2017 Convocation Scheduled

 

Sanctuary sunrise 2016 Convocation PHOTO: Stephan Fuelling

 

The 2017 Convocation is opening this week. The schedule is available for review or download and printing below. Please check the agenda carefully. There have been changes made since last week.

 

2017 Convocation mini-agenda

 

2017 Convocation long agenda

 

We hope to see you there!

 




Alex Aaron Anderson is born

 

Ryan Anderson with his son Alex shortly after his birth

 

Baby Alex Aaron Anderson was born to Ryan Anderson and Rachel Ginee on February 16, 2017 at 2:45 pm in the general hospital at Quincy, California. He was 5 lbs 14 oz at birth.

 




Weekly Message: August 22, 2017

 

 

HEAD OVERSEER’S WEEKLY MESSAGE

August 22, 2017

As we approach The Community’s annual gathering of friends, Consociates and Ministers early next month, we will be focusing on the importance of Community and participation in the Order of the Holy Child in a meaningful and liturgical way. This is a topic which, I hope, will encourage people, when they graduate from studies in The Academy, to advance into the higher studies of The Sacred College of Jamilian Theology.

We will also be discussing how The Man, my father, was moved by Jamil, The Child, to undertake his journeys into the eastern mountain regions of Peru (reference the final page of Jamil: Child of Light) and also to sail the three Ships of Light we know as the Feathered Serpents I, II, and III as Vessels of Prophecy. We will be spending significant time on this to bring to light and make clear the importance of that work, which is part of The Great Work, and how it is and always has been an integral part of our Teaching Ministry. I believe this is fitting during our observation of The Man’s tenth anniversary of permanently transitioning into the Worlds of Light on September 11, 2007.

His words on this are very clear when in April 2000, he spoke to us and said, “We are specialized and in this respect we are unique in the meaning of these ruins – not so much what the bones say or what can be found from the garbage. We are not garbage collectors. We’re there to study the meaning of the buildings, who occupied the area, what they believed in, what they felt, what they thought, what their spiritual concepts were, and how they compared to people of different parts of the world. And also we have specialized in tracing down the Holy Orders that were visiting this area [Peru]. This is what we’re specializing in. And, of course, this is not common knowledge for the world. We may be criticized for being amateurs or non-professionals or adventurers or sensationalists which, of course, is a far cry from the truth. If we mention the fact that we’re studying these religious concepts, we’re laughed at and are called visionaries and so on. So we simply keep our findings to ourselves because it is private and not for the common person. So what we are doing is unique and very highly specialized that takes years and years of study and actual field experience and even more so with the Process that was applied by these people that we’re able to apply today [Cosolargy]. Our specialized deciphering of these temple glyphs, which former generations had carved, allows us to translate and interpret keys to illuminating doctrines of a secret nature.”

This is very important to understand as we now defend our legacy against those who would rob us of it and use our works for selfish and pecuniary gain.

Let us recall the words spoken by The Child in the Prophecy of the Universal Theocracy: “The profane will look upon the sun, absorbing and applying its light and energy by erroneous reasoning, believing they are capable of controlling the Powers of Creation and generation. They will abuse the Powers absorbed, reflect their own images into the sun, and cause the spread of error into the very core of the solar system. They will work their wickedness within the structure of the Church, causing dissension, misunderstanding, confusion, and error of doctrine. This poses the most singular danger to the young Church.

“Therefore, let all within the Order hold to the Law, submitting to God’s Will and being content to assist Him in His Divine Plan for human Salvation and the release of spirit. Let all know that the Powers and Forces received into their beings are not theirs to possess, to change, to use, or to control. In unifying with God, they allow these Forces and Powers to manifest within them for the overall good of Creation. Let all release personal hold over their beings. Let God enter into them so that the Image and Word, united to the greater Image and Word manifest as One, might appear.”

I look forward to discussing these topics with you more in person and my email and letter.

Once again, please feel free to ask me any questions by calling 775-786-7432 or emailing me at messages@cosolargy.org. I am always at your service.

