PNWD Spring Event 2025

Fellowship.
Song and music.
Connections.
Exploration.

Our 2025 Spring Event approaches!

This year's Spring Event will be held both online and in-person at the Gwinwood Retreat Center in Lacey, WA, from Friday evening of May 9th through Sunday morning of May 11th.

"Call her Goddess—call her Heavenly Mother—call her the Feminine Principle—we need Her. Our world suffers the pain of Her absence. This book of poems is more than poetry. It is an urgent invitation for all—women and men, people of all religions and of no religion—to welcome our Mother God back into the family, to set a place for Her at the table.
One need not be a believer to understand how our ideas of the gender of God impact the status of women. Even an atheist calls God "Him." As Catholic theologian Mary Daly famousely said, 'If God is male, the male is god.'
Bringing back our Mother is not just cosmetic—it is cosmic. With the full participation and full honoring of the female—on earth and in heaven—we have a stronger opportunity to create justice and peace, bringing the human family closer and clser to the promised land of Partnership."

With these words, Carol Lynn Pearson opens her collection of poetry titled, "Finding Mother God."

Pearson's book of poetry will be our guide for the weekend. Each of us will receive a copy of "Finding Mother God"—either as an ebook or physical book, with both options included with your registration.

This year’s Spring Event will be a hybrid gathering, with District members coming together both online and in-person. The in-person event will be held at the Westwood building of the Gwinwood Retreat Center in Lacey, Washington (https://www.gwinwood.org/overnight-retreats). Our online gathering will be on Zoom.

We'll welcome a special guest to our spring event this year—Madalyn Metzger, the 2024 moderator of the Church of the Brethren, will be flying in to join us in-person at the Gwinwood Retreat Center! Madalyn will join our weekend fellowship, bringing her unique denominational insights into our conversations.

Attendees can participate either online through Zoom or in-person at the Gwinwood Retreat Center in Lacey, Washington.

Tickets for online participation is free. Costs for in-person attendance at the Gwinwood Retreat Center cover overnight lodging and meals (Friday dinner through Sunday breakfast).

Scholarship options are available when selecting registration tickets, to ensure that financial concerns are not a barrier to participation. There is also a donation option for those who would like to donate funds to financially support this scholarship program (this will appear in your order as an additional ticket).

If you have any questions about this year's Spring Event, please don't hesitate to reach out! Questions can be directed to Daniel Klayton at [email protected]

Host or Publisher Pacific Northwest District Church of the Brethren