Save the date! Homegrown 2019 will take place October 3-4, 2019, at Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church in Durham, NC. More details TBA in the coming months!

Registration Coming June 25! Early bird cost $50 through August 30, Student rate $10.

It’s time to make plans to join us from 1:00 pm October 25 – 4:00 pm October 26 at Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church in Durham, NC. Click HERE for the preliminary schedule.

From an opening reception, to vibrant worship, to insightful workshops, to intentional conversations we will live into our theme “Her Voice Through the Generations” as we honor the voices of the generations of women that began at the empty tomb and continue through today.

Our featured preachers and presenters include people like Rev. Yvonne Delk, the first African-American woman ordained in the United Church of Christ, and Rev. Jerusha Neal, Assistant Professor of Homiletics at Duke Divinity School.  These women and others will be highlighted here in the weeks to come.

While we aren’t really about big names, fancy titles, or “experts,” we are about academic study, the creative arts, diversity, intentional relationships, and preaching.  Mostly, we are about YOU! The gifts and wisdom, joys and challenges, you bring to this festive learning community for two days are the heart of who we are. We hope you will plan to join us!

Thank you to all who joined us for Homegrown last week! Save the date for next year’s festival: October 25-26, 2018, at Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church in Durham, NC. Here are a few highlights from this year’s festival:

We are pleased to announce this year’s Homegrown: NC Women’s Preaching Festival theme, Her Prophetic Voice!

Save the dates, October 26-27, 2017, at Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church in Durham, NC.

This year’s featured preachers will be Rev. Shyrl Hinnant-Uzzell and Rev. Dr. Carolyn Sharp.

Registration details and schedule TBA.

The sun is shining in Durham and we are ready to host clergywomen from around North Carolina this Thursday and Friday, October 13-14, for the 2016 HOMEGROWN NC Women’s Preaching Festival: Her Voice Through the Seasons.

Our thoughts and prayers are with those who are recovering from the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew around the state.

Check out the September/October 2016 issue of Cary Magazine, which features an article on women clergy, including Homegrown planning team member Rev. Carla Gregg-Kearns. You can read “Finding Their Own Voices” online here.