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January 13, 2013
Seventh Sunday of Via Creativa
co-creativity...seed planting...birthing....cosmogenesis...
art as meditation...imagination...discipline...possibility...play...asthetic...
Sacred Gathering at 6 PM
at
Annapolis Friends Meeting
351 Dubois Road, Annapolis
Reflection by The Rev. Dr. Wayne Schwandt Gathering Leaders:
Set-up/Put-away: Beth Lanier
Greeter/Usher: Rick Dove & Tom Good
Reader/Communion Assistant: Rick Stewart & Beth Lanier
Offering Invitation: Dave Miller
Community Hour Host: Scott Bowling & Dave Miller Everyone welcome!
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ANNOUNCEMENT
This Sunday (January 13) there will be an important community forum following our sacred gathering. It will concern: (a) the status of the IRS application and (b) our retreat.
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From: Wayne Schwandt schwandtw@aol.com
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013
Subject: Death of Cy Hosley
Companions,
I am sad to share with you that our Companion Cy died yesterday, January 8, 2013, morning. He was a presence of laughter in our community as he shared his jokes and stories. We have missed him in our Sacred Gatherings over the past few months as he was unable to manage the travel from Manresa to the Annapolis Friends Meetinghouse.
The family will receive friends during Visitation at the Rausch Funeral Home, 8325 Mount Harmony Lane, Owings, Maryland 20736, on Friday, January 11, from 2 to 4 PM and from 6 to 8 PM. The funeral will be held at the Funeral Home at 11 AM on Saturday, January 12. I am officiating at the Funeral on Saturday.
An obituary and directions to the Funeral Home can be read at the Rausch Funeral Home website by clicking here:
http://www.rauschfuneralhomes.com/service-detail-page/?ServiceToolId=376.
As is our community's tradition, we will add a panel to the Covenant Candle/Window to honor Cy's life and participation in our community. Memorial contributions may be made in his honor either by designating the General Fund or Building Fund. The family has also designated The National Parkinson Foundation as a recipient of memorial gifts (information on that is on the funeral home webpage above).
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Celebrate Your Life Today!
Peace, Pastor Wayne Schwandt
Evolve Chesapeake
Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community
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Evolve Chesapeake Mission Statement
Evolve Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community is a loving spiritual community which follows the radical inclusiveness exemplified by Jesus and honors the wisdom of other spiritual teachers. We explore our faith questions together, while continuing our faith journey in a place where spiritual freedom, pride and diversity enable us to support one another. We seek social justice and encourage personal growth through study, discussion, meditation, and action. We embrace all seekers of Creator and affirm that all Creation is born in Original Blessing.
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Be Our Guest ~
Never attended Evolve Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community? Join us at sacred gathering and check out our community without OPAS (Offering Plate Anxiety Syndrome). Print this coupon, bring it in, put it in the offering basket and be our guest. One guest each evening receives our welcome bread--a homemade loaf usually with cinnamon, vanilla and raisins.
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Reading Group
The next meeting of our Reading Group will be 11 a.m. on Saturday, February 2nd at PANERA in FESTIVAL AT RIVA. We are reading the last two Parts of Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non- Religious World by John Shelby Spong. With this we will have finished the book and will look for a new one. So far, three titles have been proposed: Help, Thanks, Wow by Ann Lamont, The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels, and Original Blessing by Matthew Fox.
We hope more Companions will join us in our meetings and we invite you to help us choose our next book. Are there other titles of interest to you? Let us know. Remember, besides being an interesting learning experience, our book group is also a great opportunity to just be together! Contact Pastor Wayne at SchwandtW@aol.com.
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An Invitation from Kathy.....
I would like to offer to convene a women's spirituality group if there is enough interest. If you would like to get together twice a month on a Wednesday evening, please e-mail me with your ideas for topics (other evenings possible but first meeting will be on a Wednesday).
This group would likely meet for several months and start out in Edgewater.
Please send notice of your interest to Kathy Baker at k3b@comcast.net.
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LIKE ANY OF THESE? YOU'LL LIKE EVOLVE CHESAPEAKE!
