PHOTO: Jim Elliott

A rainbow appeared around the sun on November 20, 2012, at 11:00 a.m., a few days before Thanksgiving.

My wife Karen spotted the ring through the kitchen window about 9:00 a.m. GMT. I took a look, too. Thinking it might be picture-worthy, I got out the Nikon D7000, took a shot, and did a little “photoshopping” to boost the colors in the ring. Then I posted it to Facebook where Roger Weld saw it and sent me this link to NASA:

< http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/News112012-cme.html” >

The text relating to the NASA image indicated: “NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) captured this image of a coronal mass ejection on Nov. 20, 2012 at 8:54 a.m. EST, about two hours after it left the sun. Credit: NASA/STEREO.”

NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) captured this image of a coronal mass ejection on Nov. 20, 2012, at 8:54 a.m. EST, about two hours after it left the sun. PHOTO: NASA/STEREO.

Dismissing the differences between GMT & EST time zones because the sun was shining in both at the same (sun) time, the NASA picture and the picture I took were taken almost at the same time. Each is a different visual reflection of the same event.

submitted by Jim Elliott

PHOTO: Shinobu Uwataki

Fukuoka
< Visit Kurume, Fukuoka through Wikipedia. >

In the Kurume Center, Fukuoka, which is the Japanese Cosolargy headquarters, we hold the ceremony of Communion of Fellowship on Saturday morning every week.

The ceremony of Sunrise Service we hold at Yaki-no-Touge (“Baking Peak” ), an ancient solar site, on Sunday morning every week.

PHOTO: Shinobu Uwataki

At the Fukuoka branch, we gather on the second Thursday every month, where we hold “the meeting which recites the Sacred Word.”

Saga
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In the Saga area, Cosolargy members hold the ceremony of Sunrise Service at Hidamari (“Sunny”) Park on the third Saturday of every month.

PHOTO: Shinobu Uwataki

In October, we changed the site of the service to Shinrin (“Forest”) Park and performed the service there. It has a fine view.

We review the texts of Bishop Yukinori’s lectures on the third Thursday of every month.

We enjoy speaking about each person’s individual experience and exchanging information.

Sincerely,

Miyuki Okayama
Japan Correspondent

PHOTO: Shinobu Uwataki

Consociate Peig Myota returned to the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, area after an eight-month visit to Reno and is again providing her introductory course to Cosolargy there in the form of a “Solar Light private study program.”

She will present her new introductory seminar, “Solar Consciousness” on Jan. 25, 2013, at the Healing Center in Germantown, Wisconsin.

Her new seminar is announced in print and online under the title “Solar Light Consciousness: The Path to Transformation.”

Read the announcement published in the online version of Natural Awakenings Magazine of Milwaukee at NaturalMilwaukee.com.

2012 Community Calendar photo for May. PHOTOS: Gene Savoy Jr., Roger Weld

Dear Community Photographers:

Our office staff is preparing to put together the 2013 Community Calendar, and they want your help!

The staff is looking for 13 great original photographs for the calendar that are in some way related to the life of our spiritual Community and are of general interest to the Community.

The original photographs must be 2000 x 3000 pixels minimum, at 10 inches, and must be in landscape format .

Submit your sample photographs at 72 dpi in an email with the subject line “2013 CALENDAR PHOTOS” to editor@communitycommunique.net  before December 20, 2012. Send as many as you wish. We will forward them to the calendar committee.

Photographers whose work is selected will be notified by email before December 25 and given instructions on how to submit their original photograph(s) for publication.

Thank you for your help. We look forward to your participation!

Saturday, December 15, 2012
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of Holy Child

RR Gene Savoy, Jr
Lector: RC Roger Weld
Cantor: Rev. Herman Aggenbach
Reader: Rev. Francine Petrovich
Organist: RC Gary Buchananan

Sunday, December 16, 2012
7:08 AM NEW DIVINE SERVICE
Church of New Epiphany
Leave: 6:15
Gate: 6:50
Sunrise: 7:23
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 Smyrna                    Rev. Michael McIntyre
Church of New Philadelphia                    Rev. Ted Staver
Church of New Ephesus                     Rev. Gary Huss Sr.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012
 12 N COMMUNION
Chapel of the Holy Child
Rev. Barbara Whitney
Organist: RC Gary Buchanan

Friday, December 21, 2012
9:00 AM PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
Chapel of the Roses
RC Gary Buchanan

NOVEMBER

7
Cheryl Shaeffer
The Hewlett Family in New York

10
Cheryl Shaeffer
Jean Huston
Anna Farfan and granddaughter

14
Cheryl Shaeffer
Anna Farfan and granddaughter

17
Anne Weld

 24
Tricia Haggart Bilick
Marietta Hart

 28
Nola Slevin

 † indicates Memorial Prayer

Miyuki Okayama and Yuki Matsushita. PHOTO: Stephan Fuelling

Beginning this month, the Community Communiqué will be receiving regular correspondence from the Community in Japan!

Miyuki Okayama, long-time Consociate and personal assistant to Bishop Yukinori Matsushita in Kurume, Japan, will now be taking on a new role in the Community. As “Japan correspondent,” she will be sending a brief letter each month to inform us of major new events in the Japanese Community, and along with the letter she will be sending a few new photos each month as well.

For the first time, we will be up-to-date on the fast-growing Japanese Cosolargy Community.

Thank you, Miyuki!

Chris Morriss posing as the “ol’ farmer” in Pumapungo, Ecuador, in late 2012. PHOTO: Chris Morriss

Academy Consociate Chris Morriss is visiting Ecuador for a month, looking into the possibility of permanent residence there, and he sends us this greeting:

Mita’kuye ayasin – “We are relatives”

Tokssa ake – “We’ll be seeing you.”

Chris the Ol' Farmer. PHOTO: Chris Morriss

Latino religious songs were performed by the group Sagrada Familia. PHOTO: Rebecca Willis

The 27th annual Thanksgiving Eve Service, a worship service of prayers, readings, and music from a variety of faith traditions, was held Wednesday November 21, 2012, at St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Cathedral in downtown Reno with over four hundred persons in attendance.

Food items were donated to the Northern Nevada Food Bank, and monetary donations were given to Good Shepherd’s Clothes Closet. Nearly $1500 was raised for the Clothes Closet, which included a $500 donation from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.

This year’s service was unique in that it focused primarily on music and was meant to appeal specifically to the members of the Latino community who are among the primary supporters and congregants of St. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral.

Bishop Gene Savoy Jr. delivers Benediction. PHOTO: Rebecca Willis

Gene Savoy Jr. chaired the organizing committee as president of the Nevada Clergy Association, which sponsors the event. He also gave the benediction, reading from the Thanksgiving Hymns of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Radheka Patel Savoy reads Gayatri Mantra in Hindi. PHOTO: Rebecca Willis

Radheka Patel Savoy, a Hindu by religious tradition, read from the Gayatri Mantra in English and Hindi as part of the program.

Present at the service were members of the Savoy family and several other members of the Second Advent Church Community.