March 31, 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

Readings: The Jamil Commentaries

Presentations:

• The Three Communions

• Solar Cultures of Africa

• Liturgical Chimes and Hand Gestures

• Origins of Shingon Buddhism

• What is Metanoia ?

• The Solar Cross and The Sacred Calendar

• The Essene Legacy

• New Scientific views of Consciousness

State of The Community Address

Updates on Japan, Mexico and Peru

Wellness Sessions at Steamboat Hot Springs

First, Second, and Third Degree Ordinations

Sunrise Divine Services

Yours, most sincerely,

In 1948 Charles F. Cutts, a long-time member of the Latimer Art Club and a founding trustee of the Nevada Art Gallery, willed his house and estate to the Nevada Art Gallery. The Art Gallery received Cutt’s home at 643 Ralston Street in Reno, Nevada in 1949 upon his death.

643 Ralston Street is the address of the offices of the International Community of Christ and Cosolargy International and the Chapel of The Holy Child. This property was acquired by the Church from the Nevada Art Gallery in 1979, including the expansion that served as the gallery itself, and in 1981 Church members constructed the Chapel in place of the gallery.

The story of the building that houses our offices is part of the book The Latimer School: Lorenzo Latimer and the Latimer Art Club. We have excerpted the pertinent pages of the book (pp. 29-44) and are making them available to our members with permission form the publisher. The pages provide an interesting backstory to the building that has housed our offices for over forty years.

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The Nevada Museum of Art, on its 90th anniversary, has organized an exhibition that brings together landscape paintings by the watercolor painter Lorenzo Latimer, alongside those of the artists he mentored, including Mattie S. Conner, Marguerite Erwin, Dora Groesbeck, Hildegard Herz, Nettie McDonald, Minerva Pierce, Echo Mapes Robinson, Nevada Wilson, and Dolores Samuel Young. These artists joined together to formally found the Latimer Art Club in 1921. The Latimer Art Club is still active and celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2021. The exhibit is being presented July 31, 2021 – March 27, 2022.

The Latimer Art Club was the founding volunteer organization of the Nevada Art Gallery, which is known today as the Nevada Museum of Art. The San Francisco-based painter Lorenzo Latimer first visited Fallen Leaf Lake on the south side of Lake Tahoe in summer 1914. It was there that he began to teach annual plein air painting classes. In 1916, he was invited by two students to teach a painting class in Reno. He returned for the next twenty years and became a cherished member of the Northern Nevada arts community.

The watercolor paintings by Latimer and his students of the Truckee Meadows, Washoe Valley, Lake Tahoe, and Pyramid Lake are foundational to the history of Northern Nevada’s outdoor painting tradition. By 1931, the Latimer Club joined together with the visionary humanist scholar and scientist Dr. James Church to establish the Nevada Art Gallery, now the Nevada Museum of Art. The founding group planned art exhibitions and interdisciplinary public programs for the nascent museum for many years.

The exhibition is co-curated by Nevada art specialist Jack Bacon and Ann M. Wolfe, Andrea and John C. Deane Family Senior Curator and Deputy Director. The exhibition will be accompanied by a major book with an introduction by Wolfe and an essay by Alfred C. Harrison, a nineteenth-century painting scholar and art historian with a special emphasis on California art.

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You are invited to the 2022 Convocation February 17, 2022 Dear member of the Jamilian Order, It is with great pleasure that we once again are able to extend to you our invitation to join in Community for the annual Convocation of the Sacred College and ministry of the Second Advent Church. We will meet for this year’s Convocation from Thursday, June 2nd to Monday, June 6th, 2022 . This will be the first time in three years that we will be meeting in person, and we will be honored by your presence. This year’s annual Convocation marks an important milestone for our Community and its members. Together we will be defining the future direction of our Community. We need you to be part of this special moment in time. This year we will host the Community Convocation of ordained ministers from Thursday, June 2nd to Monday, June 6th, 2022 and host a separate Seminar for Academy Consociates in September. The June Convocation will be geared exclusively towards those persons who are ordained within the Jamilian Order and will include advanced concepts and techniques relating to Sacred College studies, research and practice, including the purpose of ceremony, liturgy, the use of chanting, tones, and the like. The importance of 2022 in our calendar cannot be overstated. It is the 60th anniversary of the birth of the Sun of Righteousness and also marks an important 20-year cycle – the third since 1962. We will be emphasizing during the June gathering how we have revived the ancient Essene Covenant of Renewal which always took place during the Feast of Weeks and later around Pentecost which, in our Community, is June 6th, a fixed day according to the solar calendar. In the early Church that originated out of the Essene communities, Pentecost was a time of regeneration and revitalization for the Community that signified the annual renewal of the Covenant. In a similar state of gratitude, peace and love, we will be able to participate together in the Divine Service on June 6, 2022, at one with God and the cosmos. The Book of God’s Revelation records the importance of this date in the Sacred Calendar of the Second Advent Church: In 1982 Revelations were received atop the Temple Mount on Divine Law and on the building of the Shrine of God’s Waters. It is always important to reconnect at the Center, with others from around the world, and with our Prophecies and Teachings. And so we welcome this event as an important moment to connect, reconnect, and fuse together all members of Cosolargy International. In this era of an emerging new dimension of Consciousness, there is a power in the liturgics and the liturgy we perform in Community, aligned with the spiritual Forces of Light, to serve as an antidote to the influence of Dark Powers. Register electronically through the email invitation sent to you. If you do not have an email address, you may register by phone. Call our offices at 775-786-7431 and ask to speak with Elizabeth Reece. We need to know if you will be attending this year’s Convocation before April 1st so that we are able to make proper arrangements for our out-of-town members. Every year your active participation has a profound meaning beyond words. Your presence will enhance the forces that have activated and motivated our Community for many decades. We look forward to seeing you! Convo2022.invite.ltr.vows Yours, most sincerely, Reverend Francine Petrovich Convocation Coordinator /FP cc: lib. Convo2022.invite.ltr Click to Register Visit our website

