MIDWEEK Jan. 18: Susan Schaller | Writing to Grow Ourselves into New Stories (Hybrid Event)
About this MIDWEEK practice
Writing, whether for a group, the public or in a journal, can be beneficial. Some write to express their feelings, others to find their creative, inner voice and some use the pen to find and accept themselves. Specifically, research has revealed how simply writing for ten or more minutes a week for four weeks or more about difficult things we are holding and our feelings around them can lead to improved health, physically and mentally. In this MIDWEEK, Susan will lead us in a short writing practice which can create wholeness and fuller living.
Note: This MIDWEEK will involve exploring different practices around working with trauma and healing, and some of the content may be challenging.
A car accident sent Susan Schaller into the world of Deaf culture and American Sign Language (ASL), becoming an ASL teacher and interpreter. Another life accident took her to a language-less man at an interpreting job. He changed her life, as she did his, described in her first book, A Man Without Words. Currently she is writing about how we all change each others' lives by sharing stories.
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 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.
