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AUGUST CLASSES & EVENTS
Sunday Morning Inspiration Service 10:30 am
AUGUST SPECIAL EVENTS
COMMUNITY VISIONING ~ Sunday, August 12, 11:45 am (immediately following Sunday service)
ANNUAL LADIES SPLASH PARTY ~ Friday, August 17 ~ 6 to 8:30 pm (off-site at Common Ground Santa Clara)
CELEBRATION OF SPIRIT, presented by Father Leo Booth and Team ~ Sunday, August 26 , 7 to 8:30 pm ~ Love Offering
KID'S CALENDAR
Kids' Care Program ~ ages infant thru 5th grade ~ Weekly, Sundays, 10:30 am
OUTREACH
SCHOOL BACKPACK PROJECT ~ Coming Soon
FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
RECYCLE SUNDAY ~ Third Sunday of the Month, August 19
Local Certified Farmers' Markets
WHAT'S NEW?
HIKING GROUP, facilitated by Stacie Buda & Donna Young ~ Sunday, August 19 ~ Crystal Cove State Park ~ (details to follow)
ONGOING
A COURSE IN MIRACLES, facilitated by Karen Akers (co-facilitated by Ken Radcliffe) ~ Tuesdays, Weekly, 12 Noon (Okay to bring lunch) ~ Love Offering
ECKHART TOLLE BOOK STUDY ~ Power of Now ~ Fridays, Weekly, 12:30 to 1:30 pm ~ Love Offering
EVENING ECKHART TOLLE BOOK STUDY ~ Power of Now ~ Tuesdays, Weekly, 7 to 8:30 pm ~ Love Offering
REIKI HEALING CIRCLE ~ Tuesdays, August 14 & 28, 7 to 8:30 pm ~ Love Offering
WOMAN'S WISDOM CIRCLE & Book Study: Still Here, by Ram Dass ~ Tuesdays, August 14 & 28, 10 to 11:30 am ~ Love Offering
YOUNG ADULT'S BOOK STUDY, facilitated by Lyla Ramirez & Lisette Garcia ~ 2nd & 4th Wednesdays Monthly, August 8 & 22, 7 to 8:30 pm ~ Love Offering
VENUE EVENTS
Orange County Spiritualist Gathering, with Medium Kathleen Vance ~ Wednesdays, August 8 & 22 ~ $10 suggested donation
Development 1: Developing your spiritual path & intuition, with Bob Lewis ~ Saturday, August 11 & 25, 9:30 am to 12:00 pm ~ $20 per person
Development 2: Advanced students in spiritual and psychic awareness, with Bob Lewis ~ Saturday, August 11, 12:30 am to 3:00 pm ~ $20 per person
Be sure to look for updates and details of activities in weekly email notices.
Ongoing weekly classes continue as scheduled. Check our At-a-Glance Calendar for information.
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VISIONING FOR COMMON GROUND
Opening to Divine Guidance
Common Ground is a spiritual community expressing a state of consciousness in which all of
us are growing in awareness, unfolding, and opening to new ideas in a changing world.
From the first thought of Common Ground as a possibility, Reverend Glenda and Reverend Judy have been deeply aware that they are not to tell God what do or to ask God for things, but to be absolutely available
for the activity of God already in motion.
They are very clear that their work is to open themselves up to become aware of what is already happening; to be able to hear, feel, see, and catch God's plan for spiritual community.
For the past eight years, as a team along with the Board of Directors and the Advisory Team, they have moved Common Ground forward through spiritual insight and inner vision following
a path to the successful expression of Common Ground in the world.
In May 2013, Common Ground's current lease agreement at Newport Avenue will come up for renewal. Now is the time for the community to come together to open to the vision for the future.
Group visioning will help Reverend Glenda, Reverend Judy, the Board of Directors, and the Advisory Team begin to get a picture of how the community can develop, grow and unfold, and of changes that may need to be made.
A passage in Proverbs says, "Where there is no vision, the people perish."
As Spiritual Community we will open ourselves up to God's vision for us, become inspired by
the ideas held in the mind of God, and open to the possibility of living and expressing those ideas through Common Ground.
We will come together to align in consciousness with our divine purpose as spiritual community, and to open ourselves to catch a sense of how that expression is supposed to occur through Common Ground and each one of us.
During the visioning process we will ask these questions:"How does God see Itself as Common Ground?" "What is my part; what is it that I need to embody or become in order for
this vision for Common Ground to manifest?"
We will then be invited to wait, to inwardly hear, see, and catch what comes to us, to get a glimpse of what it looks like, what it
feels and sounds like.
We will pay close attention to any symbols or metaphors that
appear, without judgment. We will open ourselves to
whatever comes up and notice what begins to flow through so we can communicate it,
write it down, express it, dialogue about it.
In this way we can begin to articulate God's vision for Common Ground.
Reverend Glenda and Reverend Judy encourage everyone who has an interest in Common Ground to open to these questions and spend time in prayer and silence in advance of the August 12th gathering.
The Visioning Process is open to the entire community.
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PRAYER & MEDITATION
"Go placidly amid the noise and haste" ~ Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
Desiderata - Max Ehrmann - 1927
Life is
prayer
at Common Ground.
If you need comfort and inspiration please visit our website and click on Prayer.
Those needing prayer support are invited to
make
Prayer Requests on-line at info@embracehumanity.com or by placing a
request in the prayer box in the
Lobby.
There are no fees for
prayer at
Common Ground.
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TITHING 2012
May All That We Give and All The We Receive Be Blessed and Multiplied. As We Give, So Shall We Receive ~ Common Ground is truly blessed and in turn becomes a blessing in the world
Common Ground
reaches
out to the global community through our
spiritual
practice of conscious giving.
Giving back
to the
world
is an important aspect of our mission and
vision. A
balanced integral approach is reflected in
conscious
selection of 501c3 qualified programs and
institutions
to which Common Ground provides tithes each
month.
Recipients of Common Ground 2012
tithes
include:
IONS
(Institute of
Noetic Sciences), advancing the science of
consciousness and human experience to serve
individual and collective transformation; Kiva,
empowering people to lift themselves out of
poverty; Disability
Rights California, affirmatively
addressing the needs of the traditionally
underserved and underrepresented disability
community; Project
HOPE School, (Homeless
Outreach Program in Education), helping
children without permanent homes transition
into the mainstream educational system;
Walking
Shield, helping to improve the
quality of life for American Indian families;
Direct
Relief International, supporting the
immediate medical needs of earthquake
victims in Haiti; Direct Relief International, supporting the immediate medical needs of earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan; and, The American Legion, a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization advocating for veterans.
The organizations to
which
Common Ground tithes are meaningful programs
where people from the spiritual community and
its
friends are already serving with heart and
hand, and
supporting with time and treasure.
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Common Ground is a Teaching-Learning
Center where people bring their very
souls
where people grow one another by sharing what
they
know where people learn spiritual
practices to
support them in working with the complex
possibilities
of today's world
May you cultivate the capacity to stay cool in the midst of uncertainty
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During the month of AUGUST Reverend
Glenda and Reverend Judy will help us explore the questions: "How do we relate to discomfort?" and "How do we respond in the midst of difficulties with our emotions and unpredictable encounters in ordinary life?"