In Light+,

Gene

 

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Services for the Week of August 26, 2017

 

 

 

Saturday, August 26, 2017
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child
RR Gene Savoy Jr.
Lector: RC Gary Buchanan
Cantor: Rev. Harold Boulette
Reader: Noriko Roy
Organist: RC Gary Buchanan

 

 

Sunday, August 27, 2017
6:13 AM SUNRISE DIVINE SERVICE
Church of  New Pentecost
Leave: 5:30
Gate: 6:00
Sunrise: 6:28
RR Gene Savoy Jr.
Concelebrant: RC Robert Petrovich
Assistants: RC Roger Weld
RC Ted Staver
Rev. Barbara Whitney
Organist: RC Gary Buchanan

 

OPEN-AIR COMMUNION
Church of New Mount Hebron
       Rev. Greg Klinedinst
Church of New Mount Tabor
      Gary Huss Jr.

 

 

Wednesday, August 30, 2017
12:00 N COMMUNION
Chapel of the Holy Child
RC Ted Staver

 

 

Friday, September 1, 2017
9:00 AM PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
Chapel of the Roses
Rev. Michael McIntyre

 




Luca Raye Gadson-Jin is born

 

Father Frank Gadson introduces his son Luca Raye Gadson-Jin to his first sunrise

Luca Raye Gadson-Jin was born to Consociate Frank Gadson and his wife Misun Gadson in Seoul, Korea on August 7, 2017 at 20:17 hours. He was 7 lbs and 53cm at birth.

 

Newborn Luca Raye Gadson-Jin

 




Weekly Message: August 15, 2017

 

 

HEAD OVERSEER’S WEEKLY MESSAGE

August 15, 2017

India Independence Day

In this Teaching, we are taught that the world labors under division. According to last week’s theme on ancient Indian concepts, we know this to be true. This is so because each of us intrinsically believes that what we experience is understood by each of us individually. But this is not necessarily so. Just as people, nations and religions live by limited ideologies, this is a way of diversified outlook motivated by merely physical and psychological needs, reasoning and emotional beliefs that result in falsehood and incorrectness.

Our Teaching is that only the Light – the Divine, God – can unify the world. However, before this great Union, first the world must be restored. What do we mean by that? We mean that Restoration of the Creation first comes by and through Divine Law – when all things are merged – ultimately restored – then Union will exist.

Unfortunately, for us, this is a Process. This Unity is, on some level, beyond our human comprehension, but on another level, not. It is, however, to be understood only by the awakened Spirit by the Light of the Image and the Word and the Truth. Only the restored Soul unified in Spirit made in the Image of God with the Word manifest living in accordance with the Law is this unification possible.

Though we try earnestly with all of our might to be good, righteous, peaceful, and just; though we strive to be in accord with family, friends, and others, the law of nature dictates otherwise. Intrinsically, we are, by nature, bound against collective order. That is because natural life, which is set apart from the created Spirit, is different from one another. In essence, there is no accord, no matter what we may want to believe.

It is only the Spirit, created in God’s Light, that the Soul lives. The Light is Breath and Life of Soul. Once the Spirit is reborn and becomes a Living and Breathing Soul, that Soul is nurtured of God’s Divine Light and is unified with the Godhead under Divine Law as long as it holds to The Way. It has a separate life outside of the natural order of things.

Having its own life, the Soul exists by means the Image and Word of God. It is taught to reason on divine things. It observes a divine world separate from the natural world of third dimensional existence. I am not just saying this and repeating words. I, last year, in my darkest hour, was able to observe the things of which I write today.

I can tell you I saw my reasoning self as a former friend, one who was doomed to die but whom I looked upon with loving kindness – the essence of our Teaching! Being able to peer into another dimension, I was able to glimpse into another world – strange and not a part of this one –yet connected in some mystical way.

I realized for the first time, not just speaking about it but truly understanding, that unless the Soul is unified under Divine Law, that when the Soul looks upon the Sun and sees the white Light which is made for its eyes alone, we then are quickened to Life. We breath as one with Spirit. Eye meets Eye. The earthly is joined with the Heavenly and the music of the Word is heard by the ears of the Soul. We connect with the Source of All. In the ancient tradition of India, the Soul returns to the hub of the rotating Wheel – the Wheel of the Law. Time stops. Space is condensed. Dimensions are merged. At that point, the Spirit is freed from bondage. That is the essence of our Teaching: Freedom, Liberation and Unity under the Law of God.

