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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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Our spiritual journey is about . . .
"being continually transformed and made new. And in that transformation, finding our desire for action in this world. We may be love, peace, and joy in this world."....."let ourselves feel the desire to love and to be connected." ~ Pastor Wayne Schwandt
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May 19, 2013
Ninth Sunday on the Path of Transformation
justice...compassion...relieving suffering...return
shalom...sustainability...peacemaking
interference...healing
Sacred Gathering at 6 PM
at
Annapolis Friends Meeting
351 Dubois Road, Annapolis
"Saint Harvey" A Reflection by Tony Teano
In celebration of Harvey Milk Day on May 22nd, the May 19th Sacred Gathering Reflection will be about Saint Harvey of San Francisco. Tony Teano will share insights about Harvey Milk based on his graduate research at Johns Hopkins, which took him on a pilgrimage to San Francisco where he conducted research at the archives and interviewed people who knew Supervisor Milk. Come hear about a cultural history of hope, activism, and coming out, and see original historical artifacts and political memorabilia from San Francisco in the 1970s.
Rev. Dr. Wayne Schwandt, celebrant Gathering leaders
set-up/put-away: Dave Miller greeter/usher: Adri Eathorne and Kim Hinken
reader/communion assistant: Dave Miller
offering invitation: Sylvia Oliva
community hour hosts: Beth Lanier
Co-Creating a Progressive Christian Spirituality
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SPRING COMMUNITY MEETING JUNE 2nd
AKA Spring Congregational Meeting
Sunday, June 2 from 3 to 5 PM
at Annapolis Friends Meeting, large classroom EVERYONE is welcome to attend this conversation about the state of our community. All are welcome to speak and be heard. Only Members may vote. AGENDA includes: Election of 3 Board Members, Reports from the Officers and Team Leaders, Discussion of our Future. To download a copy of the Agenda, click here.
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ALL ARE WELCOME TO 
EVOLVE CHESAPEAKE BOOK GROUP
At new time: 10 - 11:30 am
We are reading Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, and will meet on May 18th fr0m 10 - 11:30 a.m. at the Barnes and Noble Cafe, Harbor Place. This is a lively group and there is still time to join. We will continue discussing the "Pray" section in India and move into the "Love" in Indonesia. Books are readily available if you need a copy. Contact Pastor Wayne at SchwandtW@aol.com.
Reflections by Erine Sedicum after she finished reading this book: After spending a weekend of letting myself be free. I completed the last pages of my book. I discovered that although I didn't have her money or opportunity, I found "me" all through this book. I love that she  could be so honest and that is sometimes a problem of my own (LOL). She found herself and in my insane journeys I found myself. Whether it is my "still life" (food pics), West Virginia, or other side
adventures. I found myself...I found myself in places I never ever dreamed. Places I have yet to go...Life to be continued...To be continued...
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WOMEN'S SPIRITUALITY GROUP
MAY 21
We are meeting Tuesday, May 21 at 7 pm 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 are discussed, and a different form of meditation is shared in order to learn about it and try it out.
If you would like to join the group, please email Kathy Baker at
k3b@comcast.net.
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American Cancer Society
RELAY FOR LIFE
May 17 - May 18
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Cancer Survivors
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The American Cancer Society Relay For Life movement gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease.
At the Relay for Life for Arnold/Annapolis on May 17 - May 18, teams of people will camp out at Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds and will take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Because cancer never sleeps, the overnight event, from 6 pm Friday to 6 am Saturday, lasts 24 hours.
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Luminaria
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For more information on how you can get involved, contact:
Hilary Humphrey
Relay for Life Event Chair
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May Covenant Dates
birthdays, anniversaries, covenant dates
May 4, 2013 Adri Eathorne & Him Hinken Wedding May 5, 2007 Adri Eathorne & Kim Hinken Holy Union
May 6, 1998 Linda J. Kahl Death
May 9, 1937 Robert Brian Eathorne (d. 4/6/2013)
May 11, 2003 Sean Patrick Riley Birthday May 11, 1960 Cynthia Brister (d. 12/31/2004) May 14, 2011 Rick Dove & Tom Good Wedding
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Open Arms
dinner and discussion group
May 28th
All are welcome to this dinner and discussion group, which meets the fourth Tuesday of each month. Our next meeting will be May 28 from 6:30 to 9:00 PM., and it will be in the home of one of our Companions. Contact Pastor Wayne at SchwandtW@aol.com for details. See you there for a great evening!
