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SUMMARY:How the PC(USA) is Serving in the World and in the United States
DESCRIPTION:We will welcome Susan Kriehbel who will talk about the status and ministry  of the PC(USA). Susan works part-time as the Associate for Migration Accompaniment Ministries to coordinate PC(USA) humanitarian response and advocacy on behalf of refugees\, asylum seekers and other forced migrants.  She coordinates PDA assistance and technical support to mid-councils and local task forces to equip congregations in their respective ministries.  She also works with other PC(USA) ministries and with ecumenical and interfaith partners to expand our capacity to serve refugees and other vulnerable migrants.
URL:https://opmh.org/event/1393/
LOCATION:Old Presbyterian Meeting House\, Heritage Hall
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241020T093000
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SUMMARY:How Image Influences Perception in Black History: Experience the Alexandria Black History Museums
DESCRIPTION:These classes were developed for the Meeting House by Ms. Audrey P. Davis. Ms. Davis worked for Alexandria city for many years before assuming her current position as the director of the Black History Museum. In addition to receiving many awards for her work\, Ms. Davis has served as president of the Alexandria Historical Society – and is active in other professional organizations. She is also one of the authors of African Americans of Alexandria\, Virginia: Beacons of Light in the 20th Century. \nOn October 20 Ms. Davis will lead a class on Moss Kendrix\, an African American advertising guru in the early 1950s. Working for the Coca-Cola corporation\, Kendrix created marketing aimed at African Americans and opened up this market segment to large American companies. He banished the ‘Aunt Jemima’ image – and created ads the everyday African American family could relate to. The Black History Museum has a Moss Kendrix Collection that will be on exhibit this fall. \nPlease join us for this informative session this week and next week for a tour of the Freedom House Museum.
URL:https://opmh.org/event/how-image-influences-perception-in-black-history-experience-the-alexandria-black-history-museums/
LOCATION:Old Presbyterian Meeting House\, Heritage Hall
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240915T093000
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SUMMARY:Financial Landscape of the Meeting House
DESCRIPTION:Please attend this important session led by the Stewardship & Finance ministry as we share with you our overall financial health and financial planning. It’s no secret that the landscape of American Christianity has changed rapidly in the past few decades. Among other things\, this is affecting how churches are funded\, yet there is hope for congregations who adapt. We’ll discuss the financial challenges and opportunities we’re facing\, and what we’re doing to position us for the next century of service. We’ll cover trends in our revenue\, expenses\, capital campaign\, endowments\, and more\, along with time for questions and answers.
URL:https://opmh.org/event/financial-landscape-of-the-meeting-house/
LOCATION:Old Presbyterian Meeting House\, Heritage Hall
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240804T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240804T094500
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SUMMARY:Summer Bible Study: Mark
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a three-week summer series on the earliest\, and shortest Gospel facilitated by Rev. Dr. Wood. All you need is your Bible. Come when you can! We will meet July 14\, 21 and 28 in Heritage Hall and on Zoom. Childcare will be available.
URL:https://opmh.org/event/summer-bible-study-mark-2024-07-21/2024-08-04/
LOCATION:Old Presbyterian Meeting House\, Heritage Hall
CATEGORIES:adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240714T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240728T094500
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SUMMARY:Summer Bible Study: Mark
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a three-week summer series on the earliest\, and shortest Gospel facilitated by Rev. Dr. Wood. All you need is your Bible. Come when you can! We will meet July 14\, 21 and 28 in Heritage Hall and on Zoom. Childcare will be available.
URL:https://opmh.org/event/summer-bible-study-mark/
LOCATION:Old Presbyterian Meeting House\, Heritage Hall
CATEGORIES:adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240519T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240519T103000
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SUMMARY:Discover the Heart of Giving
DESCRIPTION:Join our Service and Justice Ministry for an enlightening adult education lesson where we will explore the inspiring world of Meeting House missions. Learn more about our initiatives like Family to Family\, Open Table\, and the Dismantling Racism Team\, as well as how we support other important causes such as the Alexandria Tutoring Consortium\, VOICE\, Prison Ministry\, ALIVE!\, and many more. Be a part of our journey to make a positive impact on our community and beyond. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn\, connect\, and make a difference with the Meeting House!
