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Vol. 1, Issue 7
NOVEMBER TOPICS
Founder's Insights
Publications Committee
Education Committee
Meet Rev. Dr. Becky
NOV. Astrology
Doing A 360
Heartland Chapter News
Meet Charlotte McGinnis
Canada Calling!
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On October 29, 2011,

Rev. Dr. Linda Marie Nelson

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Rev. Dr. Barbara Selwa 

 

My dear ones: Outside of your window is a star spangled sky. Stars and planets shed their light, endlessly, from the universe into the multiverse, the parts of which are materially visible and invisible. The multiverse spreads not only in the earth's type of dimensions and matter, but comprises uncountable billions of alternate manifestations. All operate with a wonderful, physical regularity and synchronicity. As you stand and take in this beautiful grandeur, you intuitively sense that there is much, much more you have not had revealed into your scope of understanding. You enjoy, but you cannot reach the whole of what is presented in your outdoor sky. You breathe in the evening air, return to your home and close the door. You turn on the TV and become mesmerized by your personal earth reality.

My dear ones, there are other kinds of stars. These stars, too, twinkle and glimmer, far and wide. You have little awareness of these stars, but they are even more significant and magnificent than those within the sky. These we may call "heart stars." They are the bright spots within you which shine out in the inner multiverse. Heart stars are the connectors of the multiverse and they are created, when you focus upon God. It is as if you, in your attention to Divine Love, opened a black sky and revealed God's face. These stars, so created, do not stop with you, but continue their outshining into infinity. When you have these stars (the more the better), people will feel your positive glow and be calmed and healed in your presence. Your inner black sky will fill with light and darkness will be permanently gone. As you strengthen your focus upon God, you will become Divine Love's vessel and connector both within the physical and inner multiverses.

Dear ones, the inner multiverse, with its heart stars, is always more powerful and important than the physical multiverse. However, though we have spoken here as if the two were separate, the two multiverses are actually One. The physical is always dependent upon, and exists within, the inner multiverse. DIVINE LOVE/GOD IS THE ONLY REALITY. THERE IS NOTHING ELSE! As you look around in your earth home, this is difficult to accept. Isn't the stove real, sitting in the kitchen? Aren't your family members and pet in the house real? Yes, but not in the form that you perceive them. ALL IN THE PHYSICAL DEPENDS UPON THE INNER GOD MULTIVERSE. THERE IS NOTHING BUT DIVINE LOVE. THERE NEVER HAS BEEN AND NEVER WILL BE! This brings us to an ultimate truth we should always be aware of and meditate upon:

ABOVE, BELOW AROUND AND THROUGH, LOVE STEERS ALL STARS...

With eternal affection and loving aid, your sister StAOR  

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Education Committee Report: November
The National Education Committee met this month, and discussed creating CEU courses for Ministerial Trainers, to better support them.  In the very productive meeting, an outline was created of several courses that all agreed would most benefit the teachers.  Each committee member lovingly volunteered their time and energy toward ultimately creating a "Teacher's Handbook for Ministerial Trainer's".  Stay tuned....
Rev. Becky Covington
Meet Rev. Dr. Becky Covington
L.O.L. and Loving It!
(Interview with Rev. Dr. Becky Covington and
Editor, Rev. Cathy Haven Howard)

CHH: Congratulations on receiving your doctorate at the Fall ADL conference! What was your dissertation on?
 BC: Thank you very much Rev. Cathy.  I developed a curriculum called "L.O.L. Loving Our Life" as a tool for ADL ministers to reach out to people in their communities. The course is broken into twelve weeks:
  1. Understanding others Spiritually
  2. What is Divine Love
  3. BS-Belief Systems
  4. Awareness/Beauty
  5. Oneness
  6. Forgiveness
  7. Spiritual Development
  8. Miracles
  9. Gifts of Spirit
  10. Happiness
  11. Random Acts of Kindness
  12. The Greatest Degree of Love
Each of the weeks includes:
  • Meditation
  • Reviewing the previous lesson.
  • Sharing, in group, the meaning for each of us (this allows the space for others to share and teach their perceptions)
  • Living the Lesson - how to integrate that lesson into the week ahead
The course will awaken the spiritual leaders within us and our students.  We are Light Workers, and now is the time to bring more Love and Light into the experiences of all those we have the opportunity to reach.  
CHH: What is the main message that L.O.L. provides the student?
BC: That everything, everyone, including us, is all Love. It helps to remind us of who we all really are. This ultimately helps to align our communities with this Vibration of Love.
CHH: How long did it take you to do your dissertation?
BC: About a year. It took time to research, meditate and piece it all together.
CHH: How do you see L.O.L being used by an ADL minister who wants to offer this course in their community?
BC: L.O.L provides a way to have like-minded people come together in a community. They may meet in a home, at a community center or even in a restaurant. The minister may create posters, signs or ads to let people know about the course offering. The course gives concept and structure for open discussion. It creates the space for people to open up and talk about their spiritual journeys. It gives ministers an opportunity to begin with a study group(s) that might evolve into a center in the future. It potentially will lead others into the ADL Ministerial Training, as well.  
CHH: How much is the cost of the L.O.L. course?
BC: The book itself costs $10 plus shipping, per student and $10 for the Teacher's Copy. I am suggesting that there be a $19 fee, per class, for the minister's time and preparation. This is just a suggested fee and I feel that there should be fluidity around the amount charged for the course, based on what feels right to the minister for their community and in their heart. It could also be offered on a love offering basis.
CHH: If someone is interested in purchasing the materials for the course, how do they get in touch with you?
BC: They can email me at: revbeckyadl@gmail.com  or call me at 352-220-9142. There are also two introductory letters available; one for ministers and one for participants that can be used  to generate interest.
CHH: Thank you, Becky, for what you have done to create a tool to share the ideas and principles of ADL with others. I feel that this is something that is very much needed in our world right now and I so appreciate all that you have done. Is there anything else that you want to add?
BC: L.O.L. serves as an opportunity to reach out into the mainstream community and let them know who we are as the Alliance of Divine Love. I feel that it is important to stay heart-connected so that we can continue to grow. It is an honor to serve in any way I can. Thank you Rev. Cathy for all you do for us.  Much Love and Blessings. 
Rev. Linda Bender

