12175 Southern Connector Blvd.
Lusby, MD 20657
will be hosting
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Come learn about inspiring work educating children in rural Senegal,
plus learn on site and in person about the Cove Point Natural Gas facility
that would export fracked gas!
8:45 Gathering and Light Refreshments Continue reading June 8 at 9 am Chesapeake Quarterly Meeting in Lusby, MD
“What is Quaker faith? It is not a tidy package of words which you can capture at any given time and then repeat weekly at a worship service. It is an experience of discovery which starts the discoverer on a journey which is life-long.”
—Elise Boulding
During the past year, we have felt guided and supported in discovery, sharing our individual journeys and discerning our path as a community. Friends sense that we are being spiritually drawn together to build an inclusive, welcoming, and safe faith community. One Friend described what has taken place in PFM this past year as a “coming together”—an intangible synergy among our many expressions of community life.
What supports the life of the Spirit in our meeting community? How is the presence of Spirit apparent?
Our spiritual community was nurtured in many ways throughout the year. Our sense of fellowship deepened through an overnight Spring Retreat in the woods at a Quaker camp. Several Friends offered workshops, but the highlight was Continue reading Spiritual State of the Meeting Report – 2013
Please join us for a Cooking Workshop
in support of The Holistic Life Foundation, a Baltimore based 501(c)3 non-profit organization committed to nurturing the wellness of children and adults in underserved (at risk) communities through the practice of yoga, mindfulness and self-care.”
-For more info on HLF watch the TED Talk “So what are we gonna to do about it?”
We’ll be delighting in Raw and Cooked vegan dishes and focusing on Eating for Healing with Anti-Inflammatory Foods. We will sample:
Raw Everything Bagels with Cashew Cream Cheese; Raw Coconut Curry Soup
Raw Cultured Vegetable Salad; Raw Jicama/Pineapple Salsa
Gluten Free Raw Spaghetti with No-mato Sauce
Shepherd’s Pie with mashed No-tatoes and Smokey Lentils
Raw Mango Chia Pudding w/ fresh berries; Raw Cherry-Almond Cobbler
Raw Chocolate Surprise
Donations to The Holistic Life Foundation will be greatly appreciated.
(suggested donation $25 or more, as you are led)
* An RSVP must be received to reserve your space at this workshop *
Questions? Please email Bethanne at [email protected]
For more information, check the blog @ www.rawbitesandvegandelights.blogspot.com
People are labelled from birth in gender categories. The vast majority of persons have no issue with this, and never give it a second thought. For a few, however, the assigned gender label simply doesn’t work – yet almost no one they interact with will tolerate such an “outrageous” notion. As a result, many transgender persons find that their lives are deeply dissonant, full of profound suffering, sometimes to the point of being unbearable.This short “workshop” will explore what makes gender identity and expression “authentic”. Continue reading 04/27/2014 at Noon: Gender Identity and Expression – What makes them authentic?