URL:https://opmh.org/event/discover-the-heart-of-giving/
LOCATION:Old Presbyterian Meeting House\, Heritage Hall
CATEGORIES:adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240512T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240512T103000
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SUMMARY:Faith and Social Engagement
DESCRIPTION:Zaccheaus Katta\, our Sengel Scholar from Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond will help us explore “Faith and Social Engagement” as we hear about the work he will be doing after seminary. \nThe Meeting House Scholarship Committee monitors the Sengel Scholar programs established with Yale Divinity School and Union Theological Seminary\, in support of post-graduate studies for individuals from emerging countries.  These programs were established in honor of William and Marian Sengel\, long-time pastor and wife\, at the Meeting House.
URL:https://opmh.org/event/faith-and-social-engagement/
LOCATION:Old Presbyterian Meeting House\, Heritage Hall
CATEGORIES:adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240428T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240428T103000
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SUMMARY:Spiritual Landscape Series-Christian Landscapes
DESCRIPTION:“We are surrounded by a world that talks\, but we don’t listen. We are part of a community engaged in a vast conversation\, but we deny our role in it.”\nRev. Belden C. Lane\, The Great Conversation: Nature and the Care of the Soul. \nThis Adult Education series explores transcendent\, passionate experience that is elicited by beautiful\, mysterious landscapes. This experience — some call it mystical — is part of our Christian heritage\, though it is often underappreciated. Let us see how others have responded to the landscape throughout the ages\, that we may learn to listen again – more fully and spiritually – in our own time. \nApril 7  Designing the Spiritual Landscape. \nMr. Michael Vergason is world-renowned landscape designer. He will discuss how he has approached the spiritual dimension in some of his major landscape projects\, including the Normandy American Cemetery Visitor Center\, and the Bishop’s Garden at the National Cathedral. \nApril 14 Virginia Landscapes and the English Sublime \nThe Rev. Miller Hunter served for many years as the Rector of St Paul’s Ivy and also Trinity Episcopal in Little Washington\, Va. He is currently on the board of the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont\, a newly designed 15-acre public pleasure garden in Charlottesville. He has visited and studied many private and rarely seen estate gardens in both Virigina and England and will discuss their mutual influences and aesthetic principles as they evolved from the seventeenth century onward. \nApril 21   Worldwide Spiritual Landscapes: Ancient\, Pre-Columbian\, Japanese\, Imaginary   \nDr. Kent Myers (OPMH member) will take a ‘romp’ through foreign cultures where landscapes have been deeply felt. This is an interfaith journey\, ranging from the holy mountains of the Middle East\, to the ancient mounds of Illinois\, with a lengthy tour of Japan’s sophisticated gardens\, sacred groves\, and contemplative mountain walks. What landscapes — those lost or to come — do we long for in our contemporary imagination? \nApril 28   Christian Landscapes  \nThe Rev. Dr. Larry Golemon (OPMH member) is Director of the Washington Theological Consortium and the Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington. He will review the Christian experience of landscape\, from Medieval through Celtic traditions\, then the Reformed experience through the Dutch Golden Age\, the passionate (and forgotten) green Calvin\, the Puritan appreciation of God’s beauty in flinty New England\, and contemporary lament and hope for our earthly home.
