LCCC Schedule of Events
Morning Meditation
8 a.m., Monday - Friday
World Healing Meditation
7:00 p.m., Monday
Aquarian Rosary
9 a.m., Saturday
NOVEMBER
SPECIAL EVENTS
All times are
CENTRAL STANDARD
TIME
(except where noted)
November 5
New Moon of Scorpio Service,
Friday, 8:00 a.m. CDT
(exact at 11:53 p.m.)
November 7
Daylight Saving Time Ends, 2:00 a.m.
Opening Sunday of 29th Annual Homecoming and Conference
LCCC Ordination & Practitioner Certification Service, 5:00 p.m.
November 11
Official LCCC Membership Meeting, Thursday, 10:30 a.m.
Roberta's Music Hour:
"Commedia," Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
November 12
SSS Graduation and Reception,
Friday, 7:30 p.m.
November 14
Closing Sunday of Homecoming and Conference
9:00-11:00 a.m.
November 21
Full Moon of Scorpio Celebration
Sunday, 10:30 a.m.
(exact at 11:28 a.m.)
November 22
Sun enters Sagittarius, Monday, 4:16 a.m.
November 25
Thanksgiving Day Dinner,
Community Center, 1:00 p.m.
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Contact Info
Light of Christ Community Church
11 Summit Ridge Dr
Tahlequah, OK 74464
lccc@sanctasophia.org
918.456.3421
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Greetings,
Light of Christ Community Church is humming with preparations for its 29th Annual Homecoming and Conference!
We invite you to look forward with us as we step into the future. The LCCC Board of Trustees will introduce the newly chosen Dean of Sancta Sophia on Monday night, Nov. 8th during the Welcome Reception at 7:30 p.m. -- plan on being here to meet and greet!
Also join us in celebrating our amazing history: a tribute to Governor Emeritus Marjorie Stuth on Tuesday morning, and a dinner for Founders Carol Parrish, Charles Harra, Grace Bradley and other original pioneers on Tuesday evening, Nov. 9th in the Sparrow Hawk Village Community Center at 5:30 p.m.
Other highlights during the week include:
- Ordination and Practitioner Certification service
- the Thursday night comedy entertainment: "Commedia"
- the conference workshop: "Exploring the Continents of Consciousness" (requires registration)
- Graduation followed by the Alumni reception
- Honorary Celebration for Sancta Sophia
- the Sunday worship services (detailed below)
Click here for the entire Conference schedule. Many events are listed as Open to All -- so come on over!
After the Annual Conference, we are always grateful for time spent with old and new friends. On Thanksgiving Sunday (Nov. 21), we also celebrate the Full Moon of Scorpio, and we discuss transformation through gratitude. The final Sunday of November begins the sacred season of Advent, with great expectations and hope-filled visions on the horizon.
All the ministers at Light of Christ Community Church
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Sunday, November 7, 10:30 a.m.
Opening Sunday of 29th Annual Homecoming and Conference
"New Beginnings"
Rev. Robert Willson
 This Sunday is the beginning of our 29th annual conference. We will consider what might be required to start anew on our spiritual quest. What might we glean from the wisdom of physicist Stephen Hawkins, the mystic Byron Katie, the perennial teachings of Alice Bailey and Corinne Heline, and from A Course in Miracles that will help us clarify what makes for a fresh start on our quest? As Master Jesus said, and I paraphrase, "To see truth requires new eyes. Yet, truth is very simple."
Officiator: Rev. Retha Banez
Communion: Rev. Robert Willson
Hierarchy Meditation/Offertory Blessing: Rev. Bonita Plymale
Co-Ministers of Music: Rev. Roberta Wilkes & Rev. Mary Jane Dicus
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Sunday, November 14, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Closing Sunday of Homecoming and Conference
"Embracing the Mantle of Our Ministry"
Rev. Retha Banez & LCCC Trustees
 Bringing conference to a close is always a bittersweet time for all of us in the village who have enjoyed many special moments with old friends. As we prepare to part company for another year, may we first gather together with an intent to fully embrace the mantle of our ministry and re-dedicate ourselves to the purpose of the call of Christ in our lives. What have you been called to do? All of us, whether we are ordained or not, have gifts and talents to share, and a ministry to serve is some way. We invite you to join us on this special Sunday as we recommit our lives in service to humanity.
Communion: Rev. Retha Banez & LCCC Trustees
Hierarchy Meditation/Offertory Blessing: Rev. Pamela Ramsfield
Co-Ministers of Music: Rev. Roberta Wilkes & Rev. Mary Jane Dicus
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Sunday, November 21, 10:30 a.m.
Thanksgiving Sunday & Full Moon of Scorpio Celebration
"Transforming through Gratitude"
Rev. Retha Banez & Rev. Steven Chase
 On the Full Moon of Scorpio, we are reminded of the virtue of transformation we strive for in our lives. Imagine how transforming it would be for each of us if we had an attitude of gratitude every day. A simple act of gratitude can be life changing. Thoughts of gratitude and blessings naturally come to mind as we gather together with family and friends at Thanksgiving. How might our lives transform even more with daily recognition and thankfulness for all that we receive instead of just once a year? At LCCC on Thanksgiving Sunday, it is a tradition for us to have an open microphone and share the many things we are grateful for in our lives. Come and share.
Communion: Rev. Steven Chase
Hierarchy Meditation/Offertory Blessing: Rev. Steven Chase
Co-Ministers of Music: Rev. Roberta Wilkes & Rev. Mary Jane Dicus
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Sunday, November 28, 10:30 a.m.
First Sunday of Advent
"Great Expectations-The Vision on the Horizon"
Rev. Mary Jane Dicus
 As we move into the Advent season, the world pauses and takes note of the hope and expectancy that abounds. Hope has been defined in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary as "desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in the fulfillment of that desire." Together we will explore our dreams, hopes and expectations for the times we live in, recognizing that we all participate in creating the vision on the horizon.
Officiator: Rev. Bonita Plymale
Communion: Rev. Tom Simota
Hierarchy Meditation/Offertory Blessing: Rev. Tom Simota
Co-Ministers of Music: Rev. Roberta Wilkes & Rev. Mary Jane Dicus
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The Celestial Hierarchy of Scorpio
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The Celestial Hierarchy of Scorpio rules from Oct.23 to Nov. 22. Known as the Lords of Form, this hierarchy creates patterns we call cosmic thoughtforms. The Lords of Form help our souls perceive a plan, and then the Lords of Karma help us create the right placement, racial background, parents, social status, and other details that shape our personal learning situations.
The Lords of Form challenge us to master our own thoughts, desires, and conflicts. As we see the forms we create, we understand how we can learn to master the mind in order to control and guide our thoughtforms. Part of the challenge presented by the Scorpio power is its intense desire nature. As passion (intensity) empowers thoughtforms, the soul learns to be mindful of its own ability (power) to create and transform. We learn to consider what we are mobilizing. To think before expressing allows us to make choices under the guidance of the conscious mind. Grasping this may be the first step in learning to understand the work of this hierarchy.
We must learn to allow light to banish darkness, to change negatives into positives, to raise the basic nature into high consciousness. The ancient mantra, "Lead us, O Lord, from darkness to light, from the unreal to the real, from death to immortality, from chaos to beauty," is an appropriate prayer to the hierarchy of Scorpio to invoke assistance for transformation.
Adapted from The Book of Rituals-Personal and Planetary Transformation by Reverend Carol E. Parrish-Harra � 1990, IBS Press, Santa Monica, CA, & 1999, Sparrow Hawk Press, Tahlequah, OK. |
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