Welcome to the NSP in Maryland - an organization of spiritual and secular folks igniting a culture of love and peace, generosity and justice. Our national web site is NSP Gatherings In Maryland/DC, May/June 2008
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3rd Annual NSP Inter-Dependence Day potluck picnic
Fri, July 4 from 1-4pm
Large Pavilion on Dayspring Farm in Germantown MD.
See flier here.
Re-envisioning the Birth of our Nation as a Center of Freedom and Hope
Celebrating all that is good and beautiful about America
RSVP to nspmaryland@gmail.com
Cosponsors: World Peacemakers, Dayspring Church (Part of Every Church a Peace Church), Pax Christi Baltimore, Maryland United for Peace and Justice, and Montgomery Peace Action
Fri, July 4 from 1-4pm
Large Pavilion on Dayspring Farm in Germantown MD.
See flier here.
Re-envisioning the Birth of our Nation as a Center of Freedom and Hope
Celebrating all that is good and beautiful about America
Affirming:
- our interdependence with all of the world's peoples
- our visions for world peace
- our care and concern for our ecosystem
FUN for the entire family, and Music, Poems, Stories and Discussion
NO fireworks, or focus on military symbolismWe will focus on positive stories, poems and songs of the progressive American spirit, the spiritual American spirit, the hopeful American spirit, the American spirit that yearns to be a peaceful player in the larger world community.
Let us encourage each other - Bring a reading, a song, a poem to share!
Let us encourage each other - Bring a reading, a song, a poem to share!
If you can't join us, create you own Inter-dependence Day!
RSVP to nspmaryland@gmail.com
DIRECTIONS To Dayspring Farm/Church/Retreat Center
From the DC Beltway (495)
Take I-270 North Toward FREDERICK.
Take the MIDDLEBROOK ROAD EAST exit- EXIT 13A - Go. 0.3 miles
Merge onto MIDDLEBROOK RD. - Go 0.4 miles
Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto MD-355 N / FREDERICK RD. - Go 0.9 miles
Turn RIGHT onto NEELSVILLE CHURCH RD. - Go 0.6 miles
NOTE: Pass entrance to Wellspring Retreat Center on Left
Take next LEFT at a curve in the road, into Dayspring Farm
End at 11301 Neelsville Church Rd, Germantown, MD 20876-4147
You'll see a Farm house on the Right. There will be parking signs in the field on the left just before the trees begin . And signs on where to walk up the path to the Pavilion through the trees.
If you have things to drop off/ or people with walking issues - follow the road till dead end and turn left to Pavilion. See the sign for Pavilion left and Silent Retreat to the right. Go Left and the Pavilion is a few yards on the left. There is a drive way but limited/no parking up by the pavilion.
From the Baltimore Beltway (695)
Take I-70 West
Go South on Route 27 for 5.8 miles, pass 108, stay on Route 27 6.4 more miles
Go South on Route 355 - Go 0.4 miles
Turn LEFT onto SHAKESPEARE BLVD. - Go 0.4 miles
Turn LEFT onto NEELSVILLE CHURCH RD. - Go 0.2 miles
Turn RIGHT at bend in road into Dayspring Farm
See directions above re: Farmhouse and Pavilion
NOTE: If you pass Wellspring Retreat Center on your right you have gone too far.
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*****From the DC Beltway (495)
Take I-270 North Toward FREDERICK.
Take the MIDDLEBROOK ROAD EAST exit- EXIT 13A - Go. 0.3 miles
Merge onto MIDDLEBROOK RD. - Go 0.4 miles
Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto MD-355 N / FREDERICK RD. - Go 0.9 miles
Turn RIGHT onto NEELSVILLE CHURCH RD. - Go 0.6 miles
NOTE: Pass entrance to Wellspring Retreat Center on Left
Take next LEFT at a curve in the road, into Dayspring Farm
End at 11301 Neelsville Church Rd, Germantown, MD 20876-4147
You'll see a Farm house on the Right. There will be parking signs in the field on the left just before the trees begin . And signs on where to walk up the path to the Pavilion through the trees.
If you have things to drop off/ or people with walking issues - follow the road till dead end and turn left to Pavilion. See the sign for Pavilion left and Silent Retreat to the right. Go Left and the Pavilion is a few yards on the left. There is a drive way but limited/no parking up by the pavilion.
From the Baltimore Beltway (695)
Take I-70 West
Go South on Route 27 for 5.8 miles, pass 108, stay on Route 27 6.4 more miles
Go South on Route 355 - Go 0.4 miles
Turn LEFT onto SHAKESPEARE BLVD. - Go 0.4 miles
Turn LEFT onto NEELSVILLE CHURCH RD. - Go 0.2 miles
Turn RIGHT at bend in road into Dayspring Farm
See directions above re: Farmhouse and Pavilion
NOTE: If you pass Wellspring Retreat Center on your right you have gone too far.
