Originally Blessed! 


    your June 12, 2015     
    eNewsletter from                                                   
     EVOLVE
 
the Creation Spirituality Ministry of the
United Church of Christ of Annapolis 
Christianity Beyond Convention 

"Christianity is not about closed minds, supernatural interventions,

a fallen creation, guilt, original sin or divine rescue.  

I believe it's about expanded life, heightened consciousness and achieving a new humanity."

John Shelby Spong  
IN THIS ISSUE
Sacred Gathering the 14th of June
A Benediction
June Dates to Note
Labyrinth Workshop
Send in your Articles
Evolve Community Table
Celebration & Prayer for Marriage Equality
Cove Point Action for Justice
Dayspring Retreat
June Covenant Dates
Michael Mansfield Here for Sacred Circle Dance & Body Prayer
Michael Mansfield in Potomac
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Evolve Sacred Gathering 
June 14, 2015 at 6 p.m.

13th Sunday on the Path of Transformation
 
and 2nd Sunday of Pridetide
 
United Church of Christ of Annapolis
8 Carvel Circle
Edgewater, Maryland 21037

Guest Minister: The Rev. Terry Fitzgerald
Gathering Leaders:
Suzie Robertson
Set-up/Put-Away: Dave Miller  
Greeter/Usher: Dave Miller
Reader/Communion Assistant: Suzie Robertson
Community Hour Hosts:  John Petrosillo and Tim Mortimore

We continue our progressive spiritual journey.

    A Benediction

     We will not live an unlived life:
     We will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. 
     We choose to risk our significance; 
     To live so that which comes to us as seed 
     Goes to the next as blossom, 
     And that which comes to us as blossom, 
     Goes on as fruit.

From Wayne's Garden
JUNE COMMUNITY DATES TO NOTE:

June 18:  "3rd Thursday" Community Meal by the "BEST" Light House Shelter Chefs. In Caton Hall from 6:30 to 7:30 pm.  Recommended donations: $10/adult, $4/sixteen and under.  RSVP office@uccannapolis.org or 410-266-8596 x 200.

June 20:  UCCA Workday from 9am till noon.  Any time you can spare to help clean, spruce and garden would be appreciated. Lunch provided!
 
June 21:  UCCA Summer Potluck Picnic. Fried chicken, vegan options and beverages will be provided.  Please bring picnic fare to share. 


Journey to the Center: A Labyrinth Workshop

Saturday, June 20, 2015 from 12:30 -3 pm

led by The Rev. Diana E. Carroll

                 St. Luke's Eastport Labyrinth  

St. Luke's Episcopal Church

1101 Bay Ridge Avenue

Annapolis, Maryland 21403 

 

This workshop will be an excellent introduction for those new to walking the labyrinth, as well as an opportunity for those with prior experience to deepen their practice. People of all religious backgrounds (and none) are invited to participate. The labyrinth is an ancient pattern for walking mediation and prayer. Many have found the journey to the center and back out again to be a source of healing and peace.  

 

The Rev. Diana E. Carroll is a priest in the Episcopal Church and the rector of St. Luke's Church. She is a graduate of Kenyon College and Yale Divinity School. Pastor Diana has over 15 years of experience walking the labyrinth and has been speaking and leading workshops on it since 2009.

 

The workshop will be preceded by an Open Labyrinth Walk at noon, which anyone is welcome to attend.

 

Free and open to the public. Advance registration requested by calling 410-268-5419 or emailing office@stlukeseastport.org.  Visit www.stlukeseastport.org   
Send your articles, poems, news, photos, announcements, petitions, pictures, cartoons, and whatever else you might like to see in our newsletter to EvolveSylvia@gmail.com by Thursday night.  Thank you!

Evolve Community Table on June 7, 2015
Photo by Rick Dove



  
The simplicity of relationships...
the apples and water as they have a relationship that is special.  The water helps a beautiful flower form and turn into an apple.  It is a very simple thing but man forgets the blessing of it all! This is LOVE and we need to see that!
Erine Sedicum
 
Photo by Erine Sedicum


Honoring the Road to Love and Justice
A Service of Celebration and Prayer for Marriage Equality         
                                                            DOMA defeated
     June 30, 2015 at 7 pm 
     Washington National Cathedral 
     3101 Wisconsin Avenue, NW 
     Washington, DC

Join together at the Cathedral for a special service celebrating the advances made in the journey to marriage equality with prayers for the next steps towards equality for all.  This service is part of the Cathedral's response to the U.S. Supreme Court marriage equality rulings.  All are welcome.  The Cathedral looks forward to lifting-up voices in song with the community and the DC Gay Men's Chorus. We invite groups from houses of worship and partner organizations to attend.  For more details go to www.cathedral.org.       

