“Webb Space Telescope reveals moment of stellar birth, dramatic close-up of 50 baby stars”

star birth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope is marking one year of cosmic photographs with one of its best yet: the dramatic close-up of dozens of stars at the moment of birth.

NASA unveiled the latest snapshot Wednesday, revealing 50 baby stars in a cloud complex 390 light-years away. A light-year is nearly 6 trillion miles (9.7 trillion kilometers).

The region is relatively small and quiet yet full of illuminated gases, jets of hydrogen and even dense cocoons of dust with the delicate beginnings of even more stars.

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“’Like a mirror’: Astronomers identify most reflective exoplanet”

bright exoplanet

A scorching hot world where metal clouds rain drops of titanium is the most reflective planet ever observed outside of our Solar System, astronomers said on Monday.

This strange world, which is more than 260 light years from Earth, reflects 80 percent of the light from its host star, according to new observations from Europe’s exoplanet-probing Cheops space telescope

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“Is the universe controlled by gigantic structures?”

Universal structures

New findings in astronomy are making some astronomers doubt our basic model of the universe.
Alignments of celestial objects suggest that they may be embedded in large-scale structures.
Galaxies too far apart to be influencing each other are moving through space together.

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The 2023 Interfaith Thanksgiving Service

The Thirty-Eighth Annual
Nevada Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
Thankful for the Peacemakers
A Worship Service of Prayer and Music
From A Variety of Faith Traditions
Sponsored by the Nevada Interfaith Association

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Bishop Gene Savoy, Jr. was asked to present at the 31st Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, “Thankful for the Peacemakers”, which was held on Thursday, November 16, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. It was a worship service of prayers, readings, and music from a variety of faith traditions sponsored by the Nevada Interfaith Association. This year’s event was graciously hosted by Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Reno, Nevada. This event is a much-revered tradition in the local community and one that is largely unique nationwide in its scope of faith diversity—something to be very proud of. Bishop Gene was the president of the Association from 1999-2017. A transcript of his message is below.

38th ANNUAL THANKSGIVING SERVICE
Nevada Interfaith Association
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (Reno, NV)
Address Delivered by The Right Reverend Gene Savoy, Jr.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I THANK FR. CHUCK DURANTE AND THE NEVADA INTERFAITH ASSOCIATION FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

BECAUSE THE THEME OF TONIGHT’S SERVICE IS BEING “THANKFUL FOR THE PEACEMAKERS”, IT IS APPROPRIATE TO GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY OF INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE AND THE INTERFAITH MOVEMENT HERE IN NORTHERN NEVADA.

THE ASSOCIATION WAS FORMED IN 1984 AS THE NEVADA CLERGYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. IT WAS LATER CHANGED TO THE NEVADA CLERGY ASSOCIATION, AND IT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE NEVADA INTERFAITH ASSOCIATION.

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Services for the Week of December 9, 2023

Saturday, December 9, 2023
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child

RRF Gene Savoy, Jr.
Lector: RM Elizabeth Reece
Cantor: Rev Francine Petrovich
Reader: Rev. Larry Coesens

11:00 Memorial Service for Rev. Jo Ann Hainline

Reception at the Rectory following the service

Sunday, December 10, 2023
SUNRISE DIVINE SERVICE
Church of New Epiphany
Leave: 6:15
Gate: 6:50
Service Starts: 7:02
Sunrise: 7:17
RRF Gene Savoy, Jr.
Concelebrants:
RF Robert Petrovich
Rev. Bruce Kanzelmeyer
Assistant: RM Barbara Whitney

OPEN-AIR COMMUNION

Church of The Universal Theocracy Rev Greg Kllinedinst

Church of the Americas Rev Gary Huss, Jr.

Church of the New Covenant Dea. Radheka Savoy

Wednesday, December 13, 2023
12:00 NOON COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child,
RM Barbara Whitney

Friday, December 15, 2023
9:00 AM PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
Chapel of the Roses
RM Barbara Whitney

The Power of Cooperation and Community

“If two persons combine in harmony their force of muscle to lift a heavy weight, they will lift it easier than one. If four people so combine, they will lift it easier than two.

“The same law and result applies to mental force. Each one of us, consciously or unconsciously, sends out daily and hourly this silent mental force—this invisible element we call thought, which affects favorably or unfavorably the persons of whom we think. It is the same force which may lift a box, a bag, or a truck. Only it may be differently applied.

“”If you have in view any enterprise or business, and you can meet at regular times two, four, six, or as many persons as heartily wish you success, and they hear your plan, and talk it over with you, always in earnest sympathy and goodwill, you are having their cooperation in making for you a silent force which will aid you more than anything else. You will then the quicker find persons who are in sympathy with your purpose. If you have a new knowledge, or a new truth, … you will, through the power of cooperative demand or prayer, be the sooner brought to the people who can aid you.” –Prentice Mulford

The Law of Synergy

Synergy is a method in which individuals or organizations pool their resources and efforts to enhance value, productivity, efficacy, and performance more than they could individually. That term may not have been used in Mulford’s time over a century ago, but it is common in modern-day business and especially in Systems Analysis. In systems analysis, they also use another expression, the Laurel and Hardy effect, to describe the opposite of synergy, when each individual is doing his own thing and not working in cooperation with others. Sadly, we have more of that than of cooperation.

