Rev. Catherine Lauber, from Canada, will be leading our worship today. The title is “Faith Grounded In Love,” and will include a sound meditation instead of a sermon.
Please join us for Fellowship at 10:30 am, and Worship at 11.
See how mantras can help during troubling times. Tonight w/Shannon Fischer and Rev. Clark Echols of Trillium Small Group Experiences, learn how to incorporate mantras into your daily life for calming the mind and releasing anxiety. 7-7:15 ET
https://www.facebook.com/events/d41d8cd9/live-wshannon-and-clark-mantras/2784571765126255/
Read this article about usefulness and happiness with a quote from Emerson. Then, check out the attached document for different volunteer opportunities you can do during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“When thoughts together with feelings diffuse themselves, they circulate almost according to the form of the folds of gray matter in the human brain.” —Emanuel #Swedenborg, Secrets of #Heaven 6607 @offTheLeftEye
Shared by Ken Turley,
Good morning, please enjoy the selection link below that reminds us “we can survive and even grow from this tragedy” -Center for Action and Contemplation
From https://swedenborg.com/the-magical-power-of-prayer/
Regarded in itself, praying is talking with God, while taking an inward view of the things we are praying about. In answer we receive a similar stream of speech into the perceptions or thoughts of our mind, so that our inner depths open up to God, in a way. The experience varies, depending on our mood and the nature of the subject we are praying about. If we pray from love and faith and focus on or seek only what is heavenly and spiritual, something resembling a revelation emerges while we pray. It discloses itself in our emotions in the form of hope, comfort, or an inward stirring of joy. (Secrets of Heaven §2535)
Today’s Worship Service is entitled, “Overcoming Divisiveness”.
Delve into your own spiritual calling to foster harmony and new growth. When you are challenged by what appears to be a broader divide in society, or when you’re experiencing conflicts within yourself or in your family’s life, follow a pathway of faith, and trust in the Lord.
When struggles and anxiety are in your life, give yourself the tools to find a sense of balance and harmony.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
From: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/a_scientific_reason_to_stop_and_smell_the_roses
Robert Emmons, perhaps the leading scientific expert on gratitude, writes that gratitude isn’t just about acknowledging the goodness in one’s life but also “recognizing that the source(s) of this goodness lie at least partially outside the self.”
Psychology Professor Nancy Fagley says,
“The challenge in fostering appreciation,” she says, “is that we want to periodically reflect on the positive aspects of our lives, value our friends and family, relish and savor the good times—without the practice of reflection becoming a rote habit or something that is taken for granted.”
She suggests people
“focus on and value what they have, spend time outdoors, and reflect on their blessings and relationships with others.”
A Rose in the Glendale New Church Garden
New Church of Montgomery, in Glendale 