an original blessing
community
October 3, 2014
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eNewsletter from
Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community
Christianity Beyond Convention
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Our Business Sponsors
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Chuck makes a
donation to Evolve
Chesapeake from every commission received through our community!
For your real estate needs in Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, or across the country contact:
iGive.com
Check out Evolve Chesapeake's online bookstore at:
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Join our Sacred Gathering on Sundays normally at 6 PM at the Annapolis Friends Meeting House, 351 Dubois Road, Annapolis, MD 21401. Click here for directions.
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Third Sunday
on the Path of Emptying
Communion Celebrant: The Rev. Dr. Wayne Schwandt
Reflection by Suzie Robertson
at
Annapolis Friends Meeting House
351 Dubois Road, Annapolis
Set-up/Put away: Dave Miller
Greeter/Usher: Chuck Riley
Reader/Communion Assistant: Kathy Baker
Offering Invitation: Rick Dove
Community Hour: Potluck Supper, All are Welcome!
We continue our progressive spiritual journey!
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WEEKLY FOOD/GOODS COLLECTION 
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, dish soap, deodorant, toothpaste, and feminine hygiene products. (You can't purchase non-edibles with food stamps.)
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October Covenant Dates
Birthdays, Anniversaries, Covenant Dates
Oct. 1 Meta Ann Snyder Death (1998)
Oct. 7 Suzanne B. Hickmon Death (2000)
Oct. 10 Suzanne B. Hickmon Birthday (d. 2000)
Oct. 10 Sylvia Oliva Birthday
Oct. 15 Velma Blitch Birthday (d. 1999)
Oct. 18 Jack Spencer Birthday
Oct. 19 Wayne E. Schwandt Birthday
Oct. 21 Chuck Riley Birthday
Oct. 23 Tim Mortimore & John Petrosillo Wedding (2010)
Oct. 23 Chuck Riley & Wayne E. Schwandt CA Wedding ('08)
Oct. 29 Dennis L. Myers Birthday (d. 2011)
Oct. 29 Patrick Edward Price Birthday (2007)
Oct. 29 Daniel Teitjen Schellhorn Birthday (d. 2008)
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 3:30 to 5:30 PM
Annapolis Friends Meeting House Worship Room
EVOLVE CHESAPEAKE'S FALL COMMUNITY MEETING
Please mark your calendars and come. Among the agenda items will be votes concerning affiliation with the United Church of Christ of Annapolis and our proposed 2015 budget. All Companions are encouraged to attend this important meeting and participate in the discussion, but only members may vote. You may download the meeting packet, which includes the Agenda, Secretary's Minutes of our Spring Community Meeting, Treasurer's Reports as of August 31, 2014, and a Proposed FY2015 Budget, by clicking here.
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People's Climate March, September 21 in New York
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This generation too has a rendezvous with destiny!
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The People's Climate March was not meant to be a single event but a continuing, growing, unstoppable movement. Many diverse organizations put together a little history and background on the march and the movement, highlighting the pervasive impacts of climate change right now and into the future. It touches all of life, beginning with the poorest and most vulnerable among us. It helps us understand that if we are bystanders then we are also perpetrators. This video comes from the Environmental Defense Fund's Climate Action Center. I recommend it to you. View it by clicking on the following: "Climate Action Now!" to reach their webpage, and scrolling down to the 3rd section or block to watch "DISRUPTION." - Sylvia Oliva
(Note: On the webpage do not click on "3. Watch Disruption, a feature film on climate change" at the top but scroll down for it.)
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From Erine
Funny how one picture can say so much... Pennington, Mississippi after "Katrina." How many times have our lives felt like this?
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Sunday, October 12 Event of Special Interest to Evolve Chesapeake
at the
United Church of Christ of Annapolis:
10:30 AM Morning Worship at UCCA
Followed by Coffee and Evolve Forum in Fellowship Hall
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GAIN PROGRAM
Greater Annapolis Interfaith Network
Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 7 PM
St. John Neumann Church, Community Room
620 Bestgate Road, Annapolis, MD 21401
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ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT AT HOPE HOUSE
"Your New Life is Dawning"
BY JAMES GOINES, DIRECTOR OF TREATMENT
The Annapolis area has experienced a big increase in Heroin overdoses and the need for treatment of people addicted to drugs or alcohol is still growing. Mr. Goines, Director of the treatment program at Hope House in Crownsville, will talk about what the treatment program there is like. He will tell us about detoxification, inpatient and outpatient treatment as well as the DWI/DUI program, family education and community involvement available there.
