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Join our sacred gathering on Sundays normally at 6 PM at the Annapolis Friends Meeting at 351 Dubois Road, Annapolis, Maryland 21401.
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February 10, 2013
Eleventh Sunday of
Via Creativa
seed planting...birthing...cosmogenesis...co-creativity... play...asthetic...possibility...art as meditation...imagination...discipline...
Sacred Gathering at 6 PM
at
Annapolis Friends Meeting
351 Dubois Road, Annapolis
A Community Reflection on Love
led by Dave Miller
Gathering Leaders:
Set-up/Put-away: Sylvia Oliva
Greeter/Usher: Adri Eathorne and Kim Hinken
Reader/Communion Assistant: Kathy Baker
Offering Invitation: Beth Lanier
Community Hour Host: John Petrosillo and Tim Mortimore
Co-Creating a Progressive Christian Spirituality
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Survey Re: Originally Blessed!! This eNewsletter is being re-evaluated to see if it is meeting its readers' needs and wants. Please give us your honest feedback so that we can improve it. Click here to access and use the questionnaire. Then email it back to us at EvolveSylvia@gmail.com, or send it to Evolve Chesapeake, P.O. Box 6159, Annapolis, MD 21401. Thank you very much! --the Editor - What do you like about the newsletter?
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February Covenant Dates
birthdays, anniversaries, covenant dates
February 3, 1964 Karl D. Walker birthday (d. 9/4/2008)
February 5, 2005 Shane Matthew Riley birthday
February 15, 1997 Wayne Schwandt Ordination
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Our art must be the foundation of the coming culture.
--by Kenji Miyazawa
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Women's Spirituality Group
to meet February 19
Our women's spirituality group has begun and is meeting at the home of Kathy Baker in Edgewater. Our focus will be on ways of connecting to the divine. Each week several topics about spirituality and women will be discussed, and each week a different form of meditation will be shared in order to learn about them and to try them out. The group meets twice a month on a Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. The next meeting will be February 19th. The Women's Spirituality Group will likely continue to meet for several months.
Here is what Kim said about their first meeting: "I felt very comfortable and safe at the group. I left that night feeling extremely relaxed and peaceful. The experience was both refreshing and enlightening. I'm looking forward to our next gathering on Feb 19th."
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Community Retreat: March 8-10
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Please note that the correct name of the park in which our retreat will be held is GREENWELL STATE PARK. We regret that it was misnamed in the past two issues of Originally Blessed!! -the editor
Our INvent-Co-Create Season has set the tone for our weekend retreat in beautiful Greenwell State Park. We will come together from Friday, March 8 to Sunday, March 10 early afternoon to explore and share about our spiritual paths, the efforts that enrich us, and those practices that diminish our awareness of our own holiness. It's going to be a great opportunity to help us continue evolving together towards the deep dreams and big hopes we have for our future, and we will have fun together. We hope that all who can will come. Cost of the weekend for lodging, food and materials is $125 per person and can be paid in installments so long as the balance is paid before retreat weekend. The facility will be available after 2 PM on that Friday.
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NEW BOOK & NEW PLACE Reading Group to begin
Eat, Pray, Love on March 16th
The next meeting of the Reading Group will be at 11 a.m. on March 16th. We've decided to meet at a new place, the Starbucks in Barnes & Nobel at Harbour Place, Annapolis.
Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert, is our new book.
We hope more Companions will join us. Let us know if you are interested. Remember, besides being an interesting learning experience, our book group is also a great opportunity just to be together! Contact Pastor Wayne at SchwandtW@aol.com. So, get your book and come join us!
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OPEN ARMS WILL WELCOME YOU
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26
Open Arms 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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Community Dialogue on Death PenaltyTuesday, February 19, 2013
7-9 pm (doors open 6:45 pm)
at
Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis
333 Dubois Road, Annapolis, MD 21401
All are welcome:
Supporters of the death penalty, supporters of repeal, and those undecided are all invited to participate in a "respectful conversation" about the proposed legislation to repeal Maryland's death penalty law.
Speakers from each side will briefly state their case for either repeal or to keep the death penalty. The remainder of the evening will consist of participants sharing their thoughts and concerns in small-group facilitated discussions.
Goal:
Opportunity for citizens with differing viewpoints to share ideas, listen and learn from each other, and to come away with a greater understanding of another perspective.
Sponsors: Greater Annapolis Interfaith Network (GAIN),
Annapolis Peace and Justice Center, and Community Forum of Annapolis
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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 and effective 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 2-7-2013 Evolve Chesapeake has earned $1,520.27 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.
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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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New Year Resolve
The time has come
To stop allowing the clutter
To clutter my mind
Like dirty snow,
Shove it off and find
Clear time, clear water.
Time for a change,
Let silence in like a cat
Who has sat at my door
Neither wild nor strange
Hoping for food from my store
And shivering on the mat.
Let silence in.
She will rarely speak or mew,
She will sleep on my bed
And all I have ever been
Either false or true
Will live again in my head.
For it is now or not
As old age silts the stream,
To shove away the clutter,
To untie every knot,
To take the time to dream,
To come back to still water.
by May Sarton, from Collected Poems 1930-1993.
Copyright W.W. Norton & Co., 1993
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