URL:https://opmh.org/event/spiritual-landscape-series-2024-04-28/
LOCATION:Old Presbyterian Meeting House\, Heritage Hall
CATEGORIES:adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240421T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240421T103000
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SUMMARY:Spiritual Landscape Series-Worldwide Spiritual Landscapes: Ancient\, Pre-Columbian\, Japanese\, Imaginary
DESCRIPTION:“We are surrounded by a world that talks\, but we don’t listen. We are part of a community engaged in a vast conversation\, but we deny our role in it.”\nRev. Belden C. Lane\, The Great Conversation: Nature and the Care of the Soul. \nThis Adult Education series explores transcendent\, passionate experience that is elicited by beautiful\, mysterious landscapes. This experience — some call it mystical — is part of our Christian heritage\, though it is often underappreciated. Let us see how others have responded to the landscape throughout the ages\, that we may learn to listen again – more fully and spiritually – in our own time. \nApril 7  Designing the Spiritual Landscape. \nMr. Michael Vergason is world-renowned landscape designer. He will discuss how he has approached the spiritual dimension in some of his major landscape projects\, including the Normandy American Cemetery Visitor Center\, and the Bishop’s Garden at the National Cathedral. \nApril 14 Virginia Landscapes and the English Sublime \nThe Rev. Miller Hunter served for many years as the Rector of St Paul’s Ivy and also Trinity Episcopal in Little Washington\, Va. He is currently on the board of the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont\, a newly designed 15-acre public pleasure garden in Charlottesville. He has visited and studied many private and rarely seen estate gardens in both Virigina and England and will discuss their mutual influences and aesthetic principles as they evolved from the seventeenth century onward. \nApril 21   Worldwide Spiritual Landscapes: Ancient\, Pre-Columbian\, Japanese\, Imaginary   \nDr. Kent Myers (OPMH member) will take a ‘romp’ through foreign cultures where landscapes have been deeply felt. This is an interfaith journey\, ranging from the holy mountains of the Middle East\, to the ancient mounds of Illinois\, with a lengthy tour of Japan’s sophisticated gardens\, sacred groves\, and contemplative mountain walks. What landscapes — those lost or to come — do we long for in our contemporary imagination? \nApril 28   Christian Landscapes  \nThe Rev. Dr. Larry Golemon (OPMH member) is Director of the Washington Theological Consortium and the Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington. He will review the Christian experience of landscape\, from Medieval through Celtic traditions\, then the Reformed experience through the Dutch Golden Age\, the passionate (and forgotten) green Calvin\, the Puritan appreciation of God’s beauty in flinty New England\, and contemporary lament and hope for our earthly home.
URL:https://opmh.org/event/spiritual-landscape-series-2024-04-21/
LOCATION:Old Presbyterian Meeting House\, Heritage Hall
CATEGORIES:adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240414T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240414T103000
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SUMMARY:Spiritual Landscape Series-Virginia Landscapes and the English Sublime
DESCRIPTION:“We are surrounded by a world that talks\, but we don’t listen. We are part of a community engaged in a vast conversation\, but we deny our role in it.”\nRev. Belden C. Lane\, The Great Conversation: Nature and the Care of the Soul. \nThis Adult Education series explores transcendent\, passionate experience that is elicited by beautiful\, mysterious landscapes. This experience — some call it mystical — is part of our Christian heritage\, though it is often underappreciated. Let us see how others have responded to the landscape throughout the ages\, that we may learn to listen again – more fully and spiritually – in our own time. \nApril 14 Virginia Landscapes and the English Sublime \nThe Rev. Miller Hunter served for many years as the Rector of St Paul’s Ivy and also Trinity Episcopal in Little Washington\, Va. He is currently on the board of the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont\, a newly designed 15-acre public pleasure garden in Charlottesville. He has visited and studied many private and rarely seen estate gardens in both Virigina and England and will discuss their mutual influences and aesthetic principles as they evolved from the seventeenth century onward. \nApril 21   Worldwide Spiritual Landscapes: Ancient\, Pre-Columbian\, Japanese\, Imaginary   \nDr. Kent Myers (OPMH member) will take a ‘romp’ through foreign cultures where landscapes have been deeply felt. This is an interfaith journey\, ranging from the holy mountains of the Middle East\, to the ancient mounds of Illinois\, with a lengthy tour of Japan’s sophisticated gardens\, sacred groves\, and contemplative mountain walks. What landscapes — those lost or to come — do we long for in our contemporary imagination? \nApril 28   Christian Landscapes  \nThe Rev. Dr. Larry Golemon (OPMH member) is Director of the Washington Theological Consortium and the Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington. He will review the Christian experience of landscape\, from Medieval through Celtic traditions\, then the Reformed experience through the Dutch Golden Age\, the passionate (and forgotten) green Calvin\, the Puritan appreciation of God’s beauty in flinty New England\, and contemporary lament and hope for our earthly home.
