CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING DENVER

A United Center for
Spiritual Living

 

1420 Ogden St.

Denver, CO  80218

 

Sunday Services
 10:00 a.m.

 

DIRECTIONS

TELEPHONE
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INFORMATION

FOUNDED AS THE DENVER CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS SCIENCE

Teaching the Science of Mind and Spirit

Children's Church available
for the 10:00 a.m. service.

Interpreter for the hearing impaired available during church service.

11:00 a.m. - Fellowship
 


MISSION STATEMENT

This is a place where all people, in all our diversity, on
all our different paths and with all our individual and unique expressions of life, may come together to celebrate our inherent oneness as perfect manifestations of the One Spirit through the use of Science of Mind principles.

We recognize that our thoughts create our journey and
by affirming love, faith, compassion, and joy, we attract beauty, peace and purpose into our lives.

We give thanks for our uniqueness and our diversity of life, while we celebrate the One Life that is All Life...God's Life.


A
Message from
Rev. Jim Chandler
Senior Minister

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A Message from
Rev. Barbara Hays
Staff Minister

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A Message from
Rev. Mary Jo Honiotes
Assistant
Minister

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The United Center for Spiritual Living Non-Discrimination Statement:
BE IT RESOLVED, that the United Center for Spiritual Living publicly proclaims and acknowledges itself to be an open and affirming denomination, where all persons are recognized, accepted and affirmed as unique, precious, and valued expressions of the Whole, of Spirit, regardless of sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic class, disability, creed, size, shape, or any other apparent condition of the human experience because we know the life of every person is the life of God.


WHAT IS SCIENCE OF MIND    CALENDAR      CLASSES      THE TEAM     LOCATION     VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH      COMMUNITY TITHE      LINKS
 

 

MARK YOUR
CALENDAR

KICK-OFF 2009
WITH
WAYNE DYER’S INSPIRATIONAL FILM

"FROM AMBITION
TO MEANING"
Exclusive Pre-Release to the Public Screening 

Friday, January 16th
7:30PM in the Sanctuary
$10 tickets available in the bookstore

Details

 

 

 

 



DID YOU KNOW?

You can read or download copies of current or past issues of the DivineTimes from our website.
 

Click here or on the Divine Times Newsletter link under GENERAL INFORMATION.

 

OPERATION: 
BEAR HUGS RETURNS

The Bear Pens will be back in the hall outside our Sanctuary when Operation Bear Hugs returns on November 30th. This year marks our 10th year of collecting these special Emissaries of Love.

We will be gathering the bears and their friends between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. In January, the bears will move into the Sanctuary where we will fill them with love as we hug them during Sunday services. Then on Valentine’s Day, we will take them to area hospices (including the Hospice of St. John) where they will be given to residents, their families and caregivers.

Remember: only new, clean stuffed animals can participate as Emissaries.

If you are interested in assisting with this event or planning a “tagging” party, please contact Sandra Erwin, R.Sc.P. at 720-209-5931 or at sandyzplace@yahoo.com.



Please Note the Class Date Change:

Meditation Is More Than You Think

A New 8-week Certificated Class with Alice Nutter, R.Sc.P.
and Steve Smith, R.Sc.P.

CLASS
BEGINS  
 Tuesday, January 6, 2009
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.   
 

Details


GENERAL INFORMATION

Church Office Hours Prayer Hotline
Service Ministry Directory Members & Friends Directory
Divine Times Newsletter Bookstore & Gift Shop
Volunteer Opportunities Membership Information
Do You Drive to Church?  
Membership Matrix  ARTICLE:      Why I Came and Why I Stayed
 
Recycle Cell Phones & Printer Cartridges

 

Practitioner Information

Practitioner's Voice  ARTICLE:  Be Here Now
Practitioner's Voice      ARTICLby Nancy Mitchell-Edwards, R.Sc.P.

What is a Practitioner     |     List of Practitioners

 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR    

 

 

Women's Spiritual Empowerment Circle

Classes & Workshops

Trustee Tidbits    
ARTICLE: 
Attachment and Detachment
                                        by Teresa Cardenas, R.Sc.P.

Board of Trustees / Meeting Dates
 


New Divine Times Are Coming Your Way!
Beginning in November, the Divine Times will be available in a new format. You may choose to receive an electronic version of the newsletter by e-mail, or continue to receive your paper copy in the mail.

