A universal assembly for true discernment
Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Gloria WellsTitle: “Ice Cream for Breakfast”
Description: This homily was an inspiring, interactive discussion about Rev. Gloria’s process of surrendering to life and allowing the magnitude of Truth to lead the way. She also led us in a beautiful sky meditation.
Reading: Rubye Nasser read from A Course in Miracles (ACIM) chapter 15, Practicing the Holy Instant.
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Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Erica WestTitle: “When the End is the Beginning”
Description: Rev. Erica shared her reflections on the intersection of grief, purpose, and transformation.
Reading: Rev. Tawonda Chase read from the Sufi Book of Life: 99 Pathways of the Heart for the Modern Dervish, Chapter 61: Transition pg 166-167 and also from The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament (NTI), Matthew chapter 12 v 30-32.
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Title: “Trust in God’s Guidance Is Essential for Growth on the Spiritual Path”
Description: What is trust, and how do we know if we are truly trusting? What does being in trust look like? Rev. George explored these questions and more. He invited us to discover how trusting everything is perfect just as it is, and how each of us has our part to do for the awakening of all that is!
Reading: Rev. Abigail Edwards read some excerpts from The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament (NTI) James chapter 1 and also A Course in Miracles, Manual for Teachers, the section on Trust pages 9-11.
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Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Regina Dawn Akers
Title: “The Heart of Guidance”
Description: Rev. Regina Dawn Akers shared about the heart of guidance, which is That which calls us to follow. She also talked about one of the main obstacles to guidance, which keep us from following in the direction we want to go by leading us to think we want something else or by tricking us into thinking we aren’t deserving of God’s love, attention, and care.
Reading: Rev. Shawna Summers read “The Desire to Surrender” & “You Are a Student of Feeling Now” scribed by Regina in 2007 and 2008 respectively.
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Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Susan Telford
Title: “The Light That Never Dies”
Description: The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament (NTI) 2 Timothy Chapter 2 says “the resurrection is within, for it is the Light that has never died.” In this Easter Sunday Weekly Gathering, Rev. Susan Telford explored how the Light never stops calling us back to the remembrance of who we really are and how, as in her own life, that can look like Fierce Grace. But as the Easter story reminds us the Fierce Grace of the crucifixion is followed by the joyful cry, Christ is Risen!
Reading: Judy Lekisch read The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament (NTI) 2 Timothy Chapter 2.
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Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Kate Brennan
Title: “Remember I Am”
Description: In this Weekly Gathering, Rev. Kate shared the topic of Remembrance. To remember means to have in one’s awareness and to do something that one has undertaken to do or that is necessary or advisable. Rev. Kate shared specifically what happens when attention lands on the intention to remember Who I Am and then how to move from extravagant tenderness.
Reader: Anne Blanchard read The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament (NTI) 2 Peter Chapter 1, v 1-18 Chapter 2 v 1-3 and also from the Chapter “Unconditional Follow Through” from the Way of Liberation by Adyashanti.
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Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Cyndi Krupp
Title: “Surrender Happens”
Description: In this Weekly Gathering, Rev. Cyndi shared how unless you were born into and fully embraced the Spiritual Path there was a time (or times) in your life when you chose to find another way – and in that way, there was a surrender, a letting go of your old way of being. Rev. Cyndi also shared some of her own stories of surrender and shared the spiritual tool of S.T.O.P. (Surrender, Trust, Open, Purpose) which all inspired can use while resting and allowing the healing to happen.
Reader: Rico Cruz read The Way of Liberation – The Epilogue (pp 41-44) by Adyashanti.
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Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Billy Sintiris
Title: “Looking at the Word Serenity”
Description: Rev. Billy shared about how everyone is getting a wake-up call at this point in history and how this relates to the topic of serenity. He also shared some personal experiences and takeaways from recent insights that have come about from reading The Seven Steps to Awakening, AA literature, and I Am That.
Reader: Rev. Megan Reinhart read the AA promises.
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Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Marisol Landin
Title: “Dropping into the Heart”
Description: Rev. Marisol shared how through a difficult life situation, she came to understand that clarity and peace cannot be found in the stories and “solutions” the mind has to offer. Clarity and peace became available only when she sat in the Heart and opened to what was.
Reader: Manuela Giaroli read from The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament (NTI) 1 Corinthians, Chapter 4, v8-17, 1-12.
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Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Joanne Schneider
Title: “I Live as a Fraud and So Do You”
Description: Being a fraud is an ego experience. Being a fraud, or feeling unworthy or not good enough, are ego thoughts. All egoic experiences are fraudulent because your experience comes out of the belief that you are a body/personality. Thus, everything you tell yourself that you are in your world experience is fraudulent. So yes, in this world you are living a fraudulent life. You are living from the belief that you are a body/personality.
Reader: Rev. Rayla Daniels read The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament (NTI) 1 Corinthians, Chapter 14.
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Rev. Joanne’s written contemplation for this week’s homily:
Contemplation behind the Weekly Gathering of 3/13/2022 with Rev. Joanne Schneider
3/9/2022
Holy Spirit Inner Wisdom, sometimes I feel inadequate, not good enough, unworthy; sometimes I feel like a fraud. I know these times are learning opportunities for me. And I have been presented a learning opportunity this week. In fact, I see it as a healing opportunity.
Holy Spirit Inner Wisdom, how am I a fraud?
Being a fraud is an ego experience. Being a fraud, or feeling unworthy or not good enough, are ego thoughts. All egoic experiences are fraudulent because your experience comes out of the belief that you are a body/personality. Thus, everything you tell yourself that you are in your world experience is fraudulent. In your world experience, you get wrapped up into being right, perfect, and in control. You do not realize how impossible that is within the temporary, ever-changing experience that you created. Being right, perfect, and in control is simply not possible in your world experience. The feeling of being a fraud within that experience is simply part of the turbulent human experience that is presented to you to again practice letting go. And what adds to your distress is your belief in judgment. You believe that you are judged as wrong, imperfect, and out of control. You may well be judged, by others as wrong, imperfect, out of control personalities. Do you see how ridiculous your mind is? It feeds you crazy thoughts to keep you clinging to your personality in the world. It totally distracts you from seeing your True Self. In fact, your mind highjacks the direct path to your spiritual aspiration.
So yes, in this world you are living a fraudulent life. You are living from the belief that you are a body/personality. That is fraudulent. You are Truly the image and likeness of Eternal Love and Perfection; You are the Light. So, when the ego-mind tells you that you are a fraud, smile and agree and remember what you truly are. You are the Light, trying to reduce yourself to impossible standards in an imperfect, temporary experience. Then chuckle to yourself and ask, “What were you thinking?”
Let’s take this one step further. Every body/personality in your world experience is living a fraudulent life. They too are the Light covered by a disguise, a similar disguise to the one you wear. To straighten your path, take off your disguise and see through theirs; see them without theirs. Don’t be fooled by what they want you to see. Refuse to see them as anything other than the Light and Love that is their True Self.
Holy Spirit Inner Wisdom, thank you for teaching me about THE Light that is shining in my world experience. Help me live from this lesson. I am willing to see Light from Light, the One Light.
