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I love this photo. It ties in nicely with the Halloween Party tonight in the Celebration Garden at the church. And it also shows the power of human imagination to dream of future possibilities. Spirituality and theology - the study of God - offer tools to lift our inner perspective and help us see our world from God's point of view. This Sunday we'll explore this topic with a focus on a few key ideas from the Bible and Swedenborg.
Halloween Party Time!! TONIGHT, Friday, October 20 starting at 6:00 - ALL AGES See below for a photo from last year's event - which was a lot of fun! Get dressed in a costume, and come on
down to the "Celebration Garden" at the back of the Sunrise Chapel property. Socializing, music, food, games, and fun for the whole family! Want to get involved? Thank you to a whole bunch of people for putting a lot of time and energy into planning, setting up, and helping make this a fun, social, relaxing event! Claudia and Kim Osmus, Anita Tifft, Betsy and Steve Gladish, Tom and Linda
Waddell, Mike and Dale Villeburn, Johanna Von Mayr, Kevin and Christine Morey, Elise Gladish, and others behind the scenes. Children's Talks on the 23rd Psalm Next up in
this series of children's talks about the beloved 23rd Psalm - "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life." How does this apply to sheep, and what does it mean for us spiritually? This is the second-to-last phrase.
Fundraiser Concert - Eduardo Costa - November 12 at 2:30
pm Once again we are welcoming the public to Eduardo's awesome live classical guitar concert - here at Sunrise Chapel. Although Eduardo plays regularly at other local venues throughout the year, and he has concerts out of town, Sunrise Chapel is his exclusive venue for Tucson concerts. He is billing this as his best concert
ever! Set aside Sunday, November 12 for a wonderful afternoon concert starting at 2:30 pm.
Reminder: Our well-loved, annual, outdoor live nativity - the Path to Bethlehem - will be held on the first Saturday of December. That's December 2, 2017. About 6 weeks away! Please set aside that date for this very special public
event.
WANTED: HOMEMADE COOKIES FOR THE PATH TO BETHLEHEM In honor of our “Cookie Lady,” Fran Blaesing, we are continuing the tradition of offering homemade goods to everyone who attends this special event. If you want to contribute to this fun service project (either with baked goods or funds towards supplies) talk
with Cheri Reynolds.
With love and respect, Nathan |
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UPCOMING ACTIVITIES AT SUNRISE CHAPEL
6:30 pm Halloween Party - outdoors in the Celebration Garden SATURDAY 10/21/2017
9:30 am Arizona Spiritual Growth Foundation Annual Meeting in the Chapel Library/Book Center -
SUNDAY 10/22/2017
11 am Sunday Worship Service 12:00 pm Luncheon - Everyone
Welcome! MONDAY 10/23/2017 11 am Tai Chi Class in Friendship Hall 2 pm Swedenborg Study Small
Group
TUESDAY 10/24/2017 6:30 pm
Spiritual Growth Group #8 Frank Rose, leading
WEDNESDAY 10/25/2017 9:30 am Worship Team meeting THURSDAY 10/26/2017
11 am Tai Chi Class in Friendship Hall 7 pm
Women's Group. Contact Elise G, Betsy G, or Kelly W for location 11 am Sunday Worship Service
12:00 pm Luncheon - Everyone Welcome!
Halloween Party at Sunrise Chapel TONIGHT October 20 at 6:00 |
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Last year's party was a real hoot!! Just look at that delightful photo of creative kids in their costumes! Plan to come and enjoy socializing, games, music, food - all in the "Celebration Garden" at the back of the Sunrise Chapel property. TONIGHT - Friday October 20 starting at 6:00 |
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Small Group Study of Topics from Swedenborg - Mondays at 2 pm |
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I LOVE THIS WEEKLY GROUP! We have great discussions and are learning a lot together. Our resources are video podcasts by two friends, Curtis Childs and Jonathan Rose. These two (and their amazing support team) are producing great programs to spread really helpful information from a Swedenborgian perspective (1) about how to handle life’s ups and downs and (2) about understanding the Bible.
This Monday we'll be viewing another episode from Curtis Childs’ You Tube Channel called
“offTheLeftEye”. In just a few years he has gained over 53 thousand subscribers and over 9 million views, and he has a vibrant online community of people from all over the world tuning in to his excellent broadcasts. They are fast-paced, information-packed, down-to-earth at the same time as being uplifting and “spiritual.” He has so many thought-provoking shows on different topics and of various lengths of time. Currently we are focusing on a few of these episodes.
Join the study and fun! Weekly meetings on Monday at 2 pm at Sunrise Chapel. ~Nathan
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Invest in Spiritual Wealth |
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A Small Group Presentation by Michael Brown
Sunday, November 5 from 9:30-10:45 AM
in Sunrise Chapel Library
We have the means to be spiritually wealthy. Webster's says the original definition of wealth was “well-being.” The Bible and the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg teach us how to increase our spiritual well-being -- spiritual wealth. You will receive
your own copy of “A Guide to Spiritual Wealth.” It will be our guide for a discussion about how we are blessed by the spiritual wealth in our lives. |
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Spiritual Growth Group series on Tuesdays at 6:30 pm |
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FINAL MEETING of this series - October 24. This series of Spiritual Growth Group meetings is going very well. Anyone is welcome to attend. This series of meetings of 8 sessions will conclude on Tuesday, October 24. We meet in the Children's Chapel of Sunrise Chapel on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 pm. Feel free to invite a friend. Looking forward to more special time together. Rev. Frank Rose |
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Reading/lesson for
Reflection |
A fairly long, but fascinating reading about raising our perspective True Christianity 70 (Swedenborg) The more we follow the divine design in the way we live,
the more fully we are in God because of God’s omnipresence. Because God is omnipresent he is intrinsically present, so to speak, everywhere in his divine design, in the sense that he is the divine design.
Now, because we have been created as forms of the divine design, God is in us. But this is true only to the
extent that we fully follow the divine design in the way we live. When we do not follow that design in the way we live, God is still in us, but is only in the highest parts of us, making it possible for us to understand what is true and intend what is good. That is, he gives us a capacity to understand and an inclination to love. The more we go against the divine design in the way we live, however, the more we bar the lower levels of our minds or spirits and prevent God from descending into them
and filling them with his presence. As a result, God is in us but we are not in God.
There is a common saying in heaven: God is in all of us, the evil as well as the good, but we are not in God unless we follow the divine design in the way we live. The Lord says that he wants us to be in him and him to be in us (John
15:4).
The more we allow ourselves to be restored to the divine design, the more thoroughly present God is in each of us; consequently to a greater extent God is in us and we are in God…
The more we are in harmony with the divine design, the more spiritual heat and light, or to put it another way, the more of love’s goodness and wisdom’s true perspective we have.
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Helping people experience heavenly joy through spiritual growth www.sunrisechapel.org
nathan@sunrisechapel.org Office 520-298-1245
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