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Tues, June 24 7:30pm – NSP meeting
Strategy on local Global Marshall Plan actions between now and the Nov election
Paint Branch Unitarian Church 3215 Powder Mill Road Adelphi, Maryland 20783
On 6/4/08 NSP Maryland decided to spend an entire meeting strategizing/planning some tangible goals/action steps to take in Maryland to support HRes1078, the Global Marshall Plan (GMP) legislation in Congress. The GMP focuses on ending poverty both at home and abroad and securing the future of life on the planet, as both ethical and security priorities. If you are interested in participating in a exciting process using a Direct Action Organizing Model to end with tangible goals, actions and next steps, please join us!Strategy on local Global Marshall Plan actions between now and the Nov election
Paint Branch Unitarian Church 3215 Powder Mill Road Adelphi, Maryland 20783
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Upcoming services with NSP themes:
Sunday June 22 at 10 AM - David Hart speaks on the Global Marshall Plan at Paint Branch UU church service - Paint Branch Unitarian Church, Adelphi Maryland 20783
Sunday, June 22 11 AM - Rev. Jane Batt leads a service including the Global Marshall Plan at Takoma Park Chapel 8120 Fenton Street, Silver Spring, Md www.takomachapel.org/
Sunday June 29 at 10 AM - How Simplicity Changed My Life and How it Can Change Yours - Members of Simplicity Circles will discuss ways to live deeper, richer, and more meaningful lives by practicing respect for the interdependent web of life, and by building community, through the practical and material choices we make. Paint Branch Unitarian Church, Adelphi Maryland 20783
www.simplicity-matters.org
Sunday, July 27 at 10 AM – Mark Braverman speaks on Israel-Palestine and peace at Paint Branch Unitarian Church , Adelphi, Maryland 20783 See articles at: www.jewishconscience.org/2.html
Sunday June 22 at 10 AM - David Hart speaks on the Global Marshall Plan at Paint Branch UU church service - Paint Branch Unitarian Church, Adelphi Maryland 20783
Sunday, June 22 11 AM - Rev. Jane Batt leads a service including the Global Marshall Plan at Takoma Park Chapel 8120 Fenton Street, Silver Spring, Md www.takomachapel.org/
Sunday June 29 at 10 AM - How Simplicity Changed My Life and How it Can Change Yours - Members of Simplicity Circles will discuss ways to live deeper, richer, and more meaningful lives by practicing respect for the interdependent web of life, and by building community, through the practical and material choices we make. Paint Branch Unitarian Church, Adelphi Maryland 20783
www.simplicity-matters.org
Sunday, July 27 at 10 AM – Mark Braverman speaks on Israel-Palestine and peace at Paint Branch Unitarian Church , Adelphi, Maryland 20783 See articles at: www.jewishconscience.org/2.html
Tues, June 17, 2008 7pm Arna's Children Film Showing, and a reception with Juliano Mer Khamis and Dr. Mervat Aiash of the Jenin Freedom Theatre sponsored by Baltimore Tikkun, Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart, AFSC, Baltimore Urban Peace Program, and the Morgan State University Muslim Students Association
At Mission Helpers Center, 1001 W. Joppa Road, Towson, MD Directions: Charles St. to Chestnut Ave. at Loyola HS (Entrance to Mission Helpers on Chestnut Ave.) More info: (410)823-8585 or (410)466-7344 or email Balt_tikkun@yahoo.com Light refreshments will be served.
At Mission Helpers Center, 1001 W. Joppa Road, Towson, MD Directions: Charles St. to Chestnut Ave. at Loyola HS (Entrance to Mission Helpers on Chestnut Ave.) More info: (410)823-8585 or (410)466-7344 or email Balt_tikkun@yahoo.com Light refreshments will be served.
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Wed, June 4, at 7:30 Adelphi Md NSP Meeting - NSP Spiritual Activism training recap, so come and hear about all the wisdom and inspiration we gleaned! We had good representation of DC area people at the training! We'll capitalize on the ideas and energy of this training, and begin plans for local activities in the fall. All are welcome to join us for this wrap-up of our 2007-2008 program year and forward look to 2008-2009 beginning in the fall. Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road Adelphi, Maryland 20783 (Directions here.) A highlight of the weekend was the leadership during the weekend of Peter Dunlap (who has a books soon to be published ) "Awakening our Faith in the Future: The Advent of Psychological Liberalism "
Also on June 4, we'll explore having a 3rd Annual Alternative 4th of July Inter-Dependence Day Celebration/picnic. NSP celebrates peace (no bombs bursting in air...), progressive movements in our history - abolition, women's rights - all the expansion of democratic rights and civil liberties throughout the past two hundred and thirty one years....Our inter-dependence with the world - with peoples of all nations and with the earth and the climate.
celebrating all this with songs, poems and all manner of arts and festivities and a midday potluck meal. If a few folks step up to help plan (and it doesn't take much) and our location in Germantown is confirmed we'll post final details soon! Save the date!
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Also on June 4, we'll explore having a 3rd Annual Alternative 4th of July Inter-Dependence Day Celebration/picnic. NSP celebrates peace (no bombs bursting in air...), progressive movements in our history - abolition, women's rights - all the expansion of democratic rights and civil liberties throughout the past two hundred and thirty one years....Our inter-dependence with the world - with peoples of all nations and with the earth and the climate.
celebrating all this with songs, poems and all manner of arts and festivities and a midday potluck meal. If a few folks step up to help plan (and it doesn't take much) and our location in Germantown is confirmed we'll post final details soon! Save the date!
