Join Us for Sounds of Awakening on Sunday, September 15th, 2024, 5pm EST

September 12, 2024

Join us for the debut of Rev. Yolanda & The Circle of Love Band on Sounds of Awakening! The new band will premier September 15th, 2024, from 5-6 pm ET/3-4 pm MT.

Rev. Yolanda is creating a new, live musical spiritual celebration in her new location in Brattleboro VT. This live event is called The Circle of Love. Along with Rev. Yolanda, long time musical companion Freddy Freeman, and new musical companion Tyler Wansly, will play and sing. This newly formed group will make their debut on Sounds of Awakening. We will be singing originals by Rev. Yolanda and Freddy Freeman, as well as cover tunes that illustrate our collective and individual spiritual path.

Rev. Yolanda is a trans femme gender queer singer/songwriter/performance artist & interfaith minister, originally from Muscle Shoals, Alabama- The Hit Recording Capital of the World. Rev. Yolanda has been making music/theater/TV/film/performance art for well over 40 years, winning the NYC MAC Award twice and inducted into both the NY Blues Hall of Fame and The GLBT Hall of Fame. Rev. Yolanda is so very happy to be a part of and be of service to the Awakening-Together Community on The Member Board of Trustees, as well as with her weekly program The Mighty Companions-The Voice that Likes You.

You can find Rev. Yolanda’s music here: www.Yolanda.net/audio

REGISTRATION OPEN: Introduction to A Course in Miracles

September 11, 2024

A Course in Miracles is a complete self-study spiritual thought system. As a three-volume curriculum consisting of a Text, Workbook for Students, and Manual for Teachers, it teaches that the way to universal love and peace—or remembering God—is by undoing guilt through forgiving others.

The Course thus focuses on the healing of relationships and making them holy. A Course in Miracles also emphasizes that it is one version of the universal curriculum, of which there are “many thousands.” Consequently, even though the language of the Course is that of traditional Christianity, it is a universal spiritual teaching.

In this class you will:

1. Become familiar with main themes taught in A Course in Miracles.

2. Apply the teachings of A Course in Miracles to the everyday circumstances that arise in your daily life.

3. Practice the first forty-two lessons of A Course in Miracles Workbook for Students.

Course Duration: 6 weeks

Homework begins: October 14, 2024

Last Day of Course: November 24, 2024

Coursework: There will be buddy peer review of homework 2 times per week. There is homework 7 days per week.

Facilitators: Revs. Kate Brennan and Cyndi Krupp

Cost: $180

Textbook needed: is Living A Course in Miracles by Jon Mundy.

Course Type: Offered in the Forum

Registration closes: October 8, 2024 @ 5 p.m. ET

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Gentle Healing Year 3 with Rev. Sharon Hepburn ~ Week 33

September 11, 2024

This Gentle Healing Group Year 3 is being led by Rev. Sharon Hepburn. The Gentle Healing Curriculum guides committed students to make consistent, gentle progress toward genuine peace, joy, and love. This group began year 3 on January 24, 2024.

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Listen to the Voice That Likes You ~ The Mighty Companions Hour ~ 09-08-24

September 11, 2024

Please 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 find out more about the Mighty Companions on the website: themightycompanions.com

Live in the Sanctuary on Sundays at 5 pm ET/3 pm MT.
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*We ask anyone who feels called to please help support our beloved Rev. Yolanda as she walks through this difficult time. Donations are now being accepted. Please clink on this link https://gofund.me/545d958a

Group Led Contemplation ~ Sangha – Quotes 572 & 573 ~ 09-11-24

September 11, 2024

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Please join us as we continue to contemplate Out of the Stillness & The Seven Steps to Awakening. This program is on Wednesdays, 3pm ET / 1pm MT (except for the first Wednesday of the month).

“Awakening Together was designed by inner guidance to be a sangha rather than a guru-centered collective.”

As we step into the vision of “The Sangha is the New Guru” we are learning how the sangha is its own teacher, and honing the skills that are important for each member of a highly effective sangha. We are teaching ourselves how to genuinely support awakening, for each of us and for the community.

The primary qualities of a sangha are:

Members genuinely live the spiritual teachings they study.
They speak and teach from their own authentic experience.
They support one another on the spiritual path.