I am happy to speak to you of my experiences and answer any questions you may have.

Once again, please feel free to ask me any questions by calling 775-786-7432 or emailing me at messages@cosolargy.org. I am always at your service.

In Light+,

Gene

 

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Services for the Week of August 19, 2017

 

 

 

Saturday, August 19, 2017
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child
RR Gene Savoy Jr.
Lector: RC Robert Petrovich
Cantor: Rev. Michael Tamburello
Reader: Rev. Francine Petrovich
Organist: RC Gary Buchanan

 

 

Sunday, August 20, 2017
6:07 AM SUNRISE DIVINE SERVICE
Church of  New Pentecost
Leave: 5:15
Gate: 5:45
Sunrise: 6:22
RR Gene Savoy Jr.
Concelebrant: RC Robert Petrovich
Assistants: RC Roger Weld
RC Ted Staver
Rev. Carol Ann Crabb
Organist: RC Gary Buchanan

 

OPEN-AIR COMMUNION
Church of the Races of Man
       RC Gary Buchanan
Church of the Americas       
Rev. Amanda Buchanan

 

 

Wednesday, August 23, 2017
12:00 N COMMUNION
Chapel of the Holy Child
Rev. Francine Petrovich

 

 

Friday, August 25, 2017
9:00 AM PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
Chapel of the Roses
Rev. Mary Foust

 




Book Reviews Needed

 

 

Fellow Consociates,

There are many ways in which we can engage in outreach for the community and we should all do some of them. One way is writing for the Communique and the Cosolargy blog. Sometimes we cant think of anything to write about though, so we have a suggestion.

We have all read many spiritual books as Academy students in Cosolargy. Most of us have read many other spiritual books on our own. Sometimes we find a book that is particularly interesting and fits in well with the teachings of Cosolargy.

If you have read such books, we would like to know about it. Write a review of the book that we can post on the Communique and possibly the Cosolargy Blog as well. Don’t worry if you are not a writer. We can take your notes and rough draft, and smooth them out for you. Keep in mind that blog posts should be at least 300 words long. You might also want to include an illustration, probably the cover of the book.

This constitutes a form of outreach because the more content we have on the website and the more diverse the authors, the more people we attract to it. Since the website is our primary way of getting new leads, it is important to make it successful.

Email your submissions or questions about the project to

Harold@cosolargy.org or

Robert@cosolargy.org

Or see the Submissions page on the Communique.

 




2017 CONVOCATION: Japanese Buddhist Tradition and Cosolargy

 

Notice: the schedule of events for this year’s convocation have significantly changed. Please check the new agenda attached.

 

You are invited to the 2017 Convocation

 

ATTEND THE 2017 CONVOCATION TO EXPERIENCE:

“Japanese Tradition and Cosolargy, Part II: How Japanese Culture Blends with Cosolargy”
by Yukinori Matsushita

We are developing a Religious Service in Japan based on Japanese culture. There is one technique called “Kuji-in”. Ku-ji simply means “nine syllables” and refers to a variety of mantras that consist of nine syllables.

The syllables used in kuji are numerous, especially within the realm of Mikkyo Scholars. They have stated that kuji is of Taoist origin. I will speak on the Secret usage of Kuji-in. Also I will speak on other activities concerning the Japanese Community.

Another topic will be “DO”. We can find how Japanese people used to live The Way as Solar adepts in the way of Do. There are many different kind of DO. For example, Sa-Do(Tea ceremony), Ka-Do(Flower arrangement), Aiki-Do(Martial art) and so on. They areall simple form of actions turned into what I call DO-nization of those activities. The main purpose of the all the Do-nization is the development of Consciousness, or our effort of our side to attract THE MOST HIGH to guide us to his way(The Way to God). I would like to talk about how all the DOs were originally meant to develop Consciousness and the initial training for the Solar Adepts while in the world.

