Join Emma’s Revolution for a pop-up concert in Bangor!
Friday, October 21 at 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
They will also be doing their “Finding Harmony” workshop on Saturday, October 22nd in the morning at 10:30am.
Tickets are $18 for the concert and $18 for the workshop.
Combo tickets (to attend both the concert and the workshop) are $30.
Follow THIS LINK for the Facebook event page
and click THIS LINK to purchase tickets to the concert and/or the workshop!
Consider this: “It’s elegantly ordered complexity” not just net complexity. “It’s more agency and more symbiosis… at the same time.”
Mark Your Calendars!!!
Peace and Earth Justice are a huge part of Twinkle’s ministry. As such, she is delighted to welcome Maine’s Peace Walkers in October for their 5th Anniversary Walk themed: “Stop the War$ on Mother Earth”!! The Peace Walkers will be at Twinkle’s Place the evening of Thursday, October 13th, 2016. We will host them for the night. We welcome locals to come on over to learn about their mission and have some supper with us. (check back for more information soon about the program for that evening! – – and email if you would like to volunteer to help with meal preparations for dinner or breakfast: TwinkleManning@gmail.com)
The following morning, the Peace Walkers will share a vigil with Grandmothers Against the East/West Corridor before moving on to Unity for their next stop.
Here is more information provided by
2016 Maine Peace Walk: “Stop the War$ on Mother Earth”
The 5th Maine Peace Walk will take place on October 11 – 26. The organizing team is made up of individuals who are dedicated to creating a more peaceful, sustainable and just world. We come together out of our deep concern about the many different wars being waged on Mother Earth, ranging from over-fishing, deforestation, and human-caused extinctions, to climate disruption and endless war.
Close to home we support the Penobscot Nation’s struggle for Justice for the River, opposition to the East/West Corridor, and conversion of war production to alternative energy at Maine shipyards. We know from past experience of walking through rural and urban Maine that many people will be reached with our messages. We hope this spiritual act of walking and sharing conversation and food will help people in our state feel less isolated and despairing about the future.
We welcome everyone to join our walk for an hour, a day, or more and to help in any way they can to contribute. We invite environmental, peace, church, and social justice organizations to sign on as a co-sponsor of the walk. We ask co-sponsors to make a donation of their choosing and to help spread the word about the walk to their members/community. Tax-deductible donations can be made by check to Global Network, designated “For Peace Walk” and sent to:
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
PO Box 652
Brunswick, ME 04011
For more information:
“Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.”
– Henry David Thoreau
#ThomasMoore
The words of Rev. Sean Parker Dennison, Rev. Meg Riley, and especially Rev. Ian White Maher, shared during the Berry Street Essay and Responses at GA in Portland, OR will remain with us for a long time to come, hopefully forever.
Video:
https://uuma.site-ym.com/?BSE2015Video
Essay:
https://uuma.site-ym.com/mpage/BSE2015
Responses:
https://uuma.site-ym.com/mpage/BSEResponse2015
Source:
Sunday night I gathered with a large group of women in Concord, MA. It was a reunion for a group that had been in existence for 25 years. While based in the nearby Unitarian church, most of the women do not identify as UU, yet find enlightenment in paths provided by UU Women and Religion authors, teachers and curriculum such as Cakes for the Queen of Heaven and Liz Fisher’s Rise Up and Call Her Name. (The latter, a courses that Bozena and Twinkle have taught…Liz being a friend of Twinkle’s) What a delight to gather with these women from all walks of life, whom at one time or the present have been part of Concord’s Women’s Goddess Covenant Circle! Several had either moved away or gone a separate path early on, and me, having joined a mere six years ago, had not met many of such “elders” til Sunday night. Likewise new members joined since I left for my sabbatical a year ago. Strangers in life. Yet we shared many of the same favorite memories this group offered each of us. Ritual, ceremonies, seasons, and circles. Creating clay Goddesses, wands, sacred cloths and altars. Dancing. Poetry. Chanting. While the entire group had never gathered as one, one we were indeed as we stepped into the ancient rhythms of this covenant.
Margaret Stewart, the “Mother” and “Weaver” of the circle had gathered several readings, one the Mother handed to me to read. Surprised I was to discover it was a poem (“Autumn Moon”) I had written in 2011 for a New Moon Circle I had led. What an honor to know that housed in the Circle’s Treasure Chest is my work and gifts to be passed on to future generations. In gratitude and grace I share this poem with you now.
Autumn Moon
Even as the wheel turns
from this season
to the next
She remains steadfast
in her wisdom
Vibrant colors in the trees
Our storehouse brimming
with Summer’s harvest
Gathered round our Circle
Fire warming our
hearths & hearts
Welcoming the darkness
of the new moon
As it allows the truth
of our Soul’s desire
to shine from within
We offer up our
fears & sadness
to be taken by
the Autumn wind
Our intentions clear
& for the highest good
We beseech her support
& guidance
As we enter this time of inner
reflection & solitude
We accept the Divine
fulfillment of our desires
Embracing Life Fully
Thank you Goddess
Maiden, Mother, Crone
Thank you Circle
of my own
Autumn Moon we thank you too
For the comfort of your season.
October 21st – Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
November 18th – Brida by Paulo Coelho
December 16th – Starpeople: The Sirian Redemption by Linda Tuck Jenkins
January 20th – The Twelfth Wife by Indu Sundaresan
February 17th – The Age of Miracles by Marianne Williamson
The New Moon in Leo is an expansive time. Here at Twinkle’s Place our home feels open in ways it has not in many many months. Perhaps because we have one less resident temporarily at this time and the energy is moving with more ease. Perhaps too because new and better things are on the horizon.
Mystic Mamma contributors tell us it is a time of sparkling creativity!
And to that we can certainly claim true, for this summer itself has been filled with such creativity and the closer we come to the new moon, the more powerful and vibrant the feeling is. Transitional times are upon us all.
Gather with us on August 14th to welcome the New Moon phases of creativity in its fullest manifestation. With the clear energy of our home, allow yourself to embrace your divinity and call in your deepest desires.
Once in a Blue Moon THIS Happens:
* Blue Moon Circle
* Lammas Celebration
Tonight
7pm
Twinkle’s Place
www.TwinklesPlace.org
For information about why we honor the cycles of the Moon visit the About page.
