A Ferry Beach Community Dinner
Upcoming Dates:
MARCH-Wednesday, March 19, 2025 (5:30-7:30pm)
APRIL-Wednesday, April 23, 2025 (5:30-7:30pm)
MAY-Thursday, May 22, 2025 (5:30-7:30pm)
MARCH-Wednesday, March 19, 2025 (5:30-7:30pm)
APRIL-Wednesday, April 23, 2025 (5:30-7:30pm)
MAY-Thursday, May 22, 2025 (5:30-7:30pm)
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About Community Dinners
We are opening our doors for the community to join us for dinner and conversation. Doors open at 5:30pm, and dinner is served at 6:00pm. Meet and mingle with your neighbors and make new friends over a delicious meal with appetizers, main courses, desserts & drinks. Afterwards, stick around while you hear from our guest speakers talk on the evening's topic. Our community dinners are just $22 per person (children 8 and under eat for free with adult ticket). Meals are served cafeteria style. Upcoming Dinners:
March: Wednesday, March 19, 2025 (5:30-7:30pm) Topic: Taking care of yourself After a long winter, come join us as we celebrate spring; a time of renewal, new beginnings and habits! We will engage in conversation and explore ways we can take care of ourselves, destress, and inner channel the activities/things that bring us joy and comfort! Menu: Appetizers Fresh Fruit & Select Cheeses Spanakopita Deviled Eggs Main Course (Comfy Cookin’) Barbecued Chicken Honey Mustard Pulled Pork Baked Macaroni & Cheese Classic or Bacon & Jalapeno Garden Salad Dinner Rolls Desserts (Home Sweet Home) Apple Crisp Snickerdoodles April: Wednesday, April 23, 2025 (5:30-7:30pm) Topic: Ecology Earth Day is both a celebration of the resilience of our planet and a call to action. Join us on the day after Earth Day to learn more about Ecology; the relationship between living organisms and the environment. This interconnected web of relationships is a delicate one but the strength of a spider’s web and ability to rebuild it shows us the resilience of nature and its ability to rebound. We will talk a bit about the state of the environment in general and the coast of Maine specifically. Most importantly, we will investigate what we can do in our every day lives to repair and prevent environmental damage. About the Speaker:
Lydia Gibb
Lydia Gibb has written several published articles, including “Encouraging Gifted Girls in Science” in the Journal for Education of the Gifted, and “Encouraging Girls in Science and Math” in CONNECT Magazine. She also has conducted workshops at three conferences of the National Science Teachers
Association on encouraging Girls In Science and Providing Role Model Minorities (and Women) In Science Education. Now retired, her favorite part of retirement is spending time with her grandchildren and teaching them about the environment, especially at Ferry Beach. Menu:
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Thursday, May 22, 2025 (5:30-7:30pm) Topic: Song/Music History, research and social practice tell us that human beings are hard-wired for song and story. It's a great way to release stress, restore our resilient spirits and to remind ourselves of the strength and hope that can be found in community. It's also just plain fun! Join legendary singer-song-leader Reggie Harris in an evening of Songs of Hope and Joy! It's an opportunity to raise our voices and our spirits to navigate challenging times. We'll recall the energy and triumph of the Underground Railroad with "Wade in the Water" and "Trampin" and find joy "In the Shelter of Each Other". We'll go through spirituals to freedom songs that changed the course of history... from unison to singing in parts while learning "Been Down into the South". No special talent or training needed. All are welcome to come make a joyful sound. About the Speaker:
Reggie Harris
As one half of the groundbreaking duo, Kim and Reggie Harris for 40 years, this 2021 recipient of both the Folk Alliance International's "Spirit of Folk" and the W.E.B Dubois Legacy Awards has gone on to release two critically acclaimed solo CDs “Ready To Go (2018) and 2021's "On Solid Ground" in addition to 2020's bold musical collaboration “Deeper Than the Skin" with friend and Greg Greenway. That presentation and Reggie's expansive work in the org Open Doors (with Boston's Grammy nominated Alastair Moock) have opened new windows of opportunities for “courageous conversations” on race and history in communities across the nation.
As Music Education Director for the Living Legacy Project Inc, Reggie co-leads in person pilgrimages to sites of the Modern Civil Rights movement throughout the southern US. In the spirit of his mentor and friend Pete Seeger, he embraces the power of song as a reason for hope in the world. http://www.reggieharrismusic.com Menu:
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Pricing and Registration
Meal tickets are $22 each. Children under 8 eat for free with the purchase of an adult meal. *New Offering this Year:* Buy 5 community dinners (Jan-May) for just $100, you SAVE $10 and "quintuple" the FUN! To sign up, click here, use the register here button above or call our registration office at 207-282-4489.
Location:
Held at the DeWolfe Dining Center at Ferry Beach Retreat & Conference Center: 7 Boardwalk Drive (Formerly Named Morris Ave), Saco, ME.
Parking is available in many areas across the Ferry Beach Campus:
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Our mission at Ferry Beach is to awaken hearts to explore, grow and renew the spirit of universal love.
We work by creating programing and events in the areas of Arts & Culture, Education, Spirituality, Sustainability, Personal Growth and Justice & Action.
We work by creating programing and events in the areas of Arts & Culture, Education, Spirituality, Sustainability, Personal Growth and Justice & Action.
