Summerland Church Meetings This Week (March 16-22)

Dear Friends,
Here is the latest information about our church and its beloved community.  This information is being furnished as there was a suggestion for a note to be sent to advise congregants about our upcoming worship services and events.
Hope that this is helpful to you.

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Orchids at the NY Botanical Garden. Photo by Valerie Miller

The Orchid Show is on till May 1, 2022 at the NY Botanical Garden in
the Bronx (right next door to the Bronx Zoo). 
https://www.nybg.org/event/the-orchid-show/

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Wednesday March 16 @ 7:00 PM ET Zoom
Meditation & Blessings with Debbie L!
Come join Debbie as she guides you through a peaceful, deep meditation.  Her words and the background music will take your troubles away.  Donations accepted!
• When a meditation is scheduled, a Zoom will be link given in the Church Meetings email.  If you would like to receive our weekly Summerland Online Church Meetings email please add your name to the list here: 
https://www.summerlandchurchoflight.org/our-church-services.html#emaillist

Photo by Brad Wilkins on Pexels

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Thursday March 17 @ 7:30 PM ET Zoom
Mediumship Development Group Meetup
This mediumship group is open to both SCOL members and non-members.
These classes are to help you build your intuitive and mediumistic abilities.
Beginners are welcome!
• The cost for a class is $10.00 or $6.00 if you cannot afford $10.00.
Please pay on our website:
https://www.summerlandchurchoflight.org/payments--donations.html#MedDevGroup

Online Thursday March 17:

Photo by Myke Simon on Unsplash

MOVIE TIME
Hi, everyone.  This Thursday night, March 17, at 7:30 pm on Zoom, we will be working with the world of movies in giving our readings. Our students will imagine their partners in movies and also those they connect to in spirit.   Perhaps our partners or those in spirit will remind us of actors we’ve seen in movies.  Everything is possible in a larger perspective.

• Mediumship Meetup Zoom invitation:
When: Thursday, March 17, @ 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrfuigrDgrE9OYfRo69JUeRDPH6cVanafs
> After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
• A minimum of four students is required for a class.  Please let Frank know by 2 pm Thursday if you plan to come:  Send an email,  text message, or phone call

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Thursday March 17
St. Gertrude of Nivelles Day 

"...  truth be told, there is no official patron saint for cats.
The job fell to St. Gertrude of Nevilles because she is the patron saint of mice. Cats like mice. So there you go.  St. Gertrude is actually not the patron saint of mice, either. She was particularly devoted to the Poor Souls in Purgatory and they were often depicted as mice.  St. Gertrude is actually the patron saint of travelers, because she took care of travelers in this world. Legend has it that your first day in the next world is spent with St. Gertrude.  The day after that is spent with St. Michael the Archangel.  Of course, somebody just made that up. But I wouldn't mind it if it were true.  Maybe they tell us everything we we always wanted to know, like who shot Kennedy. But there are no 'days' in the next world."  http://asksistermarymartha.blogspot.com/2009/03/st-gertrude-of-mices.html
Image: Medieval manuscript art depicting St. Gertrude uploaded by Miss Média, Creative Commons  https://www.flickr.com/photos/bmmetz/albums

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Thursday March 17
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
St. Patrick's Day occurs on March 17 in observance of the death of St. Patrick,
the patron saint of Ireland.

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Saturday March 19 Zoom
Service @ 12:00 PM Noon ET
Summerland Welcomes Guest Rev. Elaine Hager!
NOTE  OPENING TIME—12:00 PM:
ROOM OPEN FOR VERBAL CHAT AMONG PARTICIPANTS, ALL UNMUTED.
12:15 PM: START OF SERVICE, ALL ARE MUTED.
PLEASE BE ON TIME.  THANKS!

Presider:  Camille Johnson
Meditation:  Rev. Frank Kotowski    
Spiritual Address:  Rev. Elaine Hager
TOPIC: "Living with Passion"
Spirit Messages:  Rev. Hager,  Rev. Kotowski  & others


• Summerland Church Service Zoom invitation:
When: Saturday,  March 19 @ Noon 12:00 PM ET US & Canada
(11:00 AM Central Time,  10:00 AM Mountain Time 9:00 AM Pacific Time)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtde2uqD4qHNC8Ok6tlkc2a0VBdNuTXfVL
> After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the meeting.


Thank you !!
We are asking for love donations at this time during our online church services to support our work and to allow us to continue through these troubling times.  We are not meeting in person so can't pass around the offering plate to help us with ongoing operating expenses that need to be paid:  partial rent, full insurance, Zoom fees, payment to the national organization, to name a few.
https://www.summerlandchurchoflight.org/payments--donations.html
Scroll to 'Online Church Service'.

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March 20 @ 11:33 AM  ET
Vernal Equinox! First Day of Spring! Ostara!
Also on this day, the Sun rises exactly in the east and sets exactly
in the west—a good thing to know if you get lost in the woods.
(www.almanac.com)

Photo by Yoksel □ Zok on Unsplash

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first
spring day is another. The difference between them is
sometimes as great as a month. ~Henry Van Dyke

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Returning to UUFSB MARCH UPDATE : After consideration and Board discussion, we plan to hold an in-person church service at UUFSB once a month.  We will be following the UUFSB covid protocols as before. 
The next in-person service will be on Saturday, April 2 at 10:30 AM.
The live-streamed zoom service will be the same time as in-person: 10:30 AM
Note that in-person services may not always be on the first Saturday of the month. 

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UPCOMING  EVENTS
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Saturday April 2  In-person 
Service @ 10:45 AM ET
(arrive by 10:30 AM

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Spiritual Healing Requests
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Spirit healings result from law-governed forces being put into operation following the sending forth of a thought directive (prayer). Spirit guides and doctors will diagnose the trouble and its cause, attention being directed to overcoming the cause, and then removing the symptoms.
Please set time aside each day to send healing thoughts for each of those listed below, that they may receive from Spirit that which is for their highest and best needs.
Your healing prayers are needed and benefit others in ways we may never know.

Prayer for Spiritual Healing
I ask the Great Unseen Healing Force
To remove all obstructions 
From my mind and body 
And to restore me to perfect health.
I ask this in all sincerity and honesty
And I will do my part.

I ask this Great Unseen Healing Force
To help both present and absent ones
Who are in need of help
And to restore them to perfect health.
I put my trust and love in the power of God.

    Terry
    Ilse (transitioned)
    Robert
    Joe O.
    Eve N.
    Edmund T.
    Ukraine
    Dennis S. (transitioned)
    Joey S. (transitioned)
    Mike and T and family
    The Bryant Family
    Patrick D. (transitioned)

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It is a pleasure for us  to serve Spirit and our
community.  Here is a list of the Board Members
who are here to help you.  Blessings.....

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Summerland has joined the online fundraiser program at
SERVV International!
Every online purchase helps support artisans, farmers and Summerland, too!
You must use this exact website link for purchases that benefit
Summerland Church of Light:  www.serrv.org/?a=SCOL 
Our Summerland shoppers need to always check that the orange banner
(below) is at the top of the home page before shopping to make sure our
nonprofit is identified.  Thank you!

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Buds photo by Yoksel Zok on Unsplash

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In peace and harmony,
Valerie Miller
SCOL Secretary

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