“Creating Community Wherever You Are” w/ Interfaith Calendar -Festive Spiritual Resource Immersion, 28 august 2014, blessallgwyn@gmail “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate for the stormy present.” Abraham Lincoln love~commitment~freedom~responsibility There is in us an instinct for newness, for renewal, for a liberation of creative power. We seek to awaken in ourselves a force which really changes our lives from within. And yet the same instinct tells us that this change is a recovery of that which is deepest, most original, most personal in ourselves. - Thomas Merton, Choosing to Love the World interfaithcalendar.org , multifaithcalendar.org, ayearofbeinghere daily poetry and wheeloftheyear Symbols: bing/images/search?q=Interfaith+symbols+of+Love dailyatheistquote/ goodreads/quotes/tag/agnosticism kidworldcitizen.org/diversity-calendar/ sacredspace.ie Awareness of the Presence - If someone asked you to give them another word for God, you could use the word Presence … from Finding God in All Things by Brian Grogan SJ Old Farmers’ Almanac Calendar: almanac/calendar/date/2014-08-28 28 august = syrylynrainbowdragon.tripod/august.html Nephthys- Birth Egyptian goddess of death Sun and Moon Norse Harvest festival Opening of the Second World Parliament of Religions (1993), attended by members of all the worlds religions. A Global Ethic was adopted that condemns hatred, aggression, oppression, and environmental abuses committed in the name of religion. Multifaith calendar: *Chatumas thru Oct, Jain devotees observe vows: penance, fasting, celebrations. *Vassa Rains Retreat – Buddhist Monks and Nuns, 3 month rainy season retreat Excerpted from A Multifaith Calendar Reflecting Eco-Egalitarian Spirituality © 2013 Marija Miovski wheeloftheyear/ees.htm * 8/28: Day of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s peaceful march on Washington, D.C., for recognition of the rights of African Americans (1963). * 8/28: Opening of the Second World Parliament of Religions (1993), attended by members of all the world’s religions. A Global Ethic was adopted that condemns hatred, aggression, oppression, and environmental abuses committed in the name of religion. Lucy Depp Labor Day Community Picnic @ Stetlers, 6381 Harriott Road, Powell 43065 – 1 Sept 4 pm, all welcome. Contact dearingtheresa@yahoo or zelda mcdaniel, 889.1388 with questions, Please bring a potluck dish to share, anything you want to grill- a chair or blanket. Save a Child, Sun Oct 5th, 3:30 PM, the Lincoln Theater Welcome and meet Never. Be our guests and listen to his story. Never is taking his first journey outside of Ghana solely to come to Columbus. Trafficked as a ten-year-old into the remote Lake Volta region of Ghana to be a fishing slave, Never became an eager, appreciative and successful student after his rescue by the International Organization of Migration. Bring your children and grandchildren to this educational, heartwarming event. Rosanne & Mark Rosen, GlobalGrandparenting, the International Organization for Migration & the US Association for International Migration Other Events: *Children Saving Children Walkathon – Sept 14, Columbus International HS 1:30PM *Benefit Concert Given by Urban Strings Youth Orchestra, Sept 7, 7:00 PM Meese Hall, Capital University ~~~~ Corpus Christi Center of Peace cccenterofpeace.org 614-512-3731: If you’d like to contribute some time as a volunteer at CCCoP, we could use the help! Each of the events we offer requires people to greet our guests at the door, and clean up afterward..614-512-3731.Our regular Centering Prayer Group will be meeting, as always, on the first Saturday of the month – Sept. 6, 10:30-noon. Our regular Women to Women Listening Circle will be meeting on the second Thurs of the month – Sept. 11, 11:30 lunch; Listening Circle begins at noon- 1:30. Journaling the Journey: a day of writing into prayer with Mary Van Balen Saturday, Sept. 13, 9am-4:30pm. Mary is an author and a regular columnist for the Catholic Times. Healing Through Needlecraft: A Day of Reflection for Knitters and Crocheters Saturday, Sept. 27, 9am-4pm. Bring your latest project 8-week Bereavement Group on Thursdays starting on Oct 16, 6:30-8pm. This group is for anyone who has lost a loved one. It will meet every Thurs. evening (except Thanksgiving) until Dec. 11. Sr. Rosemary Loomis, OP will be facilitating this group. She’s been a bereavement minister with Egan-Ryan for 14 years. This project is funded through a grant from the Dominican Sisters of Peace. There is no charge to participants. Spirituality Network e-update, excerpts: A Spirituality of Aging: Women Living the Mature Stage of LifeA First Annual RetreatThursday and Friday, September 4 and 5, 2014, 10 am-5:00pmGilgal Farm, Lancaster, OH, bordering the Hocking Hills of Ohio Facilitators: Chris Harnden, Dottie Kluesener, and Bobbi Gill with Beckie Boger. Cost for the two day retreat is $250.00 per person (includes a light continental breakfast, snacks and lunch each day as well as all materials.) Registration materials will contain info about hotels, B and B’s cabin rentals (on your own) For full