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Experiential Workshops

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Rev Dale is available for speaking engagements or to lead workshops on a variety of topics related to faith and sexuality.

 

“Because the title alone terrified me, I knew I needed to attend.”

 

 

Song of Songs: Sexuality and Sensuality

Audience: Young Adults either Christian or seeking

Description: An introduction to the vibrant sensuality and the unapologetic sexuality of the unmarried woman in the Song of Songs that is apparent when we hear it with an openness to the goodness of mutually reciprocated passion. It makes you want to reread this book in the Bible all over again!

United Church of Christ young adult ministry, “Theology on Tap,” at Trappe Tavern,
Trappe, PA, October 21, 2010, 7 p.m.

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Why is the Body of Christ Afraid of the Body?

Audience: Christians

Description: An exploration of how people of faith can use touch to both convey intimacy and compassion and the necessary boundaries and rules to keep everyone comfortable. It is a discussion of the fears we have of our body selves and how theology can either make and keep us fearful or liberate us for more authentic living.

Pennsylvania Regional Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), July 2010

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“This reaffirmed what I know to be true, I am a sexual being and I am not ashamed!”

 

 

Lovers And Church Ladies: Women Sorting Out Sexuality

Audience: Christian women of various ages

Description: Far too many religious models for women in our culture are either asexual, or, worse yet, repressed. And, there are not many biblical passages to help awake our bodies sensually or sexually…with one notable exception. In this workshop we will playfully explore the stereotypical “Church Lady” alongside the unnamed female character from the “Song of Songs.” As the leader employs drama and poetry we will be able to laugh at our quandary, learn how to more fully awaken to the beauty of our physical selves, and thus embrace our sensuality as Divine gift.

At National Women’s Quadrennial (UCC and DoC), June 2010

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Being Sexual Women in a Hook-Up Culture

Audience: Young adult women (college age and singles especially)

Description: It’s a sexual jungle out there for young single women: frat parties, date rape drugs, pornography and violence and hooking up. Then, there are eating disorders, sexually transmitted diseases and the ever-present objectification of the female body. So, what does it mean to embrace our beautiful, sensual and sexual selves, and appreciate pleasure in the midst of this reality? How can Christian women be as “wise as serpents” without submitting to repression or fear of our bodies?

At National Women’s Quadrennial (UCC and DoC), June 2010

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How Can We Help if we Don’t Understand? The Experience of Child Sexual Abuse

Audience: Church leaders and teachers, clergy, parents

Description: Using drama and music as catalysts for group discussion of the issue of child sexual abuse, we will explore its long-term effects on children and adolescents and explore some theological underpinnings that might perpetuate this abuse. The goals is to educate and encourage congregational awareness and to mobilize responses and prevention tactics.

At General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), July 2009

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“I seem to have been raised with the notion that pleasure is inherently selfish and therefore suspect!”

 

 

Exploring the Sexual Jungle with Young Adults

Audience: Church leaders and parents and high school/college age young adults

Description: Participants will respond to drama, poetry and music and discuss how the church can support and minister to and with adolescents and young adults’ sexual development as they maneuver through a sexually confusing cultural landscape of rape drugs, alcohol and sex, fraternity parties, date rape and unplanned pregnancies.

At General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), July 2009

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Christian Sex Party

Audience: Adolescents in their late teens and college age young adults

Description: An educational, sensual and experiential fun event of games and learning about sexuality. 

At University of Pennsylvania campus, Christian Association, 2007, 2008
At Temple University, New Wine Campus Ministry, 2008

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Monologues from "An Irreverent Journey"

Audience: Designed or Modified to suit the audience needs

Description:  Customized to address specific audience questions and concerns, promoting an environment for participants to pose difficult questions using the safe venue of responding to a fictional character.  The workshop provokes discussions on a variety of aspects of sexuality including ethics, self-esteem, and decision-making, pleasure, religious teaching, and morality.  It encourages participants to reflect on their own experiences and question or clarify their personal values. The separate monologues can also be sequenced into a six-week series, which incorporates all of the Female Characters presented in "An Irreverent Journey."

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"[Rev. Bev's performance] was really great.....deep, healthy and wholesome and very well performed."

 

 

Other Workshops

Other workshops are also available and can be designed or modified to suit the audience needs. Please contact us for more information.

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