MIDWEEK Nov. 15: Allison Connelly-Vetter & Bekah Maren Anderson | Engaging Our Bodies with Disability Wisdom
About this MIDWEEK practice
Disability is - but is not only - a unique identity and experience. Disability is also a site of brilliance and ritual which can open all of us to the wisdom of our own bodyminds.
Join Allison Connelly-Vetter and Bekah Maren Anderson to engage one of Allison and Bekah's musical meditations and to participate in a shared Lectio Divina practice on Bekah's poem "The Body of God." Come, sit with disability and crip community and lean into the wisdom of your own on-purpose embodiment.
Bekah Maren Anderson (she/her) is a queer and disabled writer and theologian. She earned her Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary, and serves as Director of Pastoral Care and Community Connections for the Julian Way, a disability ministry organization. She is a member of the United Church of Christ Disabilities Ministries Board and co-convener of the Disability Theology Discussion Group. She can frequently be found playing Dungeons and Dragons or entertaining her cat.
Allison Connelly-Vetter (she/her) holds a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary with a concentration in disability theology. She currently serves as the Interim Director for Children, Youth, & Family Ministries at First Universalist Church of Minneapolis and as co-chair of the United Church of Christ (UCC) Disabilities Ministries Board. Allison is queer and disabled, and is a belonger in both catholic and UCC communities. Allison and her spouse live in Minneapolis, MN.
What is MIDWEEK?
In the Quaker tradition of Midweek (Wednesday) worship, Beacon Hill Friends House brings you MIDWEEK: Experiments in Faithfulness. This is a weekly, one-hour, facilitated spiritual practice with Quaker flavor and an experimental ethos. Each week, a guest facilitator engages us in a unique spiritual practice that is meaningful to them, and that we can bring into our own lives.
MIDWEEK is always free and open to the public. If you'd like to support this program, you can make a donation here.
Attending events in-person at BHFH
All MIDWEEK practices going forward are offered on Zoom and in-person at Beacon Hill Friends House. If you choose to attend in our space, YOU MUST REGISTER BEFOREHAND and please read this information:
Covid policies: All in-person attendees are required to be up-to-date on vaccination against COVID-19 and to wear a mask while inside. We no longer ask for proof of vaccination upon entering the building. Masks will be available for those who forget them.
Getting to BHFH: Use the address "8 Chestnut St., Boston, MA, 02108" for navigation. We recommend taking public transit to get here: We are a short walk from every transit line in Boston. If you choose to drive in, paid street parking is available on Charles Street (and on Beacon Street before 6 pm). We also have parking passes available for $9 to the Boston Common Garage.
Event accessibility (covid policies are below): Beacon Hill Friends House is working on making our historic space accessible to everyone.
Automated Closed Captions will be available for all participants (on Zoom and in-person).
Physical space: This event will take place in our Parlor, which does not have a ground-level entrance. Our primary entrance is up a flight of stairs. If you would like to attend this event but need it to be held in a different space, please indicate so on your registration. On the basement level, we have a single-user, all-gender bathroom with wall-mounted handrails and ample space for chairs and/or aides. We are not a scent-free space but tend to be low-scent.