details and registration material contact: Dottie Kluesener, Sugarlumpfarm or Sugarlumpfarm@hotmail; 740-975-7379. ****************** All Roads Lead Home! Women’s Retreat Facilitated by Kirsta McElfresh and Mary Anne Evans (Wellstreams ’09) October 3, 7:00 pm - October 5, 12:00 pm Grailville, OH When Dorothy was told to follow the yellow brick road to Oz, she didnt figure on coming to a crossroad. Would she have reached Oz no matter which choice she’d made? This retreat explores the idea that “All Roads Lead Home”. We’ll use metaphors to flesh out our personal “yellow brick roads” borrowing not only from the well-known movie, The Wizard of Oz, but the metaphors found in common biblical parables and even our own dreams. Come prepared to “walk your own path” through group conversation, journaling, art, writing and more. $100 due by September 1. Balance of $50 - $125 due the day of the retreat, amount to be determined by the number of participants. Space is limited to 11 women. This retreat will cover lodging and four meals. Checks made payable to Mary Anne Evans, 3780 Cassandra Dr., Tipp City, OH 45371. Include name, address, and phone number so that you can receive retreat details. For questions, email Mary Anne Evans at auntmae1122@juno. ****************** Thousands of Ways to Kneel and Kiss the Ground: New Pathways of the Heart for Our Journey Home A Weekend with Saadi Neil Douglas-Klotz October 24-26, 2014 At The Martin de Porres Center $195.00 During this workshop, Neil Douglas-Klotz will present from his recent research, including further work with the theme of the Aramaic Jesus and the Sufis. The retreat will include a new cycle of zikr, spiritual body prayer and body awareness, silent meditation, walking meditation, Dances of Universal Peace and Sufi teaching stories. The main intention is to help participants bring more heart-centered balance, rhythm and peace into everyday life. No prior experience is necessary, only a desire to experience what is offered with open heart. For full details and registration visit: shalemcenter.org/uploads/1000_Ways_Flyer_2014_Jul21.pdf?utm_source=Copy+of+1000+Ways+Retreat&utm_campaign=2014+October+retreat+Date+Correction The Spirituality Network, Inc. Assisting those who thirst for spiritual growth.614-228-8867 spiritualitynetwork.org ~~ Barnett Symposium 2014 Lawrence & Isabel Barnett Symposium on the Arts & Public Policy: Facets of Arts Entrepreneurship: barnettcenter.osu.edu/programs/symposium goodreads/book/show/104573.Beyond_Fear pluralism.org/casestudy pluralism.org/interfaith/ A Short Guide to Religious Diversity and Interfaith Engagement Using the Resources of the Pluralism Project at Harvard University: pluralism.org/files/spotlight/2014/WIHW_Guide_OCG.pdf Ohio Interfaith Power and Light Calendar ohipl.org/about-us/event-calendar/ Oct 12 & 13- Dr. Katharine Hayhoe (October 12, 7:00pm), leading climate scientist and named to TIMEs top 100 influential people in the world.Father-Son Dialogue (October 13, 9:00am) with Dr. David Orr, well-known environmentalist, climate science speaker, and author, and The Rev. Daniel Orr, Rector at St. Pauls Episcopal Church in Fremont, Ohio. The Dances of Universal Peace are simple, meditative, and joyous circle dances that celebrate the variety of spiritual paths on Earth. 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm. Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, 43214. (Just east of High St. in Clintonville, one block north of North Broadway). Columbus Dances of Universal Peace: contact Thallia at centralohiosufi@yahoo or 614-486-9530 (at least two days before the next event). columbusworldaffairs.org/events/ irshadmanji/learn-moral-courage spiritualitynetwork.org/events.html speakingpeace.org/calendar/ Equality - You can contact public officials: Now, more than ever, our messages of welcome for all people, respect and inclusion, diversity and community, interfaith dialogue, and equality are being called forth. Use our Tell-a-Friend tool and ask your friends and family to send this message to their members of Congress too: org.salsalabs/o/1272/p/salsa/web/tellafriend/public/?tell_a_friend_KEY=8218 If we raise up our voices together, change will come! festive, meaningful day. Enjoy all you have calendared. ~ gwyn, lnkd.in/dDBdgBz bing/images/search?q=gwyn+stetler hipstermonk/the-golden-rule-a-list-of-two-dozen-versions/ Images of Divine Feminine: bing/images/search?q=images+of+Divine+Feminine&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=images+of+divine+feminine&sc=0-17&sp=-1&sk Dedicated to Genuine Seekers of “Deep Love. Deep Healing. Deep Peace” peacealliance.org/internationally-focused-peacebuilding-agencies-in-federal-government/ tiedyeteeshirts/hoodies.htm peacealliance.org/magnet-images/ great ideas welcome Building a Rainbow Together: mostlyposters/images/posters/fullsize/23550c.jpg ~30~ We are participants in a vast community of being, and if we open ourselves to its guidance, we can learn anew how to live in this great and gracious community of truth. - Parker Palmer, Let Your Life Speak
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