Sacredness in San Angelo

Sacred Discussion

This coming Sunday, April 11, we will travel to the Himalayan Mountains to study with world-renowned spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi. Well, ok, the commute will actually be a little closer than India - Promenade Square, 618 Locust Street. And the leader will actually be renowned Neil Snipes. But we will encounter Gandhi as we discuss his perspectives concerning reasons to believe in God.

The article Neil will use to facilitate the conversation begins with the following paragraph: "There is an indefinable mysterious Power that pervades everything. I feel it, though I do not see it. It is this unseen Power which makes itself felt and yet defies all proof, because it is so unlike all that I perceive through my senses. It transcends the senses. But it is possible to reason out the existence of God to a limited extent."

Our offering recipient has yet to be determined. As for our potluck, Gandhi was a vegetarian, and eventually a "fruitarian" from India, so our potluck is anything that falls into these categories. I can hardly wait to see what ends up on the table!

Hope to see you at 5:30 pm, 618 Locust, Sunday, April 11.


Touching Lives

Recent Offerings

March 21, 2010
Total Given - $344
Samaritan Counseling Center -$229
The Gathering - $115

March 28, 2010
Total Given - $425
Remote Area Medical - $250
The Gathering - $175

Gift from North Texas Association - $250

April 4, 2010
Total Given - $600
The Gathering - $600


Celebrations & Concerns

We Celebrate:

Easter;

a wonderful Easter service;

the beautiful spring wildflowers;

Quaker sitting - 8 attended;

Beth and Harold's 9 year granddaughter Jessica who received an award in archaeology from the Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists;

the nuclear arms treaty;

We hold in the Light:

Raleigh, West Virginia;

Those impacted by the increasing violence in Iraq;

The Geen Family;

Ellen as she visits with a church in Iowa this
weekend;

The employees of Cano's Jewelry, especially the person who shot the robber and also
the family of the man killed in Cano's Jewelry

Haitians who are now coping with the rainy season;

Those impacted by recent earthquakes in Chile, Mexico, Indonesia.


Upcoming Events

The Gathering - Sacred Discussion, this Sunday, April 11, 5:30 pm, 618 Locust Street

Worship Workgroup Meeting, Monday, April 12, 6:30 pm, Baker Street Coffee House

Community Connecting Workgroup, Thursday, April 15, 6:30 pm, Neil's office, 16 E. Beauregard

The Gathering - Contemplative Meditation, Sunday, April 18, 5:30 pm, 618 Locust

West Texas Organizing Strategy Meeting, Thursday, April 22, 2010, 7 pm, St. Paul Baptist Church, 1011 Martin Luther King, Jr.

City-Wide Candidate Accountability Session for May elections, hosted by WTOS, Sunday, April 25, 2010, 3 pm, St. Paul Baptist Church, 1011 Martin Luther King, Jr.

Quaker Sitting, Monday, May 3, 2010

Wesley Daily Soup Kitchen, May 22, 2010


Resurrection Blessings,
Karen Schmeltekopf
325-374-1566
thegatheringsanangelo@yahoo.com


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