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It gives us great pleasure to announce that the “Retreat” at Red Rock Sanctuary is now available for your visitations.

In doing the renovations, it was our focus to make the Retreat a cozy and comfortable dwelling.

The entrance offers a coat and hat rack, with a bench for changing shoes and snowy boots.

The main living area is an open concept with kitchen, living and dining area sharing the space.

The kitchen offers new counter tops, stove, and range hood, plus new track lighting throughout.

The mini-island offers an extra work place.

The kitchen is equipped with all new cookware and dishware for your cooking needs.

The living area offers a queen size sleeper sofa, with a flat screen TV for your streaming use.

There is also a desk for computer usage with HDMI connections. (Note: The living room floor light and bedroom lights have phone charging ports.) The main living area also provides a bluetooth audio receiver that will allow you to connect to the audio files on your iPhone. The tube design of the Rockville blutube amplifier gives a smooth, deep sound to your favorite music.

The hallway between the living area and bedroom reflects various instruments from the late Rev. Mother Carol Ann Crabb, and also a piece from the late maestro Rev. Canon Gary Buchanan.

Our own Rev. Mother Elizabeth Reece did the beautiful stained-glass work throughout.

The bedroom offers all new carpet and furniture with a queen size bed.

An original piece of artwork painted by Rev. Shinobu Sonoda Fuelling helps to brighten the walls.

The bathroom offers a new spacious easy walk-in shower with a new vanity, mirror, and lights.

Overall we believe you will enjoy your stay at the Retreat in pursuit of spiritual rejuvenation.

Please remember to sign the guest book!

Thank You,

Stan Waltemeyer & Rev. Greg Klinedinst

P.S. To make reservations, email Rev. Elizabeth Reece at nereece@communityofchrist.org or call Elizabeth at the Chancellery offices T-F 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

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Stan Waltemeyer & Rev. Greg Klinedinst have spent the better part of 2021 planning, designing, and renovating the guest suite at Red Rock Consecrated Sanctuary, the former residence of the late Reverend Mother Carol Ann Crabb, with the help of Reverend Canon Ted Staver. In addition to the hundreds of hours volunteered toward the renovation, the Church has expended thousands of dollars. All donations received by visiting guests at the guest suite retreat will be applied toward recuperating the cost of the renovation project. All financial donations are welcome.

It recently came to the Communique editors’ attention that the Winter 2007 newsletter of the now defunct International Sun Imbibers’ Society, entitled “The Sun Gazette,” contains an interview which the newsletter’s editor conducted with Gene Savoy Sr.

We thought the interview was interesting enough that our Community members and friends would like to read it, so we are making it available to our subscribers as a PDF document.

Read the entire Winter 2007 edition of the Sun Gazette here.

