"The Oneness Blessing"

This Sunday, July 28 at 9:15 our own Diane Swift,a psychotherapist for almost 40 years, a spiritual seeker and teacher for almost as long, and a blessing giver since 2009, will speak about "The Oneness Blessing." Known as “deeksha”, the Oneness Blessing was discovered in Southern India and is quickly spreading throughout the world. It is a transfer of energy to initiate higher states of consciousness by helping individuals to connect with their own divine and experience their oneness with all that is. This forum will be mainly experiential with an opportunity for individuals to receive a oneness blessing.

"Spiritual Direction"

This Sunday, July 21 at 9:15 Jacqueline Combs, a Spiritual Care Provider in the Western NC area working with individuals and groups, will present a talk on “Spiritual Direction.” She will be sharing her perspective on one’s Spiritual Journey and direction, including some of her experiences that affected the direction of her own sacred journey.

For a preview of the Forum on July 28 go to the link below at this week's MountainXpress. It includes the interview with our own Diane Swift, but not the photo. Entire article is on bulletin board in Felix hallway. http://www.mountainx.com/article/51295/IN-THE-SPIRIT

FCC Adult Discussion Forum: "Changing the Dream"

This Sunday July 14 at 9:15 Pam Prather and Charley Rogers will present a one-hour synopsis of the Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream symposium which was held at FCC earlier this year.

On August 4 and 11, Melissa Melum will be facilitating sessions on the book Cooler Smarter, written by a group from the Union of  Concerned Scientists (UCS), an organization advocating sound, science-based environmental policy. 

For this book, UCS staff did a thorough study of the global warming impact of a range of consumer choices and behaviors, sorting through what choices really have an impact and what really isn't so important (but may get a lot of hyper). It's an easy real, but full of interesting and authoritative material. If you have not already purchased your book,contact Melissa at mfm322@gmail.com

"Beyond War" & "Changing the Dream"

The next two Sundays,July 7 and 14 at 9:15  will be a two-session forum presented by Pam Prather and Charley Rogers, retired Hendersonville residents who have been co-facilitating workshops dealing with world peace, compassionate listening, and social justice issues for the past 2 years.  They have facilitated multiple sessions in Hendersonville of the 5 week course on Beyond War

They attended an Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream symposium in February of 2012.   This symposium addressed environmental sustainability, spiritual fulfillment, and social justice and did it so profoundly, that this became their commitment, to become two of over 3000 volunteer facilitators around the world. Pam and Charley have conducted 11 symposiums around western North Carolina during the past year, including the First Congregational Church.

 July 7 will be "Beyond War,"  showing an introductory DVD, followed by a compassionate listening activity to illustrate how to reduce the sense of “enemy”. The enemy is simply one whose story has not been told.

July 14 will be a one-hour synopsis of the Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream symposium  which was held at FCC earlier this year.