Join us if your are interested in learning about what can be done for someone who is addicted. You can share this information with others and maybe help someone get the help they need.
Everyone is welcome. Time for discussion will be provided. Refreshments will be served. Free. For further information or directions, contact Liz at lizvh@comcast.net or at 410-267-9009.
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St. Luke's Blue & Green Festival for the Restoration of Back Creek
Saturday, October 4, 2014 from 11 am--3 pm Rain or Shine!
St. Luke's Episcopal Church,1101 Bay Ridge Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21403
Free Admission and Fun for All
Blessing of the Animals by the Rev. Ryan Sirmons at 11:30
Hot Dogs, Big Bake Sale and Raffle Ticket Purchases Benefit
St. Luke's Restoration of Nature Stormwater Mitigation Project
Weems Creek Jammers & Contra Dancing
Live Jazz and R&B Music
Interactive Environmental Exhibits with AA County Watershed Stewards Academy and Interfaith Partners of the Chesapeake
SPCA Mobile Pet Adoption
Children's Games, Scouting Exhibit, & Labyrinth Walks
Agriberry Farm, Rain Barrel Sales, and more
Bilderback Memorial Conservation Landscape Dedication
Join the Blue & Green event on Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1468216050121935/
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Help Support Evolve Chesapeake's Ministries
 Shop or Search Online with the iGive Button. Join iGive and be a part of the first and largest online network of shoppers, online stores, and worthy causes dedicated to turning online shipping into much- needed donations. iGive is totally free. You can also raise a penny per search at iGive every time you search the web. Try iGive's search engine and you'll see that fundraising for Evolve Chesapeake can be easy and free. Click here for more information about iGive.
As of Oct. 3 Evolve Chesapeake has earned $1,653.40 through iGive!
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 his photos at bottom of this newsletter. 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 Sacred Gathering with you.
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iGive's October $1K Contest
and $5 New Member Bonuses
= BIGGER DONATIONS for EVOLVE Chesapeake
Each person who joins iGive in October for the first time will obtain a $5 donation for Evolve Chesapeake if they designate Evolve Chesapeake as their cause. No purchase necessary; they just need to try the iGive Button some time up till 1/15/15.
The person who gets the most new members to join iGive in October, designating Evolve Chesapeake as their cause and trying the Button by 1/15/15, will earn Evolve $1,000. Second and third place winners will receive $500 prizes for Evolve.
Share your special Tell A Friend link to get credit for the contest (it's the only way to get credit). Go get the special link from: http://www.iGive.com/html/tellafriend.cfm . You can also spread your iGive link via Twitter, email, blogs, bulletin boards, and handouts all work.
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TWO UPCOMING CANDIDATE'S FORUMS:
Candidate's Forum
Thursday, October 9, 7-9 pm
Calvary United Methodist Church,301 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, MD
All candidates for the following offices have been invited:
- Anne Arundel County Executive
- State Delegates and Senators for Districts 30
- Anne Arundel County Council members for Districts 1, & 6
This event is sponsored by BRIDGE, CASA de Maryland, St. Mark United Methodist Church, Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, Metropolitan United Methodist Church, John Wesley United Methodist Church, Anne Arundel County Branch NAACP, Chesapeake Interfaith Environmental Group, Anne Arundel Affordable Housing Coalition and Arundel House of HOPE. All organizations are non-profit and non-partisan. For more information or to confirm your participation, contact bridgemaryland@aol.com.
Candidate's Forum for County Executive Monday, October 13, 7-9 pm Congregation Kneseth Israel Synagogue 1125 Spa Rd, Annapolis (corner of Spa Rd. and Hilltop Lane) Moderator: Susan Kopen Katcef Presented by: League of Women Voters; Council of Jewish Women; Association of University Women
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Cove Point Alert 
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Thanks to all who are reading our newsletter and all who send contributions that liven it up! Send your poems, articles, photographs, news, announcements, etc. by Thursday night to: EvolveSylvia@gmail.com. Your ideas on how we can improve Originally Blessed!! are also always very welcome.
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Creation Spirituality Communities is a network of communities ranging from intentional groups to alternative churches, which are grounded in the tene nts of Creation Spirituality and revere the sacredness of all creation. Through study, ritual, celebration and action, these communities support justice, compassion, transforma- tion 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. To join our online community, Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community, click on: http://originalblessing.ning.com
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JOIN US IN SACRED GATHERING THIS SUNDAY
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