Originally Blessed! 

your August 21, 2015 eNewsletter from  
                    EVOLVE
          the Creation Spirituality Ministry of 
                            the United Church of Christ of Annapolis            
 Christianity Beyond Convention
IN THIS ISSUE
Sacred Gathering the 23rd of August
Chant Circle Aug. 30
God in Every Human Experience
August Covenant Dates
Diplomacy, not War
From Erine
Ways to Support our Ministry
Keep It in the Ground
Creation Spirituality
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THE PATH OF AWE & WONDER!
                                              Photo from Waftings from the Ether
Evolve's Sacred Gathering
August 23, 2015 at 6 pm 
at 
United Church of Christ of Annapolis 
8 Carvel Circle, Edgewater, MD 21037
Email Evolve at:  www.uccannapolis.org  
Phone:  443 485 5979

The Rev. Terry Fitzgerald  

Gathering Leaders: 
Suzie Robertson 
Set-Up/Put-Away:  Sylvia Oliva
Greeter:  Sylvia Oliva
Reader:  Suzie Robertson 
Bread Provider:  Erine Sedicum  
 
Continuing our progressive spiritual journey.
Bring some AWE & WONDER (besides yourself!) to our Community Table this Sunday. Tell us your Awe & Wonder Story in "Community 3."
CHANT CIRCLE   
will be Sunday, August 30 from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.  
in Caton Hall. Looking forward to seeing you there! 
The Rev. Dr. Wayne Schwandt
From our Welcome Booklet
". . . God is in every human experience.  We must simply look to find this presence in our everyday life, no matter how well or poorly things seem to be at any given moment.  By realizing God is present, we can try to make sense of how our experience is helping us to grow, to be better, to be stronger.  It helps us to understand that regardless of what we face, we are chosen to face that matter and will be loved before, during and after.  All of life comes from God."

    August Covenant Dates
     Birthdays, Anniversaries, Covenant Dates

August   1    Louise Birch Abell Birthday (d. 2001) 
August   4    Brian Patrick Riley 21st Birthday 
August   7    George H. Kresslein, Sr. Death (1997) 
August 10    Robert T. Abell and 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 
      
From the Editor
 

Please contact your Congressmen and women to urge them to support the "Iran Nuclear Deal." If the Deal does not go through, there may not be war immediately, but it is very likely to follow.  Choose peace, not war!

    

Information to call your Senators:  www.senate.gov.  

Information to call your Representatives: www.house.gov.   
 From Erine 
Erine Sedicum
The heat of the day fills the air
Yet as I sweat through I know
The victory isn't the physical one...
It is the spirit dancing in the pleasures
of climbing squirrels, jumping fish,...
and children coloring sidewalks.
Let me embrace the song
of my being, the being that knows
I am a child of our Earth
I am a child...

I talk to the squirrels as they dance
They mock me and run
I thank them for the smile
As they force me to do
spellbound and excited for the race
I will never win.
Let me embrace the song
of my being, the being that knows
I am a child of our Earth
I am a child...

The trees sing their song
Asking me to come and share
I lay against the tree
My book in my hands
My friends come and welcome the stranger
With their chorus
Let me embrace the song
of my being, the being that knows
I am a child of our Earth
I am a child... 
 
(This was in my head and written before our Sunday service.)
Photo by Rick Dove
Ways to Support our Ministry    

Check out our Welcome Table in Caton Hall. 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'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 Sacred Gathering with you.   
KEEP IT IN THE GROUND
From the Center for Biological Diversity

Ending new fossil fuel leasing on America's public lands and offshore areas would keep up to 450 billion tons of greenhouse gases from polluting our atmosphere, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis commissioned by the Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Earth.

The study, by consultants EcoShift, reveals that allowing these publicly owned fossil fuels to be developed would cripple the United States' ability to meet its obligations to avert the worst effects of the global climate crisis. Our publicly owned coal, oil and natural gas resources are controlled by the federal government, so President Barack Obama has it in his power to make sure they're never burned -- he just needs to commit to it.

Check out our Keep It in the Ground website, sign our petition to keep these fuels in the ground and share it with your networks.

From Creation Spirituality Communities   
"Honoring all of creation as Original Blessing, Creation Spirituality integrates the wisdom of Eastern and Western spirituality and global indigenous cultures, with the emerging scientific understanding of the universe, and the passion of creativity.  It is both a tradition and a movement, celebrated by mystics and agents of social change from every age and culture."

Evolve Committee Officers: 
Suzie Robertson, Chair;  Tim Mortimore, Treasurer
Dave Miller, Secretary; Sylvia Oliva, Financial Secretary  
Please 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!