PHOTO: Stephan Fuelling

August 1 Confirmation of Divine Law
Monday August 1, 2012, was the 30th anniversary of the Appearance of the New Light of God in Sanctuary, confirming the Active Principles of Divine Law. Communion of Fellowship and Sunrise Divine Service were held at the Cathedral Church of the Americas to commemorate this observance.

God’s Confirmation of the Active Principles of Divine Law occurred on August 1, 1982. That event is recorded in Second Advent Scripture in The Book of God’s Revelation with commentary relating the event to the revelation received by the Church on April 18, Easter in the Second Advent Calendar, and the further revelations received on June 6, the Second Advent Day of Pentecost.

Among the revelations received on June 6, 1982, the Church received instruction on the New Act of God, God’s conception of the Newly Created Light, a New Light that renovates the whole of creation. The Church also received instruction on the Four Newly Created Intermediary Lights that manifest through this conception.

Scripture tells us that through the manifestation of these Four Intermediary Lights, God has fixed the Four Newly Created Tables of the Law to be taught to the Ordained in the Holy Institutions of Learning, and so that the unwritten Code of the Law may be codified on earth for the emancipation of the human race, God has decreed Twelve newly created Active Principles of Divine Law of His New Covenant, which are subordinate to the Lights of God and to the Tables of the Law, yet are instruments of the Divine Plan for human redemption.

With the revelation given on June 6, God decreed these Twelve Active Principles to be in force upon confirmation. And on the first day of August 1982, “The New Light of God appeared over the face of the sun, confirming the Active Principles of Divine Law.” Celebrating and recalling that event of confirmation is the purpose of the special commemoration each year on this date.

Pannuches Meal Rite
The Seventy-Second Pannuches Meal Rite was held August 11, 2012, at 6:00 p.m. in the Chapel of the Holy Child. This is a private ceremony for members of the Order. The Jubilee Sunrise Service was held the following morning in Sanctuary. The Jubilee Sunday is a day of fasting. The elderly are exempt from fasting on that day if they choose.

The Seventy-Third Pannuches Meal Rite was held Saturday September 29, 2012, at 6:00 p.m. in the Chapel of the Holy Child. This is a private ceremony for members of the Order. Since this celebration coincided with the annual Convocation, the entire congregation was invited to attend a light repast at the Rectory-Abbey on that evening at 7:30 p.m.

The Jubilee Sunrise was held the following morning in Sanctuary at the Cathedral Church of the Americas. Ordained resident and nonresident congregation members were vested. Vocal performances were provided by the Japanese congregation present, singing a liturgical hymn; Ms. Roya Galata, singing a Persian Baha’i hymn; and Jim Eaglesmith, performing a Zuni sunrise song. A breakfast was served at the Refectory following Divine Service. The Jubilee Service on September 30 was held as part of the 2012 Convocation, with special members of the Northern Nevada interfaith group as participants.

Some of the young children of the Community assembled for a photo during the Easter egg hunt PHOTO: Tom Fee

On traditional Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012, the entire resident congregation in Reno was invited to brunch at the Rectory-Abbey on Carmel as part of the season’s festivities. More than forty adults and children spent the later morning and early afternoon together over a light repast on that sunny spring day. Young children took part in the traditional Easter egg hunt outside on the premises of the Rectory-Abbey and the East Wing.

Sophia Savoy poses in a borrowed hat during the Easter egg hunt. PHOTO: Tom Fee

PHOTO: Gene Savoy Jr.

Ms. Radheka Patel of Los Angeles, California, and the Right Reverend Gene Savoy Jr. were married in a private ceremony in Reno on Friday, February 17. A reception followed on Sunday, February 19, at the bridal suite of the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno.

Originally from New Zealand, Radheka is the daughter of Vinod and Chhaya Patel, also of Los Angeles, and is a graduate of Madison University and California State University, Northridge, with degrees in marketing and biological studies. She has been practicing Cosolargy and studying with the Jamilian University since March of 2011. She has a six-year-old daughter, Bianka.

The couple will reside at the Rectory-Abbey along with their daughters – Sonya, Sabrina, Sophia, and Bianka. Bishop Savoy’s mother, Sylvia, who relocated from Baltimore, Maryland, to Reno last summer in order to be closer to her family and The Community, will be residing at the Rectory as well.