 Swan family at the Bayard Arboretum; photo by Valerie Miller. 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. If you would like to receive our weekly Summerland Church Meetings newsletter by email please add your name to the list here: https://www.summerlandchurchoflight.org/our-church-services.html#emaillist ============================================== Wednesday August 14 @ 7:00 PM 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. • Debbie's weekly meditation is offered every Wednesday evening unless otherwise specified. Email her for the Zoom link for each meditation here. Photo by Ian Stauffer on Unsplash. ============================================== Thursday August 15 @ 7:30 PM Zoom Mediumship Development Meetup Directed by Rev. Frank Kotowski  Learning from Our Loved Ones in Spirit Hi, everyone. For our Mediumship Class on Thursday on Zoom, we will be asking our loved ones in spirit to help us with our mediumship. What advice can they tell us to give clearer, more substantial readings to our student partners? ••• Please email our church in advance for the Zoom link: [email protected] After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Please contact Frank before Thursday, 2 pm, to let him know if you are coming or not. If you are less than 18 years of age, Frank will need written permission from a parent or guardian before you attend the class. [email protected] ••• The cost for this class is $12.00. If this amount is not within your budget, please email Frank at the address above. Please pay on our website at this link: https://www.summerlandchurchoflight.org/payments--donations.html#MedDevGroup Frank Kotowski is facilitating this mediumship group, which is open to both SCOL members and non members. These classes are to help you build your intuitive and mediumistic abilities. Beginners are welcome! Photo by Hadija on Unsplash. ============================================== Saturday August 17 Hybrid SERVICE at UUFSB @ 10:30 AM Our hybrid church service starts at 10:30 AM. 10:30 AM: Get to know us/Zoom chat room opens. 10:45 AM: Worship Service begins. PLEASE BE ON TIME. THANKS! Presider: Lindy Cacioppo Meditation: Rev. Frank Kotowski Spiritual Address: Rev. Frank Kotowski Spirit Messages: Rev. Frank Kotowski & others  We welcome you to join our in-person service at the UUFSB building, where we have been meeting since January 2018: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook, Religious Education Wing, 380 Nicolls Rd., East Setauket, NY 11733. For those joining us for the first time please see the directions on our website page 'HOW to REACH US': https://www.summerlandchurchoflight.org/how-to-reach-us.html Summerland Covid protocol: UUFSB has provided room air filters, which will be used during service. No vaccinations required, masks are optional. You may bring your own hand sanitizing gel or wipes, if you choose. Personal beverages allowed. • For the Zoom link please email our church in advance. 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 and hybrid church services to support our work and to allow us to continue through these troubling times. We are meeting less often in person so we have less opportunity to collect donations in person 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'. ============================================== Monday August 19 Zoom New! WRITERS CLUB @ 7:00-9:00 PM Directed by Rev. Frank Kotowski  This Writing Club is for SCOL members and anyone interested in writing to share their short creative works (poetry, essays, short stories, inspirational pieces) with others in a friendly and supportive environment. Only positive suggestions shared. We are asking for a lifetime membership fee of $25 and a class fee of $5.00. You can pay by check or on our church website: https://www.summerlandchurchoflight.org/payments--donations.html#WritersClub No vulgarity or political (us versus them) commentary. Please email our church if you are interested. [email protected] ========================== Monday August 19 2:26 PM EDT Full (Super Blue) Sturgeon Moon in Aquarius also called Corn or Barley Moon This full moon is extra special because it's the first Supermoon of the year and also a seasonal Blue Moon. A Blue Moon is either the third of fourth Full Moon in an astronomical season (the seasonal Blue Moon) or the second Full Moon in a calendar month (the calendrical Blue Moon). https://starwalk.space/en/news/full-moon-august  In late August, we celebrate the beginning of the Corn Moon. This moon phase is also known as the Barley Moon, and carries on the associations of grain and rebirth that we saw a couple of weeks earlier, at