Morning Workshops |
| Music from the Heart | Reverend Krista Taves |
| Join us for an hour of spontaneously creating music. We are all musicians at heart. If you have a portable instrument, you are welcome
to bring it. Fee: None
Class minimum: 8 Class maximum: Unlimited
Location: Barn
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| Creating Community Poetry | Alana Tibbets |
| Community poetry invites people to share experience, emotion and thought in a small, and anonymous, way. Even though one person’s contribution may seem nominal; the resulting poems often capture the full range of human response to a theme.
Participants will learn a few basic methods to create these poems and, as a group, we will collaborate to write some poetry about our day. Fee: $15.00
Class minimum: 8 Class maximum: 16
Location: Upper Cramner
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| What are your true colors? | Claudia Jean Potts |
| True Colors is an entertaining way to learn about your unique personality style. Is there someone in your life you would like to understand or get along with better? Would you like to find out how others see you? Would you like to create win-win relationships with people in your life? Join in a fun way to learn a tool to enjoy success in your personal and professional life. Fee: None
Class minimum: 4 Class maximum: 10 (This workshop is full.)
Location: Lower Cramner
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| Create your own Kokebana | Carol Hechenberge |
| Kokebana (“moss ball”) is the Japanese art of growing plants in moss-covered balls of soil wrapped in twine. Displayed on a surface
or hung in a window, they are maintained like other houseplants. You will make a Kokebana to take home and enjoy. Fee: $12.00
Class minimum: 6 Class maximum: 8 (This workshop is full.)
Location: Cottage
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Afternoon Workshops |
| Reducing Stress with Mindfulness | Bridget Rollins |
| We can define mindfulness as consciously bringing awareness to our here-and-now experience with openness, interest and a
willingness to be with what is. This workshop will focus on experiencing mindfulness of body, thoughts, emotions and the daily
activities of life. It will include reflection on the definition of mindfulness and its application to reducing stress, guided mindfulness
practices, and discussion. The emphasis will be on the experiential as the presenter guides the participants through mindfulness
practices such as the calming breath, body scan, mindful movement, dropping anchor, and mindful eating. Participants will also be
introduced to the mindfulness practices of unhooking from unhelpful thoughts and making room for difficult emotions.
If participants want to lie down for the body scan, they should bring a pillow, blanket (to cover up) and something to lie upon (such as exercise pad, yoga mat or a thick blanket) Fee: $15.00
Class minimum: 1 Class maximum: 20
Location: Upper Cramner
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| Your First Diamond Art Masterpiece! | Karen Gottschalk |
| Create a colorful four-inch mandala to display or use as a coaster – each one will be unique. Using a pen-like tool, place resin "diamonds" onto a sticky board following the printed design. No artistic ability required. If you can hold a pen, you can do this. If you know your numbers and letters, you can do this. Diamond Art is a fun, rewarding and meditative activity for all ages. A handout with
resource information for your future projects will be included. Please bring your reading glasses if you use them. Fee: $3.00
Class minimum: 4 Class maximum: 8 (This workshop is full.)
Location: Cottage
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| Expressive Dance: Time to be a Dance Queen | Lynn Murphy |
| Come enjoy time to indulge in being your own dance queen through a variety of music. No experience necessary. There will be time to dance standing on the floor and time to dance sitting in a chair. You will receive a dance queen tiara to wear as you dance. So, come enjoy your inner dance queen and have fun expressing yourself through music and dance. Walkers and rollators welcome. Fee: None
Class minimum: 2 Class maximum: 20
Location: Barn
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| On Being a Death Doula | Kate Magrath |
| Death comes to us all. Most of us by this time of life have lost a loved one. What can we do to help? Fee: None
Class minimum: 2 Class maximum: 10 (This workshop is full.)
Location: Lower Cramner
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Late Afternoon Workshops |
| Zhineng Qigong | Joan Meier, certified Zhineng Qigong teacher & Hun Yuan Qi Therapist. |
| Zhineng-Wisdom Qi-life energy gong-practice is an ancient eastern practice to improve and maintain physical, emotional, and mental health by gathering and improving qi flow. This is accomplished using physical movement, chanting and your consciousness. This practice can be accomplished from a standing or seated position. At a beginning level, movements are very gentle and look like reaching and bending with feet firmly on the floor. Qi is gathered and flow is induced via movement into the physical, emotional, and mental centers of the body. This results in feeling relaxed and invigorated. Fee: $10.00
Class minimum: 10 Class maximum: 20 (This workshop is full.)
Location: Upper Cramner
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| Understanding Decluttering, Downsizing, Organizing | Julie Rodriguez |
| Examine reasoning behind these activities and brainstorm on ways to enact them for individual needs of a given household. Fee: None
Class minimum: 6 Class maximum: 20
Location: Lower Cramner
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| Cardweaving | Becky Coalson |
| Weave a bookmark or 2 using this easy but ancient technique. Turning the cardboard cards creates patterned weaving. You can vary
the pattern by changing how you turn the cards. Fun to play around with! Bring a belt or rope that will go around your waist.
Appropriate for all skill levels. Be sure to bring your reading glasses!
Fee: $5.00
Class minimum: 2 Class maximum: 10 (This workshop is full.)
Location: Barn
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| Celebrating UU Women | Lynn Murphy |
| This is an interactive workshop. Like the song "For Good" from the musical "Wicked", let us explore the legacy of famous Unitarian women who have worked to help change things for the good/the better. After a presentation about these women, we will share our knowledge with each other through music, a skit, and a fun game. Fee: None
Class minimum: 4 Class maximum: 10
Location: Cottage
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Special and Ongoing Activities
There's no need to register for these activities:
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Scholarship Silent Auction - 3:00pm to 7:30pm | |
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Proceeds from this fun activity benefit the Women's Weekend Scholarship Fund.
Bring 1 - 3 nice quality treasures from home (i.e. books, DVDs, kitchen items, plants, home decor), a typed description of a service to be provided (i.e. dinner for a group, music or craft lessons, professional service), home-baked goods or preserves. Please do not bring sized clothing.
Place your items on the "Donations" table when you arrive. If you wish to set a minimum bid, please attach that information to your item. If your item does not sell, you have first dibs to take it back. Any other items that have not sold will be donated to charity (Miriam Shop, Goodwill). Tax receipts are available on request.
Bidding begins at 3:00pm and ends at 7:30pm Saturday. Pay for your items by 8:00pm.
Location: Wilson Lodge
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Name Button Making Table - All Day |
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Make a name tag button for yourself. The first button is free. Make more for $1.00 each. Remember to bring your old magazines and catalogs to share. This has been a favorite activity of many for years and years.
Location: Wilson Lodge
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Massage - 5:00 pm-10:00 pm Friday and 10:00am-5:00pm Saturday; $1.50 per minute |
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Two massage therapists will be providing massages throughout the weekend. Sign up in Wilson Lodge.
Friday night there will be regular massage available from 6:00 - 10:00.
Saturday all massage therapists will be available at varying times - check the signup sheets.
Massages are 20 to 60 minutes.
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Campfire - 8:30pm |
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Enjoy a campfire (weather permitting)
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BYOB Wine Tasting - 8:30pm |
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Bring a couple bottles of your favorite wine and all that are interested can participate in Wilson Lodge.
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Board Games and Puzzles - 8:30pm |
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Board Games, puzzles, fun, and Meriment in Wilson Lodge.
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Time for Ourselves |
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Take a walk, munch on snacks, talk with a friend, make a new friend or work on an unfinished craft project while nurturing relationships with friends old and new. What have you been putting off?
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