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  May 29, 2014    
  eNewsletter from
  EVOLVEChesapeake

 

Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community

on the Path of Transformation 

 
IN THIS ISSUE
June 1st Sacred Gathering
Registration for Creation Spirituality Gathering in Pittsburgh
Help Needed for Food Bank
"Rabbi Jesus"
Some Ways to Support our Ministry
"Mona Lisa is Missing"
Creation Spirituality Communities
CPF Sunset River Cruise
From Erine
June Covenant Dates
Have you tried iGive?
Baby Robin
Find Us on Facebook
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"We are all healers of the world..... It's not about healing the world by making a huge difference. 
It's about healing the world that touches you, that's around you."                            - Rachel Naomi Remen
 

June 1, 2014
   Eleventh Sunday on the Path of Transformation
justice * shalom * return * sustainability * healing
 relieving suffering * compassion * Interference
peacemaking

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: Suzie Robertson
Reader/Communion Assistant: Kathy Baker 
Offering Invitation: Scott Bowling 
Community Hour: Potluck, All are Welcome!

REGISTER NOW FOR A CREATION SPIRITUALITY 

GATHERING  IN PITTSBURGH THIS JUNE

Renew your friendships! Refresh your vision! re-Source! your CS Community! Gift your wisdom and skills to the Creation Spirituality movement! On June 20-22, 2014, the Creation Spirituality community will gather at First United Methodist Church of Pittsburgh for a time of spiritual renewal for ourselves and our communities. We will deepen our spiritual practices, body prayers, meditative art forms, ritual leader-
ship, and spiritual wisdom to connect more deeply to Source and to enliven our compassionate action in the world.  Visit the re-Source! website for information and to register.  
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Please help the food bank if you can, by bringing along a food staple or personal care product such as soap, toothpaste, laundry detergent, etc. when you come to Sacred Gathering. It is always much appreciated.

 

Rabbi Jesus Book Group Meeting June 8th
                   
We will meet June 8th, 4:00-5:30 pm at Annapolis Friends Meeting House to discuss Rabbi Jesus, An Intimate Biography by Bruce Chilton.  Contact Pastor Wayne at SchwandtW@aol.com if you would like to have a book and/or join us.
   Some Ways You might Support our Ministry     
Check out our Welcome Table in the lobby. There are books for sale by Bruce Chilton, Matthew Fox, John Shelby Spong, Marcus Borg, and others.  You'll also find Rick Dove's large selection of 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.  
"MONA LISA IS MISSING"
View documentary film at St. John's College this Sunday, June 8th 

Did you know that in 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen from the
Louvre?  At 3:00 PM on Sunday,
June 8, at St. John's College's 
Francis Scott Key auditorium, you can learn all  about the theft and
the man behind it in a screening of the documentary film "Mona Lisa is
Missing".  Presented by the Caritas Society in cooperation with the Mitchell Gallery, a Q&A with the filmmakers will follow the screening, as well as a reception.  Tickets are $15 and include beer and wine at the reception.  Proceeds go towards helping pay the bills of St. John's students in extreme financial need, allowing them to remain in school. Purchase tickets at http://www.sjc.edu/events-and-programs/annapolis/caritas-society/ or at the door, or send checks payable to the Caritas Society to: 60 College Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21401.
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.
Sunset River Cruise  

June 21st, 6:00-8:00pm 

All proceeds go to Chesapeake Pride Festival, Inc.   

Join us again this year for another relaxing cruise on the Richard Lee. This lovely restored boat will cruise us along the West River out to the Chesapeake Bay. The sunset view is breathtaking. Heavy hors d'oeuvres and soft drinks. Cash bar.                                                             
Click here for more information and to buy tickets. 

 From Erine
Sometimes where we go isn't decided by us.  Sometimes it's like this form of art. My pen never left the paper it traveled throughout...it is one time!  In the end, I added detail...People and life around us are details.  I am enjoying the details in my life.  We are living art, we are living art...

Created by Erine
June Covenant Dates
Birthdays, Anniversaries, Covenant Dates  

June  2   Roy D. Woods Birthday (d. 2005)
June  3   Scott Bowling Birthday
June  3   Tim Mortimore Birthday
June  3   Debbie Dewald Birthday
June  3   Debbie Bohle & Cindy Brown Holy Union (2006)
June  6   Samantha Esther Riley Birthday
June  7   Adri Eathorne Birthday
June  9   Terry Shanahan Birthday
June 20  Oscar Kidd Birthday
June 21  Glen O. Van Steenburg Birthday (d. 1999)
June 28  Ben Dickerson & Eric Lekberg Holy Union (2003)
June 28  Yolanda Kresslein Death (1999)

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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 we would love to know how we can improve our newsletter. 

Orphaned Baby Robin in Rick & Tom's Loving Care

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