Ministers

 

Rev. Mary Jo Honiotes
Senior Minister 
Email Address: revmaryjo@csldenver.org

 

http://www.csldenver.org/images/rev_maryjo_01.gifWe are an affirming, inclusive spiritual community dedicated to the teaching and the practice of universal spiritual principles, as presented through the works of Science of Mind and Spirit. We are dedicated to the transformation of our own lives and know that through this we make the world a better place. We have a Sunday Celebration Service at 10am each Sunday and offer classes and events throughout the week that are in alignment with the spiritual principles that we teach. We believe that all religions, wisdom traditions and faiths are the various ways in which cultures and peoples have experienced the Divine and we honor all paths to God/Source/Spirit/All That Is.

We celebrate our uniqueness and diversity as well as our oneness, our common heritage as Divine Emanations of the One Power and One Presence that orders the universe. We offer a educational path for licensed spiritual counseling and ministry through the Holmes Institute of Consciousness Studies. The core universal spiritual principles that we teach are the following: Oneness, Spirit/Mind/Body as aspects of this oneness, our words are creative, we attract what we deeply believe, our Source is not outside of us, but within us, we are eternal, we are "wired" to be a beneficial presence in life, we are whole in every moment, the physical (temporal) is a servant of the Spiritual (eternal.) Abundance is our true nature. Life is Good and God/Spirit is real.

Namaste'
 

Rev. Jim Chandler
Founding Minister

http://www.csldenver.org/images/rev_jim_01.gifRev. Jim was a well-known leader in the national GLBT leather community long before he, along with his co-minister, established this church in central Denver.

For many years radio listeners started their Sunday mornings with his inspirational thoughts on the popular “Music Beyond Words” which was broadcasted on 93.7FM and 104.3 FM from 1999 through 2004. At the same time Rev. Jim spoke before other congregations throughout Colorado and beyond, presented workshops, sitting on advisory committees, served on panels, and creating outreach programs, which serve organizations and individuals not only in Denver but throughout the United States.

His writings have been featured in several publications and by 2006 he was featured as a cover contributor, along with Deepek Chopra, Dr. Wayne Dyer, and Terry Cole-Whittaker, in the bestselling book, Wake Up and Live, in Spirit.

Reverend Jim retired as Senior Minister of the church in 2009, after almost 12 years. Even after retirement he continues to touch thousands with his message of positive thinking and affirmative living through a demanding schedule of officiating weddings, unions and memorials, participating on panels and committees, and addressing church congregations and other service groups. As he is fond of saying;

“We cannot out give God, but we keep trying.”