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  June 19, 2014    
  eNewsletter from
  EVOLVEChesapeake

 

Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community

 

 Celebrating
Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Gay Pride and Spirituality 


IN THIS ISSUE
June 22nd Sacred Gathering
Board Announcement
Food Bank
CPF Sunset River Cruise RESCHEDULED
Body prayer and chant
Playshop with Michael Mansfield
Creation Spirituality Communities
Chesapeake Pride Festival
"Rabbi Jesus" book group
From Erine
CCAN News Re: Cove Point Facility
In Support of our Ministry
June Covenant Dates
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June 22, 2014
  
First Sunday on the Path of Awe and Wonder and Fourth Sunday of
Pridetide 
 
Sacred Gathering at 6 PM
at
 Annapolis Friends Meeting House 
351 Dubois Road, Annapolis, MD 
 
Our Fourth "Voice of Pride"
Reflection by Beth Lanier 
  
Gathering Leaders:
Set-up/Put-away: Dave Miller   
Greeter/Usher: Tom Good and Rick Dove  
Reader/Communion Assistant: Dave Miller   
Offering Invitation: Rick Dove 
Community Hour Hosts: John Petrosillo and Tim Mortimore  
 
Evolve Chesapeake Board Announcement 
At the Board of Directors Meeting of June 17, 2014, the Evolve Chesapeake Board selected Officers for this term. Besides Wayne Schwandt, Moderator, they are:
     Suzie Robertson, Vice Moderator
     Sylvia Oliva, Treasurer
     Beth Lanier, Secretary
           Dave Miller, Member-at-Large
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Food Bank
"TOOTHBRUSH SUNDAY" 

Please help the food bank if you can, by bringing along a food staple
or personal care product such as deodorant, toothpaste, laundry detergent, etc. when you come to Sacred Gathering. It is always much appreciated. This Sunday, I believe, is "Toothbrush Sunday!" But feel free to bring whatever you can. 
 
 Sunset River Cruise
OOPS! RESCHEDULED
 FOR JUNE 22, 6-8 PM 

All proceeds from ticket sales go to  
Chesapeake Pride Festival 

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. Tickets are $40 per person.  Go to www.ChesapeakePrideFestival.org for tickets or more information.

Body Prayer & Chant
Sunday, June 29 at 4:30 PM 
Looking for an opportunity to share more body
prayer and chants? Come join us before our Sacred Gathering on Sunday, June 29.  We will meet 4:30 PM at Annapolis Friends Meeting House to explore these. 
Playshop with Michael Mansfield
Saturday, June 28, 10 AM to 4 PM

Share, pray, dance, and sing.  At Our Lady of Mercy School, Kennedy Room, 9200 Kentsdale Road in Potomac, Maryland.  Bring your own lunch.  Call Patty McGrath to register at 301-299-6350.  Free, with love offering.

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.
August 2, 2014 at Mayo Beach Park, Edgewater, Maryland
 

Next meeting of the Rabbi Jesus
book group will be on July 13 at
4 PM.  We will discuss Chapters 9-11.  As always, all are welcome.

 From Erine
              
There is a road
I must travel
my feet are weary
 
my soul is tired
But I must travel
  if I'm to find my way,
  to find my
way.
CCAN (Chesapeake Climate Action Network) Actions 
to prevent the building of the proposed fracked gas export terminal in Cove Point

-- CCAN has collected more than 150,000 public comments in opposition to the proposed Cove Point fracked gas export facility. These comments were delivered to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on June 16.

-- Volunteers are needed to form a lunchtime picket line (noon to 1:30 PM) which will exist each day during the week of June 23-27 in front of FERC headquarters at 888 First St NE in Washington, DC.  

-- On July 13 from 1-4 PM at the Capitol in Washington, DC, CCAN is organizing a rally to call on President Obama and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to say "no!" to fracked gas exports at Cove Point and nationwide.  Leaders like Tim DeChristopher and Sandra Steingraber and, hopefully, thousands of other people demanding solutions to climate change will march together. It will be a critical time to act, as this summer FERC will be nearing a decision on Dominion Resources' proposed facility at Cove Point. CCAN is fighting for clean energy such as wind, solar, and energy efficient technologies that will support good jobs and a stable climate for all.  To learn more and support this cause, click on chesapeakeclimate.org.

Some Ways You might Support our Ministry

Check out the books and photo cards
on 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.  See one of Rick's photos at the bottom of the newsletter. 
                                       5x7 photo cards         @ $ 3 
   matted photographs   @ $10   

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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As of June 18 we have earned $1,641.52 through iGive for Evolve Chesapeake. 

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)

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. 
Annapolis, photographed by Rick Dove 

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