East Coast Children's Camp
2013-08-01 13:00 - 2013-08-17 12:00 (America/New_York)
The tradition continues! Join in the fun as the camp celebrates its 40th anniversary this summer!
The Camp Directors are Rev. Carol Kelly #845-803-2071 and Rev. Marcus Knausenberger #610-710-9294.
For full camp details and to register, visit the camp website.

Midwest Children's Camp
2013-08-06 15:30 - 2013-08-19 11:00
Let your child enjoy the essence of summer at The Christian Community Summer Children’s Camp! For children ages 8 – 13. Camp facilities are located in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, on the Black River.
Camp coordinators are: Rev. Richard Dancey, (773) 506-0963 rcdancey@earthlink.net and Rev. Ann Burfeind (773) 877- 9255, annburfeind18@gmail.com.
For information and to register see camp website.

Summer Youth Conference
2013-08-19 17:00 - 2013-08-23 13:00
You are the Light of the World Summer East Coast Youth Conference in the Berkshire Mountains of NY!
Could we dare allow ourselves to believe these words of Jesus? Does the world grow brighter when our own consciousness is illumined, when we gain greater insight? Does the world grow brighter when we act out of love and compassion? Can it also grow darker because of us? Join us this summer to explore these and more questions plus swimming, hiking, arts, and theater. For rising 9-12 graders.
Cost: $300. Please contact Rev. Patrick Kennedy (cckennedy2006@gmail.com) to inquire about financial assistance.
Click here for more information and to register.

Mystery of the Heart - Weekend in Maine
2013-08-24 09:00 - 2013-08-26 17:00 | Alkion Center, Mount Desert Island, ME, United States
Join priests Julia Polter and Patrick Kennedy for a weekend discussion on the topic of The Mystery of the Heart.
The weekend will be held at the Alkion Center on Mount Desert Island, Maine, a retreat center grounded in the contemplative tradition. Set on 5 wooded acres, with nearly 300 feet of frontage on tidal Seal Cove, life at the Center is inspired by the ancient monastic rhythm of work and prayer, alone and together.
http://alcyoncenter.org

Talk on Palliative Care
2013-08-29 19:00 - 21:00
Dr. B.J. Miller, Executive Director of the Zen Hospice Project, will speak on Palliative Care: Its Origin and Current Developments.
This will be a talk for medical laypeople who wish to understand better the possibilities of caring for those approaching the threshold, so it will be a talk of broad general interest.
Proceeds from the evening will be donated to The Christian Community in San Francisco.
About the Speaker:
Dr. B.J. Miller is the executive director of the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco where he works to bridge medical and social models of care in effort to provide the finest palliative care available. This necessitates a broader multi-disciplinary approach to care-giving and offers a model for the synergistic integration of arts and sciences. This also opens new possibilities for lay/volunteer and professional training and scholarship. All efforts of the Zen Hospice Project are grounded in a shared sense of interdependence, impermanence, and an embrace of the unknown. By taking the human condition as the primary fulcrum for palliative care, his larger hope is to affect social angst concerning mortality and its vital role in humanity’s thirst for meaning and communion.
B.J. graduated from Princeton University in the Department of Art & Archaeology in 1993, and received his MD from UCSF as a Regents Scholar in 2001. He completed his internal medicine residency at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara where he served as chief resident. He completed his fellowship in Hospice & Palliative Medicine at Harvard Medical School, where his clinical duties were split between the Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
He continues to attend in the Symptom Management Service of the UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCSF’s groundbreaking outpatient palliative care clinic. His academic support has largely served palliative care education and leadership development. In 2010, in only his third year on faculty, B.J. received the William Osler Award, the School of Medicine’s highest faculty award chosen by the student body.

8th Annual 9/11 Unity Walk in D.C.
2013-09-08 13:30 - 17:30
Members and friends of the Christian Community’s Greater D.C./Baltimore Congregation will take part in this year’s 9/11 Unity Walk on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C.
The Mission of Unity Walk is to bring together people of all ages, backgrounds and faiths to learn to respect each other through a framework of experiential education, compassionate leadership and intentional service. Unity Walk seeks to create a world where we are united, rather than divided, by our many faiths.
For information, see event website http://911unitywalk.org/

Befriending Death Workshop, Part 1
2013-09-15 11:45 - 13:30
The first of a two-part series. Dying is the one thing we can count on happening. It takes courage to face the ending of one’s earthly life. Befriending death means that there are many things that can be done well ahead, in order to make the inevitable an easier transition for oneself and one’s nearest and dearest.
In this first part of workshop, we will discuss “getting your affairs in order”: wills, power of attorney for health care, organ donation, end of life care, hospice and choosing religious services. Five Wishes forms will be provided, along with a checklist of Christian Community services around death.
Donations gratefully accepted.
Please register for one or both of these sessions with Rev. Cindy Hindes, 818 893-0668 or emailing cindy.hindes@gmail.com.

Earth's Future Lecture Series: Phenomena of Our Present Time
2013-09-17 19:30 - 21:00
Phenomena of Our Present Time – the first in a series of talks given by Rev. Bastiaan Baan, Director of the Seminary in Spring Valley.
In this series ideas, images and initiatives concerning the future will be examined, focusing on the question, “What can we do, and what can I do to help our earth?
Suggested donation: $10 – $15 per lecture
About the Speaker:
Rev. Bastiaan Baan has been a Christian Community priest in The Netherlands since 1981. He is the author of a series of books on religion and spirituality; his book, Lord of the Elements: Interweaving Christianity and Nature, was published in English this year. In 2013, Bastiaan and his wife, Aeola, moved to Spring Valley, NY, where he teaches at the Seminary of the Christian Community.