The"Sky Picture" November 2011

Rev. Linda Bender 


Scorpio, The Scorpion, is the birthday kid this month.  Not only can the Scorpion sting, but Scorpio can also soar like an eagle!  They can go from the lowest depths to the highest stratosphere.  Jupiter has been in Taurus since June 5th, 2011 in your solar seventh house of relationships which enhances Love and accord  in relationships whether intimate or otherwise.  Jupiter travels into Gemini on June 12th, 2012 which is your solar eighth house.  This house is the house of other people's money, such as a spouse's money, insurance, or lawsuits.  Jupiter, in Gemini through September, 2012, can promote money coming in from sources than just your own.  Saturn has been in Libra, your twelfth house, since July 22nd, 2010.  It is time to evaluate what insight and wisdom you have gained, and now, what you want to do.  This is the time to go after it; you can rise to the challenges!

For all of us, we can have more confidence in our finances this month as Jupiter in Taurus (money) trines Pluto in Capricorn.  During the beginning of the month, there will be a tug of war...(click here to read more)  

Rev. Nancy Ash - rake 
"DOING A 360"

Sacred Spherical Strategies   

For Optimal Living

by Reverend Dr. Nancy Ash, E-RYT  

ADL Ministerial Trainer Albuquerque,NM  
www.Doinga360.com 

 

360 = 1. Yes, that's a new mathematical equation to a re-calibrated earth. 360, as in three hundred and sixty degrees of one circle. We ARE all one. In this vein of thinking, I continue from last issue: Oneness; and particularly, an enormous, sacred movement that is sweeping the world: Global Oneness.

On October 24th, 17,342 good folks from around the world participated in
a free tele-summit to celebrate the 2nd Annual Global Oneness Day. http://www.global-oneness-day.org There was an amazing exchange of ideas in unity for spirituality, evolution, sciences, movies, music, entertainment, the United
Nations and more by luminaries like Barbara Marx Hubbard, Neale Donald
Walsch, Duane Elgin, The African Ubuntu, Don Miguel Ruiz, Lynne McTaggart,
Bruce Lipton, Rabbi Michael Lerner, UN Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury,
Stephen Simon, Kenny Loggins, Sequoya Trueblood and dozens more. There
were grassroots celebrations around the world, including: (read more here)
ADL Chapter News Tile
Heartland Memorial Ceremony
Introducing ADL's Heartland Chapter 
Fanning The Flame of Eternal Creation
History: The Heartland Chapter of the Alliance of Divine Love registered as a chapter with the National Office in July 2009, having selected its first officers: President, Rev. Mary Gibson McCoy; Vice President, Rev. Gregory L McCoy; Secretary, Rev. Dr. Kara Hawkins; and Treasurer, Rev. Marci Reardon. The Chapter serves Kansas and Missouri ministers.

Highlights: Monthly Chapter Meetings - Our local ministers meet monthly in fellowship to support each other's individual ministries and to plan programming toward fulfilling our mission of Creating the Sacred through Light, Love and Service. This past July, we began an enrichment program at our meetings for ministers in the community to get to know each other and become aware of the incredible talents we all bring to the Alliance of Divine Love. Our monthly meetings now feature presentations from our local ministers, with a focus on their work in the community, their talents, and what has inspired them about their ADL ministry. Each of our featured ministers opens and closes our meetings.

