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OCTOBER CLASSES &
EVENTS Sunday Morning
Services from 10:30 to 11:30 am
VIP (VERY IMPORTANT
POTENTIAL)!
In-Home Book Study
& Discussion Circle: Spiritual Economics, by
Eric Butterworth ~ 12-week series October 1
through December 31 (see article)
SPECIAL EVENTS!
Fourth
Annual Fall Yard Sale ~ Saturday ~ October
11 ~ 6 am til Noon ~ Common Ground Santa Clara
Be
the Cause ~ Walk for Hope ~ Saturday,
October 18, 9 am to 1 pm, Register
Today SPECIAL
NOTICE!
Unless notified in
advance, all services, classes and events will
be held at First Street through October. Thank
you for your continued support and patience.
NEW!
Transformational Life Mapping:
2-session series ~ Tuesdays, October 7 & 21
~ 7 to 8:30 pm facilitated by Rev. Glenda
& Rev. Judy
~ Love Offering
Practicing the Power of One ~ 3-
session series ~ Thursdays ~ October 16, 23
& 30 ~ 7 to 8:30 pm ~ facilitated by Beth
Rasmussen ~ $20 per session
FRIDAY
NIGHT LIVE - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT!
Creative Writing - Express Yourself Write
Away!: Every first Friday ~ Oct 3, 7 to 8:30
pm facilitated by Lillian Nader ~ $20 fee,
materials provided
Drumming Circle: Every third Friday ~ Oct
17, 7 to 8:30 pm, facilitated by Michele
Amburgey - $10 fee, bring a drum and/or
share one.
CONTINUING!
Course in Miracles: Weekly,
Wednesdays, 10:30-12:00 am
Enneagram ~ Thurs ~ October 2 ~ 7 to
8:30 pm
IONS: Thurs, October 9, 7 to 9 pm
Guided Meditation , Every first
Sunday of the month: 9:30-10:00 am
Meditation: Weekly, Sundays, 9:30-10
am
New
Earth Eckhart Tolle Book Study: Weekly,
Fridays,12:30 to 1:30 pm
Recycle : Sun, October 26
Reiki
Healing Circle: Tues, October 14 &
28 7- 8:30 pm
Spiritual Cinema - Kicking
It : Sat, October 25, 6 to 8 pm
Standing
In Peace: Weekly, Tuesdays, 4 to 5 pm,
Irvine Blvd @ Prospect Ave
Women's Wisdom Circle: Tues, October
14 & 28, 10-11:30 am
Saturday
evening events have not been planned for
October.
Convenient
door-hanger-style calendars of current events
are available each month in the Book Boutique at
Common Ground
Now available, At-a-Glance
Calendar
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SPIRITUAL ECONOMICS
Security in a
Changing World 
In these complex times it
is very important for all of us to come together
in spiritual community to develop, cultivate,
and practice ways to "Keep moving in the
direction of our dreams," as Thoreau would
say.
We are humanly divine and
divinely human in an age of great change.
Today there is much fear and a lot of
talk about, " not enough," ~ "not enough
money", "not enough jobs", "not enough
time." Our work together is to support each
other through these uncertain times and to
develop a rich awareness that will not be
influenced by the ups and downs of the
economy,
In spiritual community, we
want to become, collectively, a positive
influence toward the ebb and flow of life and
human conditions.
Common Ground is
meeting these challenges head-on.
We
are creating an opportunity for every single
person to become personally empowered through
tuning into positive perceptions.
It
is true that too many of us are 'over- read and
under-done' when it comes to putting into
practice the ideas we read about. Let's change
that! Let's invest in 'human capital' by
standing on the strength of spiritual truth.
We invite you to join us in
revisiting the popular classic, Spiritual
Economics, by Eric Butterworth, a
legend and spiritual icon in the New Thought
Movement.
Make a commitment to spend one and a half
hours a week ~ for 12 weeks ~ shifting your
ideas about financial adversity
Join an In-Home Book Study and Discussion
Circle
Work with the following
topics:
Truth at the root of everything
Minuses and pluses
Living from within-out
View from the top
Net worthiness
What is money?
Look for sign-up sheets at Common Ground.