URL:https://opmh.org/event/spiritual-landscape-series-2024-04-14/
LOCATION:Old Presbyterian Meeting House\, Heritage Hall
CATEGORIES:adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240407T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240407T103000
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SUMMARY:Spiritual Landscape Series-Designing the Spiritual Landscape
DESCRIPTION:“We are surrounded by a world that talks\, but we don’t listen. We are part of a community engaged in a vast conversation\, but we deny our role in it.”\nRev. Belden C. Lane\, The Great Conversation: Nature and the Care of the Soul. \nThis Adult Education series explores transcendent\, passionate experience that is elicited by beautiful\, mysterious landscapes. This experience — some call it mystical — is part of our Christian heritage\, though it is often underappreciated. Let us see how others have responded to the landscape throughout the ages\, that we may learn to listen again – more fully and spiritually – in our own time. \nApril 7  Designing the Spiritual Landscape \nMr. Michael Vergason is a landscape architect and founded Michael Vergason Landscape Architects Ltd. in 1987 in Alexandria\, Virgina. He has designed many memorable public spaces in our region and beyond and will discuss how he has approached the spiritual dimension in several of the sacred places he has designed\, including the Normandy American Cemetery Visitor Center\, and the landscapes of the Washington National Cathedral. \nApril 14 Virginia Landscapes and the English Sublime \nThe Rev. Miller Hunter served for many years as the Rector of St Paul’s Ivy and also Trinity Episcopal in Little Washington\, Va. He is currently on the board of the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont\, a newly designed 15-acre public pleasure garden in Charlottesville. He has visited and studied many private and rarely seen estate gardens in both Virigina and England and will discuss their mutual influences and aesthetic principles as they evolved from the seventeenth century onward. \nApril 21   Worldwide Spiritual Landscapes: Ancient\, Pre-Columbian\, Japanese\, Imaginary   \nDr. Kent Myers (OPMH member) will take a ‘romp’ through foreign cultures where landscapes have been deeply felt. This is an interfaith journey\, ranging from the holy mountains of the Middle East\, to the ancient mounds of Illinois\, with a lengthy tour of Japan’s sophisticated gardens\, sacred groves\, and contemplative mountain walks. What landscapes — those lost or to come — do we long for in our contemporary imagination? \nApril 28   Christian Landscapes  \nThe Rev. Dr. Larry Golemon (OPMH member) is Director of the Washington Theological Consortium and the Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington. He will review the Christian experience of landscape\, from Medieval through Celtic traditions\, then the Reformed experience through the Dutch Golden Age\, the passionate (and forgotten) green Calvin\, the Puritan appreciation of God’s beauty in flinty New England\, and contemporary lament and hope for our earthly home.