ON  THE  PATH  OF  TRANSFORMATION
Action  for Justice re: Cove Point Proposed LNG Facility 
Sponsored by Interfaith Power & Light 
       
Wednesday, June 27, 10am - 2pm at 888 First St NE, Washington, DC (Short walk from Union Station Metro):  Demonstration and vigil to bring  moral 
witness to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)!
On June 27 we'll join with people of faith who are standing in solidarity with frontline communities who have been directly
impacted by FERC-approved projects. At 10am we'll gather
at the FERC office in D.C. for an interfaith vigil with periods of
silent witness and singing. Together we'll bring moral clarity to
the danger of fossil fuels and urge FERC to transform itself so
that it can help shift our country to clean, renewable energy.   
For questions, email Karen at  karen@gwipl.org.




      seeker of truth
      follow no path
      all paths lead where
      truth is here

-     e. e. cummings




Dayspring Retreat
DAYSPRING RETREAT
WEEKEND OF JULY 31 - AUGUST 2

The Mystical Words of Jesus: Praying the Beatitudes in his Native Aramaic
Aramaic was the common language in Jesus' time. Using Prayers of the Cosmos by Neil Douglas-Klotz as a guide, we will explore the Beatitudes' layered meanings through chant, breath and gentle movement, and we will have the freedom to write our own renditions of the Beatitudes.  Led by Connie Ridgway, a modern mystic and singer.  She is a psychotherapist and cranio-sacral therapist in Washington, DC, and member of the 8th Day Faith Community. 
Dayspring is a rare and beautiful place for solitude, silence and rest. The forest and meadows, the quiet of Merton's Pond and the warmth of the Lodge of the Carpenter and the Inn create space for prayer and contempla- tion. Come, deepen your relationship with the One in whom we live and move and have our being.  You can ask Sylvia Oliva about Dayspring and contact them for more information and if you'd like to register:

Dayspring Silent Retreat Center
11301 Neelsville Church Rd.
Germantown, MD 20876-4147
301 916 1131  ~  dayspringretreat@verizon.net
  June Covenant Dates
   Birthdays, Anniversaries, Covenant Dates


   June  2  Roy D. Woods Birthday (d. 2005) 
   June  3  Tim Mortimore Birthday
   June  3  Debbie Dewald Birthday 
   June  3  Debbie Bohle & Cindy Brown Holy Union (2006)
   June  6  Scott Bowling Birthday (d. 2014)  
   June  6  Samantha Esther Riley Birthday (2000)
   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)


Sacred Circle Dance & Body Prayer Workshop

Sunday, June 28, 2015   

CCCS Sphere  

3:30 to 5:30 P.M. in Caton Hall

EVOLVE @ United Church of Christ of Annapolis

8 Carvel Circle, Edgewater, MD 21037 

 

Michael Mansfield, a gifted professional in theater and dance, will lead a workshop to introduce us to body prayer, sacred circle dance, and chant. This workshop (or 'playshop') is an excellent opportunity for both beginners and the more experienced to better understand and "move" into this enriching and wholesome spiritual practice. A master teacher, Michael will guide us step by step as well as provide us with his beautiful accompaniment on guitar.  Refreshments provided.  Suggested donation $10; any love offering would be welcome.

 

 

   Michael holds a BA in Philosophy, English  

   and Theater, Master of Divinity in Ritual

   and the Arts, MFA in Acting, and Doctor

   of Ministry in Social Justice and the Arts.

 

   All are welcome!  Address RSVP and any

   questions to Sylvia: saoliva44@comcast.net    or 410-224-6708.

 

"Circle of Life"

Share    Dance    Celebrate

led by Michael Mansfield

June 27, 2015 - 10 am to 4 pm 

 

Our Lady of Mercy School

Kennedy Room, 9200 Kentsdale Road, Potomac, MD

    Bring your own lunch   ~    Free - Love Offering

 Call Patty McGrath to register: 301-299-6350

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