All Times are Eastern Standard Time – See links below to join us in the Sanctuary
9:30 am – Radiantly Alive Meditations with Rev. Saina Fernandez
In this program, Radiantly Alive Meditations, Rev. Saina Fernandez will lead us step-by-step through the 112 gateways into meditation. These meditations are doorways into the wonder, awe, and bliss that are available to us at all times. If you have ever struggled with meditation, or it has become dry in some way, then these ways of meditating can possibly bring life and aliveness to your practice.
10:15 am – Weekly Gathering – Rev. Beverly Toporowski
Title: “Listening to Only Truth”
Description: What happens when we are willing to listen to only Truth? What are we giving up when we hand over our own understanding, our thoughts, our fears, and our feelings about what we have accepted as truth? Let’s explore the miracle of what it means to listen.
Reading: Melody Brauninger will read The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament (NTI) Luke Chapter 24.
11:30 am –Weekly Fellowship Time – Rev. George Maddox
This is the time when Awakening Together fellowships as a community. We share what is on our hearts and minds from the recent homily or anything else that is truly inspiring us.
12:00 pm – Giving Up Kate! – Rev. Kate Brennan
Rev. Kate reads and shares her journal, contemplation, and experience of applying the teachings of Gentle Healing.
12:30 pm – God Through Audz – Audrey Whitehead
Join Audrey Whitehead for her new program God through Audz where she will read from Helen Hamilton’s, Dissolving the Ego. Audrey will share, if prompted, in dedication to discerning for Truth and invites others in attendance to listen deeply, for all answers are within, and succinct, soulful sharing is encouraged.
1:00 pm – Sacred Inquiry – Rev. Shawna Summers
Rev. Shawna demonstrates the art of Sacred Inquiry in real time. Join her as she follows the guidance, questioning each layer that the thinking mind throws at her in an attempt to hide the wisdom that is inherent in us all. She is learning to go deeper into beginners’ mind with humble and honest curiosity. This is an evolving process, as she learns to feel for the vibrational level of each thought, exposing the source. She invites all listening to join her in their own Inquiry to experience the strength of this powerful spiritual practice. The original inspiration for this half-hour came from Adyashanti’s book ‘Sacred Inquiry’.
1:30 pm – 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.
2:30 pm – 4:45 pm Awakening Together Radio Broadcast during the break.
This is the time designated as a break so that our Sanctuary Director may have the time to rest.
5:00 pm – The Mighty Companions – Revs. Glen Ganaway and Yolanda Mapes
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.
6:00 pm – Enlightened Leadership: Building the Foundation (Reboot) – Facilitated by 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.
7:00 pm – 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.
8:00 pm – Movie Watcher Group – Facilitated by Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert
To the Wonder is a mystical meditation on the many manifestations of yearning and love. Like the wind that blows across the plains as the main characters engage in a playful chase, the Spirit of God teases us and invites us to follow. “Teach us where to seek you,” says another character in the film, Father Quintana, echoing the call of spiritual people through the ages. The response is equally universal: Everywhere you turn you see the face of God.
There is within all human beings a deep yearning for transcendental meaning and a connection with the Source of Life. As the Nicaraguan poet Ernesto Cardenal put it: “We have always wanted something beyond what we wanted.” This desire is characterized by a restlessness in our souls. We desperately want to break out of the prisons of separateness that our egos construct for us. This film seems to suggest that our yearning draws out the mystic inside of us, reminding us of our need for unity.
To the Wonder delves deeply into the different kinds of thirst or desire or yearning which give our lives texture, substance, and meaning. Within many religious traditions, these qualities have been seen as problematic. In watching and discussing this film, we will have an opportunity to contemplate whether all desire is reflective of True Desire, which seems to be the message of the filmmaker.
You can find this movie on Hulu, YouTube, Amazon Prime, Vudu, and iTunes.
