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Seminary Classes & Events
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New Moon of Libra Service
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Weekend of Unity and Peace Presentation
Fri. Oct. 19, 7:30 PM
Join us in the chapel as Rev. Banez and Rev. Willson lead us in contemplating peace and oneness.
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Full Moon of Scorpio Celebration
Thurs. Oct. 25, 7:30 PM
Rev. Banez and Rev. Willson lead our celebration in the chapel. Savor the increased energy of the full moon and remember that this is a particularly good time for meditation. The full moon occurs at 11:53 PM.
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Sophia Online Announces New Course
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Signs of Christ
Rev. Parrish leads an ongoing class that meets in the chapel Tuesday nights at 6:30 PM. Everyone is welcome, and the class is on a donation basis. Come explore the path of discipleship.
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LCCC has a new employment opportunity! For details, go to
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Dear Light Bearers,
Happy autumn! This is a wonderful time of year to let the cool air energize us and the feeling of change motivate us. October happens to be full of special services and seminary events to stimulate us.
Students will be converging on campus for two weeks of Spiritual Healing, while the church continues prepariation for our November Homecoming, which will include graduation and ordination.
We are also eagerly anticipating the filming scheduled for this month. As you may have heard, there will be a several minute segment about Sancta Sophia to be aired nationally.
 As we get caught up in the many goings on, let us remember to keep our inner light burning brightly so that we may shine on others.
Blessings to all of you.
A city on a hill cannot be hid; its lights are seen afar; and while you stand upon the hills of life men see your light and imitate your works and honor God.
--The Aquarian Gospel 95:32
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Sunday, October 7th, 10:30 AM
Feast of St. Francis Sunday
"All God's Creatures"
 Rev. Marjorie Stuth will lead us in this first part of our Sunday service, as we remember that St. Francis has taught us to see all creation as brothers and sisters under God. We will gather to retie the bonds which we may have broken between ourselves and our environmental home. We will focus on the animal kingdom who have given so much to assist us in our journey, blessing and honoring our pets and remembering those who have gone to their own spiritual home. Please join us in this time of thanksgiving and love.
 At 2 PM, Rev. Stuth and Rev. Oliver will lead the second part of this Sunday as we gather in Peace Park across from the chapel with our pets to participate in a blessing for the animals and their guardians. Everyone is welcome, but please bring a leash or a carrier, and remember that some of our animal friends may require more personal space than others.
Communion: Rev. Robert Willson
Officiator: Rev. Linda Oliver
Music: Rev. Roberta Wilkes / Doris Pass
Hierarchy Meditation: Rev. Bonita Plymale
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Sunday, October 14th, 10:30 AM
Carol's Sunday
"From Caterpillar to Butterfly"
 Rev. Carol Parrish examines humanity's metamorphic progress. We all know that as individuals we have to give up being an infant to become a toddler. We give up being a youngster to become adolescent, give up being single to marry. Similarly, at each stage of our collective growth humanity has to live differently. Humanity has been God's child closely confined and made safe by following the divine rules; now we are becoming more daring. We think we have no need for guidelines, safety nets, or authorities. But have we learned to fly? Can we walk alone?
Communion:
Rev. Carol Parrish
Music:
Rev. Wilkes / Doris Pass
Hierarchy Meditation:
Rev. Chase
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Sunday, October 21st, 10:30 AM
"The Gifts of Transformation"
As we prepare to enter into the sign of Scorpio, our focus turns toward thoughts of transformation. On this Sunday we will ponder our own transformational process, leading us to uncover the gifts of our becoming. Rev. Retha Banez will lead us through a special candle lighting ritual as given by Torkom Saraydarian. Through our willingness to serve, may we each become torchbearers, carrying the light of the higher world to an awaiting humanity.
Communion: Rev. Stuth
Officiator: Pract.Love
Music: Rev. Wilkes
Hierarchy Meditation:
Rev. P. Willson
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| Sunday, October 28th, 10:30 AM
"Oneness Revolution"
 Something important seems to be going on as people are waking up to a greater experience of the Light. Although they are still less than perfect personalities, they are less and less of the world as they bring their experience of the Light into active outer expression in all areas of life. The book The Translucent Revolution documents the lives of many such people. Others have learned to transmit spiritual blessings which "induce" the sense of Oneness in large numbers of students. A Oneness University has even started in India, and many of the graduates are making "growth waves" throughout the world. The book Awakening into Oneness discusses this phenomena. Rev. Robert Willson asks, what is going on with all of this, and how might we best cooperate with it?
Communion: Rev. Retha Banez
Officiator: Practitioner Helen Weiser
Music: Rev. Roberta Wilkes
Hierarchy Meditation: Rev. Connie Swan
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 Meditation & Rosary Schedule
Morning Meditation
8 AM Monday - Friday
World Healing Meditation
7:30 PM Monday
Aquarian Rosary
9 AM Saturday
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LCCC 26th Annual Homecoming & Conference
Homecoming is a time to reconnect, to recognize the work we have accomplished and the work that still remains, and to refuel with stimulating lectures and discussion as we attend to our church business together.
Homecoming week includes Ordination and Graduation. Come support and recognize our new ministers and graduates.
Homecoming also includes our fall conference. This year, author and educator John White presents "Enlightenment and the Judeo-Christian Tradition." Come explore the meaning of Judeo-Christianity as we examine the process of our evolution.
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| This Month at Sancta Sophia Seminary:
October 8-12: Spiritual Healing I: "The Art and Science of Spiritual Healing"
 With an emphasis on becoming a healing channel, participants will learn how healing happens through a variety of methods in this experiential class. Participants will have the opportunity to practice techniques and develop their personal approach under the guidance of experienced spiritual healers. Students have a choice of focusing on Quantum-Touch or Reiki in the afternoons.
Rev. Carol Parrish, Rev. Linda Oliver & Team Cost: $225/250 incl. lunch
October 13: Intuitive Skills Day
Always a popular event, Skills Day features private appointments with intuitive readings in astrology, numerology, Shustah, and more.
Cost: $8/appointment
October 15-19: Spiritual Healing II:
"Facing Death and Dying with New Awareness" (AM class)
Understanding that death is life too, participants are taught how to cope with personal grief and how to facilitate a support system.
"Coping with Spiritual Emergencies" (PM class)
Poised between the known and the unknown, evolutionary forces push us forward, yet few understand expanded realities. We must rework the old and familiar in order to be made new.
Rev. Carol Parrish and Rev. Linda Oliver Cost: $225/250 incl. lunch
October 20: Special Weekend Workshop: "Esoteric Insights to Death:
A Comparison of Clinical and Esoteric Explanations of the Dying Process"
In this workshop, the comparison of the esoteric teachings of death and dying to a medical model is intended to provide terminally ill persons, their loved ones and caregivers with new insights in preparation for a more peaceful death.
Rev. Katherine James Cost: $75
October 21: Heart/Mind Blessing
This blessing, which involves an intuitive selection of one of the ancient Biblical oils, takes approximately 30 minutes. Donations support the work of the Wellness Center.
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The sons of men are looking up for greater light.
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They see the beams of coming day, and yet they comprehend them not.
--Aquarian Gospel 56:11-12
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