The Joy of Spiritual Growth series
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#2 Observing Spirit
This weekend we are sharing our unique program of spiritual growth with all who visit our booth #224 at the Tucson Festival of Books. So, this Sunday I'll start a series of worship services focusing on some of the tasks in the program that are featured in the Task Card Deck. This second is based on task #33 Observing Your Self. "Self observation" is a very important basis for spiritual growth. We need to
evaluate what's going on with our self in order to make healthy changes that will stick. It's an inside-out job, so we'll be thinking about metaphors related to vessels, pots, and cups.
THIS WEEKEND! - The Tucson Festival of Books March 2-3
Booth 224 Choose Joy Now 9:30-5:30 pm
Saturday and Sunday we have another opportunity to share our Choose Joy task cards and the whole Spiritual Growth program to the world of Festival goers on the University of Arizona campus. This year we have booth number 224 and Frank Rose will have a separate booth right next door at 225.
Holy Supper - this Sunday March 3
Our every-other-month service of the Holy Supper sacrament will be held on Sunday, March 3.
Pastor at Professional Meetings March 5-8
This coming week I will be in Phoenix participating in meetings with pastor colleagues. It is commonly referred to as the Western Clergy Meetings, though several guests from Eastern US locations are attending, too.
A Visit from Bishop Peter Buss, Jr and his wife, Teresa
March 9 & 10
Please welcome Peter and Teresa Buss for a visit to Sunrise Chapel the weekend of March 9 & 10. He is visiting in his role as Assistant Bishop and as the incoming Executive Bishop when Brian Keith retires this summer.
Two meetings scheduled on Saturday:
1. A meeting with the Board is planned for Saturday morning, March 9
2. A meet-and-greet for anyone and everyone at the Osmus' home on Saturday afternoon, March 9 from 3-5 pm.
If you want to meet with Peter on your own or organize a small group meeting with him, this is your chance! He is very interested in getting to know as many folks here as possible in the time he's here.
You can let me know if you want to meet with him, or contact him directly on his cell phone at 215-480-2546
Also, Peter and I will collaboratively lead the Sunday morning church service on March 10. And there will be time for visiting during the luncheon and afterwards on Sunday afternoon.
With love and respect,
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THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITIES AT SUNRISE CHAPEL
4:30 pm Teen Talk Small Group
9:30 am - 5:30 pm BOOTH 224 AT TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
SUNDAY 3/3/2019
9:30 am - 5:30 pm BOOTH 224 AT TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
10 am Music rehearsal
11 am Worship
+ Holy Supper
MONDAY 3/4/2018
11 am Tai Chi class (Basic)
Pastor at Professional Meetings in Phoenix (Tue-Fri)
6:30 pm Bereavement Support Group
WEDNESDAY 3/6/2019
Pastor at Professional Meetings in Phoenix (Tue-Fri)
No Worship Team today
1 pm Wednesday afternoon Spiritual Growth Group, Ken Lee, leading
Pastor at Professional Meetings in Phoenix (Tue-Fri)
11 am Tai Chi (Yang 24)
7 pm Women's Group - Contact Elise Gladish for details
Pastor at Professional Meetings in Phoenix (Tue-Fri)
10 am Meeting of the Board with Bishop Peter Buss
2-3 pm Debriefing meeting for Benefit Fundriaser at Osmus' Home
3-5 pm Meet and Greet Bishop and Mrs. Peter Buss at Osmus' Home
SUNDAY 3/10/2019
11 am Worship with Bishop Peter Buss
12 noon LUNCHEON
New Spiritual Growth
Groups
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New Series of Sunday Talks featuring Spiritual Growth Tasks:
The topics of the coming Sunday messages will be based the "Card Deck" of 52 Spiritual Growth Tasks:
Sunday, Feb. 24 - Stair Climb (card deck task #13)
Sunday, Mar. 3 - Self Observation (card deck task #33)
Sunday, Mar. 17 - Non-Identification (card deck task #3)
Sunday, Mar. 24 - Golden Rule (card deck task #5)
Sunday, Mar. 31 - TBD
Sunday, Apr. 7 - Turn a Blind Eye (card deck task #22)
New Weekly Small Groups featuring Spiritual Growth Tasks:
Wednesday afternoons 1:00 to 2:00 pm in the Chapel, starting March 6 for 7 weeks, led by Nathan Gladish
Wednesday evenings 6:30 to 8 pm in the Chapel, starting March 13 for 8 weeks, leader Frank Rose, co-leader Judith Keane.
Thursday evenings 7:00 to 8:30 pm Women's Group in homes, starting March 7 for 6 weeks, led by Elise Gladish and Kelly Woofenden
You can also find the tasks and supporting information about them on www.choosejoynow.org
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Introducing basic watercolor techniques
Friday, March 15 from 2 to 4 pm in Friendship Hall.
No materials or experience required. $20
Sign-up with Frank Rose
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Readings for this
Sunday's Church Service
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Elisha's Pot of Stew
2 Kings 4:38-41
Elisha went to Gilgal and there was a famine in that region. While the company of the prophets was meeting with him, he said to his servant, “Put on the large pot and cook some stew for these prophets.”
One of them went out into the fields to gather herbs and found a wild vine and picked as many of its gourds as his garment could hold. When he returned, he cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were. The stew was poured out for the men, but as they began to eat it, they cried out, “Man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.
Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He put it into the pot and said, “Serve it to the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
Inner Quality
Mark 7:14-21
Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.”
After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. “Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.”
He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come.
Observing Spirit
Heaven and Hell §533
It is not so hard to lead the life of heaven as people think. It is simply a matter of recognizing, when something attractive comes up that we know is dishonest or unfair, that this is not to be done because it is against the divine commandments. If we get used to thinking like this, and from this familiarity form a habit, then we are gradually united to heaven. To the extent that we are united to heaven, the higher levels of our minds are opened, and to the extent that they are opened, we see
what is dishonest and unfair; and to the extent that we see this, these qualities can be dispelled. For no evil can be banished until it has been seen. This is a state we can enter because of our freedom, since everyone is free to think in this way. However, once the process has started, the Lord works his wonders within us, and causes us not only to see evils but to refuse them and eventually to turn away from them. This is the meaning of the Lord’s words, “My yoke is easy and my burden
light” (Matthew 11:30).
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