All Times are Eastern Standard Time – See links below to join us in the Sanctuary
Join us at 9:30 am ET/ 7:30 am MT for Contemplating Poetry Using Lectio Divina with Rev. Susan Telford
Rev. Susan Telford will be guiding us in learning the contemplative practice of Lectio Divina using poetry.
In each session, Susan will read a poem, drawing from a wide range of poets, including Rumi, Hafiz, David Whyte, Mary Oliver, John O’Donohue, and many others (including her own work), then guide participants through the four steps of Lectio Divina. Susan shares that this direct practice is a beautiful way to connect with Inner Wisdom and obtain clarity.
Join us at 10:15 am ET/ 8:15 am MT
for Our Weekly Gathering with
Rev. Rhoda Makled
Topic: “It’s Right Here!”
Description: No matter how much confusion there is, let’s be clear IT… is right here. What is the “it”? Well the short answer is “everything.” Over the past many years I’ve been discovering how every idea I have about the world isn’t true. There are so many assumptions placed on reality in the form of “I know.” Everything I think I know is completely false when I look directly at it. Whether “it” is a feeling, an idea or an experience, “it” is never somewhere else. So all this time language has been used to compound this illusion and can only fail to describe what is…wait what?!? I love the way Byron Katie describes it. Together we will explore the confusion of illusion and the reality that is always what IT is using Bryon Katie’s description of how “everything happens for you, not to you.”
Reading: Sami Ross will read an excerpt from “A Mind At Home With Itself” by Bryon Katie with Stephen Mitchell, Ch. 16, “Everything Happens For You, Not To You”.
*Weekly gathering is held every Sunday morning at 10:15 am ET/8:15 am MT in the Awakening Together Sanctuary. Join us after the Gathering for our Fellowship Time, hosted by Rev. George Maddox.
Join us at 12:00 pm ET/ 10:00 am MT for Just Being Here Now with Anja Janssen
Everything is already here now, so all we have to ‘do’ is be. In this program, Anja will look deeply into the now, the present moment, to explore how truth presents itself. She will be using everyday experiences and events to practice being present with what is. She will also share a variety of teachings about the now, the illusion of time, and resting in beingness. Some of the teachers and texts she will draw from are Eckhart Tolle, Lao Tzu, Angelo Dilullo, A Course in Miracles & NTI. Join Anja in using our everyday experiences to embrace the present moment and be.
Join us at 1:30 pm ET/ 11:30 am MT for Freedom Practice Sangha with Rev. Anne Blanchard
This will be a time of sharing our inquiries, insights, and challenges, listening to others, or just knowing that we are in community as we find that undefended place within ourselves that longs to be free.
Join us at 5:00 pm ET/ 3:00 pm MT for The Mighty Companions Hour – The Voice That likes You with Rev. Yolanda Mapes
Join Rev. Yolanda as she continues to share her beautiful voice and heart during The Mighty Companions Hour. This is a program she and her late, beloved husband, Rev. Glen Ganaway began in 2020.
Rev. Yolanda Mapes, who is an interfaith minister, shares a delightful, funny, and inspiring hour of A Course in Miracles. Come join in on the fun, the laughs, and the music while unlearning the ego through the lessons and chapters of ACIM.
You can discover more about the Mighty Companions on this website: www.themightycompanions.com. Also, Rev. Yolanda has a site where you can purchase her beautiful, spiritually uplifting music: www.Yolanda.net/audio If you feel to contribute to her ministry, you can do so here: www.patreon.com/RevYolanda
Join us at 6:00 pm ET/ 4:00 pm MT for Enlightened Leadership: Building the Foundation with Revs. Rhoda Makled & David Hemphill
The Tao Te Ching (The Way), written by Lao-Tzu (Old Teacher), is a guide to enlightened leadership. While most people believe effective leadership lies in knowledge and power, the Tao teaches it lies in emptiness, stillness, and presence.
Awakening Together’s President-Minister, Rev. Rhoda Makled, and Rev. David Hemphill share from the Tao as they contemplate its principles in order to fully embody them. In addition to the 2 versions already being read from the Tao, the pair will also read Regina Dawn Aker’s translation of the Tao Te Ching.
Join us at 7:00 pm ET/ 5:00 pm MT for Deepening Into Clarifying the Teachings Together with Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert
During this program, we will listen to a portion of each previously recorded “Clarifying the Teachings” program. Afterward, we will spend time contemplating and teaching ourselves what is most alive for us at the moment. We may also spend time practicing what Regina is teaching. And…we will start at the very beginning.
Bring your journals, openness, and curiosity as we explore what is most alive in us and ready to be seen. We hope you feel inspired to join.
Join us at 8:00 pm ET/ 6:00 pm MT for Movie Watchers Discussion Group with Kelly Barber & Julie Butler
Movies are modern day parables. Watching movies with your inner guide can inform rather than just entertain you. This Spirit Led Movie Watchers Discussion Group facilitates the participants’ ability to identify spiritual themes in everyday movies and to use movies as a way of uncovering unconscious beliefs about ourselves and the world we live in.
Official Competition (original title Competencia Oficial) is a Spanish-language satire starring Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas, who dazzle as two egomaniacs preparing to make a movie together. Rotten Tomatoes describes it as a “sharp comedy skewering wealth, art, and pride.” It ranks #4 in Rotten Tomatoes’ list of the best comedy movies in 2022.
It’s a delightful film within a film packed with irony and flawless performances by both Cruz and Banderas, as well as the third member of the main trio, Argentina’s Oscar Martínez. The film opens with a billionaire in search of social prestige deciding to fund a unique, groundbreaking film. He hires famous but idiosyncratic director Lola Cuevas (Cruz), who in turn casts blockbuster star Félix Rivero (Banderas) and aging thespian Iván Torres (Martínez). They boast enormous talent but even bigger egos. In preparation for the shoot, Lola submits both actors to a series of increasingly hilarious tests forcing them to confront not only each other but their competitiveness, self pride, and triggers.
As you watch with Inner Wisdom, you may be led to contemplate things like to what lengths you go to protect and project a cherished self-image and how you manipulate and play mind games with others.
Here is a link to the playsheet designed to assist with a Spirit centered movie watching experience: Official Competition Playsheet
Click here for Official Competition Movie Trailer
Official Competition can be watched with a subscription on Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Youtube, and Sling TV or rented on Apple TV, Google Play Movie, and Fandango at Home.
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