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Spiritual Conversation Circle and Soup Supper

Come share a meal with other seekers and explore how spirituality impacts a person’s life. This Spiritual Conversation Circle, hosted at 7 p.m., every Thursday, is open to the authentic self, everyone has something valuable to bring to the table. There is room at this supper table for more people to share their unique spiritual perspective, their love or disappointment with their faith tradition, their search for something truer than any religious institution can express. 

So many people are looking for spiritual community but religious institutions have let them down. The words of prayer fail to move hearts to action. The messiness of authentic community is covered over by polite distance.  What does an ideal spiritual community look like?  What would happen if the community included people of different religious traditions?

What would happen if an atheist, a nihilist, a born-again Christian, a former Jew/former Episcopalian turned to metaphysics, a spiritual seeker, a “recovering Catholic” and a heretical Presbyterian sat down and got real about their spiritual journeys over supper? What happens is a brave spiritual community.

The Spiritual Conversation Circle and Soup Supper is a place to be fed: body and soul. Meet other spiritual seekers, discover the rich diversity of spiritual practice. Suppers are free, although donations to defer the cost of the meal are welcomed. Please RSVP by Wednesday each week. 

Location: Christ Church, 1600 Washington Valley Road, Martinsville. RSVP: Meetup.com/Cup-Of-Blessing/. For more information, contact Rev. Susan Joseph Rack at 908-722-2080, email [email protected] or visit ChristChurchEmerging.org. 

In-Print News Briefs March 2020 Spirtuality Religion
Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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