2022 Nevada Prayer Breakfast Held

 

 

The Nevada Prayer Breakfast, organized by the Nevada Interfaith Association (NIA), was held Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 7-9 a.m. at the Paradise Ballroom of the Atlantis Casino Resort and Spa. The theme of this year’s Nevada Prayer Breakfast was “In Times Such as These:
Humility, Healing and Humanity.” Nearly 400 people from the Reno-Sparks community attended the event. The keynote speaker of the program was the recently installed Bishop of the Reno Catholic Diocese, Bishop Daniel H. Meuggenborg.

The International Community of Christ was one of the sponsors of the event. In attendance from the Church were Bishop Gene Savoy Jr., Rev. Mother Elizabeth Reece, Rev. Canons Robert Petrovich and Amanda Buchanan, Reverends Barbara Whitney and Shinobu Sonoda Fuelling, and Deacon Stephan Fuelling.

The purpose of the event is to gather community members of all religions to come together and offer prayerful support for state and local leaders according to their own traditions. Many of City, County, and State leaders and their representatives were there to join those in attendance as they prayed in their own way.

NIA honored with awards Northern Nevada Hometown Heroes whose vision and courage gave comfort and assistance to many in need during the last two challenging years. Those honored performed special acts of sacrifice, kindness, and compassion where lives were touched and suffering relieved, where the hungry were fed and comfort given, where the sick were ministered to and health restored.

The Nevada Prayer Breakfast is a gathering of citizens — as well as civic, business, and community leaders — who wish to pray on behalf of our State and bring the spiritual resources of the community together to bear on issues that face Nevadans. Although members of the community may believe differently in their approach to the Divine, they gather at the Nevada Prayer Breakfast as equals. Together, they devote their energies to the good of the State of Nevada. And together, they pray.

NIA is a non-profit interfaith network of religious and spiritual leaders in Nevada. Programs include the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Service, the interfaith Nevada Prayer Breakfast, the Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Eve Service, and the biannual Interfaith Clergy Luncheon.

Bishop Gene Savoy, Jr. led the Nevada Interfaith Association (formerly the Nevada Clergy Association) as its president from 1999-2017.

 



Services for the Week of May 21, 2022

 

 

 

Saturday, May 21, 2022
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child
RR Gene Savoy Jr.
Lector: RC Robert Petrovich
Cantor: Rev. Francine Petrovich
Reader: Sonya Savoy

 

 

Sunday, May 22, 2022
5:29 AM SUNRISE DIVINE SERVICE
Church of New Pentecost
Leave: 4:30
Gate: 5:15
Sunrise: 5:44
RR Gene Savoy Jr.
Concelebrants:
RC Robert Petrovich
Rev. Bruce Kanzelmeyer
Assistant: Rev. Barbara Whitney

 

OPEN-AIR COMMUNION
Church of the Christian Churches    RC Ted Staver
Church of the End Times    Rev. Michael McIntyre

 

 

Wednesday, May 25, 2022
12:00 NOON COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child
Rev. Robert Roy

 

 

Friday, May 27, 2022
9:00 AM PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
Chapel of the Roses
RC Ted Staver

 



“Religion, Spirituality, and Health”

 

Theoretical model of causal pathways to physical health for Western monotheistic religions (Christianity, Islam, and Judaism). Original source: Koenig et al.

 

Review Article: “Religion, Spirituality, and Health: The Research and Clinical Implications,” Harold G. Koenig, 2012. Published by International Scholarly Research Network, ISRN Psychiatry, Volume 2012, Article ID 278730, 33 pages

 

Summary:
This paper provides a concise but comprehensive review of research on religion/spirituality (R/S) and both mental health and physical health. It is based on a systematic review of original data-based quantitative research published in peer-reviewed journals between 1872 and 2010, including a few seminal articles published since 2010. First, I provide a brief historical background to set the stage. Then I review research on R/S and mental health, examining relationships with both positive and negative mental health outcomes, where positive outcomes include well-being, happiness, hope, optimism, and gratefulness, and negative outcomes involve depression, suicide, anxiety, psychosis, substance abuse, delinquency/crime, marital instability, and personality traits (positive and negative). I then explain how and why R/S might influence mental health. Next, I review research on R/S and health behaviors such as physical activity, cigarette smoking, diet, and sexual practices, followed by a review of relationships between R/S and heart disease, hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, immune functions, endocrine functions, cancer, overall mortality, physical disability, pain, and somatic symptoms. I then present a theoretical model explaining how R/S might influence physical health. Finally, I discuss what health professionals should do in light of these research findings and make recommendations in this regard.

