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HOLIDAYS ~ HOLY DAYS
Miraculous Possibilities
During the month of DECEMBER Reverend
Glenda and Reverend Judy invite and encourage us to appreciate the miraculous possibilities that the holidays provide.
They will help us see that celebrating the holidays is much more than buying presents, opening them, cooking dinner, showing up for dinner, or making other people happy.
There is joy for everyone when we realize the internal dimensions of the holiday itself to influence hearts throughout the world. Met with genuine devotion, holidays can be transformative. They are as relevant to our lives as we allow them to be.
Marianne Williamson tells us: "Once we recognize the real power of holidays, we begin to approach them with deeper devotion. A holiday is a holy day, and holiness doesn't happen to us. Holiness is a choice we make, and holidays are portals of energy through which the experience of things that matter most is increased within us and in the world in which we live."
During the holiday season we are invited to respond to a universal spiritual theme that reminds us of the potential of a divinely empowered consciousness lying within every one of us.
Please join us this month as we engage with the beauty of the holiday season through spirit-filled community, friends and family, celebrations, and prayer. Share time with us as we open to the meaningfulness of the holidays and deepen our experience of holiness.
Common Ground is an open accepting spiritual community where everyone is welcome.
Please join us for inspirational messages at Common Ground each Sunday at 10:30 am.
Resources
include:
Everyday Grace, by Marianne Williamson
Love is a Fire , by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
These
titles are available in our shop. (Quantities Limited)
Sunday Morning Inspiration
Weekly:
10:30
am
Care available during Sunday Inspiration for infants through 5th grade
Talk
titles for DECEMBER
December 1: Hope: The Light in the Dark ~ Daniel Nahmod, Music as Message
December 8: Love: The Open Hearth ~ Debbie Voltura, guest vocalist
December 15: Joy: ~ The Glow of Happiness ~ Teri Wilder, guest vocalist
December 22: Peace ~ The Path of Quiet Presence
December 29: Rejoice and Reflect
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Robert Fields:Appearing
Sundays in
December
Thank You for Your Generosity!
Common
Ground is solely supported by the gracious
offerings of its spiritual community and
friends.
2013 Newsletter Archives
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DECEMBER CLASSES & EVENTS
Sunday Morning Inspiration Service 10:30 am
DECEMBER SPECIAL EVENTS
DANIEL NAHMOD: MUSIC AS MESSAGE ~ Sunday, December 1, 10:30 am
HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE & OPEN HOUSE ~Sunday, December 8, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
CHANTING AND KIRTAN FOR PEACE with SPIRIT SOUL AND FRIENDS ~ Sunday, December 15 ~ 12:30 to 2 pm
THE HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS, with Dr. James Rietveld ~ Thursday, December 19, 7:30 pm
HOLIDAY POTLUCK LUNCH~ Sunday, December 22 ~ 11:30 am
CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE ~ Tuesday, December 24 ~ 5 pm
NEW YEAR'S EVE REFLECTION SERVICE ~ Tuesday, December 31, 6 pm
CARE PROGRAM
Ages infant thru 5th grade ~ Sundays, 10:30 to 11:30 am
OUTREACH
Orange County Cold Weather Armory Emergency Shelter ~ Sunday, December 15
FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
RECYCLE SUNDAY ~ Third Sunday of the Month, December 15
Orange County Farm Bureau Certified Farmers' Markets
ONGOING
A COURSE IN MIRACLES, facilitated by Karen Akers ~ Tuesdays, Weekly (No class December 24 & 31) ~ 12 Noon ~ Love Offering
EVENING ECKHART TOLLE BOOK STUDY~ New Earth ~ Tuesdays ~ December 3 & 17, 7 to 8:30 pm ~ Love Offering
ECKHART TOLLE BOOK STUDY ~ New Earth ~ Fridays, Weekly ~ 12:30 to 1:30 pm ~ Love Offering
REIKI HEALING CIRCLE facilitated by Barbara Fukuda, Usui Reiki Master/Teacher ~ Tuesday, December 10 ~ 7 to 8:30 pm ~ Love Offering
SACRED HISTORY ~ Historical Exploration in Religion & Spirituality, with Dr. James D. Rietveld ~ Weekly (No class December 26) ~ Thursdays (drop in class), 7:30 to 9 pm ~ Love Offering
SUNDAY AFTERNOON HIKE ~ Sunday, December 22, 3 to 5 pm (location to be announced later)
TED Talks: Elizabeth Gilbert, Your Elusive Creative Genius
~ Friday, December 6, 7 to 8:30 pm ~ Love Offering
WOMAN'S WISDOM CIRCLE & Book Study: Still Here, by Ram Dass ~ Tuesday, December 10, 10 to 11:30 am ~ Love Offering
VENUE EVENTS
Women Connecting with Heart ~ Tuesday, December 3 & 17, 11 am to 12:30 pm, Love Offering
Oneness Blessing ~ Tuesday, December 3, 7 to 8 pm
ONENESS AWAKENING COURSE ~ Saturday, December 7, 10 am to 9 pm, RSVP Required, see event for fees
Gentle Restorative Yoga, with Renee Schwan ~ Weekly ~ Tuesdays & Thursdays ( no class December 24 & 26) ~ 2 to 3 pm ~ $10 per session
Thich Nhat Hanh/Tao Te Ching Study & Meditation Group, facilitate by Rev. Craig Phillips ~ Weekly, Wednesdays ~ 7:30 to 9 pm ~ $5 suggested (no class December 25)
Development 1: Developing your spiritual path & intuition, with Bob Lewis ~ Saturday, December 14 & 21 ~ 9:30 am to 12:00 pm ~ $20 per person
Development 2: Advanced students in spiritual and psychic awareness, with Bob Lewis ~ Saturday, December 14 ~ 12:30 am to 3:00 pm ~ $20 per person
Orange County Spiritualist Gathering, with Medium Kathleen Vance ~ Wednesdays, December 11 ~ 7 to 8:30 pm ~ $10 suggested donation
Drumming for Wellness, with Jamie Jones ~ Saturday, December 21 ~ 11 am to 12:30 pm ~ $10 per person
2014: Envisioning a Year of Abundance, with Laura Dewey ~ Saturday, December 28 ~ 2 to 4 pm ~ Free
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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TITHING 2013
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 2013
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;
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;
, The Humane Society of Dover-Stewart County, a not-for-profit organization rescuing abused, abandoned and neglected animals and placing them into good homes, Mercy House Fare Share Program, providing bus passes for homeless men, women and children in search of a better life, and The Avielle Foundation, a non-profit foundation created by the parents of a child victim of the Sandy Hook killings, aiming to support and protect vulnerable loved ones and to strengthen communities through brain health initiatives and community engagement.
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 appreciate the miraculous possibilities that the holidays provide
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Suppose there were no special times for greetings,
