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  March 6, 2014    
  eNewsletter from
  EVOLVEChesapeake

 

 

  Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community

 

Our Mission Statement   

We are a spiritual community following the radical inclusiveness of Jesus. We honor the wisdom of other spiritual teachers and leaders. We explore our faith questions and encourage personal growth through study, discussion, meditation and action.

 
IN THIS ISSUE
March 9th Sacred Gathering
Daylight Saving Time
"Rabbi Jesus" Reading Group
March Covenant Dates
Food Bank
Creation Spirituality Communities
LGBT Wedding Expo
3rd Point of Progressive Christianity
GAIN Program on Climate Change
Ways to Support our Ministry
From Erine
re-Source!
"Jesus in the First and Twenty-First Centuries"
Andrew Harvey Quote
Photo by Rick Dove
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 MARCH 9, 2014

  Tenth 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 the Rev. Dr. Wayne Schwandt 

Gathering Leaders: 
Set-up/Put-away: Beth Lanier   
Greeter/Usher: Dave Miller   
Reader/Communion Assistant: Chuck Riley   
Offering Invitation: Scott Bowling   
Community Hour Hosts: Scott Bowling and Dave Miller  
            
    Christianity Beyond Convention! 
       

IT'S DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME!  

REMEMBER TO TURN YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD ON 
 SUNDAY, MARCH 9TH AND REMEMBER TO . . . .    

Join the Reading Group March 9 at 4 P.M. at Annapolis Friends Meetinghouse to discuss
Bruce Chilton's book, Rabbi Jesus
This will be our first meeting of the book group and we will discuss the first three chapters.   You may  order a copy  online at Amazon or you can send an email to SchwandtW@aol.com for a copy that was purchased for the group. Cost for a used copy is $5. We have invited members of the Annapolis Friends and the United Church of Christ of Annapolis to join us. The Reading Group will meet every 2nd Sunday from 4:00-5:30 at Annapolis Friends Meetinghouse until the end of May. 
March Covenant Dates
Birthdays, Anniversaries, Covenant Days 
 
March  1  Tom Good Birthday
March  6  Gail Curry
March  5  Jean M. Dove Birthday (d. 2012)
March 12  Delores M. Van Steenburg Birthday (d. 2001)
March 22  Jordan Michelle Riley Birthday
March 24  Kim Hinken Birthday
March 27  Joshua Braelon Lekberg Baptism (2011) 
    

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Please help the food bank if you
can. Bring along a food staple or   personal care product when you come to Sacred Gathering. 
You can become an individual member of Creation Spirituality Communities or sign up  as a participant in the online CSC logo smallcommunity for free. Join our online community, Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community and take 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.
            
 'SAME LOVE, SAME RIGHTS' LGBT WEDDING EXPO  

Sunday May 4th, 2014
(12:30-3:30pm)

Crowne Plaza Rockville
3 Research Ct.
Rockville, MD 20850

 


You & your partner are invited to the 'Same Love, Same Rights' LGBT Wedding Expo in Rockville on Sunday, May 4th! Dozens of gay-friendly exhibitors will participate, eager to help you and your fiancee plan the ceremony of your dreams!  Photographers, DJs, Officiants, Wedding Planners, Venues, Jewelers, Invitations & more...  FREE Raffle Giveaways, LGBT-Planning Tips & Trends!

FREE TO ATTEND - Couples, singles, and allies interested in marriage rights are all invited.  Please RSVP through the website! www.SameLoveSameRights.com   

 

Rainbow Wedding Network  
Po Box 2434 
Weaverville, NC 28787 
phone no. 828-645-8750  
FROM THE 8 POINTS OF  
PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIANITY:

Point 3.  By calling ourselves progressive, we mean that we are Christians who understand the sharing of bread and wine in Jesus's name to be a representation of an ancient vision of God's feast for all peoples.

 

GAIN PROGRAM (Greater Annapolis Interfaith Network)  

THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014

At St. John Neumann Church

620 N. Bestgate Road, Annapolis MD 21403

7:30 PM

 

CLIMATE APOCALYPSE: Is It Real?

 

Come to St. John Neumann Church on Thursday, March 13, 2014 to hear the truth about climate change.  If you are a believer you will learn the facts.  If you don't believe, this presentation by environmentalist St. John Martin may change your mind.  Believers and non-believers are welcome.  Come and bring your questions and doubts.  All are welcome.  Refreshments will be served.   

 

Contact liz at liz2vh@comcast.net or by phone at 410-267-9009

 

 

Future Program by GAIN: Thursday, April 10, 2014:  Public Housing 

Guest Speaker - the Director of Public Housing, Vincent Leggett

Ways to Support our Ministry  

WE HAVE EARNED $1,626.00 THROUGH iGIVE
AS OF MARCH 6TH 
                 
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. (See one of Rick's photos at the bottom of this newsletter.) 
 
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
Photo by Erine Sedicum

                                                                    
Erine Sedicum
Waiting for Spring                            
As I look out through my sunroof
And I see -
I see squirrel homes
In the heart of Glen Burnie
I can almost imagine
Spring, yes, Spring is here...
I can enjoy the dance
Of Squirrels
Those raiding, watching, and hungry
Squirrels, Squirrels, and more Squirrels.



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, click here. 

For a seminar flyer and registration form, click here. 


"An inadequate, distanced, sentimental vision of who Christ is and what Christ stood for will limit the potentially all-transforming force of the Christ in history. We cannot afford that now, when everything depends on whether sufficient numbers of people can first be awakened to their innate divine truth and then empowered to act in the world to preserve the planet. How they should act in the name of God is known most clearly by a definite vision of what Christ stood for in his life and how he acted."

                     Last Sunday's contemporary reading from Andrew Harvey, Son of Man, p. 3


Look carefully! (Pssst, to the right.)  Rick Dove says "You walk right past many things that are more interesting than what you might think are really important;
slow down and enjoy them." 
Photo by Rick Dove 
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 us know how we can improve our newsletter.    

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