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COLOR YOURSELF CALM
Templates for Tranquility
During the month of JULY, Reverend
Glenda and Reverend Judy help us set an intention to find peace and tranquility even within the process of living in a sometimes complex world.
They will invite us to open to the soul-trait of undisturbed equanimity, calmness of the soul, an inner balance that coexists with a world and an experience that accepts turbulence and even turmoil, simply because that's the way life is.
They will help us cultivate the capacity to be more skillful at the process of living so that we can equip ourselves to handle the inevitable ups and downs of life.
Each week's talk will focus on a message that helps us register the ups and downs of our feelings from an undisturbed place.
Each week those in attendance will receive a page from, Color Me Calm, a coloring book for adults. The act of coloring will be an invitation to enter into a meditative state and bring about calmness just through the simple process of focused creativity.
This month's topic is perfect for everyone, especially those who are experiencing restlessness, anxiety, or stress.
Even amid the storms of life, we can maintain connection to others and to the divine source by bringing forth calmness of the soul. Please join us!
Common Ground is the place for anyone who is spiritually independent and open to spirituality without borders. We are an open accepting spiritual community where everyone is welcome.
Resources
include:
Power, Freedom and Grace , by Deepak Chopra
Everyday Holiness , by Alan Morinis
Sunday Inspiration
Weekly:
12:00 Noon at The Chapel
Talk
titles for JULY
July 5: Timeless and Free
July 12: Riding the Waves
July 19: Rise Above the Good and the Bad
July 26: An Attitude of Contentment
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Robert Fields:Appearing
Sundays in
July
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Thank You for Your Generosity!
Common
Ground is solely supported by the gracious
offerings of its spiritual community and
friends.
2014/2015 Newsletter Archives
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JULY CLASSES & EVENTS
Sunday Services are held at 12:00 noon at our Chapel location, 19211 Dodge Avenue, Santa Ana 92705. All Classes are held at 550 North Golden Circle Drive, Santa Ana 92705
JULY COMMUNITY EVENTS
Covenant and Friends Informational Gathering ~ Sunday, July 19 ~ 1:30 pm
Health and Wholeness Fair ~ Church of the Foothills ~ Saturday, July 25 ~ 11 am to 4 pm
FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
RECYCLE ~ Sunday, July 19Orange County Farm Bureau Certified Farmers' Markets
ONGOING
ECKHART TOLLE BOOK STUDY~ New Earth, with Rev. Stacie Buda ~ Monthly the First and Third Tuesdays ~ 7 to 8:30 pm ~ Love Offering
ECKHART TOLLE STUDY ~ Fridays, Weekly ~ 12:30 to 1:30 pm ~ Love Offering
MEDITATIVE BREATHING, with Jess Ly ~ Monthly First and Third Tuesday ~ 6:15 to 7 pm ~ Love Offering
REIKI HEALING CIRCLE facilitated by Barbara Fukuda, Usui Reiki Master/Teacher ~ Monthly Second and Fourth Tuesdays ~ 7 to 8:30 pm ~ Love Offering
SACRED HISTORY ~ Historical Exploration in Religion & Spirituality, with Dr. James D. Rietveld ~ Thursdays, July 2 & 16 & 30 ~ 7:30 to 9 pm ~ Love Offering
WEEKLY BOOK STUDY: Spiritual Economics, with The Revs ~ Ongoing Tuesdays ~ 1 to 2 pm ~ Love Offering
WOMAN'S WISDOM CIRCLE & Book Study: The Five Things We Cannot Change, by David Richo ~ Monthly Second and Fourth Tuesdays ~ 10 to 11:30 am ~ Love Offering
Spiritually Independent Lesbians Book Study, with Rev. Stacie Buda ~ Monthly, 2nd & 4th Fridays ~ 7 to 8:30 pm
VENUE EVENTS
Trauma and Stress Release Workshop, with Cathleen Madrid ~ Wednesday, July 1 ~ 7 to 9 pm
Healing Movement of the Soul, with Sonya Arias ~ Friday, July 10 ~ 6:30 to 9 pm
Learn to Read the Tarot Intuitively with Sonya Arias ~ Thursday, July 9, 16, 23 & 30 ~ 6:30 to 9 pm
JOIE in Spirit Psychic Medium Small Group Readings, with Joie ~ Saturday, July 11 & 24 ~ 2 to 4 pm
What is Metaphysics and Parapsychology?, with Charlene Carbone ~ Thursdays, July 16, 23 & 30 ~ 7 to 9 pm
Gentle Yoga: Energize and Balance, with Anh Chi Pham ~ Ongoing Mondays beginning July 20 ~ 6 to 7:15 pm
