September 2014 Intercessions & Memorial Prayers

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER

6
Ann Cunius
George “Woody” Wooden
Kevin King & Ellen
Paul Engelmann
Reginald Morton

10
Linda Miyoshi
Rev Mother Ileana Isfan
Reginald Morton

17
Maeghan Moore
Linda Miyoshi
Rev. Mother Ileana Isfan
Reginald Morton
Jonna Gill

20
Maeghan Moore
Linda Miyoshi
Rev. Mother Ileana Isfan
Reginald Morton
Jonna Gill

24
Linda Miyoshi
Jonna Gill
Caryl Gregory ✛
Dorothy Kubiak
John Bowd

27
Yukiko Fujii
Shima Hanaoka
Saori Nishimura
Toshimi Sakamoto
Kaku Ueno
Yoko Nishimura
Tsuyoshi Soejima
Reginald Morton
Linda Miyoshi
Mihaela Maftei
Jonna Gill
Caryl Gregory  †

 † indicates Memorial Prayer

 




Services for the Week of December 6, 2014

 

 

Saturday, December 6, 2014 
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child
RR Gene Savoy Jr.
Lector: RC Robert Petrovich
Cantor: Rev. Amanda Buchanan
Reader: Rev. Michael Spohn

Sunday, December 7, 2014
7:00
 AM NEW DIVINE SERVICE
Cathedral Church of the Americas
Leave: 6:15
Gate: 6:45
Sunrise: 7:15
RR Gene Savoy Jr.
Concelebrant: RR Sean Savoy
Assistants: RC Roger Weld
RC Robert Petrovich
Rev. Barbara Whitney
Organist: RC Gary Buchanan

OPEN-AIR COMMUNION
Church of New Philadelphia
       Rev. Greg Klinedinst
Church of New Qumran
       Rev. Michael Tamburello
Church of New Bethany      Gary Huss, Jr.

Wednesday, December 10, 2014 
12:00 N COMMUNION 
Chapel of the Holy Child
Rev. James Elliott

Friday, December 12, 2014 
9:00 AM PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
Chapel of the Roses
Rev. Barbara Whitney




November 29, 2014: Chapel Readings

 

PHOTO: Roger Weld

PHOTO: Roger Weld

 

Each week of the liturgical year, a reading from Second Advent Scripture is delivered as part of the Saturday Communion of Fellowship Service held in the Chapel of the Holy Child. This reading follows the Sacred Calendar of the Church; that is, Prophecies and Revelations that have been received by The Church on sacred dates are recalled in a liturgical context during the appropriate season each year. This reading is delivered by the Officiant of the Communion Service (that is, Bishop Gene Savoy, or occasionally in his stead, Bishop Sean Savoy) just before the final blessings. Each service also includes a reading from the ancient scriptures, prayers, or wisdom sayings of various world religions past and present and is usually thematically related to the Second Advent Reading. This reading is delivered by the Reader right after the announcements that begin the service and is thus the first reading of the service. An audio recording of the reading from Second Advent Scripture delivered on the date above is provided here below together with a transcript of the first reading of the service that day.

 

SECOND ADVENT PROPHECY AND REVELATION

A Reading from Second Prophecy to the Americas, chapter 35, “On the Existence of Divine Reason” (pp.232-238):

< Click here to listen to this week’s reading on YouTube. (8 minutes) >

 

ANCIENT SCRIPTURE AND WISDOM SAYINGS

A Reading from the Teachings of Fourth-century Mystic Gregory of Nyssa:

< Click here to listen to this week’s reading on YouTube. (3 minutes) >

God has Logos: else He would be without reason. And this Logos cannot be merely an attribute of God. We are led to a more exalted conception of the Logos by the consideration that in the measure in which God is greater than we, all His predicates must also be higher than those which belong to us. Our logos is limited and transient; but the subsistence of the Divine Logos must be indestructible; and at the same time living, since the rational cannot be lifeless. . . . It follows, that, together with the Word, He Who speaks it, which is the father of the Word, must be recognized as existing. . . . We affirm that we find in the Logos, whose existence is derived from the father, all the attributes of the Father’s nature.

