Sunday July 3rd

“Ramadan and Lailat al

Qadr ~ Night of Destiny”

Gather with Imam Jamal Rah-

man, Bahiyaa Ann Holmes Red-

ding, Sally Jo Gilbert de Vargas,

and members of Interfaith Com-

munity Sanctuary, as we share

about the holy month of Ramadan and the celebration of the

night the Qur’an was first Revealed to Prophet Muhammad(pbuh)

through the angel Gabriel (Jibril) on

22 December 609 CE.

Honoring the Guest: Interfaith Worship Series

~ Exploring Diverse Faith and Spiritual Traditions

is co-sponsored with The Interfaith Network.

Sunday morning worship begins at 10:00am

www.interfaithcommunitysanctuary.org

Interfaith Community Sanctuary JULY 2016 1763 NW 62nd Street Seattle WA 98107

Spiritual Permaculture: Coming into Deeper Relationship with Earth

Sunday July 17th

Imam Jamal Rahman

Imam Jamal Rahman is a

popular speaker on Islam,

Sufi spirituality, and interfaith

relations. His most recent

book, “Sacred Laughter of the

Sufis: Awakening the Soul with

the Mulla’s Comic Teaching

Stories and Other Islamic

Wisdom” is available for purchase during the social hour.

See: www.jamalrahman.com, www.interfaithamigos.com.

Music: tba

Our monthly community POTLUCK luncheon follows the

morning worship. Please bring a prepared dish to share. Help with

set-up and clean-up welcomed!

Sunday

July 31st:

Associate

Ministers,

Sibyl Lundy,

Linda Stern,

and David

Heitmiller,

have chosen

to develop

worship

services

together in

months with

a fifth

Sunday.

Those dates in 2016 will be: Jan. 31, May 29, July 31, and Oct. 30.

Sunday July 10th we continue exploring Spiritual Permaculture:

Coming into Deeper Relationship with Earth by focusing on the 7th

principle, Design from patterns to details: By stepping back,

we can observe patterns in nature and society. These can form the

backbone of our designs, with the details filled in as we go.

The Universal Worship recognizes that all religions originate

in the same Truth. All of the great teachers and prophets have

reflected this truth to humanity in their own way. The same power

that inspired them continues to move through and guide our own

lives. Through communal prayer, meditation, and practice we engage

with the power and energy of this continuous revelation, becoming a

radiant vessel of light and truth for the benefit of all beings.

Cherags Michael Douglas, Karen Lindquist, Sally Jo Gilbert de Vargas offer

the Universal Worship service on second Sundays.

Sunday July 24th: “A Service of

Devotion to Our Lady Sophia”

A particular position of honor and

importance is expressed within the

Ecclesia Gnostica tradition to the

feminine emanation of the original and

transcendental spiritual unity whose

name is Sophia (Wisdom). She was

involved in the creation of the world

and ever since remained the guide of

her orphaned human children.

For this worship service, Rev. Karen

Lindquist has invited Rev. Andrea

Turner, priest of the Hagia Sophia

Gnostic Church (a parish of the Eccle-

sia Gnostica) to share a unique and

deeply meaningful ritual honoring the

most Holy Sophia.

First Sunday: Honoring the Guest Second Sunday: Universal Worship

Third Sunday: Imam Jamal Rahman Fourth Sunday: InterSpiritual Worship

Fifth Sunday: Associate Ministers Inside this issue:

Sunday Worship Services 1

Classes & Devotional Gatherings 2

Special Event Fundraiser: Saraswati Nights 2

Monthly calendar 3

Spiritual Discernment 2016 4

Contact Info 4

Visit our website for more!

Page 2 Interfaith Community Sanctuary

Ongoing Classes & Devotional Gatherings

We meet every other Wednesday in the

Healing Room.

The Peace Tribe is dedicated to creating

a safe and welcoming space for those

interested in developing a meditation

practice in community. Each week we

will explore a different meditation prac-

tice, such as, mantra, mindfulness, lov-

ing kindness, guided meditation, mov-

ing meditation, etc. This community is

developed through its members, so

please feel free to share your meditation

practice with a facilitator and we will

incorporate your practice in the group.

