Virginia Baptist Women in Ministry presents: Feast: Setting the Table a celebration through sermon, food, and art Friday, April 19 – 20, 2013 ~ Grace Baptist Church, Richmond, VA Registration & Dinner Costs: $45 regular ticket/$40 for VBWIM members/$20 for students Registration deadline: April 12, 2013 Festival times: 3:00 p.m. – Read more…
Friday, May 2, 2014 ~ Crozet Baptist Church, Crozet, VA Registration & Dinner Costs: $45 regular ticket/$40 for VBWIM members/$20 for students Registration deadline: April 25, 2014 Festival times: 3:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Gathering begins: 3:00 p.m. Childcare available with advance registration. Feast gathers us to nurture our creative, caring, Read more…
Friday May 2, 2014 ~ Crozet Baptist Church, Crozet, VA Registration & Dinner Costs: $45 regular ticket/$40 for VBWIM members/$20 for students Registration deadline: April 25, 2014 Festival times: 3:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Childcare available with advance registration. We will hear sermons from Rev. Stacy Nowell, Associate Pastor with Read more…
by Jenny Call, Chaplain at Hollins University As a Baptist, I grew up associating food and religion. There was nothing better than a potluck after church—we would always have fried chicken, of course, and a table filled with desserts. I loved the way the smell of the meal permeated the Read more…
The Feast Festival Gallery displays the ways in which the act of speaking/preaching/teaching can be shared through image. The gallery contributions may represent a spiritual discipline, a way in which you connect with God, or a way in which you use your God-given abilities. The contribution may serve to interpret scripture or the created world. We would like to see what you create and hear a little of your story.
A belated reflection upon Feast from Jenny Call’s blog, “Called: Documenting my journey of faith as a minister, mother, daughter, wife, and friend; seeking to follow my calling and learning to embrace the beauty that surrounds me.” Read it on her blog.
suzanne l. vinson lives a creative life as an artist, mother, blogger, ordained minister, creative facilitator, and retreat leader. through her work, she encourages others to encounter the sacred by engaging the creative spirit and becoming attentive to the present moment utilizing tools such as guided imagery, deep breathing, and Read more…
Reverend Susan Morris serves as the Chaplain for Hospice of Southwest Virginia. She received a Bachelor of Science in Child Development and Family Relations at Western Carolina University. She has also received her Master of Divinity from Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond and her Master of Science in Patient Counseling Read more…
Elizabeth Rickert Dowdy is a minister and mother living in Cumberland, Virginia who has also recently begun to think of herself as an artist. Her most familiar mediums are words, food, and textiles–especially writing curricula, devotions and preaching; cooking for her family and friends (and self!); and hand-sewing recycled cotton Read more…