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A Report on the first

Women's Dicipleship Mentoring CirclE
June 17-19, 2005, Stoneville, North Carolina


A Word and World East Coast

Women’s Discipleship
Mentoring Circle

June 17-19, 2005

St. Francis Prayer Center
Stoneville, North Carolina

led by Liz McAlister & Joyce Johnson

There are too few venues where women can come together to talk about discipleship and life journeys.  This retreat was designed for younger Word and World alumnae where women were mentored by elders in the faith.  Through Bible study, storytelling, conversation and prayer we “listened to a deeper way.”

(Full group at the Women's Retreat)


I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and Listen. You are the result of the love of thousands.

     from “Walking” by Linda Hogan

Joyce JohnsonJoyce Johnson (left) and
Liz McAlister (below) are elders, veterans and spiritual leaders in the faith-based movement for peace and justice.  Joyce is the director of the Jubilee Institute in Greensboro, NC and a longtime labor and racial justice activist.  Liz McAlisterLiz is a Plow-
shares dis-
armament
activist
who for
more than
30 years
has been
an anchor
at Jonah
House Peace Community in Baltimore, MD.