 

Link to PDF

 

Read the article online

 

Harold G. Koenig, M.D.
Director, Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health
Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Adjunct Professor, Department of Public Health, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, People’s Republic of China
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Campbell University, Buies Creek, North Carolina
Visiting Professor, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

 

Article submitted by Michael McIntyre

 



Cosolargy Newsletter May 2022 Issue 5

 

 

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Services for the Week of May 14, 2022

 

 

 

Saturday, May 14, 2022
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child
RC Robert Petrovich
Lector: RM Elizabeth Reece
Cantor: Rev. Michael McIntyre
Reader: Sabrina Savoy

 

 

Sunday, May 15, 2022
5:36 AM SUNRISE DIVINE SERVICE
Church of New Pentecost
Leave: 4:30
Gate: 5:20
Sunrise: 5:51
RC Ted Staver
Concelebrants:
RC Robert Petrovich
Rev. Bruce Kanzelmeyer
Assistant: Rev. Barbara Whitney

 

OPEN-AIR COMMUNION
Church of New Philadelphia    Rev. Harold Boulette
Church of New Qumran    Dea. Stephan Fuelling
Church of New Bethany    Rev. Shinobu Fuelling

 

 

Wednesday, May 18, 2022
12:00 NOON COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child
Rev. Francine Petrovich

 

 

Friday, May 20, 2022
9:00 AM PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
Chapel of the Roses
Rev. Francine Petrovich

 



WEEKLY MESSAGE: May 11, 2022

 

 

HEAD OVERSEER’S WEEKLY MESSAGE

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Birthday of The Man (1927)

Ninety-five years ago today, my father was born in Bellingham, Washington just 20 miles from the Canadian border. His life was certainly a series of expeditions, quests, and explorations in more ways than one. I always spend the day of his birth contemplating his life and this Teaching.

Today, I write to you from Baja California Sur, Mexico, where I am with our Companion of The Way, Humberto Garcia. We are not far from The Community’s property on the Gulf of California; and, after a pause of more than two years, we are solidifying plans for Humberto’s relocation from mainland Mexico to our property in El Cardonal.

I will have more information for you once we return and will also, of course, give a detailed report on our mission in Mexico and our other plans during this year’s Community Convocation. In the meantime, I leave you with this portion of the Twenty-second Saying of Jamil.

The Twenty-second Saying (Part 14)

“To these words, the same Companion queried, ‘Will there continue to be War between the Light and the Dark when the ultimate transformation occurs?’ The Man answered saying, ‘This struggle between Light and Darkness is already taking place. At the transformation of the material world into Light, the whole material universe will be transformed into Light. Matter will be “burned up” by the Light of the Spirit. There will be no Darkness. There will only be God and His Creation. All will be restored to Light, and perhaps with the knowledge that each Soul has within it, there will never be the need or desire to separate from God again.

“‘The Image and The Word is a seed that is implanted in the spirit of man and woman, and that seed grows into a Soul – creates a Soul – and out of the Soul comes Community, and out of the Community comes Nation, and out of the Nation come Nations, and out of the Nations comes one People, and out of the one People comes the Union of God and Man, or God and humanness, or God and spirit. Once this unity is achieved, all the illusion of matter will disappear and be no more, because there will be no reason for it to exist. It is only separation from God that creates the false illusion.’”

Again, if I may be of any personal service to you, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Very truly yours in Light+,

Gene
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The One Above All

 

 

“I asked if I might understand this, and it said to me, The One is a sovereign that has nothing over it. It is god and father of all, the invisible one that is over all, that is incorruptible, that is pure light at which no eye can gaze. The One is the invisible spirit. …  It does not exist within anything inferior to it, since everything exists within it alone. It is eternal, since it does not need anything. For it is absolutely complete. It has never lacked anything in order to be completed by it. Rather, it is always absolutely complete in light. The One is illimitable, since there is nothing before it to limit it, unfathomable, since there is nothing before it to fathom it, immeasurable, since there was nothing before it to measure it, invisible, since nothing has seen it, eternal, since it exists eternally, unutterable, since nothing could comprehend it to utter it, unnamable, since there is nothing before it to give it a name. The One is the immeasurable light, pure, holy, immaculate. …  It is impossible to say, “How much is it? What kind is it?” For no one can understand it. The One is not among the things that exist, but it is much greater. It is not a part of the eternal realms or of time. For whatever is part of a realm was once prepared by another. … Such a one beholds itself in its light. The One is majestic and has an immeasurable purity. The One is a realm that gives a realm, life that gives life, a blessed one that gives blessedness, knowledge that gives knowledge, a good one that gives goodness, mercy that gives mercy and redemption, grace that gives grace. Not as if the One possesses all this. Rather, it is that the One gives immeasurable and incomprehensible light. What shall I tell you about it? Its eternal realm is incorruptible, at peace, dwelling in silence, at rest, before everything. It is the head of all realms, and it sustains them through its goodness. We would not know what is ineffable, we would not understand what is immeasurable, were it not for what has come from the father. “~The Secret Book of John