Let us know which way is your way. If you’d rather receive an electronic copy of the Divine Times, please send your request to divinetimes@csldenver.org. With this efficient and “green” choice, you’ll receive future copies of the newsletter by e-mail (in PDF format) on the first of each month. You can also log onto the Center for Spiritual Living Denver website and read The Divine Times online—another “green” choice that saves paper, as well as postage. When you notify us of this choice, we’ll send an e-mail reminder to you each month. No action is required to continue receiving your newsletter in the mail.

Please include your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address with your request so that we can also update our contact information. (You can be assured that your information is strictly confidential. We never sell or share your personal information.)

So now there are three ways to keep up with the good news, education and insights that are the hallmark of the Divine Times. Make sure you have it your way!

 

THE "EGYPT OF MY HEART" TOURS   F U L L 

Mystical, Magical,
Spiritual, and
Historic Egypt!

TRIP DATES:
Response to The Egypt Trip was so favorable that there are two trips scheduled:
 

Trip #1 is January 10 - January 24, 2009 – FULL

Trip #2 is February 1 - 15, 2009 – FULL

Trip Details
            Trip Itinerary

 

JANUARY

2009

Become a Broadcasting Station for Faith This Year

It is possible for us to catch fear from others much as we would catch a cold, for we are all unconscious mental, emotional, and spiritual broadcasting stations. This takes us back to a thought in the Bible which says that a man’s enemies shall be those of his own household, for our real enemies are our fears and phobias, our doubts and uncertainties, our anxieties and our inner conflicts.

. . . The whole world is filled with the thoughts of the people who live in it, and . . . we are all more or less subject to the passing emotions of the race mind. Fear produces a mysterious chemical which is released into the blood, but this chemical disappears when the anxiety is over. We all have our little fears and anxieties. And we all wish to get over them. The healing of fear and anxiety is not to be found in any drug or physical manipulation. The cure is to be found only within our own minds. Where fear is the disease, we have to be our own doctors. more


PREVIOUS ARTICLES   Click here

 

 

DREAM QUEST GROUP
Sunday, January 18th
Emerson Center Conference Room
Conference Room
12:00 Noon – 2:00 pm

Facilitated by
Teresa Cardenas, R.Sc.P. and
Steve Smith, R.Sc.P.

Please join Teresa Cardenas, R.Sc.P., Steve Smith, R.Sc.P. and Shannon Jacobs for our new monthly dream group. We’ll be using a fun and interactive process known as projective dream work where everyone’s dream becomes your dream.


$5 Suggested
Love Offering

 

 

Happy Birthday!

To our family and friends
born in January!

 

Affirming

love, peace, joy,

good health,

prosperity and

all things good

for you and yours

in 2009!

 

 

REMEMBER!

Support the Center for Spiritual Living Denver "green” efforts by recycling your old cell phones and printer cartridges.

 

Click here  for details.

 


Need a Special Location for a
Community Gathering or Program?

The Center for Spiritual Living Denver has classroom space, meeting rooms, a great sanctuary and easy-to-access facilities with free off-street parking at 1420 Ogden St. If you need to rent a room or special space, please contact the Center office at (303) 832-5206 regarding availability and costs.




Our Licensed Practitioner's are always available after Sunday services for a short treatment session, or leave your prayer request at our Ministry of Prayer table on the landing outside the sanctuary.

Or if you desire a longer session in private surroundings they are available for a fee based session by appointment, feel free to call and arrange a time / place for their services.


Website Updated:

January 01, 2009

A Message from Rev. Jim

Setting Your Intentions

Dearest Friends…

Here we are at the beginning of a new year—a time many of us make resolutions about what we are going to do, or not do, in the months ahead. This year, instead of making resolutions about what you are going to do, why not set your intentions on who you are going to be?

In our society, we usually measure our lives by our accomplishments and activities. We allow all the “doing” to fill our lives, until there is little time to be. We take little time to look at how we express ourselves and what we empower in our lives with our thoughts and concerns. It is time to marvel at the world around us and our special part in that magnificent creation.

Doing is important, but unless we take time to balance all this activity with time for reflection, inspiration, praise and joy, we really haven’t created anything.

May this year be filled with moments when you know who you are and the power you embody just by being who your are.