God created by His reason and wisdom; for He cannot have proceeded irrationally in that work; but His reason and wisdom are . . . not to be conceived as a spoken word, or as the mere possession of knowledge, but as a personal and self-willed potency. If the entire cosmos were created by this second Divine hypostasis, then certainly was man also thus created; yet not because of any necessity, but from superabounding love, that there might exist a being who could participate in the Divine perfections. If man were to be receptive of these [perfections], it is necessary that his nature should contain an element akin to God; and, in particular, that he should be immortal. This, then, man was created in the Image of God. He could not therefore be without the gifts of freedom, independence, [and] self-determination; and his participation in the Divine gifts was consequently made dependent on his virtue. Owing to this freedom he could decide in favor of evil, which cannot have its origin in the Divine will, but only in our inner selves.

 




The Soul and Immortality

 

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We have shown elsewhere that the ‘secret doctrine’ does not concede immortality to all men alike. ‘The eye would never see the sun, if it were not of the nature of the sun,’ said Plotinus. Only ‘through the highest purity and chastity we shall approach nearer to God, and receive in the contemplation of Him, the true knowledge and insight, writes porphyry. If the human soul has neglected during its life-time to receive it’s illumination from the Divine Spirit, our personal God, then it becomes difficult for the gross and sensual man to survive for a great length of time his physical death. No more than the misshapen monster can live long after its physical birth, can the soul, once that it has become too material, exist after its birth into the spiritual world.” ~H. P. Blavatsky

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“It seems that the vast majority of people fall into one of three schools when it comes to the soul and immortality: (1) either they believe that the soul and spirit does not exist at all and therefore immortality is impossible or, (2) they believe that all people are born with an immortal soul and spirit and no matter what they do in their material life they cannot change that fact and therefore they are immortal always, or (3) they believe in an immortal soul and spirit, but that does not make them immortal unless they do certain things in their lives.”

 

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Help Start A Group Home for Our Community Elders

 

Reverend Mother Rebecca Willis PHOTO: Stephan Fuelling

Reverend Mother Rebecca Willis PHOTO: Stephan Fuelling

 

Dear Community Members,

I am writing to let you know more about the home we are starting for care of our senior members that was mentioned by Bishop Gene in his May 11th letter and during his Counsels presentation on October 10th. As you know, most of us will reach a point in life when we are no longer able to care for ourselves. Until you experience caring for someone in the final stage of their life it is difficult to imagine all that is entailed. Since first coming to Reno in the late 1980’s I have assisted with care for the elderly in our Reno Community and have become quite familiar with the associated challenges and needs.

In general the facilities for care that are available today are of mixed quality. A few are good, some are adequate and many are mind-numbingly depressing. Certainly the skilled nursing facilities I am familiar with are hampered by the demands of having 30 patients for every caregiver. From a Church Community viewpoint it is a major problem that these facilities treat only the physical body needs while cutting the patient off from support for their spiritual life. We are planning a home where we can care for both the physical and spiritual needs of the residents.

Our Church Community is a reflection of a demographic shift taking place in this country. In the United States the Baby Boomer generation now constitutes 26{1fa2ef75e2e78439128d99df03acfe1d8ee3047374abe3d4676fe3470ff8b909} of the total population. And just today 10,000 Baby Boomers reached the age of 65. Each and every day for the next 19 years 10,000 people will reach the age of 65. As we celebrate birthdays with our Reno members we see more and more of our people reaching the age of 60 and above.

This demographic shift presents us with an opportunity. We clearly need facilities to care for our own members, but by also accepting people from outside the Community this is an opportunity that can provide a future income stream for the Church. With each passing day the demand for such a facility increases. In Nevada the cost to an individual for long term care in a nursing home is about $7,000 per month. The current price in a group home is about $3,500 per month. By having our own facility we will be able to provide quality care at a much more reasonable price than nursing homes.

Picture a one story suburban house accessible to wheel chair or walker; around the clock staff helping with the needs of daily life; medications dispensed as ordered; good meals accommodating the diet of The Community; a garden with a view for sunrise and regular contact with members of the Church. This Church-owned house will be licensed by the state and all caregivers will meet state requirements. The plan is to start with an eight bed facility.

We have been most fortunate to receive a bequest in memory of Marie Newman to start this project. The sum is sufficient for the down payment on the house and the installation of a fire sprinkler system required for licensure. We have raised over $110,000 and our current fund raising goal is an additional $40,000 to cover licensure needs and the start-up period. Prior to the license inspection the house must be completely outfitted ready to receive clients: furniture, appliances, the kitchen stocked with dishes and pans, linens ready and even food in the cupboard. Our supervisory staff will attend some required training courses offered in Las Vegas. We will need to cover mortgage payments for 3 to 6 months during the start-up period.

