A universal assembly for true discernment
Reverend Jacquelyn Eckert was our minister this week – her topic: “Preparing for Easter”. Her talk was inspiring and helpful for those of us who are struggling to be prepared for something that can come to us only through Divine Grace.
Lisa Hester read from Joel Goldsmith’s lecture of similar title “Preparation for Easter.”
Awakening Together Weekly Gathering with Reverend Gloria Wells
Gloria Wells was our Minister this Sunday at 10:15 AM in the Awakening Together Sanctuary. Her topic was “Closing the gap, learning to fly.”
The reading came from Michael Berg’s book “The Way” Ken Gibson was the reader.
Gloria is one of the newest Awakening Together Ordained Ministers. She is the Secretary of the Awakening Together Member Board of Trustees. Please enjoy this wonderful occasion of Gloria’s first service.
Rev. Jay McCormick is a founding member of Awakening Together. Jay is our minister for this Sunday’s Gathering in the Awakening Together Sanctuary at 10:15 EST.
Topic: “Why Hide When You Can Go Inside”
Reader: Rev. Hank Hamilton – Reading: Pathway #30 p80 “Subtle Mystery” from “The Sufi Way of Life” by Neil Donald Klotz
Sometimes we can feel resistance to going inside. Sometimes we can choose to hide in our intellect, our habits, our means of escape, and the experience thought loop. These distractions are all means that we temporarily use to pull away from the subtle call to go within, to go inside, to go to the place of peace that is within our being. In this gathering we will explore some ways in which we typically hide and emphasize our innate ability to contemplate the inner mystery. We will discuss how we can move with ease past our desire to hide, through the fog and into the heart of being, into the home of our soul, into where truth resides.
Barb Deurwaarder was our Admin
Reader: Shiryl Kaplan Reading from Acim Text 20.8
Selections from paragraphs 6-11
Barbara Deurwaarder Admin
Music Director, Lyn Johnson
Rev Nyki Dobson was our minister this week – her topic: “ Many different teachings all pointing to One Truth. This was a profound teaching about healing the heart and the mind.
Reader: Lyn Johnson – read from The Solution: Becoming Your Own Loving Parent from “Big Red Book”: Chapter Eight, The Solution: Becoming Your Own Loving Parent
Barbara Deurwaarder Admin
Reverend Jay McCormick speaks on : “The Keys to Spiritual Growth”
Every day is an opportunity for transformation. Remember that there is a voice from above that comes to us and everyone in our life is a mirror and we serve as mirrors for everyone else. Trusting the creator gives us the greatest power as we are assisted by the Divine. This is a key through all of our human trials and tests of purification. As we repent from our habits, we clean the barn and continue to take the next step, never being satisfied, until the Self is fully let go.
Reader: Joanne Schnieder – Exerpt from “The Way” by Michael Berg, Chapter 6 “The Rabbi and the Train”
Admin: Barb Deurwaarder
Music: Lyn Johnson
The Keys to Spiritual Growth:
1. Everyday is an opportunity for transformation
2. Hear the inner voice
3. All are mirrors
4. Trust the creator
5. Ask for Divine assistance
6. Always being tested
7. Repent with joy
8. Never be satisfied
9. Walk like the blind
10. Use death as motivation
11. Experience the pain as our own
12. Don’t judge others
Our True Body
Rev. Regina Dawn Akers led us in ‘looking exercises’ through which we saw, with direct experience, that which we truly are.
Share Murphy read an excerpt from The Transparency of Things by Rupert Spira.
Barbara Deurwaarder served as the Sanctuary Administrator.
Our Admin was Barb Deurwaarder and Lyn Johnson was the Music Director
Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert spoke on “Living in the Now” an exploration of what this well worn concept might actually mean and how we might be about it. Kathy Smith read “Orientation to the Big Picture” from Jan Frazier’s book, The Freedom of Being.
Barb Deurwaarder was the Admin and Lyn Johnson was the music master
