma Thomas, who is an art world professional, a recovering Catholic, a ukulele player, and an artist who is getting used to calling herself one. She loves to sing in the herchurch choir and play in the Art Womb.
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on zoom with Elaine Chan-Scherer
Join Elaine Chan-Scherer in an intimate group exploring connecting with Spirit. Elaine will share her personal experience with channeling and introduce one of her Spirit Guides. Elaine is a psychotherapist, artist and intuitive focused on helping folks to connect with their innate wholeness and Divinity.
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on zoom with linda palmstrom
Join Linda for a fun, easy, joy-boosting session making small cards for our JOYS! Based on collaging one card for each letter of the alphabet, this workshop leans in to the painting “Our Lady of Joy” (our image for the festival) and invites participants to make small collages to remind us of what is bringing us joy. Get out your scissors, glue, collage materials and embellishments and join the fun! Linda Palmstrom is an avid art-maker and knitter. She is certified in the Color of Woman Intentional Creativity and loves to share joy through her art.
supplies: Scissors, glue, cardstock, collage materials
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The goddess rosary is a contemplative practice of reciting prayers honoring and connecting to the Divine Feminine. This session will begin with an introduction to the practice from Pastor Stacy, and then priestesses Alice and Christine will lead us as a community in reciting the prayers together. Bring a goddess rosary if you have one, but it’s also ok to just show up and be present!
supplies: goddess rosary if you have one
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on zoom with priestess kit kennedy
DO POEMS GROW ON TREES? YES, AND THEY ARE ALSO UNDER OUR FEET:
A poetry reading & conversation about writing practice and inspiration with herchurch Resident Poet, Kit KennedyPoetry-making is the dance of inspiration, deadline, fun/chance & collaboration. In short, poetry is serious fun. Join Kit in an intimate setting to hear some fresh and well-loved poetry. Questions and conversation to follow. Kit Kennedy is short, queer & unabashedly odd.
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on zoom with pastor stacy and herchurch musicians
Join Pastor Stacy and our herchurch musicians for a short closing ritual and some music to send us off after our wonderful day together.
OUR LADY OF JOY
Out of the mud springs the lotus.
You have been through the muck and the mud.
Now is the time to blossom.
You are connected to the mud,
But what springs forth is unhindered,
Holy,
Beauteous.
What springs forth from the mud, If you allow it to flow,
is
Pure joy.
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Join us in person in the herchurch sanctuary at 678 Portola Dr, SF CA 94127 for a wonderful day with our community.
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in the sanctuary with pastor stacy and the priestexx
Join herchurch for our wonderful liturgy, celebrating, honoring and connecting to the Divine Feminine. An uplifting experience with word, music, movement and more, the liturgy is unique and moving. All are welcome.
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mural hall
Join us in Mural Hall for lunch
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with priestesses in the sanctuary
Part panel, part circle, this gathering of priestesses invites us to consider what being a priestess mean to us personally, to consider how we embody our priestessing, and other relevant questions. herchurch’s lead priestesses will start the conversation and invite those present to share their thoughts. Everyone welcome.
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with roxanne in the art womb
Casting charms is a form of divination; a way we get insight into various aspects of our lives. Each participant will receive a bag of charms and instructions on how to decipher possible meanings of the charms and on how to develop clear, concise questions. Using casting spreads, the charms and our intuition, we’ll divine the answers to our questions. Roxanne Worthington is an artist, creator, teacher, tarot reader and diviner with lots of years of experience in all these areas. Limited to 15 participants.
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in the kuan yin room with elaine
Join Elaine for an introduction to this way of understanding our nervous systems, which helps explain what happens when we are triggered and how we can regulate our emotions. Elaine is a psychotherapist, artist and intuitive focused on helping folks to connect with their innate wholeness and Divinity. Limited to 8 participants.
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with katie in the art and altar room
In this workshop we will explore two ancient forms of meditation: Visual and Singing Chants.
In this restorative and relaxing workshop we will learn simple chants and the process of interacting with art as visual meditation, called Visio Divina in ancient times. No experience in singing or meditation is needed. Katie Ketchum directs the herchurch choir in San Francisco and teaches painting with Jennifer Mantle. She has been practicing Visual and Singing Meditation for many years. Limited to 8 participants.
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with tracy in the art womb
Celebrate the Goddess this Spring with your very own "Goddess to Go" portable altar! In this 90-minute in-person class, you’ll learn to create a simple, sacred, and travel-friendly altar that you can sew and personalize. All supplies provided. Minimal sewing skills needed—just bring your creativity and an open heart! Tracy Dietz is a Reiki Master who has been practicing the healing arts and bodywork for 30 years. She is also the creator of Tracy Lynn Reiki YouTube Channel. Limited to 15 participants.
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with manuela and eloise in the sanctuary
Join us in a dynamic form of meditation. In laughter yoga we combine unconditional laughter with yogic breathing- pranayama. We rest our conscious thoughts while all our senses effortlessly and naturally combine to give us joy, peace and emotional stability. Bring a willingness to laugh for no reason and to feel a bit silly. Eloise Beechinor was certified as a laughter yoga leader in 2014 and again in 2019 at the UCSF Osher Institute. Manuela Wolf is a teacher, yoga and mindfulness teacher, Reiki Master and long time enthusiastic practitioner of laughter yoga. Limited to 15 participants.
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with alice in the santuary
Join Priestess Alice H and others for a lively session catching the beat! Drums and other percussion instruments provided but your own are welcome too! Everyone welcome.
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with pastor stacy and herchurch musicians in the sanctuary
Join Pastor Stacy and our herchurch musicians for a short closing ritual and some original music by our talented herchurch musicians to send us off after our wonderful day together.
