Pacific NW Quaker Womens Theology Conf. deadline extended

Speaking of...
...narrative theology...

...RantWoman's blogroll served up two women's very different specimens of narrative theology today:

http://aquakerwitch.blogspot.com/2012/02/in-velvet-darkness-i-magic-of-winter.html

http://www.clotheyourselfinrighteousness.com/you-are-not-a-quaker-so-please-stop-calling-yourself-one/

Oh Wait, how about a whole weekend for narative theology of one's own. RantWoman is temporizing about attending herself but highly recommends this for women willing to talk across traditions. RantWoman HAS attended several times and highly recommends:

THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO
FEBRUARY 29!!

Welcome to the 2012 Women’s Conference. We Quaker Women from Northwest Yearly Meeting, North Pacific Yearly Meeting, Freedom Friends Church, and other Quaker groups will gather June 13-17, 2012 at the Menucha Conference Center. In this oasis from the whirlwind and storm of our lives, high above the mighty Columbia River, we will seek God’s grace in the holy and the ordinary.

We will worship, fellowship, and work together as we explore the theme, “Living in the Life and Power: Inviting, Contemplating, and Enacting Grace.”

With grace, we will be respectful and open to each other, trying neither to offend nor to take offense, each woman knowing the power of her own truth and the need to make space for other women’s truth.

If you find your way clear to join us, and we hope you will, we ask you to take time to explore the Conference theme and write a paper to share with other women. You will find this to be incredible grounding experience as you prepare for the Conference.

2 Corinthians 9:8 says there are no limits to the Grace of God. We pray that God’s grace will lead you to be with us.

Becky Ankeny and Nancy McLauchlan, co-clerks


The Pacific Northwest Quaker Women’s Theology Conference welcomes women primarily from Freedom Friends Church, Canadian, North Pacific and Northwest Yearly Meetings. As women from divergent Friends traditions, we strive to articulate that which has been meaningful in the expression and development of our faith. We are open to God’s leadings and willing to make a commitment to prepare, to risk, and to be open to learning from one another.

Our purposes in coming together are:

To grow in the knowledge and love of God, trusting that the Inward Teacher, the Christ within, the Inner Light, the Holy Spirit will be present to guide us;

To create a place where it is possible to talk openly from different perspectives with love and honesty, and without rancor or tempering to accommodate perceptions of what might be acceptable;

To use narrative theology, that is, our stories of faith, as a means of integrating our experiences and our understanding;

To encourage articulation of experience in beliefs, both verbally and in writing, expecting that we will bring what we learn back into our home faith communities.