 

REGISTER NOW FOR THE 2017 CONVOCATION

 Download a copy of the 2017 Registration Form

 Download Lodging Information for the 2017 Convocation 

 Download a copy of the 2017 Convocation mini-agenda

 

Please be sure to fill out all the sections of the registration form. Your responses help us to plan events with you in mind. Should you have any questions about the proceedings, your participation, your lodging or travel plans, please do not hesitate to call me at the Chancellery at (775) 786-7827.

You may also e-mail me at fpetrovich@ communityofchrist.org.

Yours, most sincerely,

Reverend Francine Petrovich
Convocation Coordinator

 

Convocation Coordinator Francine Petrovich PHOTO -James Elliott

 

Download a copy of the 2017 Convocation mini-agenda

 




WEEKLY MESSAGE: August 7, 2017

 

 

HEAD OVERSEER’S WEEKLY MESSAGE

August 7, 2017

This week, my mind has been on India. As you may know, my wife, Radheka, is finishing a three-week sojourn in the southern Indian states of Kerala and Karnataka finishing a two-year course in Ayurvedic medicine. The thoughts reminded me of my trip some eight years ago to that country which I found to be a place of contradictions – extreme beauty on one hand and extreme ugliness on the other – a country of significant religious and spiritual traditions, as well as a country of intense materialism and poverty.

As I reminisced, I also dwelt on the teachings of the Mahatma Gandhi and a few of his principles – Truth (Satya), Nonviolence (Ahimsa), and Purity (Brahmacharya). I was also led to reexamine the concept of a corrupt world, one which the Mahatma knew well. Much like the early Christians, ancient Indian concepts regarded society as being primarily dominated by greed, recklessness and cruelty; rulers and nations constantly contending for power and oppressing the people.

Yet the ancient Vedic and Puranic teachings envisioned a future age when the Supreme Creator would intervene in worldly affairs and eventually bring peace and harmony among all peoples and nations. This was to be an age of Universal Justice and Virtue when God would end the eternal struggle caused by human and natural disorder. He would use the very Powers of Creation to stabilize the Universe, an event described in the symbolism of the Brahman religion.

The allegory of these scriptures, the Vedas and the Puranas, specifically, reveals that the Mahapurusha would set into motion the Cakravarta, the Sun of Heaven, whose rays would be a sign of God’s intervention in the world when at its dawning the sun would begin to spin as a wheel. At this time, the whole of Creation would be unified under its all-conquering and indestructible rays.

Complimenting ancient Brahmanism, as successor to the Buddha, the Maitreya would instruct the whole world under the sun in the sacred doctrines of the release from bondage. This Enlightened One was to be a seer-child, a miraculous infant, who would be known by seven signs and thirty-two markings. The Child would proclaim the Advent of the Wheel of the Law which would be set in motion at the time of his appearance on earth.

Once set in motion, the Wheel of the Law would begin a New Age on earth by sending forth rays of Sacred Fire, in turn to set in motion the “cakras” or sun-wheels within the spiritual bodies of those seeking enlightenment. Thus, illuminated by the living of the Law within the luster of redeeming Light, the enlightened would possess divine eyes to see the True Light and divine ears to hear the True Law spoken by God. The devotee would become an image of the Celestial Image manifest in the Heavens.

This would not occur by living man’s laws or holding to outworn religion or by the reading of scripture or being convinced of the validity of faith by belief but rather by the Intellectual Light and Truth of the celestial agency of the Wheel of the Law. The Law would invalidate all other laws, for they would have no reality or meaning in the Age of the Great Appearance of the Cakravarta. The Appearance would usher in a Golden Age of superior enlightenment in which justice, peace, virtue, love and stability will prevail. All earthly opposition, human or otherwise, would be overcome by spiritual transformation effected by the Giver of Light. Upon looking on the Image of the Divine and hearing the Law, a person becomes a divine image incarnate.

The Age of the Wheel of the Law has been set in motion with the appearance of the Child, Jamil, as the foretold Maitreya. We all yearn for the great day of Universal Justice and Virtue. In the meantime, we continue our daily devotions and reflections sustaining the Cakravarta, which is, the Sun of Righteousness.

Once again, please feel free to ask me any questions by calling 775-786-7432 or emailing me at messages@cosolargy.org. I am always at your service.

In Light+,

Gene

 

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