HEAD OVERSEER’S  MESSAGE

 

 

 

August 1, 2021 Confirmation of the Active Principles of Divine Law On this auspicious day in our Sacred Calendar – August 1st – it is my distinct pleasure to finally invite you formally to The Community’s 2022 Convocation. Of course, we hosted a successful virtual conference earlier this Summer, but we have not had the opportunity to assemble collectively in person with our non-resident members since 2019. Based on the recent Convocation survey, which was almost evenly split between those preferring June and September as months to hold our Convocation, we have decided to do something special. We will host the Community Convocation from Friday, June 3rd to Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 and host an additional Academy Seminar from Wednesday, September 7th through Sunday, September 11th, 2022. This idea is not entirely new. We have been discussing having two events annually for quite some time. In fact, when I was growing up in the 1970s, we used to have four seminars a year. But, because we have so much material to share (advanced, intermediate, and fundamental), it’s hard to fit all of this information into five days. The June Convocation will be geared towards those persons who are ordained within the Jamilian Order and will include advanced concepts and techniques relating to Sacred College studies, research, and practice, including the purpose of ceremony, liturgy, the use of chanting, tones, and the like. The September Seminar will provide in-person training for Academy Consociates in color and sacred imagery, the importance and use of the Sacred Thread and gemstones, the mechanics of nine fundamental healing techniques, including the use of crystals and expansions on the basic archetypal imaging of our Solar Cross that is introduced in the twelfth volume of The Cosolargy Papers. The importance of 2022 in our calendar cannot be overstated. It is the 60th anniversary of the birth of the Sun of Righteousness and also marks an important 20-year cycle – the third since 1962. We will be emphasizing during the June gathering how we have revived the ancient Essene Covenant of Renewal which always took place during the Feast of Weeks and later around Pentecost which, in our Community, is a fixed day according to the solar calendar. You will be hearing soon from our Convocation Coordinator, the Reverend Francine Petrovich, soon with further details. Of course, our resident Community will be welcoming you to both events, and you are always welcome to stay longer than the actual scheduled conference dates. But, please mark the dates in your calendar, and always feel free to contact someone here at the Center if you have any questions. We are very much looking forward to seeing you next year, if not sooner. Very truly yours in Light+,

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This past June the Church hired Go Green Roofing to lay a new roof on the Chapel of The Holy Child and vestibule of the Chancellery building.

The Church received three bids on the project and chose GoGreen Roofing for the job after seeing the quality of their work.

The last roof was laid in 1981 when the Chapel was originally constructed and had been patched and repaired every since –  not always with success. (See photos of chapel leaks below.)

Leaks at Chapel entrance

Leaks at Chapel chancel area

The leaks over the past winter could not be patched or repaired. The leaks were so bad that no company would accept the job,. Every company who examined the project insisted that the roof needed to be replaced.

Go Green Roofing specializes in spray foam roofing for flat roofs. The sloped, wood-shake roof over the Chancellery offices is a separate project and will be replaced over the next year with composition shingles.

Go Green Roofing is a locally operated, family owned, incorporated roofing company with more than 50 years of combined experience. The company has installed hundreds of thousands of square feet of both spray foam roofing and fluid-applied roofing membranes throughout Northern Nevada and California. Their other clients include Nevada Fine Arts and North Star and Heavenly Ski Resorts at Lake Tahoe.

The Go Green Roof System is sustainable and has a working life of 30+years. With superior leak protection, spray Polyurethane Foam (SPF) is the only roofing material that has no seams. A thick (typically 1″) closed-cell polyurethane waterproofing barrier seals the roof against leaks. The SPF roofing forms an impenetrable seal around roof penetrations such as pipes, vents, rooftop equipment, and parapet walls. The roofing system allows them to build up in ponding areas to reduce heavy standing water and improve drainage.

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Spray polyurethane foam is the fastest growing insulating product in the world. As a roofing material it provides many benefits over traditional roofing materials. Exceptional durability, unmatched R-value, air barrier properties and a multitude of additional benefits make it a truly versatile roofing system. The Everplus MIP (Manufactured In Place) Spray Foam Roofing System utilizes Bayseal Spray Foam manufactured by Bayer Material Science, the inventor and leader in the polyurethane industry. (See before and after photos below.)

Spray polyurethane foam is watertight because the system is manufactured in place; major weaknesses, including seams and mechanical fasteners, are eliminated. The roofing system is highly heat reflective. It dramatically improves occupants’ comfort by typically cutting a summer roof surface temperature by 50-90˚. Simply maintaining the protective surface coating on the roof every 10-15 years will ensure that the roof will last indefinitely.

BEFORE & AFTER PHOTOS

More than fifty Consociates of the Community from around the world successfully joined together in a Zoom conference on June 12, 2021. After a meet-and-greet in which many new Consociates took part, a series of informational videos and video reports were presented to all in attendance through the technical expertise of  Dea. Stephan Fuelling. The meeting was recorded by Rev. Mother Rebecca Willis, and is available to all Consociates on the Cosolargy Forum Facebook page.

If you have not yet seen the video presentations, go to the Cosolargy Forum Facebook page and check them out there. If you have not yet watched the June 12th conference, click on the link in the email sent to you on June 25th or click here.

If you are not yet a member of the Cosolargy Forum, request to become one when you visit the page. Participating in the Forum is your way to meet and interact with members of the Community from around the world.