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Swedenborgian Church
of Puget
Sound
Creating
Heaven on earth by celebrating Divine Love
and
Wisdom through worship, the arts and service.
Meeting at Dance Works Studio. Sundays 11:00 AM
16641 Redmond Way, Redmond WA. 98052
WWW.Heavenonearth4U.org
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"And I saw a new heaven
and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed
away; and there was no more sea.
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And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out
of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle
of God is with all people, and God will dwell with them, and they shall
be God's people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God."
Revelation 21-1-3
"The
Lord leads all the people in the whole of heaven as though they were
single angel." Heaven and Hell 52 Emanuel Swedenborg
"When I despair, I
remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have
always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they
can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of
it--always." Mahatma
Ghandi
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IN
OUR PRAYERS
Ashraf Hakim has an audition with the
Seattle Symphony next week.
Etienne and Emilie Pearson
Linda Sebenius
Kathy Frank
Kevin Thompson
Debra and Tom Serano
for continued recovery
Our church to continue inspiring
people
Indicate Prayer
Request in the Subject line.
"Every
person was born to become an angel." Emanuel
Swedenborg
Making
a difference
Sunday service set-up and clean-up folks needed.
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UP for E-SCRIP
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church. And... that was only between
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Go
through the pages and enter your information
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on Group ID and enter: 1167194 for the Swedenborgian
Church of Puget Sound.
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HELP AVAILABLE -
AmazingRays - Ray Moreau
Consulting & Computer Service. A+ CompTIA
Certified 425-246-5489
Please
forward your Needs or Services to Nancy Apple with
SCPS Help/Services in the Subject line.
"We shall find peace. We shall hear angels. We
shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds." ANTON CHEKHOV
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Mucho
Guitar Sunday - June 22, 11:00 AM
This is a fun Sunday with a special guest
speaker Steve Sanchez.
Steve is the author of Spiritual
Perversion. This book documents his experience in a cult.
Steve is on the path toward ordination as a Swedenborgian
minister. He is now entering his thrid year of preparation.
It used to be a tradition in all Swedenborgian Churches that the 19th
of June was "New Church Day." Swedenborg had a vision that a
"Spiritual Second Coming of the Lord" had begun on the 19th of June
1770. He was told that from that day on, deeper levels of Divine
Love and Divine Wisdom were now available for all of humanity. A
"New Church," i.e. a new level of human conscious, was forming.
This "descending of the Holy City" is not a doom and gloom prophesy but
a belief that God is working with all people to create a heaven on
Earth.
Looks like we will have mucho plenty guitar players this Sunday.
If you don't make it to the camp fire at Tom Johnston's home on
Friday at 7:00 PM - show up for the 10 AM rehearsal on Sunday at
Dance Works. Tom's address for Friday guitar event is 12623 NE
110th in Kirkland.
Special MUSIC Bonus
THIS SUNDAY
l:00 PM - FREE Mini Concert with AMAZING Singers!
Kristin Ivarson, Delaney Berggren and Lindsey
Yonich will each be singing two songs including a favorite Beatles
tune.
Today many people have sensitivities to food. Any kind of good
food is
welcome on Sundays and will be eaten with
thankfulness. Avoiding
bringing anything with hydrogenated oil or
refined sugar is an extra blessing.
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If there is to be peace in the world,
There
must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There
must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There
must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There
must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There
must be peace in the heart.
Lao-Tse
According to Snopes, the
"An English king was once so delighted with his meal that he knighted
the meat, dubbing it 'Sir Loin.'"quote is a mis-Steak.
NEWS
Michael,
Rylie and Jenna Robbins. Rylie turned three on Sunday. We
sang her the official Swedenborgian Happy Birthday song.
Happy Birthday,
Happy Birthday we wish you dear Rylie.
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday from morning till eve.
In the New Year
progressing may the Lord send you blessing. May you increase in
wisdom...........
God's guidance
receive!
Linda
and Lisa with their Dad singing a traditional family favourite "In the
Garden" last sunday. Their father, Bob Rudy, was visiting from Alabama.
After we sung happy birthday to Rylie Blue Robbins, Mr. Rudy shared
with us how they acknowledge birthdays in his church by saying... "many happy returns on the day of thy
birth. May sunshine and gladness be given. May our dear Father prepare
thee on earth for a beautiful birthday in heaven."
Congratualtions
Jenna Blue Robbins! Jenna just graduated from North Seattle
Community College completing the program for her certiifcate as a
Regisered Nurse.
"When we acknowledge that all of life is sacred and that each act is an
act of choice and therefore sacred, then life is a sacred dance lived
consciously each moment. When we live at this level, we participate in
the creation of a better world."
-- Scout Cloud Lee
NEW
BOOK House of Wits by Paul Fisher
Fisher describes his boook as "a new
nonfiction book that reveals the fascinating complexities of one of
history's most brilliant, eccentric, and daring families.