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Spend Memorial Day Weekend in DC for a skills training with other spiritual progressives - Focusing on a massive cultural shift toward open-heartedness, joy, awe, playfulness, and mutual recognition of the sacredness of all people. Register here. Info at: http://www.spiritualprogressives.org/article.php?story=20080227150951162
Sun, May 18 at 2:30 PM - NSP DC area special meeting on Global Marshall Plan (GMP), at the William Penn House on Capitol Hill, 515 East Capitol Street SE. Focused on the GMP Resolution in the House of Representatives - H.Res 1078. From 3 cosponsors we now have 7. There is momentum. This meeting will kick off our campaign to move the GMP forward.
Monday, May 19 at 7:30 pm, NSP Meeting at Paint Branch Unitarian Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland TOPIC: The U.S. and the global economy and sustainability. Videos and discussion expanding on our Earth Day program in April.
Tues, June 17, 2008 7pm Arna's Children Film Showing, and a reception with Juliano Mer Khamis and Dr. Mervat Aiash of the Jenin Freedom Theatre sponsored by Baltimore Tikkun, Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart, AFSC, Baltimore Urban Peace Program, and the Morgan State University Muslim Students Association
At Mission Helpers Center, 1001 W. Joppa Road, Towson, MD Directions: Charles St. to Chestnut Ave. at Loyola HS (Entrance to Mission Helpers on Chestnut Ave.) More info: (410)823-8585 or (410)466-7344 or email Balt_tikkun@yahoo.com Light refreshments will be served.
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NSP supports the Global Marshall Plan (GMP) - H. RES. 1078 , Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a Global Marshall Plan holds the potential to demonstrate the commitment of the United States to peace and prosperity, introduced into the House of Representatives on April 3, 2008 by
Representatives Ellison of Minnesota, Moran of Virginia and Cleaver of Missouri
See full text at: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/gpoxmlc110/hr1078_ih.xml
See these websites on the GMP and the Consultation for the Global Commons: NSP on the GMP, www.globalmarshallplan.org, www.global-negotiations.org/ www.global-commons.org
And see the new video on the GMPplan to send poverty on YouTube posted by David Hart - http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=NSPdavid
Sun, May 18 at 2:30 PM - NSP DC area special meeting on Global Marshall Plan (GMP), at the William Penn House on Capitol Hill, 515 East Capitol Street SE. Focused on the GMP Resolution in the House of Representatives - H.Res 1078. From 3 cosponsors we now have 7. There is momentum. This meeting will kick off our campaign to move the GMP forward.
Monday, May 19 at 7:30 pm, NSP Meeting at Paint Branch Unitarian Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland TOPIC: The U.S. and the global economy and sustainability. Videos and discussion expanding on our Earth Day program in April.
CO-SPONSORED
May 17-18, Sat 9-430, Sun 2-8:30 pm Greater Washington Allies in Reconciliation (GWAIR) Regional Conference: “Faith into Action: BUILDING TRUSTWORTHY PARTNERSHIPS for Racial Justice” at Plymouth UCC, 5301 N. Capitol St NE, WashingtonDC - Endorsed by the Interfaith Conference and cosponsored by The Network of Spiritual Progressives in Maryland, the Council of Churches of Greater Washington, Lutheran Volunteer Corps, Pax Christi, Muslim American Society, Episcopal Diocese National Capital Presbytery Antiracism Taskforce, UCC Potomac Association Social Action Committee, United Methodist Balt.-Wash. Conference Commission on Race and Religion and many others . Info: 301/588-4877 Conference flyer here. Poster here.Tues, June 17, 2008 7pm Arna's Children Film Showing, and a reception with Juliano Mer Khamis and Dr. Mervat Aiash of the Jenin Freedom Theatre sponsored by Baltimore Tikkun, Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart, AFSC, Baltimore Urban Peace Program, and the Morgan State University Muslim Students Association
At Mission Helpers Center, 1001 W. Joppa Road, Towson, MD Directions: Charles St. to Chestnut Ave. at Loyola HS (Entrance to Mission Helpers on Chestnut Ave.) More info: (410)823-8585 or (410)466-7344 or email Balt_tikkun@yahoo.com Light refreshments will be served.
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NSP supports the Global Marshall Plan (GMP) - H. RES. 1078 , Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a Global Marshall Plan holds the potential to demonstrate the commitment of the United States to peace and prosperity, introduced into the House of Representatives on April 3, 2008 by
Representatives Ellison of Minnesota, Moran of Virginia and Cleaver of Missouri
See full text at: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/gpoxmlc110/hr1078_ih.xml
See these websites on the GMP and the Consultation for the Global Commons: NSP on the GMP, www.globalmarshallplan.org, www.global-negotiations.org/ www.global-commons.org
And see the new video on the GMPplan to send poverty on YouTube posted by David Hart - http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=NSPdavid
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