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  August 8, 2014    
  eNewsletter from
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Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community

  

Christianity Beyond Convention
IN THIS ISSUE
August 10th Sacred Gathering
"Awe and Wonder" from Rick
"Rabbi Jesus" Book Group
Food Bank
CPF2014 Photos
Erine's photos and reflection
Creation Spirituality Communities
Free Screening of "Ingredients"
"To Be Hopeful" by Howard Zinn
Support our Ministries
August Covenant Dates
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August 10, 2014
  
Eighth Sunday on the  
 Path of AWE! and WONDER!
 
Sacred Gathering at 6 PM
at
 Annapolis Friends Meeting House 
351 Dubois Road, Annapolis, MD 
 
Reflection by Pastor Wayne Schwandt
 
Gathering Leaders:
Set-up/Put-away: Sylvia Oliva      
Greeter/Usher: Suzie Robertson     
Reader/Communion Assistant: Sylvia Oliva     
Offering Invitation: Beth Lanier     
Community Hour Hostess: Beth Lanier  
 
CLICK ON: The "Awe and Wonder in Our World"
to see and hear (and almost smell!) a nature video slide show by Rick Dove

 

 


Join us this Sunday, August 10th from 4:00 to 5:30 pm as the book group meets to discuss "Rabbi Jesus," Chapters 9 through 11 and probably more. Everyone welcome.
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Please support 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 needed and much appreciated.
Photos from Chesapeake Pride Festival  
August 2, 2014



From Erine
Have you ever looked out
and seen nothing
and yet everything?
I do it everyday...





Mayo Beach Photos by Erine 
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Creation Spirituality Communities is a network of communities ranging from intentional groups to alternative churches, which are grounded in the tenents of Creation Spirituality and revere the sacredness of all creation. Through study, ritual, celebration and action, these communities support justice, compassion, transformation and sustainability for the Universe and for all living beings.  It is both tradition and movement, celebrated by mystics and agents of social change from every age and culture. Join our online community, Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community, and read more about Creation Spirituality, discover inspiring opportunities, learn about CS communities in your area, or network with others to 
create a CS community. Click on: http://originalblessing.ning.com. 

FREE SUMMER FILM FESTIVAL

From GAIN (Greater Annapolis Interfaith Network)

 

Thursday, August 14 at 7 PM

 St. John Neumann Church Community Room 

620 Bestgate Road, Annapolis, MD  

 

"INGREDIENTS"

Come to see this film about how efforts are being made to shrink the gap between farm and table. Chefs, growers, restauranteurs and consumers discuss methods for bringing food production back home. "Ingredients" also covers community supported agriculture, biodynamic wine and organic gardening. It also talks about preventing outbreaks of disease.  Following the film there will be a discussion led by Chef Craig Sewell, owner and chef of Cooks Cafe and head instructor at his Chesapeake School of Cooking which holds

                                          classes at the cafe.

Dinner first for those who wish: 
The Annapolis Friends are inviting us to dinner at 5:30 PM before the film at the Friends Meeting House on Dubois Road. The dinner will be catered by the Lighthouse Shelter Catering Program. RSVP to peregoyb@yahoo.com by Aug. 3rd.  Cost is $15 for adults.

TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic.

It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also
of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives.  If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something.

If we remember those times and places--and there are so many--where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.

And if we do act, in however small a way, we don't have to wait for some grand utopian future.

The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.

                                                                                      - Howard Zinn  

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As of August 7 we have earned $1,646.98 through iGive for Evolve Chesapeake.

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.  The photo at the bottom of the newsletter is a sample of Rick's 
beautiful work. And enjoy his video clip of "The Awe and Wonder in Our World" below.  (Rick's 5 x 7 photo cards are @ $3 and his matted photographs are @ $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.   
    August Covenant Dates
     Birthdays, Anniversaries, Covenant Dates     
August   1  Louise Birch Abell Birthday (d. 2001)
August   4  Brian Patrick Riley Birthday
August   7  Christina Borgoyn Birthday
August   7  George H. Kresslein, Sr. Death (1997)
August 10  Robert T. Abell & Michael P. Dyson Holy Union (2002)
August 11  Janet Bullitt Smith Death (2002)
August 14  Ralph Ferrante Birthday (d. 2003) 
August 19  Velma Blitch Death (1999)
August 27  Louise Birch Abell Death(2001) 
August 27  Janet Bullitt Smith Birthday (d. 2002)
August 29  John A. Petrosillo Birthday
August 30  David A. Miller Birthday

Thank you to all who read this newsletter and to all who send contributions that liven it up!  Send your poems, articles, photographs, news, announcements, etc. by Thursday to: EvolveSylvia@gmail.com.  And please give us your ideas on how we can improve our newsletter. 
Photo by Rick Dove

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