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  January 30, 2014    
  eNewsletter from
  EVOLVEChesapeake

 

  Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community

 

Our Core Values: 

We embrace all seekers of Creator.   

All are born in Original Blessing, not original sin.   

       
IN THIS ISSUE
February 2nd Sacred Gathering
February Covenant Dates
Supporting Trans Equality
"Jesus in the First and Twenty-First Centuries"
Food Bank Needs
Income Inequality & Politics
Support for our Ministry
"Integrating Spiritual Practice & Compassionate Action"
From Erine
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 February 2, 2014

  Third Sunday on the  
Path of Creativity 
 
art as meditation ... discipline ... imagination ... play 
birthing ... possibility ... aesthetic ... seed planting 
cosmogenesis ... co-creativity 
 
Sacred Gathering at 6 PM
at Annapolis Friends Meeting House 
351 Dubois Road, Annapolis, MD 
 
Reflection by  
Suzie Robertson 
         
Gathering Leaders: 
Set-up/Put-away: Rick Stewart
  Greeter/Usher: Dave Miller  
Reader/Communion Assistant: Dave Miller
Offering Invitation: Sylvia Oliva
Community Hour: Potluck--All Welcome!
 
            
    Christianity Beyond Convention!     
Humans are not trapped in time,  
squeezed into the volume of a body
and the span of a lifetime. 
We are voyagers on the infinite river of life.     
from "The Essential Ageless Body, Timeless Mind" by Deepak Chopra
February Covenant Dates
Birthdays, Anniversaries, Covenant Days 
    
February  3  Karl D. Walker Birthday (d. 2008) 
February  8  Shane Matthew Riley Birthday 
February 15  Wayne E. Schwandt Ordination (2007)
February 17  Regina Rawlings Birthday

 


Jesus in the First and

Twenty-First Centuries

A Jesus Seminar on the Road

                                  

April 4 - 5, 2014 

 

At Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church

3401 Nebraska Avenue NW Washington, DC

 

What does the rediscovery of the historical Jesus and his vision of the reign of God mean for the heirs of the Christian tradition? Does this Jesus have any relevance for people who claim no allegiance to Christianity? The presenters offer their insights and engage participants in a discussion about the relationship of Christianity to contemporary politics, economics, and global power.

 

For more information: http://www.nationalchurch.org/  

 

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Support our Food Bank
Food banks throughout the country have been hard hit for the last few years and the need has not bypassed Anne Arundel County. Please help those in need by donating pantry staples (tinned meat and fish, boxed pasta products, infant formula, etc.) as well as personal care products such as laundry detergent, toilet paper, disposable razors, bath/shower soap, deodorant, toothpaste, and feminine hygiene products. (You can't purchase non-edibles with food stamps.) Just bring a bag and place it on the floor near our Community Table.

FROM GAIN (GREATER ANNAPOLIS INTERFAITH NETWORK)

 

SYMPOSIUM ON GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY:
 A Response to the Impact of Money on Politics

Date:           February 9, 2014
Time:           3 pm 
Location:    Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis 
Donation:   $5 is suggested for this event

     Congressman John Sarbanes will make a presentation and engage in a moderated discussion with the audience on his three pronged approach to addressing income inequality.  Through the Grassroots Democracy Act (HB 258) he seeks to package reforms designed to combat the influence of concentrated money in Congress, raise civic engagement, and to amplify the voice of everyday Americans in our nation's electoral process. 
     Congressman Sarbanes has represented Maryland's Third District in the United States Congress since 2007. The Third District spans portions of Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Howard County, and Montgomery County.  In the House of Representatives, he has been appointed to the Committee on Energy and Commerce where he serves on the Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. 
     Come hear ideas and opportunities for us all to embrace the political and practical will to rewrite the course of our nation's wealth. 
 
Ways to Support our Ministry  

WE HAVE EARNED $1,624.14 THROUGH iGIVE
AS OF JANUARY 30    
                      
This is the iGive Button, a very good way to raise funds when you shop on-line. 
 Get the button and name Evolve Chesapeake as your charity.  It's always absolutely free, no strings attached! I you need a little technical help in getting iGive, contact Pastor Wayne at SchwandtW@aol.com.
   

At our Welcome Table in the Lobby there are books for sale by Matthew Fox, John Shelby Spong, Marcus Borg, and others.  You'll also find Rick Dove's large selection of beautiful nature photography:  5x7 photocards @$3 and matted photographs @$10.  Buying these will help support Evolve Chesapeake's ministry. 
 
And remember, 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. 
 From Erine              
Erine
     "Creativity is a process of thinking and doing, it is a particular way of approaching life."  - Evelyn Petersen
      I decided to show these as they each have a meaning.  The water-color one, liquid watercolor, I call an intimate moment, which was made by pressing the two sides together.  The one next to it is made by small balls or marbles in a closed cylinder with the paper inside, and once shaken you never know.  This one was water and waves.  The long one is made with bubble wrap put in paint and pressed on paper.  This one reminds me of footprints.  Each has its own meaning and they spoke for and to me.
 

You can become an individual member of Creation Spirituality Communities or sign up as a participant in the online community for free. Join our online community,
Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community and take CSC logo small
part in the discussion.  You can get more information
and/or sign up by clicking on the following link: 
http://originalblessing.ning.com.  NOTE: This website is well worth checking out, with its interesting videos of Matthew Fox and others on different facets of Creation Spirituality.  You'll also find news of upcoming conferences and much more.
Thank you to all who read this newsletter and to all who send contributions that liven it up!  Please send your poems, articles, news, photographs, announcements, etc. to EvolveSylvia@gmail.com.  And let me know how we can improve our newsletter.  

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