Elizabeth Schusler Fiorenza Meister Eckhart Gandhi
Rumi
Jesus of Nazareth Francis of Assisi
Hafiz Matthew Fox
Starhawk Rilke Marcus Borg John Shelby Spong Thomas Merton Adrienne Rich Martin Luther King Andrew Cohen Dalai Lama Thomas Berry
John Dominic Crossan Teilhard de Chardin Diana Butler Bass John O'Donohue
Otto Rank Andrew Harvey Parker Palmer
Tich Nhat Hanh
Otto Rank
Hildegard of Bingen Howard Thurman
Julian of Norwich May Sarton
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OPEN ARMS WILL WELCOME YOU
JANUARY 22, 2013
This is a discussion group that meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 6:30 PM, usually at the home of various Companions. We share a meal, often provided by the host, or a carry-out. Discussion, fun, and getting to know each other better have always been a part of these groups. Contact Pastor Wayne at SchwandtW@aol.com for details. ALL are welcome! |
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January Covenant Dates
birthdays, anniversaries, covenant dates
January 6, 1944 Marvin Roger Woods Birthday (d. 9/11/01)
January 7 Cindy Kuzma Birthday
January 8, 2001 Delores Van Steenberg death
January 8, 2013 Cy Hosley death * January 9, 1926 Lee R. Warren Birthday (d. 1/12/06) January 14 Cynthia Greene January 17, 1945 Linda J. Kahl Birthday (d. 5/6/1998) January 18, 2000 Jacob Taylor Abell Birthday January 26 Suzie Robertson Birthday
January 28 Rick Dove Birthday January 28 Richard Cashen * We learned that our dear elder companion, Cy Hosley, died on the morning of January 8th. Our hearts are with him and with all his family.
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Weekly Food & Goods Collection for Pantry
Help those in need by bringing to our Sunday gathering, an item or two for the local food bank whenever you can. Most welcome are pantry staples (tinned meat and fish, boxed pasta products, infant formula, etc.) and personal care products such as laundry detergent, toilet paper, disposable razors, bath/shower soap, deodorant, dish soap, toothpaste, and feminine hygiene products. Collection is ongoing every Sunday.
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Have you tried this easy way to raise funds for
Evolve Chesapeake's Ministry
at no cost to you through iSearch and iGive?
Every time you search the web, you could be raising a penny for Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community. iSearchiGive.com is a search engine powered by Yahoo! and is 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! After you click on the above 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!
When you shop online, always go through www.iGive.com! Register Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community as your charity and shop away! As of 1-10-2013 Evolve Chesapeake has earned $1,509.04 from shopping through iGive.com and using iSearch.com. Thank you!
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Other Ways to Support our Ministry:
Books for Sale at our Welcome Table
Titles by Matthew Fox, John Shelby Spong,
Marcus Borg, and more.
We also have Note Cards for Sale
Beautiful nature photography by Rick Dove.
See sample below. There are many others to choose from.
Your used cell phones and empty ink jet and toner
cartridges can also help fund our ministry.
These items fit nicely in the offering basket along with remembrance of time and talent you have offered to our ministries and your financial gifts. Bring them to Gathering with you.
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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 Community, and participate in the discussion. For more information and to sign up, go to www.CreationSpirituality.info. Join the online group, Chesapeake Creation Spirituality.
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The creative energy of the universe has been unfolding for 14 billion years. Each atom in our bodies, in our food, in the earth beneath our feet was forged in the furnace of a star and traveled untold miles and years to become life here today. We do not stand on top of this planet. Rather we grow out of it like the grass. Together we will explore the transcendent mystery of creation that pulses beneath the visible world through silent ritual, meditation and relationship.
Leader: Ian White Maher is the founding pastor of Original Blessing, a Unitarian Universalist community based in Brooklyn, NY. He is an artist and experienced retreat leader committed to creation spirituality. Original Blessing is a spiritually ambitious movement seeking God through creative worship, social justice and compassionate community.
General Information: This is a silent weekend retreat that runs Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. The silence begins Friday night after dinner when the leader opens the retreat and introduces the theme. The leader usually offers brief meditations and morning and evening prayers on Saturday. The silence ends late-morning Sunday with a time of sharing and worship, followed by lunch, the departure meal.
The cost for the retreat is $200. To reserve a space, please send a $75 deposit with an application you can print from the application page on the website, www.dayspringretreat.org.
Dinner on Friday at is at 7 pm and is the first official gathering. You are welcome to arrive and settle in any time after 4 pm on Friday; we recommend you arrive no later than 6:30. The retreat will end by 2 pm on Sunday.
For more information about the retreat center, click here to access their website: www.dayspringretreat.org. Dayspring is a beautiful, pristine wilderness.
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GAIN(Greater Annapolis Interfaith Network)
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