Summerland Online Church Meetings This Week (December 8)

12/6/2021

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.

Ornamental cabbage photo by Valerie Miller

Wednesday December 8 @ 7:00 PM EST
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 Moritz Fuchs on Unsplash

Thursday December 9 @ 7:30 PM Zoom
Mediumship Development 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 $6.00. Please pay on our website:
https://www.summerlandchurchoflight.org/payments--donations.html#MedDevGroup
• 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

Photo by Nadine Shaabana on Unsplash

••• Online Thursday: BRINGING THINGS to LIGHT •••
For the Mediumship Meetup on Thursday, December 9, at 7:30 pm on Zoom we will be working with exercises to bring things to light as the days get longer and longer. Let us illuminate our understanding of working with our loved ones in spirit and bring through messages with information that is perhaps unknown to the sitters.

• Mediumship Meetup Zoom invitation:
When: Thursday, December 9, @ 07:30 PM EST US and Canada
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAufumrrT0iHtRoepi_FFr-3gbFNM_25rCf
> After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

* Please note: The IN-PERSON Mediumship Development Meetup class on Tuesdays
are suspended for the month of December.

Saturday December 11 Service
Zoom @ 12:00 PM noon EST
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 directly after service!

• Summerland Church Service Zoom invitation:
When: Saturday, December 11, @ 12:00 PM Noon EST 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/tZAqduirqz8oHtKANMug5AOHQV2ZAdRZI8EX
> 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'.

The Summerland Board has decided on having in-person services once a month. We are proceeding cautiously due to the uptick of variant cases. Our next date for in-person service at UUFSB is January 15*. Everyone will need to wear facemasks and follow 6 feet of separation. Complete protocols for in-person activities will be emailed to all on our list. We will be streaming the service so people at home can view. Keep safe, one and all.
* Note that our in-person monthly services will not always be on the third Saturday of the month.

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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Saturday January 1, 2022
New Year's Day service
Message Circle directly after service!
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Saturday January 8, 2022
Holiday & Anniversary Party!
SCOL turns 18!!!
Details coming soon.
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Saturday January 15
In-Person Service
Once a month we will be holding in-person services at UUFSB in East Setauket.
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Saturday January 29
I-Ching Worskhop
with Su Garrison-Terry
Details coming soon.

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Previously
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Reverend Frank giving thanks at the Community Interfaith Thanksgiving service at UUFSB on Tuesday evening, November 23.

And here are a few photos from our first return to in-person service at UUFSB last Saturday, December 4!
A warm and beautiful service awaited those in attendance, in both physical and virtual spaces, both near and far. We look forward to our next in-person service on January 15, 2022!

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.....

Photo by Tolga Ulkan on Unsplash

In peace and harmony,
Valerie Miller
SCOL Secretary

Message from NSAC:
The Hydesville Memorial Park Endowment Fund (established to maintain the foundations of the Hydesville Cottage, home of the Fox Family, is reaching the end of the matching fund deadline. We are approximately $5000 short of reaching our matching goal of $18,480. To help us reach our goal, the Licentiate Ministers & Certified Mediums Society has put together three events.
1. Thursday December 9: Celebrate Spirit Communication with Sacred Messages with Rev. Richard Schoeller,
Tickets $20
2. Buy a 30-Minute private reading Gift Certificate for $65: Sale begins December 9, ends December 20.
This would make a great Holiday gift.
3. Thursday December 16: Virtual event with the showing of the movie The Spirit Rooms of Lily Dale,
Tickets $20.