 

Nothing Over It

I sometimes see questions on Facebook spiritual groups like, “Who created God?” and “What existed before God?” If you understood the real God, the God of spirit that John is calling “The One,” you wouldn’t ask such questions. As John correctly states, The One is God of all with noting above or before him. His[1] existence is not dependent on any other being, any time, any space, any thing. If it was, He wouldn’t truly be The One God.

 

Everything Exists within It

This is true, though it can be misleading. Everything is part of the Godhead, but not everything is part of God as a being. When speaking of the spiritual, such things can get complicated. So how can God have evil things and evil beings within Him? In the same way that you can have a disease within you, yet you did not create the disease, nor is the disease a part of you. The disease is an invader in your body, and evil is an invader in the body of God.

 

Does not Need Anything

“I’m sure that a lot of us question, when reading the bible or other scripture, why God would want sacrifices of animals, burned fruit, or even humans. The answer is that The One, the True God, does not. It is the false god, the Demiurge who created the fallen realm of matter who desired such sacrifices. The only thing The One wants us to sacrifice is the misuse of free will to do things that are against His plan for redemption.

 

Not Part of Time or Space

The One is not part of time, but is over time, beyond time. Questions like “What existed before God?” make no sense because it implied that God is subordinate to time, which He isn’t. Likewise, God is not restricted in any way by space and exists both within and without space. He is everywhere and nowhere because the whole concept of space is outside of The One. Space and time are restrictions and God has no restrictions. But just as we might choose to avoid places full of disease, death, or other dangers, God limits His presence in places that are not truly part of His realm, though they are derived from it, namely, the realm of matter.

 

Immeasurable and Incomprehensible Light

We often hear of God and light being connected, but most people think of this as being physical light. It is for that reason that many have been tricked by Satan and demons into believing that they are seeing angels or other heavenly beings. The demons and devils can shine with physical light, but only God, His Angels, and advanced spiritual people give off Spiritual Light. It is the Spiritual Light that John says is immeasurable and incomprehensible. That Spiritual Light flows to us primarily from the Spiritual Sun, so the best way to receive that Light is to turn to the Sun.

[1]    I am using “His” out of convention, but God is just as much female as male, God is beyond such distinctions.

 

From the SUN TALK collection by Harold Boulette

 



Cosolargy.org Expanded

 

 

The Community’s web site Cosolargy.org has been expanded recently.

The web site has been slightly reconfigured and two new pages have been added. One is a page addressing the controversial issue of climate change. The other is a shopping page that offers the first three of a series of eBooks.

One is Living the Life of Light, a translation with commentary on the Odes of Solomon by Robert Petrovich. The other books to be offered are by Gene Savoy Sr.

The primer texts previously offered to the public in print format are now available again to the public in the less expensive and more easily distributed eBook format. The first two primer books to be offered are Project X: The Search for the Secrets of Immortality and the Scholar’s Edition of the Decoded New Testament. Soon to appear on the pages as well are the Millennium Editions of the Decoded New Testament, The Lost Gospel of Jesus, and The Essaei Document.

Two books on Gene Savoy’s explorations – On the Trail of the Feathered Serpent and Antisuyo – will be the final two eBooks offered on the web site in this first series of electronic publications. Antisuyo, a recognized classic among books on exploration, has been out of print and a rare book for decades. The electronic publication will help to make Gene Savoy’s early findings in Peru more easily accessible to the public.

Also planned for the future, perhaps as early as this year, are the book Jamil: Child of Light and a fresh  companion volume to this text.

 



2022 CONVOCATION Lodging Information Is In

 

ONLY 4 MONTHS UNTIL

CONVOCATION

September 7th – September 12th

REGISTER NOW!

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  • April 8, 2022

    The combined 2022 Cosolargy Convocation and Seminar will be held in Reno from September 7th through September 12th. This year is a very special year, as it marks the 60th anniversary of the birth of the Sun of Righteousness and the announcement of God’s Second Advent. It is also a cosmically important 20-year cycle – the 3rd since 1962. The planned schedule includes:

    Residence Training: Color & Sacred Imagery

    Part 1 is six hours of oral instruction on the psycho-physical and spiritual bodies; color polarities; demonstrations on the use of gemstones, the sacred thread, and mirrors; and the use of color in ancient medical practices. Part 2 is an expansion of Part 1 in four hours of oral instruction on healing, the use of the sacred thread and vestments, the Pythagorean image of the sun, and the awakening of the force centers.

