Resource Center for Women & Ministry in the South

Resource Center for Women & Ministry in the South Weaving feminism and spirituality into a vision of justice for the world.

June 10 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmVia Zoom$25.00 – $45.00There is a kind of stillness available to us that lives below the noi...
05/08/2026

June 10 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Via Zoom
$25.00 – $45.00

There is a kind of stillness available to us that lives below the noise of daily life — in the body, in the breath, in the quiet center of the heart.

The Heart of Mindfulness is a 90-minute live online workshop that explores heart-centered practices. Research shows that heart-centered mindfulness practices can reduce stress, calm the nervous system, and cultivate positive emotions, including love, joy, gratitude, and awe. Through guided meditation and mindful writing, you’ll explore how these practices can become a genuine refuge in your everyday life.

This workshop is for anyone who wants to feel more at home in themselves and the world. Please bring a journal or paper and pens.

Cost: $25, $30, $35, $40, or $45 – sliding scale

To learn more and to register for this workshop, meet us at rcwms.org/events

Join us at the Farmhouse at Spring Forest in Hillsborough, NC for Hope is a Verb: Spiritual Grounding for Joyful Changem...
05/07/2026

Join us at the Farmhouse at Spring Forest in Hillsborough, NC for Hope is a Verb: Spiritual Grounding for Joyful Changemaking from June 12-June 14.

When the work feels heavy, hope becomes essential.

To learn more about this retreat and to register, head to rcwms.org/events

Meet the Team! Scroll to see some familiar faces. 😊
04/27/2026

Meet the Team! Scroll to see some familiar faces. 😊

We are hard at work producing the Jereann King Johnson documentary project. Will you help us reach our $10,000 goal?Here...
04/15/2026

We are hard at work producing the Jereann King Johnson documentary project. Will you help us reach our $10,000 goal?

Here at RCWMS, we are passionate about sharing stories that energize and sustain artists, activists, and community leaders. Because of this commitment, we are thrilled to partner with the Black Feminist Film School and Elevate Media to produce a feature-length documentary film that will tell the story of Jereann King Johnson.

Become a part of this project by giving a designated donation at rcwms.org/donate

Behind the scenes as RCWMS digs through the archives!Led by Claire Hambrick, RCWMS Arts Coordinator & 50th Anniversary C...
04/14/2026

Behind the scenes as RCWMS digs through the archives!

Led by Claire Hambrick, RCWMS Arts Coordinator & 50th Anniversary Curator, the team is hard at work in collaboration with the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Duke University to create a special commemoration of the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South.

Stayed tuned for more as we celebrate 50 years of weaving feminism and spirituality into a vision of justice for the world

Photos by Claire Hambrick, Jeanette Stokes, and Chloé Griffin

“The Art of Retreating, RCWMS-Style” is out now!Notes from the Labyrinth, a RCWMS blog, is written by Claire Hambrick, R...
04/13/2026

“The Art of Retreating, RCWMS-Style” is out now!

Notes from the Labyrinth, a RCWMS blog, is written by Claire Hambrick, RCWMS Art Coordinator and 50th Anniversary Curator.

“Come to the beach. Rest your body, gaze at the water, listen to the wind. This retreat for women offers time to play, renew the creative self, and feel the presence of the sacred through the practice of meditation.” So reads the first paragraph of a bright yellow flyer from the 2003 ‘Creativity and Spirituality’ retreat with RCWMS….

To read more, please visit our blog at rcwms.org and subscribe on Substack.

Last Wednesday, RCWMS Executive Director .stokes.9 visited in Raleigh for a wonderful presentation on quilting, social ...
03/30/2026

Last Wednesday, RCWMS Executive Director .stokes.9 visited in Raleigh for a wonderful presentation on quilting, social justice, and the Spirit by Jereann King Johnson. RCWMS is currently making a documentary film about Jereann.

Walking a labyrinth is an ancient spiritual tool for reflection. The 40’x40’ labyrinth laid out on the floor of the sanc...
03/26/2026

Walking a labyrinth is an ancient spiritual tool for reflection. The 40’x40’ labyrinth laid out on the floor of the sanctuary is a replica of the labyrinth found on the floor of Chartres Cathedral. Prayer stations on the perimeter provide resources for those who walk.

This Holy Week event is free and open to the public. Please wear clean socks.

For times, see the Binkley calendar: https://binkleychurch.org/calendar/

Sponsors: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church; Olin T. Buckley Memorial Baptist Church; United Church of Chapel Hill; New Hope Presbyterian Church; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chapel Hill

Contact RCWMS at 919-683-1236 or email us at [email protected]

Read more about our labyrinth here: https://rcwms.org/2020/walking-the-labyrinth-together/

As we ease our way into the Spring, we look back at February and reflect on February 12, which marks the 90th birthday o...
03/19/2026

As we ease our way into the Spring, we look back at February and reflect on February 12, which marks the 90th birthday of artist Meinrad Craighead.

Meinrad was a visual artist who spent her life exploring the human-divine relationship in her work, with an emphasis on images of God as the Great Mother.

As we celebrate her birthday, we think of this image you see here. Some of Meinrad’s happiest memories were on the porch swing with her beloved Memaw in Little Rock, Arkansas. Here she imagines the music of crickets as an angel playing castanets. Can you smell the gardenias that perfumed that night? One of her dogs guards the threshold. Happy Birthday, Meinrad! This world misses you!

Prints of “Memory” and many other works by Meinrad are available at rcwms.org/shop

In addition to Women’s History Month, March is also National Quilting Month! Recently our Director of Programming, Chloé...
03/12/2026

In addition to Women’s History Month, March is also National Quilting Month! Recently our Director of Programming, Chloé Griffin, visited the renowned Fearrington Folk Art Show to support artist, quilter, and Creative Director of the Kindred Spirits Quilt Conference, Kimberley Pierce Cartwright, who was featured this year as an artist at the weekend-long show at Fearrington Village. Congratulations, Kimberley!

At RCWMS, quilting is an art form and passion that we continue to celebrate by uplifting quilters and their incredible, impactful work.

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