Two Rivers Center for Spiritual Living
A Science of Mind Community
November, 2008
A MESSAGE FROM OUR BOARD VICE PRESIDENT
On the 16th we will be celebrating our Second Anniversary of the forming of this Church.
What an honor to be sharing this celebration with each of you and to have Dr. Roger Teel from Mile Hi Church in Denver with us at this time.
We were birthed out of a desire to live in our truth, having made a choice to work with the teachings of Science of Mind to help us have a guidance and practice. We have formed a spiritual community which is an environment of acceptance, a nonjudgmental place for people to “play” seriously.
We are now stepping into our abundance, beginning to know what we are, and what we are capable of being. We have become a part of a dynamic healing process, allowing us to be healed of whatever we need. This spiritual center allows us to be experiencing the vibrant souls we are.
This is a celebration of knowing we have come where we are going, and visioning what is yet to come. We have created a place where our love recognizes our expectations.
Now we can expand our philosophy into our community, bringing the values and beliefs of Science of Mind to the Grand Valley and outlying communities.
This is truly a celebration of new beginnings, of what is to become. “Come Celebrate” with us November 16th at 7:00 pm at the Lakeside Community Center.
In Love,
Evelyn
A MESSAGE FROM REVEREND SHERYL ROGERS
What a wonderful two-year anniversary celebration we have planned for November 16th. Please don’t miss it! Help us celebrate all the hard work in labor and in consciousness that has brought us to where we are today. All chartering members are encouraged to attend to receive their membership cards and our first Foundations class graduates will also receive their certificates.
Each month we spend time visioning where we hope to “catch” Spirit’s higher vision for our spiritual community. Preceding the visioning process in October, Evelyn led a workshop that asked the question, “Which should we look at first – getting a permanent full-time minister or our own space?” After some lively discussion, several items were listed as reasons for pursuing one course of action over the other. The most important reason the group came up with for securing our own space was more visibility. The most important reason given for pursuing a minister was having a full-time spiritual leader. We then determined that having a full-time minister could also make us more visible in the community. This was a helpful exercise to give the Board a direction to follow. Of course, any final decisions for either course of action will be brought before the membership. Thanks to all of you who participated for your input. Anyone can participate in the visioning we do each month, no prior experience is required.
Blessings and Namaste’
Rev. Sheryl
TREASURER’S REPORT
Sunday collections and class fees for October totaled $3585 and October expenses totaled $2603, leaving an excess of income over expenses of $982. Checking account balances at month end were $7872.47 with $1401.29 in savings and $10,000 in CD’s. A full financial report is available in the church office.
PRACTITIONER’S MESSAGE
This is a very important time for our spiritual center. On November 16th we will be celebrating our second year as a spiritual group. We started out as a Study Group and a year ago determined that we would officially become a church under United Church for Spiritual Living. Exciting for us here in Colorado is that our Home Office has now moved to Golden, Colorado and is located at Genesse Park.
Our two-year celebration will be Sunday evening at 7 PM. We hope that you will put this on your calendar and join us. It will be especially wonderful with Dr. Roger Teel here to celebrate with us and share in this event. Dr. Arthur Houle will be playing two movements of his recent origiinal composition, Sonata Americana in G. Our own singers will get together with Chuck and Jeannie Thomas for The Rose by Amanda McBroom.
We are looking forward to seeing all of you on Sunday, November 16th for our celebration.
Blessings,
Diane Belt
REPORT FROM THE BOARD
Under Dr. Carl Wahlberg’s guidance the board has adopted a Mission Statement:
The Mission of the Board of the Two Rivers Center for Spiritual Living is to:
-establish a vision to help guide the church in its development
-conduct the business affairs of the church in a professional manner
-encourage members to commit their time, talents and resources to advance our
commitments
-love and serve.
The new banner for our spiritual center is being completed by Kim Gray and will be available for the first time at our celebration Sunday evening, Nov 16th. We extend our deepest appreciation to Kim for her beautiful and loving work in making this banner for us. Kim made the beautiful blue “LOVE” banner which is displayed at the front of our service every Sunday.
Our Children’s Ministry is forming and we are hoping to have more children at our services and working with our Youth Ministry. We are open to ideas and suggestions, especially young new faces on Sunday mornings.
Our spiritual community members have come together with a visioning group to look at our next steps in the coming year. Everyone is invited to participate in the visioning which is taking place. It is held once a month and will be announced in advance for all to join. The last visioning was held October 19th with a focused look at whether we want to put our energies on seeking a minister or looking for a home for our center. The group agreed that a first focus would be to look for a full time minister. We will certainly be keeping our options open to any opportunities which may come our way. Visioning is an opportunity for our community members to be involved in giving directly to the church.
FRIDAY DISCUSSION GROUP
The discussion group will be meeting on November 28th and the topic will be “Death and Dying.” This was our topic for October but we were unable to meet, so it is carried over to November. We will be watching a video titled “The Search for Heaven.” It is a scientific examination of our final destiny, and will include a compelling informative look at heaven. Books that would be of interest on this topic are Betty Eadie “Embraced By The Light,” George Ritchie “Return From Tomorrow,” books by Elisabeth Kubler Ross, and Dr. Raymond Moody. We will also take a look at near death experiences. Join us for lively discussion.
Discussion Leader, Evelyn Billberg
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
November
16 Anna Scott, speaker, Rob & Evelyn, special music
16 Two Year Anniversary Celebration, 7 pm. Dr Roger Teel, guest speaker
23 Sheryl Rogers, speaker, Ron Houtz, special music
23 Board meeting 11:30 am
December
7 Monthly membership meeting – NO POTLUCK
14 Fred Eggleston, speaker, June Spear, music
14 Visioning, 11:45 am
21 Rev Sheryl, speaker, Chuck & Jeannie Thomas, music
21 Potluck with “Dirty Santa” gift exchange
28 Paul Anthony, speaker, Rob Wallace & Evelyn Billberg, music
28 Board meeting, 11:30 am
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
President, Dr. Carl Wahlberg - 243-4014
Vice President, Evelyn Billberg - 241-4454
Secretary, Anna Scott - 257-7205
Treasurer, Penny Tarr - 778-0231
Glenn Lewis-242 - 2902
Beth Palmer-241 - 2382