The intention for the Peace Tribe is

community, creativity, peace, love and

growth. All are welcome.

Please note: Chairs and a few meditation

cushions will be provided. Please feel free to

bring your own meditation cushion if pre-

ferred. Facilitators: Kelly Daring, Becky Grace

& guest speakers. Contact: (206) 452-9264

Email: rebecca.g.wilkening@gmail.com

Peace Tribe Meditation

First Friday evenings 6:30—9:30pm

....as part of a regular monthly sched-

ule of brief Evening Circles in commu-

nity settings, designed to be easily

accessible to all. Minimal

donation, one or two personal

Constellation spaces available each

evening, repeated opportunities to

experience, explore, and practice to-

gether in Nature and Environmental

Constellations, Community Constella-

tions, Systemic, Organizational and

Health-related Constellations on topics

and issues affecting our Beloved Com-

munity.

Please feel free to REGISTER

with Katherine by using this email at: kath-

erine.yano@yahoo.com or

ksy1@eighthfield.com, leave questions in a

message for Karen Stocker at

(206) 363-5555 x 1064.

Constellation Circle

Women’s SiSiWiss Gathering

now meeting 2nd & 4th Tuesdays

This gathering shares First Peoples Northwest

Coast traditions and teachings with song, story,

dance. Bring drums, rattles, bells... If your way is

open, please bring a potluck dish to share. All Women

and all children welcome.

Please Note: This is a clean and sober gathering.

Facilitator: Siswinklae Laurel Boucher.

A Course In Miracles

First and Third Tuesday evenings 7 pm

"Heaven is not a place or a condition. It is

merely an awareness of perfect oneness."

~ A Course in Miracles

A Course In Miracles at Interfaith

Community Sanctuary is an ongoing study

group on course related topics. All are wel-

come whether you are new to the course or a long time

student. There are no fees or dues. A Love Offering is collected for use of

the sacred space. For more info, contact one of the facilitators: Theressia phone:

206.999.6987 email: theressia (at) rosehedge (dot) org, or Jonathan phone:

206.713.1237 email: jonathanvanvalin (at) hotmail (dot) com.

Film & Dialogue: Nutrition Topics Explored

Third Friday evenings each month 6:30pm

Special Event—Fundraiser: Saraswati Nights

second Saturdays 7:00pm

An evening of Interfaith Kirtan, Call and Response

Chanting, Healing Songs, and Mystical Poetry with

Suniai and Friends at Interfaith Community Sanctu-

ary. Come and Bathe in the River of Love and De-

light!

Love Offering! Invite friends!

All are welcome to chant, dance, or simply enjoy the

healing frequencies.

This gathering of friends is a benefit for

Interfaith Community Sanctuary Building Fund and

SAMC (Suraiya Ataur Medical

Clinic) in Chondipur Village, Bangladesh. Read

more on our website:

http://interfaithcommunitysanctuary.org/

index.php/projects/bengali-village/

Friday Prayers in the Islamic Tradition

Fridays 1:30 pm

All friends are invited to attend Friday Prayers in the

Islamic tradition beginning at 1:30pm in our

Healing Room. This is a woman led devotional

gathering. Women and men equally participate.

The congregational prayer and weekly message

offered by Ann Holmes Redding, and other

participants. Come to witness, observe, learn, or to

pray with us. No experience necessary— just come

with an open heart.

… Healing is possible

in many cases without harsh treatment

or prescription drugs

… Change the course of illness

with proper dietary habits

… Let’s become part of the solution!

Contact: Renée López ( www.nutritionistinseattlewa.com )

Text preferred: 206 518 3869. Email: renee.lopez@bastyr.edu

Interfaith Community Sanctuary, 1763 NW 62nd Street in Ballard 98107.

