This Sunday in the Sanctuary ~ May 28, 2023

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 Sunday Gathering with Rev. Kelly Barber

Title: “You Cannot Stop the Waves, But You Can Learn to Surf!”

Description: Often as we navigate our way through difficult times, we are filled with resistance and a sense that something “has gone terribly wrong.”  This is one way in which things are not as they appear. An upheaval is a blessing in disguise.

*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 Joy Bedford.

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Join us at 1:30 pm ET/ 11:30 am MT for Freedom Practice Sangha Facilitated by 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 *Recording

Revs. Glen Ganaway and Yolanda Mapes, who are interfaith ministers, share 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.

Join us at 6:00 pm ET/ 4:00 pm MT for Enlightened Leadership: Building the Foundation – Revs. Jacquelyn Eckert & Rhoda Makled 

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, Jacquelyn Eckert, and Vice President-Minister, Rhoda Makled share from the Tao as they contemplate its principles in order to fully embody them. In addition to the 3 versions already being read from the Tao, now 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 – Facilitated by 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 Group Facilitated by Joy Bedford

Wonder Woman 1984 is an action, fantasy, and adventure movie based on the Superhero character Wonder Woman. Diana Prince (Wonder Woman) lives quietly among mortals in the vibrant, sleek 1980s — an era of excess driven by the pursuit of having it all. Though she’s come into her full powers, she maintains a low profile by curating ancient artifacts, and only performing heroic acts incognito. But soon, Diana will have to muster all of her strength, wisdom, and courage as she finds herself squaring off against Maxwell Lord and the Cheetah, a villainess who possesses superhuman strength and agility.

Wonder Woman 1984 was chosen as this month’s film because of its fun, spectacular demonstration of the wish (desire) for something to be different than it is that never leads to lasting happiness. Those who know the Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament, or “NTI,” may remember that Holy Spirit uses this description of the wish/desire to separate from our True Self/Divine/God and to make up our own kingdom, and what a mess that makes…a painful delay to awakening to our Glorious Divine Nature.

Witness Wonder Woman’s temptation to change what is. Notice her resistance to saying “no” to personal desire…ego…thereby letting go of the dream in her mind and choosing Divine authority in service to awakening. Explore whether she trades one world-focused path for another or if she chooses service to the awakening.

Other themes in WW84 include the vital necessity of self-honesty and that “greatness” is not what the ego thinks it is.

You can find this movie on HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime, Google Play, Redbox, TNT, and DirectTV.

Here is the playsheet that Joy made for us to contemplate this movie with Inner Wisdom: Click Here