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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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March 10, 2013
Fifteenth 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
Reflection by The Rev. Dr. Wayne Schwandt
Gathering Leaders
Set-up/Put-away: Rick Dove and Tom Good Greeter/Usher: Chuck Riley Reader/Communion Assistant: Dave Miller Offering Invitation: Suzie Robertson
Community Hour Hosts: Scott Bowling and Dave Miller
Co-Creating a Progressive Christian Spirituality
beyond Convention
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CoCreate: Community
Our Community Retreat: March 8-10
INSPIRE...INTEGRATE...INVIGORATE...INVOLVE!
Our annual retreat will take place this weekend in Greenwell State Park, Hollywood, Maryland. We can check-in at Knott House anytime after 2 pm on March 8. Contact Pastor Wayne at SchwandtW@aol.com to register or if you have any questions.
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Photo by Rick Dove
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The God who made us what we are knows what we desire to be and waits with infinite patience while we become what we can. We, on the other hand, know that whatever we need to become all that we can be, this same great and loving God will supply. For all of that, we are thankful. From that gratitude grow love and commitment, faith and trust, wonder and worship.
--Joan Chittister, from her book The Liturgical Year
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DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
BEGINS MARCH 10TH
TURN YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD!
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March Covenant Dates
birthdays, anniversaries, covenant dates
March 1 Tom Good birthday
March 5, 1938 Jean W. Dove birthday (d. 7/5/12)
March 12, 1932 Delores M. Van Steenburg birthday (d.1/8/01)
March 22, 2003 Jordan Michelle Riley birthday
March 24, 1960 Kim Hinken birthday
March 27, 2010 Joshua Braelon Lekberg Baptism
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INTERVIEW OF MATTHEW FOX RE: POPE BENEDICT XVI
ON DEMOCRACY NOW, FEBRUARY 28, 2013
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Fascism in the Church: Ex-Priest on "The Pope's War,"
Clergy Abuse and Quelling Liberation Theology
Introduction from Democracy Now Website:
As Pope Benedict XVI steps down today, we turn to a former Catholic priest who was silenced and expelled by the pope, then-Cardinal Ratzinger, in the 1980s. Matthew Fox chronicles his story in the book "The Pope's War: Why Ratzinger's Secret Crusade Has Imperiled the Church and How It Can Be Saved." Pope Benedict's tenure was marked by several scandals, most notably his handling of the widening sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church, including allegations that he ignored at least one case of abuse while serving as a cardinal. Documents show that in 1985 he delayed efforts to defrock a priest convicted of molesting children. "I'll take the pope at his word here when he says he's tired. I would be tired, too, if I left as much devastation in my wake as he has," Fox says. "I think that the Catholic Church as we know it, the structure of the Vatican, is passé. We're moving beyond it. And it's become a viper's nest. It's really sick, what's going on, obviously - the cover-up of the pedophile priests."
Guest: 'Matthew Fox, author of over two dozen books, most recently, The Pope's War: Why Ratzinger's Secret Crusade Has Imperiled the Church and How It Can Be Saved. He is a former Catholic priest who was first stopped from teaching liberation theology and creation spirituality by Cardinal Ratzinger, then expelled from the Dominican Order to which he had belonged for 34 years. He currently serves as an Episcopal priest.
Link to audio-visual of entire interview here:
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/2/28/fascism_in_the_church_ex_priest
Begin audio-visual at 23.00.
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URGENT PLEA FROM GAIN INFO NETWORK
"Winter Relief ended in February, but winter and cold weather continues for the homeless. Mt. Zion is graciously taking on a second week of Winter Relief, Mar. 11 - 17. They need help! There are meals to prepare; transportation to be provided; overnight staff needed; a shortage of funding. If you or your faith community can help in any way, contact Denise Johnson at ladydcj1@comcast.net.
NOTE: The Anne Arundel Winter Relief Program generally provides for homeless people during the winter months, a bed for the night, meals, access to showers and laundry, and the warmth of human care.
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Some facts about Anne Arundel County's WRP program 2010-2011:
- Started by Glen Burnie House of Hope and now 55+ churches in Anne Arundel County are participating
- Capacities range from 15 guests to 60
- Guests are screened before being admitted into this supervised program
- Host church transports guests from intake @ 5:30 pm and back @ 7 am
- Program provides cots, pillows, & blankets
- Host church provides shelter, meals, transportation, agape love, support, and access to showers and laundry
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HOMELESS RESOURCE DAY NEEDS VOLUNTEERS
This annual event will be held March 16 at Glen Burnie High School. It links Anne Arundel Co. homeless people to such resources as birth certificates, medical treatment, help with housing, food vouchers, and much more. To volunteer, visit www.aacounty.org/HomelessResource.
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Silent Anniversaries
by Erine Sedicum March 4, 2013
I can't remember when
it all changed as it has gotten mixed into my pot of experiences. I do have my silent anniversaries One being March 5th-- my Mom's second and last marriage. I give a quiet tear for the love of her special marriage to the man I'm proud to call "DAD." My next is March 3rd-- The time stamped in my head and heart like a moment that...that lives. I ask myself why-- Why the brakes failed. These times could be oppressing-- oppressing me--oppressing me I learned on these days to see the gift of life, love, and hope, looking for my inner strength Thankful for my many encounters with God. But my greatest is August 2nd-- when I walked into Evolve Chesapeake and discovered...the greatest was yet-- yet to come...yet to embrace God as God is and I am...
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Next Meeting of Women's Spirituality Group: March 19th
We meet at Kathy Baker's home in Edgewater. Our focus is on ways of connecting to the divine. Each meeting several topics about spirituality and women will be discussed, and a different form of meditation will be shared in order to learn about it and try it out. Meetings are twice a month on a Tuesday evening at 7 p.m.
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 Food Bank Collection Help those in need by bringing to our Sunday gathering, an item or two for the local food bank when 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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If you answered "no" to one or both of those questions, you are missing out on donations to help fund our ministry. Talk with Pastor Wayne if you need technical assistance understanding how to do these passive donation options for YOUR community.
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New Book: Eat Pray Love
New Place: Starbucks at Barnes & Noble Harbour Place, Annapolis
Day/Time: March 16 at 11 a.m.
All are welcome to join the Reading Group. We'll begin discussing Eat Pray Love on March 16th.
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The Summer Day
by Mary Oliver
Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean --
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down --
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
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