Find a study circle in your neighborhood.
Check out the Spiritual
Economics blog for lively discussion,
support and weekly topics.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Mark Your Calendar
Today DATES
CHANGED!
Opening at Common Ground Newport
Avenue: Tenatively By November
Covenant Welcome Reception: DELAYED
UNTIL JANUARY 2009
Covenant Dedication: DELAYED UNTIL
JANUARY 2009
Ordination of Rev. Susan Chamberlain
& Rev. Danell Wheeler: DELAYED UNTIL
FEBRUARY 2009
CONTINUING
All Saint's Eve: Sun, Nov 2 Off-site
Celebrate Yourself: Nov 4 & 18 ~
NEW!
Line Dancing Class: Nov 6 & 8 ~
NEW!
Fourth Anniversary Party: Fri, Nov 14
Thanksgiving Eve: Wed, Nov 26
Emergency Cold Weather Shelter Outreach
at the Armory: Sun, Nov 30, Dec 28, Jan 25,
Feb 22, Mar 29
Christmas Card Making Workshop:
Thurs, Dec. 4 ~ NEW!
Annual Christmas Party: Fri, Dec 12
Holiday Open House: Sun, Dec 14
Christmas Carol Outreach: Sun, Dec
21, noon
Winter Solstice: Sun, Dec 21
Christmas Eve: Wed, Dec 24
World Peace Prayer: Wed, Dec 31, 4 am
New Years Eve: Wed, Dec 31
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NATURE, EARTH &
SUSTAINABLE PLANET "Walking is the great
adventure, the first meditation, a practice of
heartiness and soul primary to humankind.
Walking is the exact balance of spirit and
humility. Out walking, one notices ecology on
the level where it counts." Gary Snyder,
American Poet & Deep Ecology
Philosopher 
Common Ground's Earth
Ministry has selected two important causes as
beneficiaries of tithes generated by our
participation in the Be
the Cause Walk for Hope on Saturday, October
18, 2008, from 9 am to 1 pm.
Defenders
of Wildlife, dedicated to the protection of
all native animals and plants in their natural
communities; and, The
Humane Society, whose mission is to
celebrate animals and confront cruelty, will be
this year's recipients of Walk for Hope
tithes.
Please take time to register
for the Walk for Hope event.
Be sure to indicate that you are walking in
honor of Common Ground.
Show support for the purpose of The Walk for
Hope, which is to spread more love in the world
and remind us of the things that matter most in
life.
Your on-line donations are graciously
appreciated.
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TRANSFORMATIVE LIFE
PATH Seeing With New Eyes
During the month of
October, Common Ground offers two important
opportunities to explore ways of changing how we
experience and relate to ourselves, others and
the world.
Rev. Glenda and Rev.
Judy will present Transformational
Life Mapping, an interactive exercise in
tracking and charting your personal life map.
Two sessions, Tuesdays, October 7 and 21,
from 7 to 8:30 pm
This series has been inspired by IONS
decadelong research program.
This is a Love Offering event.
Beth Rasmussen, a
long-time student of the work of Leslie
Temple-Thurston, offers a 3-session
series of classes, The Power of
One, an engaged process-oriented class
based on Temple-Thurston's work.
Thursdays, October 16, 23 & 30, 7 to
8:30 pm
$20 per person per class
Discover aspects of your consciousness that
may be keeping you off balance.
Explore the ups and downs of your own
consciousness that are kept in motion by the
polarities of attraction/repulsion and
desire/fear.
Learn the 'square technique' to help you
open to new information, find hidden aspects and
shorten the path to awareness.
Imagine what it would look like if
you could actually uncover the locked polarities
of your own consciousness! For example:
Desire to be in Control
Fear of being in control
Desire to be out of control
Fear of being out of
contro
Temple- Thurston states,
"We all contain all four corners of the
square. Some of them may be locked into the
unconscious, but they are all there somewhere.
It is very common to want to go into denial
regarding some of the corners."
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Common Ground is a Teaching-Learning
Center where people bring their very souls,
where people grow one another by sharing what they
know, and where people learn spiritual practices
to support them in working with the complex
possibilities of today's world.
Blessings and Gratitude,
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