Feb. 12th - Mar. 6th

Shepherd's Cross
Advanced Weaving Retreats - 201 & 301

Weaving 201: February 12 & 13, 2021, Thursday & Friday
Weaving 301: March 4, 5 & 6, 2021, Thursday, Friday & Saturday

8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Weaving 201 is a two day class. You will learn to weave on a harnessed loom. Cost is $133 fiber included, and you will leave with a finished product. Weaving 101 or a similar experience is required prior to taking weaving 201.

Weaving 301 is a three day class. You will learn to weave on a harnessed floor loom. Cost is $233 fiber included and you will leave with a finished product. Weaving 201 or a similar experience is required prior to taking weaving 301.

Come on out to Shepherd's Cross for a Weaving Class. Or you can choose to attend virtually through the internet. (No hidden fees, rental fees or materials fees.) You may bring your own loom or use one of ours at no additional charge. You will learn to warp and to weave, completing a sampler scarf or table runner to take home. We are open until 5:30 pm each day, and you are welcome to stay and practice or work on your project.

This class is offered as a group in February & September each year; or as private lessons throughout the year. We provide snacks and beverages at two break times each day. Please bring a lunch each day; a microwave is available. There is a class size minimum of two, and a maximum of 6 participants. Our classes go a degree farther than most, and teach some history of fiber arts, and practical technology. As well as being augmented by hands on learning tools available in the Educational Farm Museum.

This retreat is held at Shepherd's Cross, an authentic working farm, just north of Claremore OK on Scenic Route 66. Shepherd's Cross hosts a mini wool mill, processing the wool from their flock. There is also Shepherd's Shop, a quaint country gift shop. It features a host of festive handmade and farm related gifts and wares from many gifted artisans. The Gift Shop and Museum is open weekly Tuesday through Saturday; from 8:30 - 5:30.

Shepherd's Cross is an accredited Agritourism facility, a Made in Oklahoma Company Shepherd's Cross is also Animal Welfare Approved Sheep Farm, and processes Animal Welfare Approved fiber (chemical free, hormone free, free range, natural). Shepherd's Cross is home to Heart of the Shepherd, a non-profit organization (501-C3) that operates at the farm and establishes wool mills in remote, impoverished areas around the world. As well as teaching Biblical references to the harvest, the animals, farming and gardening.

For more information go to https://www.shepherdscross.com/FiberClassDetails.html, or you can check us out on: facebook.com/ShepherdsCross.


Contact:
Shepherd's Cross & Heart of the Shepherd
Dr. Diane Dickinson, President & Director
sheepfarm@shepherdscross.com
918-342-5911
16792 East 450 Road, Claremore, OK 74017
www.ShepherdsCross.com

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Feb. 25th

Make a FREE RESERVATION at https://www.connect2texas.net/pages/home/events/

Presented by Author Bob Withers with Dr. Robert Holzweiss, Deputy Director of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, this historical overview by these train!

Join this celebration honoring Presidents and their trains!
This historical overview begins in 1833 with President Andrew Jackson, the first president to ride in a train. Highlighted will be the unique train stories of President Abraham Lincoln, President Warren Harding, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Lady Bird Johnson's "Special" train campaign for President Lyndon Johnson, President Dwight Eisenhower, and President George H.W. Bush. It shows trains continue to make a strong connection for people with their presidents.

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Mar. 10th

Jennifer Gaona presents for teachers the ins and outs of "Bush News" for elementary and secondary students. Viewers can ask Mrs. Gaona, a well-established leader of curriculum, questions about tailoring this program to their classroom.

"Bush News" challenges challenges students to look deeper at several pieces of major legislation, including the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Clean Air Act.

Join us on Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/bush41library/ on March 10, 2021 at 12:00-12:20 PM CT.

Or register at Connect2texas.net to receive a free recording of the program after after the live program. 1. Create an account. 2. Click on the events tab and filter for "George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum," then select "Bush News - Professional Development" from the list.

Registration help: Contact Lori Hamm-Neckar at lhamm@esc11.net or 8177407156

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Mar. 16th - Sep. 30th

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Beginning Mid-March 2021
Spring & Summer Field Trips or Road Trips to the Farm
Shepherd's Cross

Sheep & Shepherd Tours begin when the lambs are born each spring here at Shepherd's Cross, an authentic working sheep farm, just north of Claremore OK on Scenic Route 66. Come to the farm and watch as the sheep peacefully graze the pastures, and rest by the still waters. The new born lambs jump for joy and frolic in the pastures.

Sheep & Shepherd Tours:
Participate in your choice of Guided or Self-Guided Tour.
Walking Tours are donation based (suggested $5 per person).
Guided Wagon Ride Tours start at $7 per person. These Tours must be pre-scheduled.

Spring Time also brings blooms in time for Bible Garden Tours. Shepherd's Cross is home to one of only a handful of Bible Gardens in the U.S.A. Over 100 plants in this garden have Biblical references.

Bible Garden Tour Options:
Participate in your choice of Guided or Self-Guided Tour.
Self-Guided Tours are donation based (suggested $5 per person).
Guided Tours can include a DIY planting activity with seasonal plants. Guided planting tours are $7 per person and must be pre-scheduled.

All Tours also include the following:
Visiting the sheep, lambs and other farm animals at the petting barn area.
Teaching Nomadic and Biblical shepherding practices.
Wool Mill Tour demonstrating combing, spinning, and weaving wool into a finished product.
The educational & interactive Farm Museum & Educational Silo.

We are open for drop by visitors Tuesday through Saturday 8:30 - 5:30. Please preschedule Field Trips for groups of twenty or more (one free leader for every 10 paid participants). Tours can proceed even in the case of inclement weather. Picnic area available; bring your lunch with you; limited seating available. Snack and beverage concessions are available on site.

Be sure to visit our Shepherd's Shop where we features a host of "woolly" and farm related items; supplies and much more! Yarn, yarn, & more yarn, all natural, many types, produced and processed on the farm. Shepherd's Cross also offers roving, batts, felting supplies, knitting needles, spinning and weaving supplies and much more.
Additionally the shop features a mission section; purchases made in this section of the store return 100% of the sale price to the indigenous people that crafted them (countries include Afghanistan, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Uganda and more).

Our farm is a Family Farm, an accredited Agritourism facility, a Made in Oklahoma Company, and is Animal Welfare Approved (pasture born & raised lamb, mutton and Dexter beef).

Heart of the Shepherd, is the non-profit 501-C3, which operates at the farm, and provides Biblically based agricultural education locally and internationally.

Contact information:
Shepherd's Cross & Heart of the Shepherd
16792 East 450 Road, Claremore, OK 74017
Dr. Diane Dickinson, President & Executive Director
SheepFarm@ShepherdsCross.com 918-342-5911
website: www.ShepherdsCross.com
Online Stores: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ShepherdsCross
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShepherdsCross/

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Apr. 14th

Jennifer Gaona presents for teachers the ins and outs of "Gifts of State" for elementary and secondary students. Viewers can ask Mrs. Gaona, a well-established leader of curriculum, questions about tailoring this program to their classroom.

"Gifts of State" challenges challenges students to look at maps and analyze, according to student level, the social, economic, and political implications of state gifts.

Join us on Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/bush41library/ on April 14, 2021 at 12:00-12:20 PM CT.

Or register at Connect2texas.net to receive a free recording of the program after after the live program. 1. Create an account. 2. Click on the events tab and filter for "George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum," then select "Gifts of State - Professional Development" from the list.

Registration help: Contact Lori Hamm-Neckar at lhamm@esc11.net or 8177407156

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