We have secured consulting services locally from someone who has been successful in the Assisted Living business for a number of years. She is advising us on the process of setting up the home and will assist with preparation of all paperwork for the license. Her services will help us avoid costly mistakes and delays in start-up.

After watching the real estate market in Reno for the past six months it appears now is a reasonable time to buy. The housing market is rebounding and newly constructed homes are just now entering the market. The new homes produced a small reduction in prices which now seem to be stabilizing. Our needs are very specific in terms of accessibility and size, but there is a modest supply of houses that suit our project.

It is my hope that you will be able to see the vital role that this project will play in the life of our Community. Care at the end of life that includes spiritual care is of utmost importance for our Community members. Please carefully consider generously supporting this project. Donations in any amount are welcome. For those who are able to make a significant donation we can offer several plans including pre-payment toward future use of the home or time payments over the next 6 months. Please call me at the Chancellery to discuss the details.

In Light

Rev. Mother Rebecca E. Willis

 

 




The Yungay Pilgrimage Experience 2014

 

2009-PUL-Sean-SFuellingDuring Convocation week, on Saturday, October 11, 2014, Bishop Sean Savoy delivered a brief review of the experiences the pilgrimage group had during their time in Yungay on the 2014 Peru Tour, which Rev. Sean headed.

The city of Yungay will be familiar in name to all readers of Jamil: Child of Light as the one-time home in Peru of the Child Jamil and his father, the Most Right Reverend Gene Savoy.

The pilgrimage portion of the tour was undertaken by more than a dozen Community members and friends of the Community.

 

< Click here to listen to Sean’s report on the Yungay pilgrimage experience (14 minutes) >

 




Services for the Week of November 29, 2014

 

 

Saturday, November 29, 2014 
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child
RR Gene Savoy Jr.
Lector: RC Elizabeth Reece
Cantor: Rev. Michael Tamburello
Reader: Rev. Greg Klinedinst

Sunday, November 30, 2014
6
:53 AM NEW DIVINE SERVICE
Cathedral Church of the Americas
Leave: 6:00
Gate: 6:35
Sunrise: 7:08
RR Gene Savoy Jr.
Concelebrant: RR Sean Savoy
Assistants: RC Roger Weld
RC Ted Staver
RM Carol Ann Crabb
Organist: RC Gary Buchanan

OPEN-AIR COMMUNION
Church of New Philadelphia
       Rev. Robert Roy
Church of New Qumran
       Rev. Larry Coesens
Church of New Bethany      Noriko Roy

Wednesday, December 3, 2014 
12:00 N COMMUNION 
Chapel of the Holy Child
Rev. Robet Roy

Friday, December 5, 2014 
9:00 AM PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
Chapel of the Roses
RR Sean Savoy

 




“November 22, 2014: Chapel Readings”

 

STOCK-PUL-GENO5-FuellingS Each week of the liturgical year, a reading from Second Advent Scripture is delivered as part of the Saturday Communion of Fellowship Service held in the Chapel of the Holy Child. This reading follows the Sacred Calendar of the Church; that is, Prophecies and Revelations that have been received by The Church on sacred dates are recalled in a liturgical context during the appropriate season each year. This reading is delivered by the Officiant of the Communion Service (that is, Bishop Gene Savoy, or occasionally in his stead, Bishop Sean Savoy) just before the final blessings. Each service also includes a reading from the ancient scriptures, prayers, or wisdom sayings of various world religions past and present and is usually thematically related to the Second Advent Reading. This reading is delivered by the Reader right after the announcements that begin the service and is thus the first reading of the service. An audio recording of the reading from Second Advent Scripture delivered on the date above is provided here below together with a transcript of the first reading of the service that day.

