SUNDAY CELEBRATION: 11 AM
Sunday Celebration Services
10:30am - 10:50am Meditation
11:00am - 12noon Celebration Service
Mendocino Community Center
998 School Street, Mendocino
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The Gathering Place
in the Union Lumber Company Store
303 N. Main Street, Fort Bragg
Mailing address:
PO Box 187, Fort Bragg CA 95437
707 964-1458
Is Abundance Really Our Birthright?
Brigitta D'Amato (retired Science of Mind Practitioner) explores the spirituality of Abundance. She will ask who or what can prevent Abundance from showing up in our lives. Could it be a capricious God who gives generously to some but not to others? Do we maybe have to earn or pay for our Abundance? Her answers will make everything abundantly clear! ❤️
How to Manifest the Abundance You Desire
This Sunday, January 1st is New Years Day and at 11am, following the 10:30 meditation, George DAmato, retired SOM coach, will look at the actual meaning of Abundance and highlight the Spiritual practice necessary to attract rather than rebuff our Abundance!” ❤️
Christmas Candlelighting Service
This Sunday, December 25th is Christmas Day and at 11am, following the 10:30 meditation, Reverend Tanya Wyldflower will offer a music filled Sunday as we celebrate the birth of the Christ Light with a candle lighting ceremony and well known Christmas Carols to sing along together. It will be a music filled joyous celebration of the Christ Light within, honoring the example of our brother, Jeshua Ben Joseph as a Light Bearer of the Christ.” ❤️
Looking for a Sign
Reverend Ruth Barnhart will speak on “Looking for a Sign. The questions: 'how to navigate our lives, what to do, how to make the right decisions, how to know the direction that will take us to a healthier, happier life' confront us all. And then there is the concern for our world that weighs heavy on many minds and hearts. How do we find what is ours to do to live our best lives, to give our gifts and to contribute to our shared existence. It all can be a little daunting if not totally overwhelming. Are there really signs that direct us, a higher power that leads the way?” ❤️
Resonance
Sally Wells will speak on our monthly theme of “Resonance.” ❤️
The Power of Conscious Resonance
Brigitta D'Amato (retired Spiritual Coach) will ask this question at this Sunday's exploration: "Is it a spiritual law that we invariably attract what we truly resonate with?" ❤️
Gratitude Tree Ceremony
Reverend Tanya Wyldflower and Rainah Dancing Waters will conduct our annual Gratitude Tree Ceremony where we write out on a tag what we are grateful for and place it on our Gratitude Tree. At least once a year it is wise to consider what it is in our lives that we wish to give thanks for. I’ve been thinking about all the support and assistance our Center receives every day, given freely from the hearts and souls of our members. Our Center is a member run Center, comprised mostly of volunteers and a few people who get paid a very small amount to do a very great deal of service for us. I have found that when we give to an idea larger than ourselves, we receive more than we give, always. It appears we cannot out give the Universe! ❤️
Sitting in Gratitude
Reverend Ruth Barnhart will examine our theme of Gratefulness. ❤️
The Grate and the Grateful
Sally Wells will examine “Gratefulness.” She comments, “There is One Great Power which gives of Itself as all Existence—It is our very Being. Everything is full of Great-ness. We are the Great-full. Realizing this—embodying this— This is the opportunity of a lifetime”. ❤️
Gratefulness From a New Thought Perspective
George D’Amato will examine “Gratefulness” from a 'New Thought' perspective. Just where does it fall? Is it emotion, a state of being or a spiritual call? ❤️
“Day of the Dead Honoring Ceremony”
Reverend Tanya Wyldflower will conduct a special CandleLighting Ceremony, accompanied by Rainah Dancing Water and Jason Greenberg, in honor of the Day of the Dead, for all who have transitioned from this earth life. Members of all faith communities (or None) are welcome to attend this special day to honor those who have gone on before us. Feel welcome to bring a picture or item for the altar to remember the departed for this Celebration of Life.” ❤️
“The Trap of Belief”
Reverend Ruth Barnhart asks, “What does it mean to surrender and what exactly are we surrendering? What of loss of control or not getting what we desire, don’t we get a say? Is there a Divine Presence that has our backs? How do I know what is mine or not? It all can seem too much and yet it is so simple.” ❤️
“Effortless Being”
As Sally Wells notes, “We tend to identify ourselves by what we do, or what roles we’ve taken on in life, sometimes determined by outside sources. This can keep us from living fully as the powerfully creative spiritual beings we are. Honoring our truth at a deeper level opens us to limitless possibilities, freedom of choice, and personal integrity. Are you ready to honor the “who” that is truly you?” ❤️
“God It!”
Exploring this month’s theme of surrender, Licensed Practitioner Graduate, Sylvia Gilmour says: “Defining surrender as ceasing resistance to an opponent and submitting to their authority can feel threatening and disempowering. Yet surrender also means accepting that we don’t have to fight our way through life and deliberately deciding to align with the Divine for guidance and support in each moment. When a challenge arises, we can ‘God It’. ❤️
“Spiritual Relationships”
George D'Amato, retired Spiritual Practitioner, will sift through the teachings of New Thought Philosophy to unearth the secrets to a harmonious Spiritual Relationship. He promises us that, “Marriages, friendships and business relationships are bound to blossom once these secrets are not only discovered but implemented as a way of life!” ❤️
“Call Off the Search”
Reverend Ruth Barnhart speaks on our theme of “Coming Home” commenting: “For eons, there have been tales of spiritual pilgrimages, heroic journeys, quests to find home. Yet the goal seems ever elusive, forever down the path. Join us at the Mendocino Community Center on September 25th as we set out on our own way home.” ❤️
“Home Coming”
Join Reverend Tanya Wyldflower and Danny Barca in a music laden presentation on “Home Coming.” Together we will explore what it means to be at home in our world, our lives and the planet. The spacious airy community room at the Community Center is Mendocino is the perfect place to experience the joy of being at home with each other and Divine Spirit. ❤️
“Coming Home”
George D'Amato, retired licensed Practitioner, will hone in on the meaning of “Coming Home.” He also will ponder our one true mission in life. Could it be as simple as “Loving each other up while walking each other home...?” ❤️
“What’s It All About?”
“What’s It All About?” is the question Reverend Ruth Barnhart explores in this talk. She comments: “Yes we know that change is the nature of life. Yes we know that there are easier times, and harder times in our individual lives and in the world. But this?? What is going on in the world? What is it we can trust? Is there no point of sanity, is there anything that is secure? Let us take a look at how this teaching applies when everything seems to be falling apart.” ❤️
“Mindful Carelessness”
Reverend Tanya Wyldflower clarifies: “Does it mean not caring? A callous, cold disregard for our good or does it mean a carefree knowing that if it is in our lives - it is for our good? I propose that nothing happens to us in any moment that does not contain our highest good. Let’s explore that idea.