URL:https://opmh.org/event/spiritual-landscape-series-2024-04-28-copy/
LOCATION:Old Presbyterian Meeting House\, Heritage Hall
CATEGORIES:adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240225T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240225T103000
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SUMMARY:"Being Brave: A Journey to the Life God Dreams for You"
DESCRIPTION:Join counselor\, speaker\, author and coach Kelly Johnson as she shares the story of her devotional book “Being Brave: A Journey to the Life God Dreams for You.” What happens when we turn down the voice of fear\, step out of our comfort zone\, and truly grasp our identity as God’s Brave Beloved? As we explore our BRAVE acronym\, we will consider what it means to be Bold\, Resilient\, Authentic\, Vulnerable\, Engaged and Empowered. Through teaching and group discussion\, we will explore this universal truth: “For God did not give us a Spirit of fear and timidity\, but of power\, love\, and self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7. \nKelly Johnson is a counselor\, speaker\, author\, and leadership coach who is passionate about helping people build lives of deeper courage\, curiosity\, compassion and connection through inspirational teaching and powerful one-on-one and group coaching. In addition to her coaching work\, Kelly is passionate about social justice issues and believes Jesus calls us to care for the vulnerable and fight for change. Since 2008\, Kelly has served at the Lamb Center\, a day shelter for people experiencing homelessness in our community. Kelly talks about her spiritual journey\, including her work at The Lamb Center\, in her devotional book Being Brave: A 40-Day Journey to the Life God Dreams for You\, published by Abingdon Press in December 2017. https://kellyiveyjohnson.com/
URL:https://opmh.org/event/being-brave-a-journey-to-the-life-god-dreams-for-you/
LOCATION:Old Presbyterian Meeting House\, Heritage Hall
CATEGORIES:adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240220T203000
DTSTAMP:20260529T185251
CREATED:20240202T141633Z
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SUMMARY:Let's Talk-"My Time with General Colin Powell: Stories of Kindness\, Diplomacy\, and Protocol"
DESCRIPTION:At some point\, we have all wondered what it would have been like to be the proverbial “fly on the wall to history.” In My Time with General Colin Powell: Stories of Kindness\, Diplomacy\, and Protocol\, Leslie Lautenslager pulls back the curtain on her 25 years spent at the side of one of America’s greatest public servants\, General Colin L. Powell\, sharing a very personal narrative of his time as America’s chief diplomat and his professional speaking career. \nThrough the pages of her book\, Leslie Lautenslager shares the stories of her time with General Powell\, allowing us\, two years after his death\, the privilege of seeing a very personal side of Colin Powell that few knew but can now be added to our collective history on one of America’s greatest heroes. \nTo the world\, he was a military leader\, a diplomat\, a senior statesman\, and a tireless advocate for young people. To his family and close friends\, he was so much more — funny\, charming\, self-deprecating\, practical\, generous\, gracious and kind. He was also a song and dance man\, a car aficionado\, a handyman\, a lover of comfort food\, a standup comedian\, and a storyteller. \nIn celebration of Black History month\, please join us to hear Leslie’s stories from behind-the-scenes with General Colin Powell.  This event is FREE and open to the community.
URL:https://opmh.org/event/lets-talk-my-time-with-general-colin-powell-stories-of-kindness-diplomacy-and-protocol/
LOCATION:Old Presbyterian Meeting House\, Heritage Hall
CATEGORIES:Featured Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240218T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240218T103000
DTSTAMP:20260529T185251
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T173213Z
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SUMMARY:Aging with Faith and Joy
DESCRIPTION:Each day is a gift from God. Join our three pastors\, Rev. James Sledge\, Rev. Katherine Stanford and Rev. Ann Herlin as we continue to explore the gift of aging. Our pastors will lead us in reflecting on how our faith informs how we think about the changes that come with aging\, the transitions into different seasons of life\, and discovering our purpose in a new season.
URL:https://opmh.org/event/aging-with-faith-and-joy-2/
LOCATION:Old Presbyterian Meeting House\, Heritage Hall
CATEGORIES:adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240211T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240211T103000
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SUMMARY:Aging with Faith and Joy
DESCRIPTION:Each day is a gift from God. Join our three pastors\, Rev. James Sledge\, Rev. Katherine Stanford and Rev. Ann Herlin as we continue to explore the gift of aging.Our pastors will lead us in reflecting on how our faith informs how we think about the changes that come with aging\, the transitions into different seasons of life\, and discovering our purpose in a new season.