 

SECOND ADVENT PROPHECY AND REVELATION

A Reading from Second Prophecy to the Americas, chapter 34, “On the Need of a Religion of Light” (pp.226-230):

< Click here to listen to this week’s reading on YouTube. (6 minutes) >

 

ANCIENT SCRIPTURE AND WISDOM SAYINGS

A Reading from the Testament of Levi:

< Click here to listen to this week’s reading on YouTube. (3 minutes) >

Then shall the Lord raise up a new priest. And to him all the words of the Lord shall be revealed; And he shall execute a righteous judgement upon the earth for a multitude of days. And his star shall arise in heaven as a king. Lighting up the light of knowledge as the sun the day, And he shall be magnified in the world. He shall shine forth as the sun on the earth, And shall remove all darkness from under heaven, And there shall be peace in all the earth. The heavens shall exult in his days, And the earth shall be glad, And the clouds shall rejoice, And the knowledge of the Lord shall be poured forth upon the earth, as the water of the seas; And the angels of the glory of the presence of the Lord shall be glad in him. The heavens shall be opened, And from the temple of glory shall come upon him sanctification, with the Father’s voice. And the glory of the Most High shall be uttered over him, And the spirit of understanding and sanctification shall rest upon him in the water. For he shall give the majesty of the Lord to His sons in truth for evermore; And there shall none succeed him for all generations for ever. And in his priesthood the nations shall be multiplied in knowledge upon the earth, And enlightened through the grace of the Lord: In his priesthood shall sin come to an end, And the lawless shall cease to do evil. And the just shall rest in him. And he shall open the gates of paradise, And shall remove the threatening sword. And he shall give to the saints to eat from the tree of life, And the spirit of holiness shall be on them. And he shall give power to His children to tread upon the evil spirits. And the Lord shall rejoice in His children, And be well pleased in His beloved ones for ever.

 




Sharing Spiritual Knowledge

 

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“Christ, it is true, gives nobody any encouragement for supposing that a merely self-cultivating sort of spirituality, keeping the home fires burning and so on, is anybody’s main job. The main job, confided to His friends is the preaching of the Gospel. That is, spreading Reality, teaching it, inserting it into existence, by prayers, words, acts, and also if need be by manual work, and always under the conditions and symbolisms of our contemporary world. But since we can only give others that which we already possess, this presupposes that we have got something of Reality as a living, burning fire in ourselves.” ~Evelyn Underhill

“The quoted section is a little hard to follow, but basically it says that when we get into spiritual growth, we are obligated to help others do the same to the best of our abilities. If out interest is only in improving ourselves, we will have little success in our quest for spiritual enlightenment. If you are a Harry Potter fan, recall that at the end of the first book/movie professor Dumbledore reveals to Harry that the reason he was able to get the Sorcerers Stone was because he wanted it, but did not want to use it. This is somewhat like that but it’s more you only get enlightenment if you want it for non-selfish and non-egoic reasons. In other words, if you want it to help all people, to help the world, and most of all to help God.”

 

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PATH TO LIGHT: Crystal Rae

 

PHOTO: Crystal Rae

PHOTO: Crystal Rae

Greetings,

I want to give a little background on my spiritual journey. I’ve been married for almost 15 years, and I had met my husband at a Seventh-Day Adventist conference, about 8 months before we married. I’ve always been a seeker of knowledge. What had originally guided me to the Seventh-Day Adventists was the subject of the “Sabbath.”

As I’d progressed and learned much in that setting, I still sensed that there was more to learn. I had done some research here and there on some biblical subjects, and about 5 years ago—I believe I was approaching the age of 35—I noticed a mark on me that appeared to be somewhat of a birthmark in form, but I didn’t have this at birth. I’m a lighter-skinned black woman, and this mark appeared as a brownish tan circle underneath my left breast bone, but almost centered in the chest. Anyway, what was unusual about this mark was that it started as a full circle, maybe twice the size of a quarter. Well, the full circle started to pull apart and break up into several tiny circles. They spread out and kind of made a link, or chain, of some sort.

I don’t recall the time period over which all of this happened, but the circles made a formation and then came back together to the full circle, and then sometime after, the full circle completely disappeared. I thought it was peculiar but didn’t think too much on it. Well, as time went on, my curiosity and searching for other spiritual subjects had deepened. If I didn’t know better, I would have thought that the mark was some type of activation within me, as I’ve often reflected upon it.

Well, in my seeking I had come across information that stated that the Bible was mythical stories, as if a lot of the characters hadn’t existed or that the stories were taken from “Ancient Egypt.” This started a shift for me. My foundation was shaken regarding “Jesus” and the teachings of the Bible. I started seeking all kinds of information for answers.

