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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 hearts and prayers are with the people of Moore and Oklahoma City in the wake of the tornado that ravaged their lives and their land this past Monday.
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May 26, 2013
Tenth 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
Reflection by the Rev. Dr. Wayne Schwandt
Gathering leaders
set-up/put-away: Sylvia Oliva greeter/usher: Tom Good and Rick Dove
reader/communion assistant: John Petrosillo
offering invitation: Kim Hinken
community hour hosts: Tim Mortimore and John Petrosillo
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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HARVEY MILK: HE LEFT US A LEGACY
Many thanks to Tony Teano for his great presentation on Harvey Milk last Sunday. Below are some photos from his talk. Milk was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the United States. He served on San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977. The following is an excerpt from his famous "Hope Speech:"
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"And the young gay people in the Altoona, Pennsylvanias and the Richmond, Minnesotas who are coming out and hear Anita Bryant on television and her story. The only thing they have to look forward to is hope. And you have to give them hope. Hope for a better world, hope for a better tomorrow, hope for a better place to come to if the pressures at home are too great. Hope that all will be all right. Without hope, not only gays, but the blacks, the seniors, the handicapped, the us'es, the us'es will give up. And if you help elect to the central committee and other offices, more gay people, that gives a green light to all who feel disenfranchised, a green light to move forward. It means hope to a nation that has given up, because if a gay person makes it, the doors are open to everyone."
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 | Political Buttons from San Francisco in the 1970s
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To listen to a portion of his very moving
"A Political Last Testament"
do a 'Google' or 'Ask' Search for:
"Gotta Give 'Em Hope:" The Legacy of Harvey Milk: NPR
and scroll down a little to find this.
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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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From ProgressiveChristianity.org
God is all without being any thing
while being the all in every thing.
God is the perhaps at the edge
of every moment of choosing.
God does nothing
but nothing does
without God.
God is the freedom to do
and the urge to act.
God does not exist
because God is existence.
God is change,
God is flow,
God is relationship:
In, with, and through.
God is love:
silently attracting,
never compelling.
God does not have power
because God is power.
God is the unforced force
coursing through all events.
God is the potential
for transformation
in all relationships.
To be God's friend
is to pay attention
to the flow in all things...
even those that seem to stay still.
It is to savor what is behind and within
all appearances, events, relations.
It is to feel the allure of what could be,
latent in the wonder of what is.
JIM BURKLO
Website: JIMBURKLO.COM Weblog: www.tcpc.blogs.com/musings
Follow me on twitter: @jtburklo
Associate Dean of Religious Life, University of Southern California
orl.usc.edu
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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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WOMEN'S SPIRITUALITY GROUP
meets regularly on 1st and 3rd Tuesdays
Our next meeting is Tuesday, June 4th 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. These are very affirming and enriching meetings. If you would like to join the group, please email Kathy Baker at k3b@comcast.net.
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$1,547.49 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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FROM THE GAIN NEWS NETWORK:
Back by Popular Demand!
Walking With Your God
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Labyrinth Workshop
At the Eastport Memorial Labyrinth
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
1101 Bay Ridge Ave.
Annapolis, MD
Saturday, June 8, 9:15 am to noon
The Rev. Dr. David G. Jones,
Veriditas Certified Labyrinth Facilitator
This is a FREE workshop, but space is limited and registration is required.
To register, email office@stlukeseastport.org or call 410-268-5419.
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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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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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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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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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