 Japanese cherry tree among the pines at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum; photo copyright © 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 May 7 Zoom MEDITATION & BLESSINGS @ 7:00 PM 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. Image by Julita from Pixabay. ============================================== Thursday May 8 Zoom MEDIUMSHIP DEVELOPMENT Meetup @ 7:30 PM Directed by Rev. Frank Kotowski.  “Messages from our Inner Child?" Hi, everyone. For our Mediumship Class on Thursday, May 8 at 7:30 pm on Zoom, we will be working with our Inner Child. Let us explore what our Inner Child has to say to us and also what our loved ones in spirit have to say about our Inner Child. • Please email our church in advance for the Zoom link: [email protected] If you are less than 18 years of age, you must send written permission from a parent before the class. Please email Frank by 2 pm on Thursday to let him know you are coming: [email protected] • The cost for this class 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, please email Frank at the address above. This mediumship group is open to both SCOL members and non-members. These classes are to help you build your intuitive and mediumistic abilities. Photo by Leo Rivas on Unsplash. ============================================== Saturday May 10 Zoom SERVICE @ 12:00 PM noon 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: Suzanne Garrison-Terry MESSAGE CIRCLE after service See poster below for details. • Please email our church in advance for the Zoom link. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.  Thank you !! We are asking for 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#ServiceDonation Scroll to 'Church Service offerings'. ============================================== Sunday May 11 Mother's Day  Image designed by Freepik. ============================================== Sunday May 12 Full Flower Moon in Scorpio, and Vesak The Sun in Taurus encourages happiness with the simple, tangible things in life, while the Scorpio Moon draws our attention to complexities, intangibles, and mysteries. Neglecting either end of the axis will surely backfire on us. Ideally, a balance should be found between the two energies, and this is what the Full Moon invites us to do. This Full Moon is about emotional declarations. Something has been building inside of us, likely of an intimate nature, and now is the time when the energy of the cosmos fairly demands that we let it out. Over the next two weeks, we will discover what this declaration means for us. For now, we can’t sit on our feelings — we need to express them. The Full Moon illuminates this conflict between collecting and sharing. With the Moon full and bright in the sky, symbolic “illumination” occurs in our own lives. Full Moons are about exposing or illuminating issues that are already there, but that have not yet been dealt with. Where does the Full Moon fall by house in your natal chart? Read more here. This phase of the Moon occurs at 22 degrees and 13 minutes of Scorpio, affecting people born with personal planets and points at approximately 18 to 26 degrees of the Fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius) most significantly. More to read at: https://cafeastrology.com/events/full-moon-on-may-12-2025/  Vesak, the Day of the Full Moon in the month of May, is the most sacred day to millions of Buddhists around the world. It was on the Day of Vesak two and a half millennia ago, in the year 623 B.C., that the Buddha was born. It was also on the Day of Vesak that the Buddha attained enlightenment, and it was on the Day of Vesak that the Buddha in his eightieth year passed away. "At this time of strife, the Buddha’s teachings of tolerance, compassion, and service to humanity are a source of solace and strength. As we navigate the path to a better future, let us seize the spirit of Vesak." ~ António Guterres, UN Secretary-General https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesak Image by Anne-marie Ridderhof from Pixabay. ============================================== Tuesday May 13 Zoom MEDITATION & MESSAGES @ 7:00 PM Directed by Rev. Frank Kotowski 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. People of all faiths and philosophies are welcome. See poster for details. • For the Zoom link, please email our church in advance. The cost is $10 per person. Payable using the Meditation & Messages PayPal donation button on our website: https://www.summerlandchurchoflight.org/payments--donations.html#Meditation&Messages  ============================================== NEXT WEDNESDAY Wednesday May 14 Zoom "AWARENESS, INTUITION and MEDIUMSHIP" @ 7:30-9:30 PM Directed by Rev. Frank Kotowski  Welcome to our new class, “Awareness, Intuition, and Mediumship”. This class is designed to help people on their early stage of psychic and mediumistic development but will also help others with more experience and knowledge. I invite you to learn at your own pace and level of enthusiasm. • Please email our church in advance for the Zoom link: [email protected] If you are less than 18 years of age, you must send written permission from a parent before the class. Please email Frank by 2 pm on Wednesday to let him know if you are coming: [email protected] • The cost for this class is $12.00. Please pay on our website at this link: https://www.summerlandchurchoflight.org/payments--donations.html#AwarenessIntuition&Mediumship If this amount is not within your budget, please email Frank at the address above. Image by Fifi from Pixabay. ============================================= Looking Ahead ============================================== Every Wednesday MEDITATION & BLESSINGS at 7:00 PM Zoom Every Thursday MEDIUMSHIP DEVELOPMENT at 7:30 PM Zoom ============ NEXT WEEK Wednesday May 14 Zoom Moved up from May 21. "AWARENESS, INTUITION and MEDIUMSHIP" @ 7:30 PM ============ Saturday May 17 Hybrid SERVICE at UUFSB @ 10:30 AM ============ Tuesday May 20 In-Person MEDIUMSHIP CLASS at UUFSB 7:00-9:00 PM ============ Saturday May 24 Zoom SERVICE @ 12:00 PM noon ============ Saturday May 31 Zoom SERVICE @ 12:00 PM noon ============ Tuesday June 3 In-Person MEDIUMSHIP CLASS at UUFSB 7:00-9:00 PM ============ Saturday June 7 Hybrid SERVICE at UUFSB @ 10:30 AM ============ Sunday June 8 Hybrid SERVICE @ 11:00 AM- 12:15 PM Rev. Frank will be serving at the Center for Spiritual Development, Old Greenwich, CT. ============ Tuesday June 10 Zoom MEDITATION & MESSAGES @ 7:00 PM ============ Saturday June 14 Zoom SERVICE @ 12:00 PM noon MESSAGE CIRCLE after service ============ Monday June 16 Zoom WRITERS CLUB @ 7:00-9:00 PM ============ Saturday June 21 Hybrid SERVICE at UUFSB @ 10:30 AM After service DISCUSSION CIRCLE @ 12:30-1:30 PM Hybrid "Our First Experience with Spirit" Suzanne Garrison-Terry will be the facilitator for this one-hour discussion. Here is her description: Hi, everyone. Let's get together and discuss our first and earliest experiences with Spirit. As a child, did you encounter the spirit of a relative at the foot of your bed? Or, did you encounter a ghost child in your home? Did you have a "not so" imaginary friend? Let's share and discuss these early experiences. Donations are $10./person. ============================================== SCOL NEWS =============================================== "AWARENESS, INTUITION, and MEDIUMSHIP class will meet on the third Wednesday of each month at 7:30-9:30 PM on Zoom. This class is designed to help people on their early stage of psychic and mediumistic development but will also help others with more experience and knowledge. I invite you to learn at your own pace and level of enthusiasm." Rev. Frank Kotowski. The cost is $12.00 per class. ======================= More Exciting News! SCOL's WRITERS CLUB continues to meet on the third Monday of each month from 7 to 9 pm on Zoom. 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. If you are a member, you can suggest exercises for us to do! 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 in joining our club: [email protected] ======================= In-Person MEDIUMSHIP CLASS Meetup on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at UUFSB. The Rev. Frank Kotowski is directing this mediumship class at UUFSB in East Setauket from 7-9 PM. 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 email our church if you are interested in coming to this in-person class: [email protected] ======================= "MEDITATION and MESSAGES" meets on the second Tuesday of each month, from 7:00 to 8:15 pm on Zoom. 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 Rev. 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 cost is $10 per person. See poster here: www.summerlandchurchoflight.org/our-church-services.html#SummerlandEvents ======================= Hybrid SCOL SERVICES: Our church is having two hybrid services a month now (services that are in-person at UUFSB and also live-streamed on Zoom) . They are usually on the first and third Saturdays of the month, but this may not always be the case. If anything changes concerning our in-person services, we will let you know. 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. Bob J., Camille and Chrissy Ebony and family Danielle S. Lindy C. Kim Jim M. Dolores M. Matthew M. Eilleen T. Loralei S. Tony F. (transitioned) Theresa F. and family Bill L. Mary C. Regina B.P. (recently transitioned) Larry B. Evonne L. Lorna L. Marjorie B. Austin J. Ryan L. Stephanie B. and family, David B. (recently transitioned) Matthew G. Betty G. Beth J. Myrna V. Alisha M. Adele S. Vincent C. Ron G.  ======================= 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. To request that a name or situation be placed on this healing list, please send a note to: [email protected] ==============================================  ==============================================  Osprey back at Bayard Cutting Arboretum! Photo copyright © by Valerie Miller. ============================================== In peace and harmony, Valerie Miller SCOL Secretary Comments are closed.
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