Gathering of Women

Program Details

Would you be interested in joining a group of women on a monthly basis to discuss the core issues of our spiritual journeys? This seems timely, after our period of change during the covid pandemic- with some working as always and others working remotely, while others were sheltering-in-place or unemployed or in retirement, or in a time of high concern of being evicted. The past year has been one of many emotional demands on who we are and how to function as people of faith. We each have learned new things about ourselves and our identities as women.

Come and share in this time of growth and learning. Come and share if you’ve discovered new talents you explored or never knew you had but had to develop them.

Many of you have joined me and explored “Women who run with the Wolves “ and “When the Heart waits”. Let’s gather to see how we can hear one another’s stories, and suggest future programs at RRCC. A future book I’d propose studying is “The Heroine’s Journey.” The scope is vast but let us first gather and meet one another. If you can, please join us on Sat, October 24, from 9:30-11:30 am.

About the Leaders

Lee Ireland

Rev. Lee A. Ireland is now retired after serving many churches as a long-time Interim Pastor. She lives in Niantic, CT and is focusing on spiritual formation programs, retreats and offering Individual Spiritual Direction sessions. She received her M.Div. from Andover Newton Theological School, and was trained as a Spiritual Director at Mercy Center, Madison, CT from 1997-99. She has served in 14 different congregational settings as well as working in a women's prison and as a per diem hospital chaplain. Since 1990, she has had the joy of leading retreats. She is well aware of how life throws us curve balls and we can become distracted from our soul's journey by many events that may lead us to dead-ends. As we choose to study the wisdom of others, journal, listen to our dreams or participate in retreats and spiritual formation programs, we learn how to listen within so we can stay on our faith journeys. We discern the guidance we need so we can live into our personal Calls, and live into unexpected moments which nurture the peace within and make our hearts and souls sing. We can then make new life choices that enable us to live in the Now as we love and serve from our centeredness, a sense of gratitude due our deepening relationship with God.