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  November 28, 2013   
  eNewsletter from
  EVOLVEChesapeake

 

Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community

 

We are a spiritual community that explores our faith questions and  

encourages personal growth through study, discussion, meditation and action.     

 
IN THIS ISSUE
December 1st Sacred Gathering
Christmas Eve
New Year's Eve
Book Group Meeting
December Covenant Dates
10th Principle of Creation Spirtuality
Food Pantry
"Thanksgiving 2010" by Christina
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"The House," by Erine
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December 1, 2013
First Sunday of Advent and
 World AIDS Day Commemoration
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Sacred Gathering at 6 PM
at Annapolis Friends Meeting House 
351 Dubois Road, Annapolis

 
Reflection by the Rev. Dr. Wayne Schwandt 
What's Advent Got To Do With It?
   
Anne Arundel World AIDS Day Committee will join with Evolve Chesapeake to commemorate World AIDS Day. An Altar of Remembrance and the sharing of names of those lost to AIDS will be a part of the Gathering. 
        
Gathering Leaders: 
Set-up/Put-away: Rick Dove and Tom Good
Greeter/Usher: Suzie Robertson   
Reader/Communion Assistant: Rick Stewart and Beth Lanier
Offering Invitation: Suzie Robertson
Community Hour Hosts: Beth Lanier and Suzie Robertson
       Please note no potluck supper tonight.      
 
Co-creating a Progressive Christian Spirituality 


Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 
Tuesday, December 24 at 9:30 PM

FROM GAIN:
NEW YEAR'S EVE
INTERFAITH WORSHIP CELEBRATION

GAIN (The Greater Annapolis Interfaith Network) invites all to their 5th Annual New Year's Eve Interfaith Worship Celebration on December 31, 2013, at Eastport United Methodist Church, 926 Bay Ridge Ave., Annapolis.  Musical offerings will begin at 6:30 p.m., with the service starting at 7:00 PM.  The theme is Peace and Unity.  Readings and prayers will be led by participating members of our diverse faith groups and local organizations.  After the program stay awhile to chat and enjoy refreshments.  

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BOOK GROUP MEETING

On Sunday, December 8 at 4:30 PM, the book group reading Zealot will meet at Annapolis Friends Meeting House. We are looking at Part II (pages. 73-146).
 

December Covenant Dates
     Birthdays, Anniversaries, Covenant Dates 

December 11  Matthew Briggs Birthday
December 13  Joshua Braelon Lekberg Birthday (2010)
December 13  Lauren and Tony Slead Wedding (2003)
December 17  Roshi Chatlani Birthday
December 29  In Honor of Barry H. Cornwall (2002)
December 31  Meta Ann Snyder Birthday (d.1998)
December 31  Cynthia Brister death (2004)  
 

From Creation Spirituality Communities:
10th Principle of Creation Spirituality:
The basic work of God is compassion and we, who are all original blessings and sons and daughters of the Divine, are called to compassion.

We acknowledge our shared interdependence; we rejoice at one another's joys and grieve at one another's sorrows and labor to heal the causes of those sorrows.

Compassion is the awareness of a deep bond  
between yourself and all creatures.

                                                                        ~ Eckhart Tolle in "The Power of Now"
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Remember Something for Someone who needs our Food Pantry


thanksgiving 2010 

          by Christina Borgoyn

our hands feel warm
right beside each other
as the rain drips from sky
to sill to pavement,

I am with you all
in harmony, in peace, in love.
surround ourselves with
warmth, with food, with friends

and cherish the smiles on faces
as we lift to our happy mouths
the feast that we have long waited for.
 
                                       
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Evolve Chesapeake has raised $1,602.98 so far
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The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking  
                      what you have, instead of what you don't have. 
                                                                                                                      ~ Woody Allen
 From Erine Sedicum: 

There is something about the house that draws me everything.  Location: On Route 50 going toward my Wild and Wonderful West Virginia Hideaway.  ~ Erine
 

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