During this program we are currently contemplating Out of the Stillness and The Seven Steps to Awakening as Regina had been contemplating during this time.

A new facilitator will also be assigned each week. The facilitator will be the one to facilitate the program during the following week. The facilitator will lead by reading the quotes, calling on participants who wish to share their contemplations and may also be the one to share contemplations. To be a facilitator you will need both books.

Any questions posed will be posed to the group and inner wisdom will be brought forth from the sangha in response. We invite anyone who feels called to join us as we step into the vision of a highly effective sangha.

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Wednesdays at 3 pm ET/1 pm MT,
except for the first Wednesday of the month

List of Step 3 Quotes

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Rev. Anne Blanchard ~Unfiltered, “The Origins of Self-Judgment” 09-11-2024

September 11, 2024

Rev. Anne Blanchard shares her experience of purification and awakening, unfiltered and as it happens. Raw, reflective, brave, and infused with clarity, Anne’s open honesty inspires us all to dive deep into the spiritual journey instead of simply skimming the surface. She continues to share deeply from various non-dual teachings and teachers.

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Rhoda ~ Living the Undefended Surrender Experiment, “Knowing God’s Love Through & As Everything” 09-11-2024

September 11, 2024

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With humor, love, and open-hearted awareness Rev. Rhoda Makled is exploring her own take on the Surrender Experiment as coined by Michael Singer. Raw, authentic, and faithful she is uncovering the path to living in the undefended Heart.

Rev. Rhoda will dig into topics she is exploring in her life such as what it means to live the experiment of being surrendered. Feeling every feeling and seeing every thought she can, Rhoda will share the journey of studying, journaling, contemplating, being inspired by, and surrendering to Truth. Inspired by so many teachers including those here at Awakening Together, Rhoda will share her contemplations and invites you to come and discuss your experience with your own surrender experiment. This undefended dialogue with Inner Wisdom is just one more way to observe as the self is undone–the intention being to leave space only for awareness of Awareness and release everything that covers Truth.

In this program, Rev. Rhoda will explore the teachings of Michael Singer, Regina Dawn Akers, Paul Hedderman, Roger Castillo, Helen Hamilton, and many more.

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Wednesdays 12:30-1 pm ET
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Rev. Cyndi Krupp ~ I Think, Therefore… “Are you human or…?” 09-11-2024

September 11, 2024

In this program, Rev. Cyndi will explore how we can use the Conditioning Loop (What I think, I see, what I see, I experience, what I experience I think) to shine a light on how the little self works to keep us in the dark. She will be using personal stories, contemplations, and wisdom teachings. Join Cyndi in using the world that we see and the thoughts that we think to Awaken Together.

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Wednesdays 12:00-12:30 p.m. ET

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Introducing this Month’s Movie: “Sommersby”

September 10, 2024

Join us for our next Movie Watcher’s Group which will be facilitated by Rev. Kelly Barber on Sunday, September 22nd, 2024, at 8 pm ET/6 pm MT.

Sommersby is a 1993 romance/drama film starring Jodie Foster and Richard Gere. Jack Sommersby (Richard Gere) returns home to the South after the Civil War, seven years after he left as a soldier. He’s a changed man, kind and caring, and his wife Laurel (Jodie Foster) ends her engagement to live with him. However, suspicions arise that he may not be who he says he is.

Although this movie is classified as a romance, I feel it contains so much more. This film explores themes of romantic love, but it also highlights themes of identity, roles we play in community, forgiveness and redemption. I was moved the first time I watched this beautiful movie and look forward to sharing it with you all!

Sommersby can be watched on YouTube, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Google Play Movies, & Plex.

Trailer for Sommersby

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Rev. Jacquelyn & Connie ~ Early Insights, “Purifying the Mind of False Beliefs”, Part 1 ~ 9/10/24

September 10, 2024

Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert and Connie Poole play Regina Dawn Akers’ Early Teaching videos and invite those in attendance to contemplate those teachings along with them.

Because these teachings are so helpful, Jacquelyn and Connie plan to slowly review them by playing one or two of them each week and contemplating them in a group format.

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Here’s a link to RDA Early Teaching that will be played next week: “Purifying the Mind of False Beliefs, Part 2“