Tuesday, July 27

We're getting settled in to our new place.  Mike is heading up a courageous crew to remodel.  Out new sanctuary is FABULOUS!

Monday, April 26

The building on Carrollton was a real beehive of activity last week.  There were so many who came by and packed the whole place up that moving day on Saturday went very smoothly!!  We moved most everything over to our new place.  There was a little hitch when we found that the space we are moving into wasn't cleaned out yet, but not to worry!!  We are nothing if not intrepid and pushy.  The current owner said we could use two offices if we cleaned his stuff out of them.  The rooms were cleaned out before he finished speaking.

I don't know about anyone else, but my old muscles were pretty achy on Saturday night.

Congratulations to Charlane Busse - she's now an Associate Minister.

Wednesday, April 21, Part 2

Well, it's obvious that no one's looking at the Book Pick of the Month or someone would have pointed out that the title of the book had a HUGE typo - it's Buddhist India, not Indiana.  Don't bother to look; I already fixed it.

Wednesday, April 21

We have been so, so busy packing and getting ready for our move to our new location.  We've been on Carrollton for 34 years - can you believe it?  Many of us have fond memories of walking into that building years and years ago.  We walked in one way and came out another.  We will continue that life-changing energy in our new home.

We have lots of work to do in our new location.  During May, we'll be sharing the building with the former owner as he ties up loose ends and moves to his new place.  Once we have the whole place to ourselves, changes will really start to happen!

We all are grateful to God and spirit for making this happen for us.  We had lots of restraints and boulders in our way, but somehow it all came together.  I'm nominating Carol Tully to be the first Spiritualist saint for all the work she did in putting this whole thing together.

Tuesday, March 30

HOW ABOUT THOSE DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Big doin's goin' on around Progressive.  Pending word that all the financing went through, we've sold out building.  We've been there for around 30 years, but we've outgrown the place.  We're looking at a couple of properties and we know the right one will come through for us.  Keeps those prayers comin', folks!

Monday, March 22

Wow, this blog thing is harder than I thought!  You actually have to think stuff up to write.  Sometimes, though, you got nothin'!

This is one of those times.  I'm hard-pressed to have an original thought today.

Go, Bulldogs!  and - I don't say this one very often - Go, Boilers!

Monday, March 8

Spring is in the air, but it won't be here officially until after the Boys' High School Basketball Finals.  It seems like we usually have an ice storm or something equally repugnant during the semi-finals.  Maybe this year will be different.

Thanks, everyone, for showing up at church yesterday instead of doing yard work!!

Thursday, March 4

There's a bright disc shining in the sky!!  What is it???  Oh, my goodness, it must be the sun!!!  Welcome back, sunshine!

I talked to Kathy Bell Yurchisin and Rev. Michael Jones last night.  Michael will be presenting a workshop called "Winning at the Game of Life" on June 5.  Kathy and Michael will be our guests on the platform at the worship service on June 6.  Put it on your calendar now - you won't want to miss them!


Monday, March 1

Rick Webster and Penney Moore from Covington, Kentucky served on the platform yesterday.  We love having our friends share their gifts and talents with us!  They'll be coming back in April.

Rev. Helen Rossman led the guided meditation on Sunday morning.  It must have been great because everybody came downstairs all googly-eyed. (And also everybody said, "That was a GREAT meditation!")

The full moon meditation on Sunday night was wonderful; although we were sad that Team USA lost to Team Canada in the hockey final.  The full moon in Pisces may have made us a little more emotional about hockey that we generally are.

Tonight the Monday night group is exploring the Second Castle - wonder what kind of reptiles we'll tame tonight?!?

Wednesday, February 24

On Monday night, the class began doing some soul searching with the work of St. Teresa of Avila and Carolyn Myss.  It was surprisingly intense for some of the participants.  Anyone who has the courage to look deeply into the soul to find what is there is one brave little soldier, in my opinion.  We're going to continue this exploration for a while and see where it leads us.

The Meditation class begins tonight - one of my favorite subjects to teach!

Monday, February 22

How about that USA hockey team?!?

Another wonderful Sunday morning at Progressive Spiritualist Church!  Sister Rita Mae Ballentine and I got a little wound up during the sermon, but everyone's getting used to that by now, so no one ran out of the building never to return.  One of the highlights of the morning was that the Girl Scout cookies were delivered.  Yum, Samoas, my favorites!!

I'm looking forward to the class tonight.  We're getting out of our heads and into a hearts by doing some soul work.  We're using Teresa of Avila's The Interior Castle and the commentary by Carolyn Myss called Entering the Castle as a template.

And just a reminder:  We're not crazy; we're colorful.

Friday, February 19

Go, Team USA!!

Tuesday, February 16

Thanks to Wayne Deutsch and Susan Leya (and little David) for a very entertaining and informative evening.  Informative because we learned a lot about Native American Spirituality.  Entertaining because Wayne modeled his breech cloth for us (over his clothes, of course!).  They talked about Sundance, pow wows, vision quests, sweat lodges (I learned that for those of us who tend to whine if it's too hot, we should do a sweat lodge when there's snow on the ground), and lots of other interesting things.  The bad weather kept some people from coming, so Wayne and Susan will be back for Part 2 soon.

Yesterday I forgot to mention that Miranda supplied the "Declare Your Love" service with the gorgestest (I made up a new superlative adjective) roses you have ever seen.

Monday, February 15

What a great weekend at church!  We had a really good Fundamentals of Spiritualism class on Saturday.  There were about 17 people there who were attentive and well-behaved (for the most part) as I talked their ears off.  They learned about the history and fundamental beliefs of Spiritualism, as well as the ideas behind the Declaration of Principles.  No one fell asleep as far as I could tell - mainly because they were on a sugar high from the muffins and goodies that were in the kitchen.

At the worship service, Carol Myers premiered  another awesome song called "There Is A Voice" that was beautifully performed by Martha Grimes, Dorothea Gould, and Hoss Hostetler.  We had to pass around the tissues.  Then, Jim Lasher delivered a most excellent sermon on Sunday morning that made us laugh and then made us think.  There were 67 people in the church so his message touched a lot of hearts.  Jackie Gardner and Rev. Mike Mellott continued the awesomeness with their message work.

Last evening (I love that term - it sounds so elegant!), we were blessed with our first "Declare Your Love" service.  Jackie, Carol, and Hoss, along with Katie Murphy, Jan and John Phelps, Carol Tully, and maybe some more people, created a wonderful (I'm running out of superlative adjectives; I may have to repeat some) experience for everyone who attended.  We had yummy food and then shared our thoughts and feelings about the people and the things we loved.  We were bawlin' and squallin' and lovin' on each other like you wouldn't believe!  All the ladies' make-up was ruined.  I would have liked to have had the Kleenex concession last night - I'd be rich!  It was nothing short of a magical evening.  We are all looking forward to our second annual "Declare Your Love."