Humanists at Interfaith Community Sanctuary

Humanists at the Sanctuary is a discussion group that meets one a month. We discuss

articles, essays, book and movie reviews. In addition we could watch salient movies and

have speakers come and share their thoughts, Freethought ideas and other Humanist

issues. This group is intended to be more inclusive than typical groups including people

that believe in God as well as Humanists ideals. The objective is to learn about Human-

ist principles and apply them to improve our lives and the world. We meet on the 3rd

Tuesday at 6:00pm at Interfaith Community Sanctuary at 1763 NW 62nd Street in Bal-

lard. Zip: 98107. Questions? Contact Bobby by texting: 206 379 6866.

Copper Canyon Press / Port Townsend publishes emerging poets such as Ocean Vuong and well known poets like Pablo Neruda.

We read a variety of poets and styles. We share our poetry efforts without negative criticism of participant’s writings. Our aim is to

engage one another socially and establish friendships through the medium of poetry. We meet monthly at Interfaith Community

Sanctuary (1763 NW 62nd Street in Ballard) on the fourth Tuesday evening 6:30—8:30pm.

Contact: David Jenkins (360) 390—8104, distaem@gmail.com.

Copper Canyon Poetry Book Club—fourth Tuesday evenings 6:30—8:30pm

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Catholic Mass with Fr. Centurio Olaboro from Uganda July 1st, 12th, 13th 8:00am

1

8:00am Catholic Mass

Friday Prayers 1:30pm [HR]

$ Constellation Circle 6:30pm [FH] (see details page 2)

2 Night of Destiny Lailat al Qadr 8:00pm Program 9:10pm break-fast and prayers 9:30 potluck meal Prayers may continue following potluck meal.

3 10am Guest Worship: “Ramadan and the Islamic Night of Destiny & Its Significance”

Guiding Council 11:45am —1:15pm

4

5 A Course In Miracles 7-8:30pm [HR] (more info on page 2)

6 Peace Tribe Meditation [HR] 7:00pm

7

Meditative Blessing Cleanse with Renée López to participate, just show up, or contact Renée: 206.518.3869 renee.lopez (at) bastyr (dot) edu

8

Friday Prayers 1:30pm [HR]

9

Saraswati Nights 7pm [S] with Suniai

10 10am Worship Universal Worship

11

12

8:00am Catholic Mass Women’s SiSiWiss Circle 6:00pm [FH] Now on 2nd and 4th Tuesdays!

13

8:00am Catholic Mass

Interfaith Networking 7pm [FH] www.theinterfaith network.org

14

15 Friday Prayers 1:30pm [HR]

Movie & Dialogue Nutrition Topics 6:30pm [HR]

16

17 10am Worship Imam Jamal Rahman Music: tba Potluck

18 PEACE CAMP 9:30—4pm

$ Discovering Your Unique Path to Happiness 7wk class with Jamal Rahman 7-9pm. Register: sallyjogilbert (at) gmail (dot) com

19 PEACE CAMP

9:30—4pm

10:30am WAC Iraqi Youth visit ICS

Humanists discussion group 6pm [FH]

ACIM 7-8:30pm [HR]

20 PEACE CAMP

9:30—4pm Peace Tribe Meditation [HR] 7:00pm

21 PEACE CAMP

9:30—4pm

22 PEACE CAMP

9:30—4pm Friday Prayers 1:30pm [HR]

23 10am Divine Names class [HR]

Book Launch: Belonging to God: Spirituality, Science, and the Universal Path of Divine Love by Will Keepin 7—9pm

24 10am Worship “Service of the Most Holy Sophia” Rev. Andrea Turner joins Rev. Karen Lindquist for this special Gnostic service with ritual.

25 PEACE CAMP

9:30—4pm $ Discovering Your Unique Path to Happiness

26 PEACE CAMP

9:30—4pm Poetry Book Club David Jenkins distaem (at) gmail (dot) com 6:30—8:30 [HR]

Women’s SiSiWiss Circle 6:00pm [FH] Now on 2nd and 4th Tues-

27 PEACE CAMP

9:30—4pm

28 PEACE CAMP

9:30—4pm

29 PEACE CAMP

9:30—4pm Friday Prayers 1:30pm [HR]

30

31 10am Worship Associate Ministers,

Sibyl Lundy, Linda

Stern and David

Heitmiller co-create

this worship service.

