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IN THE NEST OF BECOMING
Nurturing the Creative Impulse
During the month of MAY Reverend
Glenda and Reverend Judy invite us to explore the idea that our ultimate act of creativity is giving birth to who we are; not just once, but from a series of births, rebirths and new births.
There is a kind of imperative to give birth, to create. It takes trust and courage to explore our deepest selves and to let in the depths of the world's struggles and joys.
Becoming and creating go together. Both take a large heart. The creative process of becoming and birthing our most refined selves deserves our attention.
Genuine creativity brings us to a place of intense awareness and heightened consciousness. Creative courage helps us discover hidden aspects of ourselves, new symbols, new patterns, and a new sense of our own sacred becoming.
For fourteen billion years the universe has been committed to creativity. Stars, galaxies, atoms, mountains, animals, birds, grasses ~ do it. All of life is busy being creative. Each of us is immersed in a nest of becoming where grace and ourselves get mixed up together in acts of creativity and co-creation.
Creativity is a mystical experience in which there is an ongoing union of us and the Divine during the process of giving birth in any form.
This is a perfect series of talks for anyone who is ready to direct the creative impulse to love of life, beauty, and intimacy with the Divine.
Please join us every Sunday in May. Common Ground is the perfect place for anyone who is spiritually independent and open to spirituality without borders. We are an open accepting spiritual community where everyone is welcome.
Please join us each Sunday at 10:30 am.
Resources
include:
Creativity,
by Matthew Fox
Waking the Global Heart, by Anodea Judith
Sunday Morning Inspiration
Weekly: 10:30
am
Care available during Sunday Inspiration for infants through 5th grade
Talk
titles for MAY
May 4: Giving Birth to Who We Are
May 11: Mother's Day ~ Original Wholeness ~ guest vocalist, Andrew Pettit
May 18: Soul Sunday: Like Mother, Like Daughter ~ Teri Wilder, guest vocalist
May 25: True Joy
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Robert Fields:Appearing
Sundays in
May
Thank You for Your Generosity! Common
Ground is solely supported by the gracious
offerings of its spiritual community and
friends.
2013/2014 Newsletter Archives
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MAY CLASSES & EVENTS
Sunday Morning Inspiration Service 10:30 am
MAY COMMUNITY EVENTS
CINCO DE MAYO POTLUCK LUNCH ~ Sunday, May 4 ~ 11:30 am
CARE PROGRAM
Ages infant thru 5th grade ~ Sundays, 10:30 to 11:30 am
FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
RECYCLE SUNDAY ~ May 18
Orange County Farm Bureau Certified Farmers' Markets
ONGOING
A COURSE IN MIRACLES, facilitated by Karen Akers ~ Tuesdays, Weekly ~ First & Third Tuesdays, 11 am/Second & Fourth Tuesdays, 12 Noon ~ Love Offering
CHANTING AND KIRTAN FOR PEACE with SPIRIT SOUL AND FRIENDS ~ Sunday, May 18 ~ 12:30 to 2 pm ~ Free (Donation Accepted but Never Expected)
ECKHART TOLLE BOOK STUDY~ New Earth ~ Tuesdays ~ May 6 & 20 ~ 7 to 8:30 pm ~ Love Offering
ECKHART TOLLE BOOK STUDY ~ Power of Now ~ Fridays, Weekly ~ 12:30 to 1:30 pm ~ Love Offering
MEDITATIVE BREATHING, with Jess Ly ~ Ongoing, Saturdays ~ 11:30 am to 12:30 pm ~ Love Offering
REIKI HEALING CIRCLE facilitated by Barbara Fukuda, Usui Reiki Master/Teacher ~ Tuesday, May 13 & 27 ~ 7 to 8:30 pm ~ Love Offering
SACRED HISTORY ~ Historical Exploration in Religion & Spirituality, with Dr. James D. Rietveld ~ Weekly ~ Thursdays (drop in class) ~ 7:30 to 9 pm ~ Love Offering
SUNDAY AFTERNOON WALK/HIKE ~ Sunday, May 25 ~ 3 to 5 pm
WEEKLY BOOK STUDY, with The Revs: Forgive for Good, by Dr. Fred Luskin ~ Ongoing Tuesdays ~ 1 to 2 pm ~ Love Offering
WOMAN'S WISDOM CIRCLE & Book Study: The Five Things We Cannot Change, by David Richo ~ Tuesday, May 13 & 27 ~ 10 to 11:30 am ~ Love Offering
VENUE EVENTS35 for Life, with Mick Hall ~ Tuesday, May 20 ~ 7 pm
Women Helping Women: Mother-in-Law/Daughter-in-Law, with Marilyn Longo ~ Wednesday, May 7 & 21 ~ 1 to 2 pm ~ $5 per person