Blessings, in all ways!!
Rev. Jim
Founding Minister
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Rev. Jim Appointed Ecclesiastical Representative for United Church of
Religious Science. Click for related article.

Rev. Jim Selected to Contribute to Inspirational Book
Wake Up…Live the Life You Love: In Spirit
  Click for related article

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Words from Our Founder... Dr. Ernest Holmes
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A Message from
Rev. Barbara

Back to Basics

Dear Ones...

This month, as always, it’s “back to basics.” And there is nothing more basic than remembering our remarkable founder, Ernest Holmes

He was born in rural Maine, one of nine sons! The family was impoverished, but was well-educated. Many of the boys grew up to go on to Harvard or the like. Ernest hated school but read everything he could find, and asked question after question. (His brothers called him “the eternal question mark”.)

In Boston, he found books by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Thomas Troward and his great questions started to be answered. After many years of exploring, his reading and pondering allowed him to formulate our wonderful teaching. He was truly one-of-a-kind and will be long remembered through us.

Much love,
Rev. Barbara,
Staff Minister
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A Message from
Rev. Mary Jo
 

Centered in Spiritual Living

Dear Friends...

Centered in spiritual living is a great way to live. Becoming the Center for Spiritual Living Denver in September of 2008 has invited us in this community to contemplate more frequently the question, “what’s possible in our lives when we are centered in spiritual living?” Spiritual living means living in connection with Spirit. Everyday we rely on the invisible for our life. Our breath is invisible, our communications with each other is invisible, our emotions are invisible and even our thoughts are invisible. The Masters Degree conferred upon me for my ministerial training is called a Masters of Arts in Consciousness Studies. Consciousness for the most part is invisible. So, having said all that, I am now declaring that, whether we are conscious of it or not, we are all centered in spiritual living. This reminds me of a teaching statement I once heard: life is not a question of whether or not we have faith, the question is what do we have faith in? Do we have faith in love or do we have faith in fear? Whatever we believe, we are creating with that belief. I am so delighted to be a part of the Center for Spiritual Living Denver. We are in store for a remarkable year. Centered in Spiritual Living 2009 as our theme promises to create the opportunities for all of us to go deeper and reach higher in the study of our own consciousness. To put it more simply, this is a year for a deeper look at what we truly believe and our ability to create in life what is good and true and loving.

I love you all,
Rev. Mary Jo
Senior Minister
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ART FOR THE
SOUL PRESENTS...

Angels Among Us
Friday, December 19th, 2008
6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
$15 or love offering
 

Join Rev. Mary Jo Honiotes and Rae Lundstrom, RSc.P. for an evening of angel blessings, connections and art. Rae Lundstrom and Rev. Mary Jo have prepared an evening for you to explore the meaning and presence of angels. Then, we’ll have an opportunity to connect with our own guardian angel and leave our time together with an artistic rendering of this powerful guidance and love. Treat yourself to a blast of angel love and connection to fortify your holiday experience. Child care could be provided on site if you are interested and must be pre-arranged by calling 720-404-0757 or revmaryjo@csldenver.org for more information.

 

 

 

MUSIC BEYOND WORDS
“Great News for Fans of “Music Beyond Words.” For many years, Denver Church of Religious Science has sponsored “Music Beyond Words,” a unique Sunday morning music program which was originally broadcast on 97.5 FM and then moved to Smooth Jazz 104.3 FM a few years ago.

Music Beyond Words” gained a huge following because of its unique blend of calming new age and contemporary music expertly presented by the show’s creator and producer, Marie Michaels. An  ongoing special element of the show was its hourly “Thought for the Day” created and presented by our own Rev. Jim Chandler.

Good news!  Using the internet and today's technology you can listen to “Music Beyond Words” any time of the day or night, any day of the week, from any location around the globe.  Think of it!  You can now have the perfect music for meditation, calming the atmosphere at work, setting the mood at dinner, entertaining for special occasions; instantly available any time you are called by Spirit.

To access and get more information about this new subscription service providing anytime, anywhere music access, go to: 

www.MusicBeyondWords.com.

And yes, in a short time, Rev. Jim’s inspirational thoughts will again be a part of the programming.

 

“It is one of those beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803 - 1882)

 

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Our wonderful Denny Edwards has been selected to sit on the Visioning Core for the United Centers for Spiritual Living. Make sure you "pat him on the back" and give him an "atta boy" next time you see him.