Restorative Yoga: Relax and Renew, with Anh Chi Pham ~ Ongoing Wednesdays beginning July 22 ~ 5:45 to 7 pm
Free Mini Healing Sessions with Young Living Essential Oils, with Carla Cohen ~ Tuesday, July 14 ~ 11:30 am to 2:30 pm
Sound Bath, with Nick Bradshaw ~ Friday, July 17 ~ 7 to 9 pm
Mindfulness Based Radical Self-Care, with Susan Faurot ~ Tuesdays July 6 ~ 6 to 7 pm
Space Clearing and Chi Harmonization, with Dr. Marla Shaw ~ Wednesdays in July ~ 7 to 8:30 pm
SACRED DREAMERS: A DREAM INTERPRETATION CIRCLE, with Karla Ruedlinger ~ 1st & 3rd Wednesdays each month ~ 7 to 9 pm
SACRED SEATED YOGA, with Cecilia Steger ~ Weekly Mondays ~ 1:30 to 2:30 ~ $15 per class
A Course in Miracles ~ Mondays, Weekly ~ 7 to 8:30 pm ~ Love Offering
A Course in Miracles ~ Tuesdays weekly, 12 Noon ~ Love Offering
I Ching Plum Blossom Reunion, with Dr. Janet Woods ~ Monday, July 6 ~ 6:30 to 9 pm
How to Sky Rocket Your Self Confidence, with Dr. Janet Woods ~ Friday, July 10, ~7 to 9 pm and Saturday, July 11 ~ 10 am to 4 pm
Crystal Feng Shui, with Dr. Charlotte Holmes ~
Advanced Healing Technique: Awakening the Perfect Healer ~ First & Third Mondays, ~ 6:15 to 8:15 pm
Immortal Diamond Book Study, with Doug Brown ~ Weekly Thursdays ~ 1:30 to 2:45 pm
Holistic Moms Network ~ Thursday, July 16 ~ 6 to 7 pm
Oneness Blessing ~ Deeksha ~ Monthly the 2nd Tuesday ~ 7 to 8 pm ~ $5 Blessing Giver/$10 Blessing Receiver
Orange County Spiritualist Gathering, with Medium Kathleen Vance ~ Second and Fourth Wednesdays ~ 7 to 8:30 pm ~ $10 suggested donation
Development 1 & 2: 1: Developing your spiritual path & 2: Intuition and advanced students in spiritual and psychic awareness, with Bob Lewis ~ Saturday, July 11 ~ 9:30 am to 12:00 pm & 12:30 to 3 pm
Gentle Restorative Yoga, with Renee Schwan ~ Weekly ~ Tuesdays & Thursdays ~ 2 to 3 pm ~ $10 per session
Live in the Flow Discussion & Meditation Group, facilitated by Rev. Craig Phillips ~ Weekly, Wednesdays ~ 7:15 to 9 pm ~ $10 donation (no one turned away)
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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HEALTH & WHOLENESS FAIR
Community Partners
On Saturday, July 25th, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, Common Ground is pleased to support the upcoming Health & Wholeness Fair at Church of the Foothills, an affirmative, progressive, gay-friendly Christian church.
The event will include community partners in the fields of local health care providers, holistic healers, non-profit resource agencies and for-profit
health care businesses.
The Chapel on Common Ground will host a variety of complimentary services such as holistic healing, Reiki, yoga, reflexology, sound healing and more.
Church of the Foothill's main sanctuary will host several events including a drumming circle and a 'Sound Bath healing'.
Throughout the campus a variety of events will take place including children's activities like arts and crafts and face painting, a bake sale, food concessions, health and blood pressure screening, health care and resource information tables, and more.
Healers and practitioners from Common Ground Spiritual Wellness Center will be providing services.
Plan to attend the fair and enjoy the afternoon. Take an opportunity to visit The Chapel on Common Ground.
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TITHING 2015
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 2015
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; Willows in the Wind, a not-for-profit organization supporting families with teens and young adults in crisis; AIDS Walk Orange County, preventing the spread of HIV and improving the lives of men, women, and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Orange County; and, Church of the Foothills, an open and affirming progressive Christian congregation.
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 open to the soul-trait of undisturbed equanimity
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Common Ground's new Chapel is now ready to host weddings and special ceremonies for up to 100 guests. 
Like the eye of a storm, the center of my being is a place of peace and quiet. I turn to this inner sanctuary any time I need to go apart from the world. In this sacred space, nothing can disturb the calm peace of my soul.