URL:https://opmh.org/event/aging-with-faith-and-joy/
LOCATION:Old Presbyterian Meeting House\, Heritage Hall
CATEGORIES:adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240204T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240204T093000
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SUMMARY:Architecture of Compassion-Play/Improv
DESCRIPTION:This year the 8th OPMH Architecture of Compassion series will feature preforming artists in our community who have followed their heart and dedicated their unique artistic skills and talents to nurturing in-person social connections that foster both mental and physical healing through shared experiences. \nOur speaker this week is Amy Peterson\, LCSW. She is a social worker with a theater background who specializes in attachment and trauma and is experienced in facilitating individual\, group\, and family therapy. Amy uses a playful approach\, particularly when working with younger clients and the narratives her clients share inspire her to write and perform interpretive therapeutic monologues. Her work is a wonderful example of how compassionate performing arts programs can be a path for healing that can help bring resolution to past traumatic events in people’s lives. \nhttps://www.familyattachment.org/TBD
URL:https://opmh.org/event/architecture-of-compassion-play-improv/
LOCATION:Old Presbyterian Meeting House\, Heritage Hall
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240128T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240128T093000
DTSTAMP:20260529T185251
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SUMMARY:Architecture of Compassion- Music
DESCRIPTION:This year the 8th OPMH Architecture of Compassion series will feature preforming artists in our community who have followed their heart and dedicated their unique artistic skills and talents to nurturing in-person social connections that foster both mental and physical healing through shared experiences. \nOur speaker today is Kevin Leong\, the Director of Music Therapy Education for A Place To Be\, a nonprofit music therapy center in Leesburg and Middleburg. He is interested in using music as a tool to build community\, connection\, and wellness. This talk will consist of didactic and experiential activities that demonstrates the use of music in individual and communal settings to enhance wellbeing in a diverse range of communities\, including folks who are neurodivergent\, with mental health needs\, or with neurologic conditions across the age range. https://aplacetobeva.org/staff/
URL:https://opmh.org/event/architecture-of-compassion-music/
LOCATION:Old Presbyterian Meeting House\, Heritage Hall
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240121T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240121T093000
DTSTAMP:20260529T185251
CREATED:20231221T160102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240102T200255Z
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SUMMARY:Architecture of Compassion-Theater
DESCRIPTION:This year the 8th OPMH Architecture of Compassion series will feature preforming artists in our community who have followed their heart and dedicated their unique artistic skills and talents to nurturing in-person social connections that foster both mental and physical healing through shared experiences. \nThis week our speaker is Lori Pitts. She is a facilitator\, teaching artist\, actor\, director\, and improvisor in the DMV area who is passionate about creating platforms for voices that often go unheard. She is the Artistic Director of Ally Theatre Company\, and the founder of Voices Unbarred\, a program of Ally Theatre that collaborates with people impacted by incarceration\, artists\, and policy organizations to reimagine the prison system and advocate for change.\nhttps://www.voicesunbarred.org/
URL:https://opmh.org/event/architecture-of-compassion-theater/
LOCATION:Old Presbyterian Meeting House\, Heritage Hall
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240107T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240107T103000
DTSTAMP:20260529T185251
CREATED:20231221T200850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240102T175535Z
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SUMMARY:Adult Ed Year in Review
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us for our Adult Ed Annual Year in Review. This event will provide an opportunity to reflect on and celebrate our 2023 offerings. We will also highlight our upcoming winter/spring classes and the Architecture of Compassion series\, which is now in its 8th year! Don’t miss this chance to see what’s in store for 2024 and be in fellowship with one another. A light breakfast will be served. We hope to see you there! \n 
URL:https://opmh.org/event/adult-ed-year-in-review/
LOCATION:Old Presbyterian Meeting House\, Heritage Hall
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