Midcoast Anthroposophical Society Group

CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OF MAINE TO BEGIN MEETING AT ASHWOOD

Ashwood has graciously welcomed the Christian

Community of Maine as a tenant for its tri-annual

services. The Christian Community has met in the

Freeport/Brunswick area for about 10 years with

attendees from far north, farthest south, and inland

Maine. Thus a move to the Rockport area felt prudent

for more equal access to all.

Services begin on Saturday, May 11, with a Gospel Study

(Matthew 17:1-13) at 5:30 p.m. This will be followed by

an informational talk at 7:15 p.m. by Reverend Darryl

Coonan on “The Christian Community Movement: What

Does It Stand For?” Following the talk, there will be a

Close of Day Service at 8:30 p.m. On Sunday, May 12,

there will be a Children’s Hour at 9:30 am, conducted by

Reverend Coonan, followed by the Sunday Service for

Children at 10:30 a.m. This service is for children

between the ages of seven and 14. Parents and adults

are also encouraged to attend, lending their support to

the children participating in this service.

At 11:00 a.m, The Act of Consecration of Man will be

held. (Children nine years or older are welcome at this

service.) To arrange for childcare during this service,

please call Cherry Short-Lee (207-273-3045).

A potluck brunch will follow at noon. If you are able,

please contribute a potluck dish for all of us to enjoy.

Please bring your own place settings.

Veil Painting with Seth Lester

Seth Lester is offering a six week veil painting course on Wednesday evenings from 4 to 7, at Ashwood Waldorf School in Rockport beginning May 22nd and ending on June 26th. The cost of the class is $180, plus materials. No prior experience is necessary. For more information or to enroll in the class, contact Seth at 763-4388 or at rcl@tidewater.net

Studies in Anthroposophy announces a two week course in Eurythmy - Speech and Tone made Visible through Movement Starting July 8, 2013

Join us for artistic explorations in movement with eurythmist, Patricia Pierce. How is it that through an experience of ourselves in gesture and movement we can learn so much about the world and our relationship to it? The spoken word and tones and intervals in music can be the keys to this connection between ourselves and the universe. We will explore these archetypal gestures by working with the rhythms and sounds in poetry, forms moved with others in space, and the musical scale as a path of human development.

“Eurythmy is a wonderful thing in that we can experience that, in essence, the human being and the natural world are connected.” (This came from Patricia’s bio..)

The course will take place Mon-Friday the weeks of July 8 and 15, 4:15pm - 5:30pm at the Ashwood Waldorf School in Rockport. Cost for ten session: $95. No previous experience required. Spaces are limited. Enroll soon to be assured of a place. For more info and contact: studiesinanthroposophy@gmail.com or 207 370 1246

For on-line registration: http://anthroposophystudies.tumblr.com/

The Challenge of Rudolf Steiner

TWO sets of Free showings of film: The Challenge of Rudolf Steiner »

Wednesdays Jan. 23 & 30, 7:00 pm
at newly renovated Community Building in Lincolnville Center

Sundays Feb. 3 & 10, 2013, 2:00 pm
at the Rockland Public Library

Lincolnville UCC

18 Searsmont Road (Route 173), P.O. Box 288, Lincolnville Center, Maine 04850

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Jan. 16 showing “The Challenge of Rudolf Steiner” Postponed due to Snow

”The Challenge of Rudolf Steiner” free documentary film,
Parts One and Two are postponed to NEXT TWO Wednesdays, 7pm, January 23 & 30
at Lincolnville Community Building.

See you then!

St. John’s Tide Bonfire and Celebration, June 24, 2010

St. John’s Tide Bonfire and Celebration at Ashwood
There will be a gathering of people on Thursday June 24, 7:30 PM at Rosewood ECC for social time and a bonfire, to be lit at dusk. We will collect dry Christmas greens and brush at the fire circle after June 11. If you would like more information, to share ideas about the celebration, or help plan a special activity for children, please call Susan Junge (236-0505).

Everyone is encouraged to work this festival into their family life on whatever scale feels most comfortable. If you can’t join us at Ashwood, maybe you can have a campfire at home with a few friends on June 24th.

This is a high summer festival that occurs after the solstice, once the shortening of daylight can be observed. It has been celebrated from ancient times with diverse stories picturing the earth and all it’s life forms reaching up into the heavens, communing with the spiritual world. The soil expands with the heat, water rises into clouds, plants grow tall, and animals raise their young in the time of warmth and nourishment. We human beings have turned gratefully towards the sun too. We enjoy the long warm days, the ripening fruits and vegetables, and the more frequent opportunities to socialize with each other during what most of us call ‘summer vacation’. All this stretching upwards also means that our imaginations explore higher ideals of who we are and can become. In this spirit we join around the bonfire: to celebrate what is good and beautiful in our world and in ourselves, and to affirm our intentions to continue creating out of this love.
Happy St. John’s Tide!

Please Join Midcoast Anthroposophical Society for a three-part Reading of and Conversation about Goethe’s Fairy Tale: “The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily”

From Steiner Books http://www.steinerbooks.org/detail.html?id=9780880105705 on The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily, A Fairy Tale:

“Goethe’s fairy tale is one of the most important stories of the Anthroposophic and Rosicrucian streams. It is a timeless, allegorical tale of initiation and had a profound impact on Rudolf Steiner and on the formulation of his teachings. He called the fairy tale a kind of “secret revelation,” an “apocalypse.”As the authors point out in The Time Is At Hand! Goethe’s fairy tale begins with a specific image: a river separating two lands that contrast to each other, as do the sensory world and the spiritual world. The story ends with a bridge, created through sacrifice, that spans the river between the two lands.”

Please join us for one or all of our March, April or May gatherings to read and discuss this important tale about spiritual and social renewal. Each will take place at the Ashwood Campus in the Early Childhood Center on the third Sunday of the month, 4-5:30. Dates: March 21, April 18, May 16, 2010. See poster below.