"Honoring the Past - Looking to the Future" - Heartland ADL Chapter Picnic - Sunday, July 17, 2011. The Heartland Chapter ministers gathered to celebrate the life of Rev. Dr. Barbara Hanshaw, at Antioch Park in Merriam Kansas. The celebration included a renewal of our ADL vows, The Oath of the Rose. Though one of the hottest months in memory with 104+ temperatures, our Sunday's event hovered in the 90's. We were sure our respite was due to our dear Barbara's intervention on our behalf, who flew by as a blue heron, during her ceremony.  (click here to read more)  
Rev. Charlotte McGinnis
Meet Rev. Charlotte McGinnis
New Center Open in Hendersonville, NC
Interview with Rev. Charlotte McGinnis with Editor, Rev. Cathy Haven Howard
 
Cathy Haven Howard: Where is your center and when did it open?
Charlotte McGinnis: It is in Hendersonville, NC and it opened in May 2011.
CHH: Do you have partners that you are doing the center with?
CM:
Yes, I have two partners who are fitness instructors and the name of the center is Fitness for the Body Mind and Soul. I teach golf at an indoor golf center. The building used to be a wholesale produce and flower distribution center. We took the old building and created new space. Upstairs there is a large meeting room where we have our Sunday "Soulful Celebration," Course In Miracles and, on a monthly basis, Rev. Connie Rowe facilitates a healing circle. There are Zumba, Tai Chi, Yoga and Abs classes going on at the center. There is a full gym down stairs with personal training, and a coffee shop /juice bar. It's just wonderful. You can see for yourself at our new website. The web address is: http://www.fitnessforthebodymindandsoul.com  
CHH: Sounds fantastic! What kind of format do you follow for your Sunday Soulful Celebrations?
CM: We always start with a welcome and announcements and we encourage people to share. We welcome newcomers and then we will have music with musicians or a sing-a-long and a meditation. We have implemented having a guest speakers come and be interviewed for our Conscious Conversations series. Plus...  (click here to read more)    
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Canada's ADL Commitment
Winnipeg, Ontario Happenings

The Indo-Canadian Centre Expo weekend is wrapped up and the four of us ADL ministers totally enjoyed being in the energy of a large, like-minded community of Manitoba residents. People flowed through all day long, experiencing healing modalities and making purchases from our arts 'n crafty group of vendors!

The Reverends Kristel Kernaghan, Yvonne Wilson-Bernier, Cherie Bowman and Deborah Lee Chester had  tables at this Body, Mind and Spirit Show and each minister was there to offer information and items to purchase. We all did well, as Divine Love brought forth the people and success that was perfect for each one of us. We all saw some old friends that we often see at these events and made plenty of new friends; some of which showed genuine interest in joining the Alliance of Divine Love Ministry!

It is so important to continually inform the public about our unconditional, welcoming and enriching Presence, so healing can ripple throughout our world to its Highest and Greatest Good!

Love, Light and many, many Blessings,
Reverend Deborah Lee Chester - Alliance of Divine Love, Chapel 1539
www.reverenddeborah.webs.com - Email: reverenddeborah@gmail.com
 
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Editor's Quilt
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK:

ADL - The Thread That Binds Us All  

  

I am still holding the energy of Global Oneness Day this past October 24th and feeling how it seems so tied to the ministry of the Alliance of Divine Love. I would like to share a passage from my book, Spirit Expression for EveryOne, A Guide to Living a Soul-driven Life:

 

"Imagine, if you will, the most beautiful quilt that you can think of. Each patch piece of the quilt is different. The quilt goes on forever, beyond your eye and with no end. Each piece of the quilt resonates and presents itself differently, yet it is all part of the one quilt. There is a fabric thread that runs through the quilt. It connects all the pieces together. This thread is also the knower, the breath of the quilt, the part of the quilt that makes it alive and vibrating with isness. Each part of the quilt knows its importance, in creating a beautiful masterpiece. Each part of the quilt knows that it is contributing to the whole. Each part of the quilt knows that its piece is important. Each part of the quilt knows that it is unconditionally held without judgment.

No part of the quilt thinks that it needs to go someplace else to be in contact with the Great Thread that runs through it. It knows its own connection. It knows that its own expression within the entire quilt is needed and valuable.

It is now time to know the deep beauty of your own life, with your expression of the Divine. It is now time to love yourself with creating a further deepening, an expansion of Love in your life. Start with believing that this is possible. Start with believing that this is the way home. Start with believing that you are worthy to have your own unique relationship with Spirit. This is one that cannot be taken away from you. It cannot be lost. It is always present. It is always evolving. It is the nature of the thread/fabric of All That Is to be always pulling at you, asking you to go a little further, a little further in knowing the presence of Spirit within.

Know that how you hold yourself, your thoughts, and your inner world is how you hold God. Begin with applying the Greatest Degree of Love to yourself. Allow your sweet story to be woven fully into the Fabric of All that Is. Create your oneness quilt piece today. Go deeply into your own knowing."

The ADL Love in Action eNewsletter is just one way of truly expressing our unique spiritual voices with each other. We invite and desire your participation in this eNewsletter. Please let us know what you are doing in your individual ministry, your chapter and your community. Through this eNewsletter, we can continue to weave the fabric of Love, Oneness and Connection with each other.

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