Lammastide. This is a season of the beginning harvest. It's when corn and wheat are flourishing in the fields, and will soon be threshed. If you have a garden, it's probably blooming with tomatoes, onions, and herbs just waiting to be picked. Focus on this harvest aspect of August's full moon, and consider what things you have in your life, right now, that can be gathered, collected, and stored for later. https://www.learnreligions.com/corn-moon-2562389 The Legend of John Barleycorn: https://www.learnreligions.com/the-legend-of-john-barleycorn-2562157 ----------------- The Aquarius Full Moon will light up the August sky, peaking on the 19th. This is our last Full Moon before Eclipse Season begins, and we may feel the intensity rising. Eclipse Season is always a highly transformative time, and it seems like this Full Moon is planting the seeds of change. We may feel the unsettling energy flowing in, but it seems that the Universe is not ready for us to land just yet. It can always be unsettling to be in a state of limbo or in the process of change, but one thing we can come back to under this Full Moon is the idea of flow. This is our time to flow with what is coming up for us, rather than trying to control. This Full Moon really wants us to surrender, it really want us to just be present in whatever is showing up for us. Being in this almost passive state can be freeing, but can also activate a lot of fear. Many of us are not used to being in a state of flow. We often want to control; we want a solution or instant fix, and we want to be able to plan for what’s ahead. But the Aquarius Full Moon is not offering that. Read more at: https://foreverconscious.com/intuitive-astrology-aquarius-full-moon-august-2024 Image: Ai generated Anime moon landscape by freepik (cropped, color modified). ============================================== Tuesday August 20 In-Person MEDIUMSHIP CLASS at UUFSB 7:00-9:00 PM Directed by Rev. Frank Kotowski  Hi, everyone. The Tuesday night in-person Mediumship Development Meetup at UUFSB in East Setauket will next meet on Tuesday, August 20, from 7 to 9 pm. A description of this Meetup is forthcoming. If you plan to come to this in-person class, please email me. If you are less than 18 years of age, I will need permission from a parent to be sent to me before the class. The cost of this class is $12.00. If you cannot afford this amount, email me: [email protected] You can pay on our website https://www.summerlandchurchoflight.org/payments--donations.html#MedDevGroup or pay at class. Rev. Frank Kotowski ============================================== Previously ==============================================  A big THANK YOU to the people who signed up for slots at our Healings & Readings fundraiser and to those who offered their time for readings. We had a successful fundraiser thanks to all! ============================================== Previously ============================================== During a discussion after a recent service, there was a request to offer suggestions for reading material that would help someone uplift their spirit or resonate with their heart vibration. We are collecting ideas and will provide a list in a forthcoming newsletter. ============================================== Looking Ahead ============================================== Tuesday August 20 In-Person MEDIUMSHIP CLASS at UUFSB 7:00-9:00 PM ============ Saturday August 24 Zoom SERVICE @ 12:00 PM noon ============ Saturday August 31 Zoom SERVICE @ 12:00 PM noon ============ Tuesday September 3 In-Person MEDIUMSHIP CLASS at UUFSB 7:00-9:00 PM ============ Saturday September 7 Hybrid SERVICE at UUFSB @ 10:30 AM ============ Tuesday September 10 Zoom MEDITATION & MESSAGES @ 7:00 PM Note: new time 7:00-8:15 PM ============ Saturday September 14 Zoom SERVICE @ 12:00 PM noon MESSAGE CIRCLE after service ============ Saturday September 21 Hybrid SERVICE at UUFSB @ 10:30 AM ============ Monday September 16 Zoom WRITERS CLUB @ 7:00-9:00 PM ============================================== An event you may be interested in attending... ============================================== Shared by Summerland church member Yolanda Sing: Sri Kalki Soma Deeksha Event in Nassau County Sunday, August 25 1:00-3:00 PM. See poster below for details.  ============================================== SCOL NEWS =============================================== New! SCOL has started up a Writers Club on Zoom which will meet on the third Monday of each month from 7 to 9 pm. The next meeting will be on August 19. This Writing Club is for SCOL members and anyone interested in writing to share their short creative works (poetry, essays, short stories, inspirational pieces) with others in a friendly and supportive environment. Only positive suggestions shared. We are asking for a lifetime membership fee of $25 and a class fee of $5.00. You can pay by check or on our church website: https://www.summerlandchurchoflight.org/payments--donations.html#WritersClub No vulgarity or political (us versus them) commentary. Please email our church if you are interested. [email protected] ======================= In-Person Mediumship Meetup directed by the Rev. Frank Kotowski meets most often on the first and third Tuesdays of the month from 7-9 PM at UUFSB in East Setauket. The next classes will be on Tuesday August 20 and September 3. This class is open to everyone, but it would help if you had some experience in intuitive and mediumistic work. The cost for this Meetup is $12.00. Please pay on our website at this link: https://www.summerlandchurchoflight.org/payments--donations.html#MedDevGroup If this amount is not within your budget, email our church and Rev. Frank will get back to you to discuss this. ======================= "Meditation and Messages" occurs on the second Tuesday of the month, each month, from 7:00 to 8:15 pm. A 20-30 minute meditation will be followed by 45 minutes of spirit messages. All guests can give messages, as in a Message Circle, under the guidance of Frank.If there is time at the end of each class, there will be a discussion on topics related to Spiritualism and Spirituality. People of all faiths and philosophies are welcome. The next classes will be on Tuesday, August 13 and September 10. For more information see poster here: https://www.summerlandchurchoflight.org/payments--donations.html#Meditation&Messages ======================= Two In-Person SCOL Services a Month Now: Our church is having two hybrid services (services that are in-person at UUFSB and also live-streamed on Zoom) a month now. They are usually on the first and third Saturdays of the month, but this may not always be the case. Our next Hybrid service will be on August 17 and September 7. If anything changes concerning our in-person services, we will let you know. At this point, we are not requiring you to wear a mask but you may certainly do so. (Health protocols may change due to changing NY state and UUFSB mandates.) The room for our services in the Religious Education wing has two portable air-purifying systems that will be used during the time we are there. We require a minimum of four people to attend (not counting the platform workers and helpers). Please let us know if you can commit to coming, and how often, to our hybrid services. Also, we are looking for more people to serve at our hybrid services. If you have an interest in offering a Spiritual Address, offering a guided meditation, or being a greeter, please let us know in an email. Please email our church with your reply or for any questions you may have: [email protected] =============================================== Spiritual Healing Requests =============================================== 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. To request that a name or situation be placed on this healing list, please send a note to [email protected]  Ann G. Michael D. Linda & Larry B. Yvette O. Rhonda Connie R. Nancy D. Tony F. Theresa D. Alisha and family Christine S. Bob J., Camille and Chrissy Lydiamarie Helena, Bethany and Jon Beverly M. Betty G. Ron G. Lisa R. Don B. Scott B. Dessie M. Mark in PA. Sam Andrea Sabrina John Janet Margarita Kathy D. Lynette G. Beverly M. Jennifer and Mom F. Raymond F. transitioned Loralei S. Gerry G. Zoe and Zachariah W. Karen R. and family Carole M. and Stewart S. Danielle S. Patricia S. John G. and Suzanne W. Ebony and family Eileen T. and family Chloe F. Faith F. Marie R. ======================= Prayers for all those who have experienced violence and abuse. Prayers for areas affected by recent natural disasters around the globe. Prayers for all those who are affected by recent and on-going wars. =======================  Prayer for the Middle East Creator, you are our Provider and Healer. We pray that Your timely help and support reach all who are in need. There is so much sorrow, pain, and conflict across the Middle East. We pray for leaders throughout the region and ask You to turn their minds and hearts toward peace. Online prayer modified by Valerie. Laughing dove in Gaza; photo by براء حبوش Baraa Haboush on Unsplash. ==============================================  ============================================== In peace and harmony, Valerie Miller SCOL Secretary Comments are closed.
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