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Oct, 2022: October BoT SPOT

Welcome to GPCSL’s October BoT SPOT!

“I gently review GPCSL yesterdays, learning, loving, and transforming the past and entering in with celebration to the Center’s new possibilities today.”

This affirmation represents the overall theme of our GPCSL Annual Community Business Meeting held on October 2nd, 2022. There was a downpour of rain that day only to be met with an outpouring of care for our wonderful Center. Thank you to all who joined us onsite and virtually!

In case you missed it, here are a few highlights from the meeting:

  • Looking Back: over the last 12 months, we have strengthened our financial position by reducing our expenses, investing in our livestream Sunday Celebration production, and focused on providing opportunities for the community to be together. Classes continued to be abundantly available and well attended virtually. We welcomed three new practitioners and two new members. Our minister, and “BOGO” Rev. Mike, continued to advocate for inclusion and community by regularly interacting with the Main Line Ministerium and the larger CSL organization.
  • Looking Ahead: having successfully navigated rather large and unprecedented rocky terrain, we are well positioned now to ramp up to more regular in-person gatherings, Sunday Celebrations, and events! As well as begin to look for our new Great, Permanent Space (GPS). Innovation, creativity, and vision are guiding us to our next location.
  • Financially Speaking: we have consistently remained current on all accounts payable and with the help of our Treasurer and Triple A team leader, we have the insight needed to plan the Center’s next steps in alignment with our current financials.

Speaking of insight, it is “IGP” season! That means we all will be given the opportunity to join the GPCSL Intentional Giving Program for 2023 later this month. Our Center, like all Centers for Spiritual Living and many non-profit organizations, is member and friend supported. IGP donations are our largest and most reliable source of financial support. With consistent financial support, the Center will grow and go on to serve not only us, but generations to come. That’s why we invite you to invest in it, by participating in the IGP…to the degree that works for you. Every committed donation is one that helps us effectively manage the Center’s finances and confidently plan for the future. We thank you in advance for your thoughtful commitment to this program. If you are currently participating in the 2022 IGP, thank you for meeting your commitment before the new year.

With love and deep appreciation,

Edie Janik

President, on behalf of the GPCSL Board of Trustees, sqemj@hotmail.com

 

Oct. 11, 2022: From the Pen of Dr. Maxine

“Continually we must expect new revelations of old truths. We should never lose sight of the fact that the soul is on the pathway of an endless and ever-expanding experience, and that only by expansion can it evolve.”  ~ Ernest Holmes, Science of Mind, p. 439

Our sacred, inner work benefits everyone in our circle of influence, as well as moving us gracefully and powerfully along our own spiritual journey. As we willingly do the deep work of clearing and cleansing and transforming, we not only become unobstructed instruments for the flow of Divine Wisdom, but we are more effective in positively touching and lifting others.

In our kind and honest self-evaluations, we find joy in changing longtime patterns of erroneous beliefs and freedom in embracing newer, truer ideas about ourselves and our environment. Encouraging and supporting each other on this peaceful and powerful pathway, we develop the Beloved Community that continues to love and encourage us on our individual and collective journeys.

Our topic for Sunday, October 16th, will be, “Soul Work: Solo and Collective,” both essential to build a strong Beloved Community. We will livestream from the Inspiration Café, so please join us by going to our website, www.cslphilly.org and click on the orange “Watch Live” button.  Look through the site to discover our coming events and to view past Celebrations and Love Notes.

Whenever you may desire to connect with one of our Practitioners for help with a challenge or simply to deepen and expand your consciousness, go to our Practitioner Page, and select any of our eight Practitioner who will be happy to assist you on this spiritual journey, using the spiritual tools of heartfelt listening and spiritual mind treatment.

With great love and respect,

Dr. Maxine

Oct. 4, 2022: From the Pen of Dr. Maxine

I forgive all and am forgiven of all and by all. Nothing remains in my being but love.  ~  Ernest Holmes, Science of Mind, p.261

In order to build a strong tomorrow, it is necessary to look just long enough at the yesterdays to glean what may be reframed and transformed. We do not wish to take any uncomfortable and unhelpful “baggage” from the past into our desired future. Of course, this will involve some measure of forgiveness, of ourselves and others. A good question to ask is, “With my present consciousness, would I have done anything differently at that time?” It is this brief glance in the “rear view mirror” of our awareness that we can cleanse our minds and hearts of blame or shame and become an open and welcoming instrument of Divine Possibilities.

