Originally Blessed!

   
August 9, 2012 
eNewsletter from

EVOLVE Chesapeake

Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community:   CHRISTIANITY BEYOND CONVENTION

 

 
IN THIS ISSUE
August 12th Sacred Gathering
Creation Spirituality Principles
Spong reading group
Covenant dates
Becoming a CS community
If you like these...
I wish for a moment...
We have a winner!
Fundraising for ministry
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August 12, 2012

 

Eighth Sunday of Via Positiva

 

wonder...joy...trust...awe...cosmos...beauty...amazement

hospitality...delight...blessing...creation 

       

Sacred Gathering at 6 PM   

 

Reflection by Suzie Robertson    

 

at   

Annapolis Friends Meeting

 351 Dubois Road, Annapolis


GATHERING LEADERS:  
Setup/Put Away: Sylvia Oliva          
  Greeter/Usher: Sylvia Oliva            
Reader/Communion Assistant: Rick Dove & Rick Stewart     
Offering Invitation: open
               Community Hour: open            

 Continuing our progressive spiritual journey! 

     In Creation, God is both immanent and transcendent.  This is panentheism which is not theism (God out there) and not atheism (no God anywhere).

     We experience that the Divine is in all things  and all things are in the Divine. 
 

2nd Principle of Creation Spirituality
 

Spong Reclaiming

Spong Reading Group on 

September 8   

 

The group reading "Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World" will meet at PANERA, FESTIVAL AT RIVA at 11 AM on Saturday, September 8.  We are reading Chapters 35-38: "Resurrection According to Paul" thru "The Theology of Paul as Revealed in Romans." There is still time to join the group.  If you need a copy of the book, contact Pastor Wayne at SchwandtW@aol.com. 

Covenant Dates 

birthdays, anniversaries, covenant dates

Aug 1    Louise Birch Abell Birthday (d. 2001)

Aug 4    Brian Patrick Riley Birthday (1994) 

Aug 7    George H. Kresslein Sr. death (1997) 

Aug 10  Robert T. Abell & Michael P. Dyson Holy Union (2002)

Aug 11  Janet Bullitt Smith death (2002) 

Aug 14  Ralph Ferrante Birthday (d. 2003)  

Aug 19  Velma Blitch death (1999)  

Aug 27  Louise Birch Abell death (2001)

Aug 27  Janet Bullitt Smith Birthday (d. 2002)    

Aug 29  John Petrosillo Birthday  

Aug 30  David Miller Birthday   

 

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IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU'LL LIKE
EVOLVE CHESAPEAKE! 

 

              Elizabeth Schusler Fiorenza
Rumi                                          Jesus of Nazareth
            John Shelby Spong
                                                      Matthew Fox
 John Dominic Crossan
                                                      Andrew Cohen
 Diana Butler Bass                      Marcus Borg   
    Starhawk                               Gandhi
Buddha          Joseph Grizone 
                                                 Andrew Harvey
 

I wish for a moment

Just for normal...

When my highlight doesn't go out

Or Jack ____ doesn't almost hit me

Making a u-turn on Hospital Drive

And I have the green light

Or someone is trying to give me

Unwanted or needed advice

When they, themselves, are worse than I....

 

I wish for a moment

Just for normal...

When I feel like I am always

Always fighting myself

Over things that are easy to solve

If only I let go

And let my quiet voice scream

Instead of being the offense and the defense...

 

I wish for a moment

Just for normal...

When people talk about family get-togethers

That I could enjoy what they say or did/will do

But instead I feel so alone

A family of one with my own cat against me

I want to cry in a dark corner

Hoping no one sees me

Falling into nothingness...

 

I wish for a moment

Just for normal...

It is a wish I will never have

As normal has no real definition or standard

What is normal for me?

What is normal for you?

We all have things in common

So I hope that is the normal I speak of

But if not I will be happy

Being completely abnormal...

I wish for a moment---

Then the moment passes...

 

by Erine Sedicum

7/27/12 1:06pm   

 

 
WHO WOULD YOU SAY WE ARE?
We have a winner!  
Charlie Green, by virtue of sending in the first response to the question of "Who is Evolve Chesapeake," will receive for his prize a beautiful photograph by Rick Dove, matted and ready for framing.  We hope to present it to him soon.

Thank you to all who have sent in responses.  But do not think this series is finished:  your responses are welcome at any time and any number of times as we experience our community in a variety of ways. 
 

 FUNDRAISING FOR MINISTRY

 USE iSEARCH AND HELP CCSC!  
one cent per search!
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 BROWSER.  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 remembrance of time and talent you have offered through our ministries AND your financial gifts.  
  
When shopping online always go through www.iGive.com!  Register Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community as your charity and shop away!  As of 8-9-2012 we have earned $1,376.93 Thank you for shopping through iGive.com and using iSearch.com for online searches!
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 If you want an Evolve T-shirt, let Beth Lanier know by August 19,  Tell her your size and if you want the shirt in white ($15) or in black ($20).  Contact her 
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Books for Sale at our Welcome Table 
 Titles by Matthew Fox, John Shelby Spong,
 Marcus Borg, and more.

Note Card Fundraiser:  you set your own price! 
 
Note from Editor
Originally Blessed!! is now sent out on Thursdays.  News, notices of events, articles, poetry, etc. are most welcome from all readers.  Please send them to me by the previous Wednesday for publication in the current newsletter, or at any time if the material is not time-sensitive.Thank you!  EvolveSylvia@gmail.com

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http://www.hrc.org (Human Rights Campaign)
www.OnBeing.org
http://ChurchesWithoutBoundaries.org
(Greater Annapolis Interfaith Network)

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