Update for Sunday, February 23

Feb 21, 2025 | C3 Updates

This week at C3

We welcome Former Lead Teacher Kent Dobson for Week 6 of the Who Am I? series. His teaching is Ancient Imaginal Consciousness.

Duo Stanley and Quiggle played for us a few times last year, and they’re coming back this week to provide the music for the Gathering.

The meditation will come from Beth Buelow.

📍 Location: Central Park Place, Mackinaw Ballroom, 421 Columbus Ave, Grand Haven)

⏰  Pre-Talk: 9 a.m. | Main Gathering: 10 a.m. | C3 Kids: 10 a.m.–Noon

💬  Talk Back: After the Gathering until Noon

📺  Livestream on our Facebook page 

🆕  Last Week’s Teaching and Meditation

    C3 News

    🆕  C3 Kids Make Valentine Cards for Nursing Home Residents

    The C3 Kids made beautiful Valentine cards during their time together on February 9. Cheryl Van Abbema delivered them to Riverside Nursing Home, where they were put on dinner trays to brighten the day of the residents who eat in their rooms and have few visitors. Nice job, C3 Kids!

      Outreach

      Looking for Motivated C3 People to Share Our Values

      We are most ourselves, most C3, when we embody ourselves in the community. That’s what C3 Outreach does, by offering a variety of exciting programs and activities through which C3 members demonstrate our values in the broader community. In the next few months, we want to expand the Outreach team and invite new volunteers, too. This Sunday, Outreach will share details about C3’s current work in this vital area and specifics on how you can help. If you have questions about being involved in Outreach, speak with Outreach Committee members Rod Van Abbema or Chrys Moelter-Gray. Learn more about Outreach here.

      Humanity for Prisoners Newsletter

      Click here to access the February Communicator from HFP.

      Momentum Center Newsletter

      Click here to read the February edition of Just News.

      Charter for Compassion

      🆕  Week 3@C3 in February
      Three grocery carts stuffed full of food were delivered to The People Center by Char Kole (and husband and grandson) from our Week 3@C3 collection this month. Thanks to all who donated to support this organization, which does such good work in the community. The volunteer who was working that day was one Mr. Crouse—dad to our C3 Kids’ Miss Mary!

      Care and Concern

      Caring for our C3 community is a shared responsibility. Community Care encourages members to support one another with notes, calls, visits, meals, and transportation.To share life events, illnesses, or hardships—or to request help—contact Cheryl Van Abbema by email or phone.

        • 🆕  Lana Brock’s surgery was postponed while the doctor looks for a better procedure. Lana is disappointed but doing well.
        • Carol Schwemin recently had an ablation of her spine, but the procedure hasn’t yet provided relief of long-term pain.
        • 🆕  Mike Rozich’s mother Antoinette (Ann) Valia Rozich passed away on Tuesday, February 18. She was 95. A service will be held in the spring.

      Groups

        • Sunday Night Supper meets at Dr. Rolf’s Barbecue (971 W. Savidge St.) in Spring Lake, 5:30 p.m. this Sunday. Please sign up at the Welcome Table if you intend to come. 
        • Women’s Journey is coming up on Monday, February 24, at 6:30 p.m. at The Bookman.
        • C3 Men’s Group meets on Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Choir Room at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Call Phil Koster with questions.
        • 🆕  C3 Book Club and Friends  We meet March 18 (third Tuesday of the month), 6 p.m. at The Bookman to discuss The Women by Kristen Hannah. Bonnie Newman will lead the discussion of this historical fiction, which deals with the sacrifices of American military nurses serving during the Vietnam Conflict. To read ahead, At Home by Bill Bryson is the book for April.
        • Mindful Living Practice Come, explore, and share the contemplative practice of Mindful Living every third Wednesday of the month, starting March 19, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Loutit District Library, Program Room A. Have questions? See or email Kerry FitzGerald.

      Values in Action

      Community Events for Your Consideration 

      Click on the links for more information.

      Connections ✋

      Make new friends, meet interesting people, tell them about C3! Check out all kinds of activities in the area at the Grand Haven Area Events Calendar, Calendar of Events for All Ages | Loutit District Library, and Spring Lake District Library Calendar

      Calendar

      Sunday, February 23

      9 a.m. Pre-Talk

      10 a.m. C3 Kids with Miss Mary and volunteer Patti Baldus

      10 a.m. Gathering, In Person + Livestream on Facebook

        • Former Lead Teacher: Kent Dobson
        • Music: Stanley and Quiggle
        • Meditation: Beth Buelow

      11 a.m. Talk Back

       

      Monday, February 24

      6:30 p.m. Woman’s Journey (The Bookman, 715 Washington Ave., GH) 

       

      Tuesday, February 25

      7 p.m. C3 Men’s Group (Choir Room, St. John’s Episcopal Church, GH)

       

      Wednesday, February 26

      6:30 p.m.  Board of Trustees Meeting (C3 Office, 1447 Washington Ave., GH)

       

      Sunday, March 2

      9 a.m. Pre-Talk

      10 a.m. C3 Kids with Miss Mary and volunteer Sally Alderink

      10 a.m. Gathering, In Person + Livestream on Facebook

        • Core Teacher: Ruth Zwald
        • Music: Ruth and Max Bloomquist
        • Meditation: Abby Black

      11 a.m. Talk Back

      Ruth Zwald, retired social worker/minister, makes her home on a farm, starting every dawn with good coffee and the crow of the rooster. Loving the cycles of the seasons, Ruth watches the moon and never misses a solstice or equinox turning. She is a Mesa Carrier on the Peruvian Medicine Path, which involves personal healing, transformational healing for others, and creating ceremony and ritual for ourselves and for the earth

      Ruth and Max Bloomquist: Original. Traditional. Passionate. Fun. Rootsy Acoustic Americana Folk. And one of our longest, most favorite musical connections. Ruth’s award winning abilities as a songwriter and singer are accented by Max’s harmony and touch on the upright bass. Ruth’s trademark rich alto is unmistakable, and her songs evoke images and emotions common to us all.

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