Another great tool is to look to see the gifts we received from this experience, in order to release it in gratitude and experience real freedom. True forgiveness is releasing the negative emotions and replacing them with grateful possibilities. We all desire and deserve to live freely and joyfully, so let’s mindfully do our good work and open to a greater flow of Unconditional Love.

Continuing the theme for the month of October, “The Beloved Community,” our topic for Sunday, October 9th, will focus on “Authentic Forgiveness,” a necessary step for individuals and communities to prepare the way for an inspired future. We will livestream from the Inspiration Café, so please join us by going to our website, www.cslphilly.org and click on the “Watch Live” button. Look through the site to discover our coming events and to view past Celebrations and Love Notes.

On our Practitioner Page you will find eight caring and well-trained Practitioners who are available to help you through any challenges, using the spiritual tools of heartfelt listening and spiritual mind treatment. Any one you choose will be pleased to set up an appointment with you.

With great love and respect,

Dr. Maxine

Sept. 27, 2022: From the Pen of Dr. Maxine

We must consciously know that we can use creative power. The more completely such acceptance on our part, the more completely we shall be able to use this power for definite purposes.  ~ Ernest Holmes, Science of Mind, p. 401

We understand that, although the Power of the Presence is everywhere, within everything and everyone, there tends to be a greater opening for this Divine Power to work through a gathering of people with open hearts and a common purpose. Ours is such a community, and, as we come together next Sunday for an in-person morning Celebration and the Annual Community Meeting following, it will be a beautiful opportunity for us to open minds and hearts to let Spirit flow through us, guiding and motivating us toward an inspired future.

The theme for the month of October will be, “The Beloved Community,” and we are that, despite not having had too many physical meetings together the past many months. How grateful we are for the gifts of the past, the power in the moment, and the possibilities for our future. We will have the joy of heartfelt, creative discussions on October 2 that will co-create an inspired vision and specific purposes for the next steps for us.

Join us this Sunday at 10:30 A.M., as we meet in person AND livestream our Celebration from the Smethers’ production facility at 2583 Industry Lane, Eagleville, PA 19403. We do ask that you let us know if you will be joining us in person or virtually – just click here.  If you cannot attend in person, please go to our website, www.cslphilly.org and click on the orange “Watch Live” button. My talk this Sunday will be, “The Power of Working Together.”

Do scroll through our website to find other “previews of coming attractions,” check out our past Celebrations and Love Notes. Also, look over our Practitioner Page, becoming familiar with our eight wonderful Practitioners, and contact any of them for spiritual mind treatment or simply to learn more about our teaching. They are here for you.

With great love and respect,

Dr. Maxine

Sept. 20, 2022: From the Pen of Dr. Maxine

We are free souls, free spirits, and because this is true, our thought has creative power, and since it has this power, we must carefully choose what we are to think, for everything moves in circles.  ~ Ernest Holmes, Science of Mind, p. 434

We may have wondered at times why a previous personal challenge reappears after believing we had effectively dealt with it.  When we realize that what may seem to be a circular event is actually a spiraling experience, we begin to understand that we did, indeed, made progress earlier and that now we have a beautiful opportunity to complete the process. As we have addressed the essential components of our Purpose Statement this month, “Living, Loving, Learning: Spirituality That Works,” we have become aware of the universal activity of increase, including the very consciousness with which we learn to live and love more consciously and creatively.

Always at choice to redirect the direction of our attention, we live more powerful, successful, beautiful lives, thinking and feeling with wisdom and compassion.  The Law of Increase applies to us personally, as well as universally, as humankind progresses along its path of awakening. Let’s experience the freedom of choice we have to continue expanding in consciousness, as we review and reflect on how far we have come and set our intentions on how we choose to continue on our spiritual journeys, individually and together.

Join us this Sunday at 10:30 A.M., as we live stream our Morning Celebration from the Inspiration Café, viewed on our website, www.cslphilly.org by clicking on the Watch Live button. Completing our theme for the month of September, this week’s talk will be, “Circles,” reminding us of the ever-upward spiral of personal and universal spiritual growth.

Looking for a spiritual uplift?  Check out our Practitioner Page to find just the right person to work with.  They are trained in the art of spiritual mind treatment, and honor you with care and confidentiality, so contact any of them by phone or text to set up an appointment.  Also, look through the website’s pages showing many interesting events and activities, as well as past Sunday Celebrations and Love Notes.

With great love and respect,

Dr. Maxine