A universal assembly for true discernment
Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Shawna Summers
Title: “The Gift of Deeper Listening.”
Description: Rev. Shawna explored how the art of deeply listening from one’s Heart can lead both the speaker and listener to the Inner Guidance available to us all.
Reading: Donna Centrelli read an article from the Quaker website: A Whole Heart entitled “The Gift of Deeper Listening”.
Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert
Title: “Learning to Surrender”
Description: Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert discussed her insights on the nature of surrender, including why and how to practice surrender.
Reading: Lin Castaldo read “The Purpose of Surrender, Parts One and Two,” The Teachings of Inner Ramana.
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Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Kelly Barber
Title: “Wise One, Let Us Build Upon the Rock.”
Description: Rev. Kelly looked at the timeless foundational tools for the spiritual journey.
Reading: Aggie Mitchkoski read Chapter 1 of The Way Of Liberation by Adyashanti.
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Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Beverly Toporowski
Title: “Praying with Purpose”
Description: Rev. Beverly shared with us about remembering our purpose and that we are the creative process itself.
Reading: Shiryl Kaplan read NTI Phillipians Chapter 1 & 2.
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Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Jacquelyn EckertTitle: “Becoming the Empty Shell is Easier Than You Think.”
Description: Rev. Eckert discussed what is meant by “becoming the empty shell” as advised by NTI.
Reading: Rev. Shawna Summers read an article by Jan Frazier called “Think Nothing of It.”: Click Here to Read
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Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Regina Dawn AkersTitle: “God is in the Freedom.”
Description: How do we awaken? Some spiritual teachers speak of discipline and intense effort; others speak of consistency with love and sincerity; others say there’s absolutely nothing to do. What’s true? Rev. Regina Dawn Akers answered these questions in this Sunday’s Weekly Gathering.
Reading: Andy Walker read an excerpt from Perfect Brilliant Stillness by David Carse. Read Excerpt Here
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Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Meg ReinhartTitle: “The Holy Spark of Infinite Life”
Description: Rev. Meg contemplated the quote from the “I Ching”, “We do not try to impress them with the truth of the situation, but depend on truth’s penetrating power, as a Sage, the task is a balanced irony that holds the presence of both dark and light for others to see.” While looking at Chapter 5 (How to Awaken the Extremely Intense Desire for Liberation) in The Most Direct Means to Eternal Bliss.
Reading: Dawn Fernandez read an excerpt from “The Philosophy of the I Ching” by Carol K Anthony.
Here’s the PDF of the excerpt from I Ching: Click Here to Read
Here’s the diagram Meg shared: Click Here to View
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Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Shawna SummersTitle: “Am I Willing to Be Resurrected?”
Description: Rev. Shawna explored what Willingness and Resurrection symbolize for her right now. Shawna invited each one of us to contemplate what ‘willingness to be resurrected’ means to us.
Reading: Melody Brauninger read selections from (NTI) The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament. NTI Mark Ch. 15, v. 24-32 & NTI Galations Ch. 5, v. 7-12
Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Regina Dawn AkersTopic: You are Called to be a Teacher of God.
Description: As a follow-up to the movie discussion of “Shall We Dance?” and as a preview to Sunday’s Special Ministers’ Meeting, Regina shared from her experience of one who was called to be a teacher of God. What does “being called” mean? And how do we answer the call?
Reading: Rev. Phil Frisk read the Introduction to the ACIM Manual for Teachers.
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Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Billy SintirisTopic: “Becoming the Holy Spirit”
Description: Rev. Billy talked about how the awareness of the relationship with Holy Spirit has changed through inquiry, purification has become one with Source – with this, helping to continually decide what to bring down to Earth and thus making Heaven and Earth One.
Reading: Rubye Nasser read the poem Ithaca by C.P. Cavafy.
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