The James family, ( NOT Jesse) one of America's most memorable
dynasties, gave the world three famous children: a novelist of genius
(Henry), an influential philosopher (William), and an invalid (Alice)
who became a feminist icon, despite her sheltered life, and struggle
with mental illness. Although much has been written on them, many
truths about the Jameses have long been camouflaged. The conflicts that
defined one of American's greatest families- homosexuality, depression,
alcoholism, female oppression-can only now be thoroughly investigated
and discussed with candor and understanding. Why would you
care?
Henry James was well known as an "unsystematic
mystical Swedenborgian.
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Humor - SUBMITTED BY MARYLOU HARRIS
Little Zachary was doing very badly in
the public school so they enrolled Zachary in the local Catholic
school. After the first day, little Zachary came home with a very
serious look on his face. And went straight to his room and started
studying.
To her shock, when Zachary
brought home his report card six weeks later, little Zachary got an "A"
in every subject. She could no longer hold her curiosity.
She went to his room and said, "Son, what was it? Was it the nuns?"
Little Zachary looked at her and shook his head, no. "Well, then," she
replied, Was it the discipline, the structure, the uniforms? "WHAT
WAS IT ALREADY?"
Little Zachary looked at her and said, "Well, on the first day of
school when I saw that guy nailed to the plus sign, I knew they weren't
fooling around!"
Remember Marta
Lydia? She has finished her first term of law School in
Guatemala. Thanks to contributions toward her schooling she was
able to buy the books needed. We are sending her about $300.00
four times per year. Its time to offer those gifts again. You can
send your cheques directly to Treasurer, Gary Kersten at 12624 NE 199th, Bothel, Wa 98033.
Just for Men:
June 24th, 5:30-7:00 PM
Meeting at Jitters Coffee House. 15010 NE 20th St,
Bellevue.
We will have a special guest:
Author- Steve Sanchez.
Friday June 27 th is Tipi Overnighter
for all men. Bring your sleeping pad, and sleeping
bag and pillow. Bring some wood if you have it. Let us know
you are coming breathoflife1@comcast.net. We'll have great
breakfast
before departing Saturday morning.
Just Do it
Be
a SETTER UPPER.
July
22.....Bettina Muench John Clowry
June 29......
Steve Mason
July 6....... NO
SERVICE
July
13.......Diana Piermattei
July 20.....??
July 27....??
Diana
Piermattei is the coordinator of Sunday set-up.
Contact Diana
diana.piermattei@comcast.net
Sandy
Howard is coordinator of the Sunday Greeters. Would you
like to be a greeter? We need four greeters each
week. It's fun and you get extra hugs. Let Sandy know what
Sunday works for you to be one of those warm friendly hugging folks at
the door.
Congratulations
to Zora Pesio on the opening of the
Woodinville
Women's Clinic Open House
Everyone is
invited to the Open House on Thursday
June 26th, 4-8 PM.
Wine food and live music.
Come with your
best wishes for Zora Pesio.
Woodinville
Women's Clinic
17401 135th Ave NE
suite 6
Woodinville,
WA 98072
Phone: 425-483-1777
Fax: 425-483-9777
CRUISING 2009
You are invited on
an NCL Alaska/Glacier Bay Cruise round trip from Seattle, June 28 -
July 6, 2009. For prices, $
payment schedule, and reservations, contact Nancy Apple . For
cruise/ship/cabin details go to http://www.ncl.com Norwegian
Pearl Direct link to Norwegian Pearl information.
EVENTS
Spiritual
Cinema/Solstice Observance
WHEN: Saturday,
Saturday, SATURDAY June 21, 7:00 PM.
Movie, 9:30 Solstice Ceremony
WHAT:
Martian Child (2007) *****
Directed by Menno
Meyjes. With John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet. A science-fiction
writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a child who
believes he is from Mars.
Solstice
Ceremony around the camp fire at 9:30 PM RSVP to frogspk@verizon.netWHERE: Home of Kathy
Frank (directions - see below).
1850 3rd St. in
Kirkland 425-827-2031.From 405 take Exit 18 towards Kirkland, and go to
the third light. That's 3rd Street (our street). Take a right and head
one mile up the hill and you're here (just before 19th Avenue, on the
right side of the street, look for the beach in the front yard with a
firepit in the middle!)
Kids welcome
Bring a
lawn chair or beach chair. Kathy will be well stocked with s'mores
fixin's
National
Barefoot Sunday
11:00
AM, June 29 in the tipi. As part of our special tipi
service come with an extra pair of shoes that you leave behind for Soles4 Souls. Even flip flops are
welcome. Over 300 million children around the world don't own a
pair of shoes. It is a sad irony that that is about the same
amount of footwear that was thrown into American land fills last
year. Soles4Souls.org takes our cast off shoes and gives them
to people who have none. Great idea and an expression of our
"doctrine of use."