Interfaith Community Sanctuary

JULY 2016

Calendar keys:

[S] Sanctuary

[FH] Fellowship Hall

[HR] Healing Room

$ = Fee for this gathering;

Contact instructor.

More complete details about our

gatherings can be found on the

calendar page of our website: http://interfaithcommunitysanctuary.org/

index.php/calendar/

And see our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/

Thursday August 4th 7:00pm

Join us in helping launch

Michael Bodhi Douglas’ book:

Following the Light: the Dance

of the Elements. The evening will

include a reading and spiritual

practices to invoke the elements.

Reception and book signing follows the

presentation.

Our Spiritual Discernment for 2016

Spiritual Permaculture: Coming into

Deeper Relationship with Earth

JULY 2016

Interfaith Community Sanctuary

1763 NW 62nd Street

Seattle, WA 98107

info@interfaithcommunitysanctuary.org

206.783.1718

www.interfaithcommunitysanctuary.org

Our spiritual discernment for 2016 will

be the twelve principles of permaculture.

These principles are primarily guidelines

for designing functional, sustainable

agricultural systems. However, as a

distillation of the way nature works, they

are applicable across a wide range of

activities: social, creative, economic, and

spiritual. Our hope is that focusing on

these basic tenets will help us connect

these different aspects of our lives, and

see how the same wisdom of balance and

harmony works in all of them.

By placing our spiritual practice in a holistic, ecological frame-

work, we can work against the tendency in our culture to men-

tally separate ourselves from nature, and develop deeper con-

nection with the natural processes that sustain and nurture us.

Our primary spiritual duty in this time is to reconnect with the

spirit of the planet that creates and supports us. We can use

these principles as a way of coming into deeper relationship

with this Earth, who is both our responsibility and the deepest

level of our selves.

(from Wikipedia) The three core tenets of permaculture are:

• Care for the earth: Provision for all life systems to contin-

ue and multiply. This is the first principle, because without a

healthy earth, humans cannot flourish.

• Care for the people: Provision for people to access those

resources necessary for their existence.

Return of surplus: Reinvesting surpluses back into the

system to provide for the first two ethics. This includes

returning waste back into the system to recycle into useful-

ness. The third ethic is sometimes referred to as “Fair

Share” to reflect that each of us should take no more than

what we need before we reinvest the surplus.

Twelve

Permaculture

design principles (articulated by David

Holmgren in his book

Permaculture: Principles

and Pathways Beyond

Sustainability):

1. Observe and interact: By taking time to engage with

nature we can design solutions that suit our particular

situation. (JANUARY)

2. Catch and store energy: By developing systems that col-

lect resources at peak abundance, we can use them in times of

need. (FEBRUARY)

3. Obtain a yield: Ensure that you are getting truly useful

rewards as part of the work that you are doing. (MARCH)

4. Apply self-regulation and accept feedback: We need

to discourage inappropriate activity to ensure that systems can

continue to function well. (APRIL)

5. Use and value renewable resources and services:

Make the best use of nature's abundance to reduce our con-

sumptive behavior and dependence on non-renewable re-

sources. (MAY)

6. Produce no waste: By valuing and making use of all the

resources that are available to us, nothing goes to waste. (JUNE)

7. Design from patterns to details: By stepping back, we

can observe patterns in nature and society. These can form the

backbone of our designs, with the details filled in as we go. (JULY)

8. Integrate rather than segregate: By putting the right

things in the right place, relationships develop between those

things and they work together to support each other. (AUGUST)

9. Use small and slow solutions: Small and slow systems

are easier to maintain than big ones, making better use of local

resources and producing more sustainable outcomes. (SEPTEMBER)

10. Use and value diversity: Diversity reduces vulnerabil-

ity to a variety of threats and takes advantage of the unique

nature of the environment in which it resides. (OCTOBER)

11. Use edges and value the marginal: The interface be-

tween things is where the most interesting events take place.

These are often the most valuable, diverse and productive ele-

ments in the system. (NOVEMBER)

12. Creatively use and respond to change: We can have a

positive impact on inevitable change by carefully observing,

and then intervening at the right time. (DECEMBER)