Women Connecting with Heart ~ 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, May 6 & 20 ~ 11 am to 12:30 pm, Love Offering
Tarot for Today, with Charlotte Holmes ~ Monday, May 5~ 7 to 9 pm
Feng Shui For Your Home's Soul, with Deb Smith, Mondays, May 5, 12, 19 & 26
Learn Crystal Therapy, with Deb Smith ~ Saturdays, May 3, 10, 17 & 31
Pyschic Awareness Through Mediumship, with Dennis Nozawa ~ Thursday, May 1, 8, 15 & 22 ~ 7 to 9 pm
Oneness Blessing ~ Deeksha ~ Monthly the 2nd Tuesday, May 13 ~ 7 to 8 pm ~ $5 Blessing Giver/$10 Blessing Receiver
Shift Your Consciousness and Heal, with Kahu Fred Sterling ~ Saturday, May 3 ~ 11:30 am to 4:30 pm
Introduction to Reflexology, with Barbara Fukuda ~ Saturday, May 3 ~ 9 am to 1 pm
Free Psychic Readings, with Melinda Kushner ~ Sunday, May 4 ~ 12 to 1 pm
Orange County Spiritualist Gathering, with Medium Kathleen Vance ~ Wednesdays, May 14 & 28 ~ 7 to 8:30 pm ~ $10 suggested donation
The Health Forum MeetUp, with Carla Cohen ~ Tuesday, May 6 & 13 ~ 7 to 8:30 pm
Brain Built Spaces: Creative Design that Motivates Your Brain and Lifestyle, with Dr.Janet Woods ~ Wednesdays, May 7, 14, 21 & 28~ 6:45 to 9 pm
Home Circle, with Esperanza "Espe" Gonzalez and Melinda Kushner ~ Weekly Fridays ~ 7:30 to 9 pm
Smart Dating Seminar, with Marcia ~ Tuesday, May 20 ~ 7 to 9 pm
Recovery of the Real Authentic and True Self, with Luke Benoit and Joan Wise ~ Wednesday, May 7 ~ 6:45 to 9 pm
Remembering Who You Are, with Lori Hope ~ Thursdays, May 8 & 15 ~ 7 to 9 pm
Remembering Who You Are: Conversations with God Book Study, with Lori Hope ~ Wednesdays, May 14, 21 & 28 ~ 12:30 to 2:30 pm
First Aid with Young Living Essential Oils, with Carla Cohen ~ Saturday, May 17 ~ 11 am to 1 pm
Learn the Art of Space Clearing & Chi Harmonization, with Marla Shaw ~ Saturday, May 31 ~ 10 am
OC Holistic Chamber of Commerce Meeting ~ Wednesday, May 14 ~ 6:30 to 9 pm
Life Mastery Begins with Money Mastery, with Dr. Marilyn Joyce ~ Saturday, May 17 ~ 10 am to 5 pm
Lyceum Live 2014: Sharing Wisdom ~ Saturday, May 31 ~ 9 am to 1 pm
Development 1 & 2: 1: Developing your spiritual path & 2: Intuition and advanced students in spiritual and psychic awareness , with Bob Lewis ~ Saturday, May 10 ~ 9:30 am to 12:00 pm & 12:30 to 3 pm
Development 1, with Bob Lewis ~ Saturday, May 24 ~ 9:30 am to 12:00 pm
Mediums with Spirit ~ Saturday, May 31 ~ 3 to 5 pm
Gentle Restorative Yoga, with Renee Schwan ~ Weekly ~ Tuesdays & Thursdays ~ 2 to 3 pm ~ $10 per session
Pema Chodron: Living Beautifully/Tao Te Ching Study & Meditation Group, facilitated by Rev. Craig Phillips ~ Weekly, Wednesdays ~ 7:15 to 9 pm
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 detailed information.
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GOOD TO KNOW
What's Happening
There are open dates on the Hospitality Calendar for those who would like to host hospitality after Sunday services. Sign up now. (Nothing fancy ~ a plate /box of cookies is great)
The Greenlady Boutique is now accepting summer fashions, accessories and gift items. (Tax donation receipt available upon request)
Common Ground will continue its normal operating schedule through summer months. (Monday evenings ~ 6 to 9 pm, Tuesdays through Fridays ~ 11 am to 3 pm and 6 to 9 pm, Saturdays ~ 11 am to 3 pm, and Sundays 9 am to 1 pm)
Anyone who would like to participate in supporting Sunday services by ushering, greeting, lighting candles, etc., is invited to sign up on the info table on the patio on Sundays.
Please consider giving Common Ground a mid-year gift to support daily operations. Current items on the Wish-List include: TP, tea lights, stick lighters, individual bottled water, coffee, and Clorox.
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TITHING 2014
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, 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; and, Breast Cancer Angels, a not-for-profit organization providing financial, emotional and spiritual assistance for women and their families as they are going through breast cancer treatment.
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 pay attention to the creative process of becoming and birthing your most refined self
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