The almost Rev.
Steve Sanchez is coming to Puget Sound to do a ( STEP ) Swedenborgian
Training Experience Practicum.
He will arrive on June 21 and will be here until June 29th. Steve
is a student at the Swedenborgian House of Studies. Steve is an
author and an accomplished musician. It will be a great pleasure to
have him with us.
WHERE OUR FOLKS ARE PERFORMING
The totally New CROSS CURRENTS
BAND (Hejira) is performing once on Mercer Island and 3
times on Whidbey Island this summer.
Admission is F R E E and open to the public.
Seattle's only Original World Jazz Band, CrossCurrents...
(formerly Hejira) "Keeping the World Grooves
going and the creativity flowing"
Preview our
music @ www.sonicbids.com/hejira2 http://www.sonicbids.com/hejira2
Upcoming gigs:
2.Sun
6/22 Hotwire Sunday Concert Series, 3 pm
3.Thur 6/26 Music
on the Streets Fund Raiser Kick-Off Party, 6 pm
4.Sat 6/28 Mike's
Place, Whidbey Island - Langley, WA 6 pm
5.Sun 7/13
Choochookam Music Festival - Whidbey Island, 3:15 pm
6.Fri 7/18 Music
on the Streets, Issaquah, WA 6 pm
9.Fri 8/29 Music
on the Streets, Issaquah, WA 6 pm
Ashraf Hakim
Upcoming Performances:
Jerzy's Wine
Bar, 16727 Redmond Way in Redmond this Friday night 6/20 from 8pm-11pm.
WA State Trade and
Convention Center on Thursday, 6/26 from noon - 2pm.
Ashraf is
performing with Steve Thoreson (a Pavarotti sound alike) at the
Kirkland Performing Arts Center on Friday, 6/27 at 7:00pm. Tickets $25
Order tickets on-line at www.kpcenter.org http://www.kpcenter.org or call 425.893.9900
Summer Arts Camp
at Allison
TeePee, Sammamish
Featuring the
talents of many guest artists!
Camp Dates: July 7
- 11, 2008
Times: Daily
10-3pm, Celebration picnic on Friday
Ages 7-11 (younger
with permission) 
Cost: $100
includes all snacks (not lunch) and all crafts, t-shirt
Camp numbers - 1
Director, 2 lead counselors, 1 junior counselor, 20 campers (ratio 1-5)
Email Lisagraceallison@comcast.net to hold your spot and receive
registration packet.
A
VERY SPECIAL EVENT
Vaishali
With
Very Special Musical Guest, COURTNEY JONES...
performing songs
from her new album "Awake and Dreaming."
Vaishali Presents
her New Book, Wisdom Rising
Thursday,
August 7th 6:30PM
Third Place Books
17171 Bothell Way
NE
Lake Forest, WA
www.thirdplacebooks.com
Renowned local
artist Courtney Jones
(http://www.myspace.com/courtneyjonesmusic),
followed by Vaishali (http://purplev.com) who will be speaking
about her new book and signing copies.
The team prays for you.
Need a prayer?
Contact the prayer team:
Kathy Frank
frogspk@verizon.net
Tory Henderson
ToryHenderson@msn.com,
Diana Piermattei
at Dianapiermattei@comcast.net,
Lem Putnam at
lemputnam@comcast.net,
Deborah Hansen at
debbiah51@hotmail.com,
Lisa Allison
at lisagraceallison@comcast.net
Ines Decastro at
idecastro_2000@yahoo.com,
Pete Weaver at
reikimpete@invisa.net.
Rev. Eric at
breathoflife1@comcast.net.
"When
you follow the path set out by your conscience
your
mind will come to embrace the Universe.
Live
in the certainty of God's existence to the point
that
you can feel His presence against your skin.
Live
in attendance to your conscience
as
you would your teacher, God or your parents.
Just
as water, air,& light will flow to fill even the smallest space, the movement of true love is flowing &
covering the Earth." Unknown
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"Viewed with one disposition, history
has so far been a horrible accumulation of oppression and suffering.
Viewed with another disposition, however, history has chronicled humans
discovering their own finer potentials and together mounting heroic
offensives to attain them - against monarchy, feudalism, slavery, Jim
Crow racism, apartheid, sexual subjugation, second class citizenship,
sexism, heterosexism, dictatorship, one party rule, capitalism, and
coordinatorism (calling itself socialism) - and seeking, in their
place, equity, justice, and freedom. The gains humans have made have
been steady and plentiful. Now a major leap is possible. Consistent
with past efforts, we can now attain fully liberatory goals, including,
I think, participatory economics and also alternative structures for
polity, culture, and kinship. We have only to make the effort.
-- Michael Albert"
John
O'donohue
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"I
wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be
a better world." Muhammad Ali
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Swedenborgian Church of
Puget Sound | 21313 SE 3rd St. | Sammamish | WA | 98074
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