Greetings,

Our hearts are happy as Sunday June 3rd, we celebrate 31 years moving ourselves and the collective from past to present to future. Please join us in person or in your thoughts and prayers this week while Light of Christ Community Church sends out love and blessings to all as we envision the goodness that lies ahead. Also on this first Sunday is Christ's Festival of Humanity, just preceding the Gemini Full Moon celebration.

The following Sunday, we explore how the "sparks" that were ignited at Pentecost allow us to remain alive and awakened to our inner Divine Feminine call. Next, Father's Day brings reflection on fatherhood in all its forms.

June 20th marks Summer Solstice as we spend a short summer's night dreaming, perhaps about the following Sunday's topic of our soul freely soaring "in God's Temple of Beauty."

All our Sundays punctuate a month of energizing Sancta Sophia events:
 

30 -- "Intuitive Spiritual Arts Day"  -  open to the public

July:
2-6 -- an in-depth study of the "Making of a Mystic"
16-20 -- "Build a Lighted House: the World of Energy and Force"
20-22 -- William Meader workshop: "Revelation: Holding the Mind Steady in the Light"  
23-27 -- "Intermediate Astrology II" (the second class in a series)

LCCC owes a debt of gratitude to Amy Upperman who has produced this Light Bearer and the e-newsletters for the Board of Trustees and Sancta Sophia for many years with great creativity and enduring patience. We appreciate her skill as well as her devotion to helping us communicate with you.  

Everyone is invited to come and learn, love, grow and play in Sparrow Hawk Village this summer!

Blessings,
All the ministers at Light of Christ Community Church

Sunday, June 3, 10:30 a.m. 

Hat Sunday/LCCC 31st Anniversary/Trinity Sunday
Christ's Festival of Humanity Celebration
Full Moon of Gemini/Lunar Eclipse 

"Celebrate!"

Pastor Retha Banez & Rev. Thia McGinnis   

We will gather with joy in our hearts as we celebrate the 31st anniversary of LCCC, traditionally known as "Hat Sunday." Join in the fun by participating in our hat contest. Five winners will receive a gift certificate from Sophia's Nest in the following categories: Most Glamorous Hat, Funniest/Most Outrageous Hat, Best Floral Hat, Most Creative Hat, Best 31st Anniversary Hat. We will also celebrate the third of the three major festivals of the year, The Festival of Humanity, also known as The Festival of the Christ, The Festival of Goodwill, and World Invocation Day, which will occur on June 4 at 6:13 a.m. CDT. Lucis Trust tells us, "The Festival of the Christ follows one month after Wesak at the time of the full moon of Gemini. It has the keynote of 'humanity, aspiring to God' and blending many different spiritual approaches in one united act of invocation."
 

Sunday, June 10, 10:30 a.m.      

"Those Subtle Sparks"

Joy Christi Przestwor, Guest Speaker

Our guest speaker, Joy Christi Przestwor, has been a private student of Sophianic and Esoteric Christianity with Rev. Carol E. Parrish-Harra since 2005 and is an aspirant in the Malabar Rite of the Liberal Catholic tradition as well as a candidate of the Unitarian Universalist tradition. In her message this Sunday we will explore how the "sparks" that were ignited or renewed within us through the event of Pentecost continue to move us from within and allow us to remain alive and awakened to our inner Divine Feminine call.

Sunday, June 17, 10:30 a.m.

Father's Day Sunday

My father recently introduced me to a man I never met: his father. Grandpa Art died when my father was a sophomore in high school, and I heard very little about him over the years. When Dad recently discovered a scrapbook his late mother had kept, I had the chance to sit down and learn about my grandfather, especially his passion for his work, family, and community. That passion made his life both significant and short, reminding me of the Rumi quote that is the sermon title for a reflection on fatherhood.

Communion: Rev. Mark Throckmorton
Hierarchy Meditation/Offertory Blessing: Rev. P. Wayne Eaton

Music Minister: Rev. Mary Jane Dicus

Sunday, June 24, 10:30 a.m.     

"Freely Soaring"

 Rev. Bonita Plymale   

As we progress on the spiritual path, we are asked to put down some of the things we are carrying in our lives. We must free our hands to aid the work of the Christ. We often say: "my hands are full" or "my hands are tied." What burdens might we relinquish to be free to take up the joyous purpose of God's Plan? In the words of St. Theresa of Avila, "Christ has no body now but ours, No hands, no feet on earth, but ours." What kinds of distractions might we exchange for greater personal development?

Congratulations to Nancy Veres  

 Ordination April 22, 2012 in Asheville, NC

 CONNECT GROUPS  

Taking off for the Summer 

Prayer Shawl Group, First Thursday,

Helena Messenger's Home, 6:00 p.m.

For comfort, the Prayer Shawl Group still sponsored by LCCC, has decided to hold their monthly gathering in Helena Messenger's home at a new time. The group meets to knit and crochet shawls and lap blankets with prayers, love and good wishes for those who would benefit from these comforting items.

Once a year on Thanksgiving Sunday, the Sunday before Thanksgiving, they bring these items to church to bless them in a special ritual during the church service. As their service work, the shawls and lap blankets are then delivered to nursing homes, oncology units and other locations in need.

All are welcome to join them, including beginners and advanced needle workers. They are interested in teaching those who wish to learn to crochet or knit.

June 12 

Monthly Wellness Center Healing Circle, Second Tuesday,

Wellness Center, 7:00 p.m.

The Sparrow Hawk healers are hosting a monthly healing circle in the Wellness Center. Different healers will plan a new healing modality each month providing diverse experiences. All are welcome, so please join us.

Monthly Toning Healing Circle, Third Thursday,

Sanctuary, 7:00 p.m.

Those who participate in the toning circle come together for the purpose of experiencing the vibrational qualities of our crystal toning bowls, the healing power of chanting and the haunting sound of the free notes. Participants can choose to surround themselves with the energy of one individual toning device, or experience them all at once. Most importantly, the presence of each individual adds to the power of the group. All are invited to join in this experience.

TBA 

Book Study Group

The book discussion for Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership & Change was completed on April 14th. The next book title is to be announced. 

The next time you visit Sparrow Hawk Village, don't forget to toss some workout clothes into your luggage. 

Regular classes at the Wellness Center as follows: 

Tuesday:   Upper Body Strengthening, with Sue Van Dyke

Thursday:   Freestyle Movement to Music, with Thia McGinnis

100% of all free-will donations help support the Wellness Center.

The Celestial Hierarchy of Gemini

Gemini by Johfra

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.