    Readings: The Jamil Commentaries

    Originally published in 1973, a series of six moving impressions expressed by people who actually met The Child with a foreword by Gene Savoy Jr., who met and knew each of the six individuals. Included in the commentaries is Jamil’s natal chart.

    Presentations:

    • The Three Communions – Gene Savoy Jr.

    A comprehensive commentary on the three communions – the communion of bread and water, the communion of light, and the communion of the Divine Presence – their importance, meanings, and related symbologies.

    • Solar Cultures of Africa – Shawn Smith

    Every culture that applied The System has something to offer us. This includes the many solar cultures that existed in Africa. This presentation will focus mainly on the Dogon of western Africa.

    • Liturgical Chimes and Hand Gestures – Bruce Kanzelmeyer

    Sound, color, and an introduction to chants and gestures used in the Sunrise Divine Service. (click here for more details).

    • Origins of Shingon Buddhism – Yukinori Matsushita

    Shingon Buddhism, meaning “True Word,” is one of the major sects of Buddhism in Japan and was founded by Kukai (774 – 835 CE), known posthumously as Kobo Daisih, after he traveled to China, where he studied Tangmi under the monk Huiguo and became a Teacher of Light and introduced a solar religion to Japan. His school at Mount Koya has one of the few replicas in the world of the so-called Nestorian Monument.

    • What is Metanoia ? – Ted Staver

    Exploring the concept of metanoia as it relates to The System of Cosolargy and The Community as a whole: the forms of metanoia; metanoia as regeneration of spirit and a special state of grace that is a blanket over the Community; collective manifestation of metanoia and Shekinah; the oral tradition of the paradosis as the secret of parousia and the means to metanoia.

    • The Solar Cross and The Sacred Calendar

    “The Sacred Calendar” – Amanda Buchanan

    The geometry of the Sacred Calendar, sacred days and how they were derived, the calculation of sunrises and sunsets, and how the calendar relates to the Solar Cross.

    “The Solar Cross” – Michael McIntyre

    A multi-faceted approach on the symbology of the Solar Cross borrowing from the disciplines of anthropology, cognitive science, ancient texts, geometry, and psycholinguistics.

    • The Essene Legacy – Robert Petrovich

    Rediscovering, through the Sacred Teachings of Light and the findings of recent scholarship, the power and dedication of the Essenes and Therapeutae.

    (click here for more details).

    • New Scientific views of Consciousness – Rebecca Willis

    A new movement within science is working to overturn the currently accepted materialistic worldview and its limitations on understanding the human spirit. They recognize consciousness as beyond the brain and primary to physical existence. Their work offers new perspectives on consciousness while laying a groundwork for greater receptivity to the teachings of Cosolargy within society.

    •  State of The Community Address – Gene Savoy Jr.

    A report by the Head Overseer on the activities of The Community; on things accomplished; projects in the works or nearing completion; and strategies, tasks, and ventures planned for the near future.

    Updates on Japan, Mexico and Peru

     

    Wellness Sessions at Steamboat Hot Springs

     

    Banquet and Gene Savoy Sr. Heritage Museum Tour

     

    First, Second, and Third Degree Ordinations

     

    Sunrise Divine Services

     

    Click here for a PDF of the agenda.
Yours, most sincerely,

Reverend Francine Petrovich

Convocation Coordinator
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Services for the Week of May 7, 2022

 

 

 

Saturday, may 7, 2022
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child
RR Gene Savoy Jr
Lector: RC Amanda Buchanan
Cantor: Rev. Bruce Kanzelmeyer
Reader: Dea. Radheka Savoy

 

 

Sunday, May 8, 2022
5:43 AM SUNRISE DIVINE SERVICE
Church of New Pentecost
Leave: 4:45
Gate: 5:30
Sunrise: 5:58
RR Gene Savoy Jr.
Concelebrants:
RC Robert Petrovich
Rev. Bruce Kanzelmeyer
Assistant: Rev. Barbara Whitney

 

OPEN-AIR COMMUNION
Church of the Golden Age    Dea. Radheka Savoy
Church of the Universal Theocracy    Dea. Gary Huss Jr.

 

 

Wednesday, May 11, 2022
12:00 NOON COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child
Rev. Michael McIntyre

 

 

Friday, May 13, 2022
9:00 AM PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
Chapel of the Roses
Dea. Radheka Savoy