I’ve had an experience, as I imagine we all have, where I spontaneously projected outside of my body. One time this happened, early into my marriage, when, somehow, I was in the hallway of my house and in front of our bedroom. I knew my husband and I were in the bedroom that was in front of me. I thought I had died, because I was in one place and also another. I didn’t actually see my body but sensed that my husband and I were in the bedroom. It made me afraid because I didn’t know about “astral projection” at that time.

I had another experience of hearing some women talking, but my sight was complete blind, as in blackness; I couldn’t see anything, but I could hear them discussing something. In my mind, I asked myself, “Why were they discussing this?” and I wondered, “Who are they?”  Then one of the women says to another, “I think she can hear us.” That really shook me up, because I didn’t know what was going on; it appeared I was somewhere, someplace else. Another time, while in a very relaxed mood, I saw this energy moving from the back of my head, or side of it, and it floated or moved in front of me. It looked like a “spider web” of energy. I just watched it and was amazed. It later dissipated. I had never seen anything like that before; later, I learned from reading, and seeing on the Internet, about an “astral cord” and thought perhaps that is what I had seen.

I have followed some teachings of a certain teacher that have helped me, in some ways to be familiar with energies and beings, etc. I still have no teacher. Some systems are very expensive, and I am unable to afford them at present. I’ve always wanted to travel to sacred places, meet various beings/teachers, etc.

I had started doing some solar practices and others things that I had learned from Dr. Mitchell Gibson’s YouTube videos, and other videos that I had purchased from his website. One time, I had seen these two HUGE beings in my room. The thing is, my eyelids were closed, and I was trying to understand how in the world was I able to see them. They appeared transparent with a bunch of tiny lights throughout their beings. They appeared as if they were statues, but they weren’t. I can’t even begin to fully express that experience. What I do remember saying to them, by some way of telepathy, was, “You’re real, you’re really real.”  I don’t know why I was saying that to them, as if I knew them on some level within. I do know that whoever these beings were, they had revealed themselves to me for a reason; one, I think to let me know that they are there and perhaps always have been. They almost looked like two huge cat beings. It’s hard to describe them, but it was quite amazing. I also believe spiritual beings can take many forms, sometimes; the same being may be appearing to us, but in another form.

I had learned about staring into a candle flame, etc. and later was able to see beings around the energy of the candle flame. The head had begun small, then it started becoming bigger; at first, I was a little apprehensive because I didn’t know what was going to happen. Oh, initially, the face started out faintly, and then it started to come in much clearer. I grew accustomed to the images. Later, the flames from the candle would emit geometric symbols of all sorts. Some forms I had never seen before. One could have been a blueprint for something, I don’t know. What was amazing was that it was golden energy, or plasma or something, that did its thing in the area facing me. Later, the energies had started spinning, clockwise and counterclockwise.

I had seen much activity with the sun gazing that I do around sunset and sunrise. There have been various times, in my meditations while listening to something at very low volume, or listening to attunement, that I was able to hear a kind of garbled speech or someone talking in my left ear. It was always my left ear; never the right ear. Also, for some time now, I have been sensing an energy presence on my left side. Sometimes, around the crown area, as well, but mainly on the upper left side of my body. I have often wondered if some being was checking in on me. I had been told by a couple of people that it was my solar body etc.

For some time, I’ve been desperately seeking a teaching and direction in my life. I recall on the night of July 6, 2014, how I poured out my heart while sitting in front of my candle flames. There are several faces I’m seeing now and just white flames within the flames as well. I had been saying a prayer, the Ana Beko’ach, and asking for direction, wanting to make sense of the energies I see, and  asking whether  I have a teacher, and where is my teacher—I had so many questions. The energy of the flames just did its spinning out of energies as usual, but it appeared as if I was heard somehow.

The next day, I heard in a lecture the word Cosolargy, and it had triggered a search within me. I was doing some solar work and had seen information regarding solar techniques, etc., on the Jamilian website. I’ve always been a curious being. I was able to connect with a man named Robert (Bob) at the University. I admit, I do have some financial challenges in my life that I’m working on. My income is limited; however, I am persistent and will do all I can to pursue this chapter in my life with the teachings that this University has to offer me. I believe I’m right where I’m supposed to be at this time. I trust that this Community will assist me further with my spiritual unfolding.

Crystal Rae