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Join us for worship on Sundays normally at 6 PM at the Annapolis Friends Meeting at 351 Dubois Road, Annapolis, Maryland 21401.
Click here for directions.
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August 26, 2012
Ninth Sunday of Via Positiva
wonder...joy...trust...awe...cosmos...beauty...amazement
hospitality...delight...blessing...creation
Sacred Gathering at 6 PM
Reflection by The Rev. Wayne Schwandt
at
Annapolis Friends Meeting
351 Dubois Road, Annapolis
GATHERING LEADERS:
Setup/Put Away: Rick Stewart
Greeter/Usher: Adri Eathorne & Kim Hinken
Reader/Communion Assistant: Tom Good
Offering Invitation: Scott Bowling
Community Hour: Chuck Riley & Wayne Schwandt
Continuing our progressive spiritual journey!
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Food/Goods Collection at Evolve Chesapeake
Food Banks throughout the country have been hard hit for the last few years. Please help those in need in Anne Arundel County by donating pantry staples (tinned meat and fish, boxed pasta products, infant formula, etc.) as well as personal care products such as laundry detergent, toilet paper, disposable razors, bath/shower soap, dish soap, deodorant, toothpaste, and feminine hygiene products. Collection is ongoing every Sunday evening at Evolve Chesapeake. |
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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. |
There is something about pain and anger
that seems to do something inside.
It does tighten you up
but at the same time if--
if you let the emotions take their course
in a healthy way
you see the solutions,
not always the ones you want...
This is something I'm still learning!!!(always will)
It's okay to scream,"I had enough!!!"
It's alright to be in pain and anger,
when you know, just know
when it is NOT okay to blame yourself
for being wrong because of pain and anger.
If Blacks had not gotten hurt or angry
things would not have changed,
or Women at being property,
to where they can be viewed as themselves.
What of the LGBT communities
who battle people telling them
they are wrong for being this way?
What of the battered families/partners
who start over,
hard as it is to do?
What of the bullied child
for whom life seems only to dump ______
but somehow finds a rainbow?
So as I go through this
I know answers will come.
Again, not what is always wanted
but perhaps my pain and anger
will be the fuel--
fuel for something greater
that only the Creator knows.
So here I go--
Creator, please hold my hand,
I'm scared...
-- by Erine Sedicum, 8-19-2012
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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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Fertility Options for the LGBT Community
A seminar presented by Grubb's NW Specialty Pharmacy
1517 17th St. NW, Washington, DC 20036
Located 2 blocks from the Dupont Circle Metro
This free seminar at Grubb's NW Specialty Pharmacy will deal with how you can achieve your goal of parenthood. Topics range from psychosocial issues related to IVF in the LGBT Community and legal implications of the process. Speakers are: Dr. Rafat Abbasi, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. Reproductive Endocrinologist Jennifer Fairfx, Esq., Attorney at Law Adoption and ART Law Joyce C. Migdal, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist RSVP by September 14 by calling Emily or Daphne
at 202-503-2644.
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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 8-23-2012 we have earned $1,380.20. Thank you for shopping through iGive.com and using iSearch.com for online searches!
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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!
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A Call for a Season of Civility
All are invited to an "interfaith cafe" to engage in a dialogue on how to have respectful, honest conversations with people we often avoid because we disagree with them politically, religiously, and other "lys."
For more information go to
September 13th from 7-9 pm
at St. John Neumann's Church
(corner of Bestgate and North Bestgate Roads)
Sponsored by GAIN
(Greater Annapolis Interfaith Network)
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Become an individual member of Creation Spirituality Communities by clicking here or sign up as a participant in the online community for FREE! Join our community, Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Center, and participate in the discussion. Go to www.CreationSpirituality.info for more information and to sign up! Join the online group, Chesapeake Creation Spirituality.
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*"On Being" is a spacious conversation about meaning, faith, ethics, and ideas -- online and on public radio. Krista Tippett and her guests discuss the big questions at the center of human life, from the boldest new science of the human brain to the most ancient traditions of the human spirit.
The 8-16-2012 program was on "Fragility and the Evolution of our Humanity," an interview with Xavier Le Pichon. He is a scientist, a compassionate person, and a passionate story-teller who speaks about plate techtonics, evolution, the importance of weakness and fragility in community, companionship, diversity, suffering, empathy, openness to others and accepting to have our hearts be educated by them, human potential, and possibilities for the future transformation of our world.
The program is one hour long. A new interview is presented each Thursday on their website.
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In our lives, it is through the work of spiritual practice that we find our deep and true selves.
Through the arts of meditation and silence we cultivate a clarity of mind and move beyond fear into compassion and community.
4th Principle of Creation Spirituality
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Note from Editor
Originally Blessed!! is now sent out on Thursdays. News, notices of events, articles, poetry, etc. are needed from You! 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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