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$1,545.79 earned so far!
Do you use iGive.com to shop online?
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.
Other Ways to Support our Ministry:
Books for sale at our Welcome Table
Titles by Matthew Fox, John Shelby Spong, Marcus Borg, etc.
Note cards for sale with beautiful nature photography
by Rick Dove.
Also, 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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 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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ChristPath Seminar June 28-30, 2013 Pittsburg, PA, with Bruce Chilton Co-sponsored by Creation Spirituality Communities 
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creator
by Christina Borgoyn
If I could speak these humble words
inside of me, the depths I have fallen
can no longer be reached, though
my tears flow freely and my soul
is a vapid hole of mere nothingness
that we have come to the edge of,
I feel great warmth of some unknown
holy source that pries my fibrous being
from the darkest piths, weary, tattered, shorn-
though it is a myth of where this heart has gone,
uprooted from some sort of evil and brought
to daylight on the surface, I bask in the glow
of what my words used to be, creating
the images so soft with sounds that ignite
with joy, the sentences left behind know
only my mouth as their creator.
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Last Call for Dinner and a Show
June 13, 2013
 Join Evolve Chesapeake at Toby's Dinner Theatre in Columbia, MD for a performance of In the Heights, the 2008 Tony Award winning musical, set in New York City's Washington Heights neighborhood. A place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open and the breeze carries the rhythms from three generations of music. It's a community on the brink of change, full of hopes, dreams and pressures, where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you, and which ones you leave behind.
What could be better than a great dinner and show in the company of your friends? Knowing that you're helping out Evolve Chesapeake with the purchase of your ticket!
The show date is THURSDAY, JUNE 13. Tickets are $51.00. The cost of the ticket includes the show, dinner, coffee/tea, taxes and gratuity. A cash bar is available. And speaking from experience, there isn't a bad seat in the house.
Why not get a group of your friends together and join us for the show?
For details, call or email Beth Lanier and let her know you're interested. 410-610-2327 EvolveBeth@gmail.com
Checks may be made payable to Evolve Chesapeake. Send payment to Evolve Chesapeake, PO Box 6159, Annapolis, MD 21401. Online payments may be available in the near future for a small processing fee.
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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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A Meditation from Thich Nhat Hanh
As we are together, praying for peace, let us be truly with each other.
Let us pay attention to our breathing.
Let us be relaxed in our bodies and our minds.
Let us be at peace with our bodies and our minds.
Let us return to ourselves and become wholly ourselves. Let us maintain a
half smile on our faces.
Let us be aware of the source of being common to us all and to all living
things.
Evoking the presence of the Great Compassion, let us fill our hearts with
our own compassion--towards ourselves and towards all living beings.
Let us pray that all living beings realize that they are all brothers and sisters,
all nourished from the same source of life.
Let us pray that we ourselves cease to be the cause of suffering to each
other.
Let us plead with ourselves to live in a way which will not deprive other
beings of air, water, food, shelter, or the chance to live.
With humility, with awareness of the existence of life, and of the sufferings
that are going on around us, let us pray for the establishment of peace
in our hearts and on earth. Amen.
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ABOUT G.A.I.N.
GAIN (Greater Annapolis Interfaith Network)--of which Evolve Chesapeake is a member--has selected a theme on which to focus (but not exclusively) its attention during this year: Environment & Global Warming.
The purpose of GAIN is to foster community and justice in our local area through raising awareness of issues, supporting our member faith groups, and sharing our talents to achieve this goal.
You are very welcome to come to our meetings at any time. We meet at 7 PM the 3rd Thursday of every month in the Social Hall of St. John Neumann Church on Bestgate Road, Annapolis.
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Thank You from the Editor
Thank you to all who are making this newsletter a vehicle for sharing---an article you wrote, some news you feel is important for us to know, a poem you wrote or discovered, a song or piece of music that speaks to you, a book review, a photo you want to share, a link to a short video, etc. Send it to EvolveSylvia@gmail.com.
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