Like Lifting Weights

Mulford says that it is easier for two people to lift a heavy weight, and even easier for four. He might also have said that the more people you have working on it, the more total weight they can lift. Likewise, a mental or spiritual task can be more easily accomplished by a group of people working together rather than individuals making uncoordinated efforts.

Let’s take the example my college professor used to illustrate synergy. He said that two cavemen were hunting separately and not having much luck chasing cave rabbits around. But then one noticed that one particular rabbit was simply running in circles around a large boulder while the other caveman pursued it. So he met the other caveman and they decided that one would chase the rabbit while the other simply waited on one side of the rock in a hidden spot so he could jump out and club the rabbit when it came by. The trick worked and the two cavemen used the method frequently after that and rarely went hungry.

But if the cavemen arrived at the hunting area at different hours, the trick would not work, so a coordinated effort is necessary. The same is true with mental and spiritual goals.

Law of Abundance

Many talk today about a Law of Abundance that is supposed to make it possible for anyone to get almost anything they want by simply thinking about it and believing they can get it. About 99 out of a hundred people who try this fail. The gurus of this law of abundance always put the blame on the individuals when they fail and say that they simply didn’t do it correctly, or didn’t really believe, but that is an oversimplification of the problem. A large part of it is that cooperation is not being applied. Many different people are seeking individual goals and because of that, the energy (force as Mulford would put it) of their efforts conflict with each other instead of aiding each other. So they are using the Laurel and Hardy Effect rather than that of Synergy. But when many work together for the same goal, this Law of Abundance often works, though not always. That is because there is another catch to it. The laws of the physical universe say you must work and earn what you get, so if you work hard and don’t always get what you should, the Law of Abundance, coupled with the Law of Synergy, my work, but if you don’t deserve it, you probably still won’t get it.

Spiritual Goals

In Coolargy, we learn that being part of a community is important. The ability to use the Law of Synergy (or Law of Cooperation) as a community makes it more likely that those goals will be achieved. It also gives us more protection against the dark forces that seek to prevent spiritual development.

“Scientists Find “Evidence” of Another Universe Before Our Own”

two universes

According to research, there was a previous cosmos that existed before ours. This is regarded as a form of everlasting cosmic cycle.

It’s possible that a scientist has discovered substantial evidence that there was another universe before this one. In addition, he asserts that our universe is only the latest in an endless string of universes. Professor Sir Roger Penrose thinks that the universe we presently understand is the most recent in a lengthy chain of past universes in order to explain what was “there” before the Big Bang.

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“This logarithmic view of the Universe will blow your mind”

universe

From the scale of planet Earth, at a few thousands of kilometers, to the scale of the observable Universe, at nearly 100 billion light-years, there’s a long way from here to the cosmic horizon.
But rather than a linear scale, which would take several quintillions of Earths lined end-to-end to reach the limits of the observable Universe, a logarithmic scale holds far more cosmic insights to an onlooker.
From here to the limits of what we can see, here’s a breathtaking logarithmic view of the Universe, brought together in one fantastic, artistic finale by artist Pablo Carlos Budassi.

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“Scientists Just Took an Actual Picture of a Planet in Another Star System”

Beta Pictorus C

The planet, known as “b Pictoris c,” is located roughly 63 light-years from Earth in the Beta Pictoris system. Using the additional brightness and dynamic mass data obtained from imaging it, they are aiming to narrow down how it arose.

The researchers utilised a technique known as the “radial velocity method,” which has been used for years to discover hundreds of exoplanets but has never been used to directly evaluate exoplanets.

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Services for the Week of December 2, 2023

Saturday, December 2, 2023
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child

RRF Gene Savoy, Jr.
Lector: RM Elizabeth Reece
Cantor: RC Rob Roy
Reader: Rev. Mary Foust

Sunday, December 3, 2023
SUNRISE DIVINE SERVICE
Church of New Epiphany
Leave: 6:00
Gate: 6:40
Service Starts: 6:55
Sunrise: 7:10
RRF Gene Savoy, Jr.
Concelebrants:
RF Robert Petrovich
Rev. Bruce Kanzelmeyer
Assistant: RM Barbara Whitney

OPEN-AIR COMMUNION

Church of The Races of Man Rev Harold Boulette

Church of the Americas Dea. Stephan Fuelling

Church of the New Covenant Rev. Shinobu Fuelling

Wednesday, December 6, 2023
12:00 NOON COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child,
RC Peter Foust

Friday, December 8, 2023
9:00 AM PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
Chapel of the Roses
RM Rebecca Willis