Originally Blessed!


August 27, 2011
eNewsletter from

EVOLVE Chesapeake

Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community, an original blessing community
IN THIS ISSUE
Hurricane Irene & the August 28 Sacred Gathering
13th Anniversary Weekend
CPF News
Welcome to our new friends from CPF
Where is the EC Sign?
Fundraising for Ministry
Becoming a CS Community
Find us on Facebook
Join Our Mailing List
Our Business Sponsors
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Join us for worship on Sundays at 6 PM at the Annapolis Friends Meeting at 351 Dubois Road, Annapolis, Maryland 21401.

 

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IF HURRICANE IRENE MAKES US CANCEL

OUR GATHERING THIS SUNDAY,

the following plans will be transfered to Sunday,

September 4, 2011 with the exception

that we will have a potluck supper

 

please be safe during the storm!

 

Emails will be sent in the event we need to cancel.  Call Pastor Wayne at 202-583-2158 for information or Kim at 410-353-5534

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Thirteenth Sunday of Via Creativa

August 28, 2011

 

 Chesapeake Ensemble rehearsal at 4:30 

Sunday Spiritual Gathering at 6 PM

Community Hour at 7:30 PM

 

"Love Always"

  Reflection by with Rev. Dr. Wayne Schwandt

 

351 Dubois Road, Annapolis, Maryland 

 Annapolis Friends Meeting


SPIRITUAL GATHERING LEADERS:
(differs from printed rota)

 Setup/Put Away:   Beth Lanier

 Greeter/Usher:  Rick Dove and Tom Good

Reader/Communion Assistant:  Kim Hinken

Offering Invitation:  Beth Lanier
Community Hour:   Chuck Riley (8/28)
Potluck Supper (9/4)
We continue our progressive spiritual journey! 

THIRTEENTH ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND

CELEBRATING THE VIA CREATIVA

September 9-11 

 

Friday Evening, September 9 Starting at 6 PM gather by the pool, make your own pizza, play! at Dave and Scott's home in Annapolis

 

Saturday, September 10 Starting at 8:30 AM we will gather for a celebration of the Via Creativa!  Find your inner creativity and share it with others!  Stay through dinner with a cookout.

 

Retreat cost is $25 per participant payable before the retreat.

 

Sunday, September 11 at 6 PM.  Anniversary Celebration as we gather in sacred space.

Chesapeake Pride Festival News


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On Saturday, the annual Chesapeake Pride Festival was held at Mayo Beach Park. The Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and supporters spent the afternoon listening to music on the beach, browsing vendor booths, and the gathering together of a community.  Click here to read more from the Edgewater-Davisonville Patch and see the video. 

 

Photo coverage from the Washington Blade, click here.

Welcome to Our New Friends from CPF


cpf livelovebe We mean what we said to you at our Chesapeake Pride booth.  We welcome you to join our sacred circle at 6 PM in Annapolis at the Annapolis Friends Meeting, 351 Dubois Road.

 

Whatever your spiritual path you are welcome.

Where is the EC sign?

Tom Good and Rick Dove put up their signs

behind their house in Crofton!
 

Good Dove EC SIgns

 

    Where is yours?

 

Send the picture to SchwandtW@aol.com.
FUNDRAISING FOR MINISTRY
USE iSEARCH AND HELP CCSC!  
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Do you search the web? If so, you could be raising a penny for Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community every time you search! iSearchiGive.com is a search engine powered by Yahoo! Search and iGive.com, the internet's first online shopping mall where a portion of each purchase is donated to your favorite cause. Try it today - it's free! To try iSearch, click here.  After you click on the previous link, in the upper right corner will be CLICK HERE TO ADD ISEARCHIGIVE TO YOUR BROWER.  Make it your default search engine and earn a penny for every search.  Every penny counts! 

YOUR USED CELL PHONES AND EMPTY INK JET AND TONER CARTRIDGES CAN HELP FUND OUR MINISTRY. BRING THEM TO WORSHIP WITH YOU! These items fit nicely in the offering basket along with rembembrance of time and talent you have offered through our ministries AND your financial gifts.  So far in February we have collected 24 cartridges towards office expenses!
  
When shopping online always go through www.iGive.com!  Register MCC of the Chesapeake (name on iGive.com will be changed when our name change is registerd with the State of Maryland, the IRS and our bank) as your charity and shop away!  To date we have earned $1,213.20  Thank your for shopping through iGive.com and using iSearch.com for online searches!
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