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Fellowship and FunNamaste CafePlease join us for what is undoubtedly the best deal in townwhen it comes to wonderful music, lively entertainment anda lot of fun! Mark your calendars for September 25th andOctober 23rd.September 25th:SAWTOOTH BAND - This is a repeat performance forSawtooth and we can't wait! This County/Pop/Bluegrass band serves a delicious "slice of Americana".They hail from the Long Beach area and play a mix ofclassic country and originals with music ranging fromTexas County to Appalachia Bluegrass! They are a fivepiece band playing guitar, fiddle, banjo, dobro,mandolin, bass and percussion with terrific country/bluegrass vocals. They are a fun band that will makeyou smile and be sure to bring your dancing shoes,because they make you want to move!October 23rd:Friendship Sundayand BreakfastFor the October show we are going to have a great lineup featuring Jennifer Hart and several other performers.Jennifer has a smooth jazz style. She sings/playsclassic cover and original songs on the piano.Brooke Magidson will also be performing guitar solosaccompanied by various friends.No Breakfast in September!Sunday, October 4thJoin us in Richelieu Hall after each service forfriendship and breakfast. The cost is 5.00,but first-time guests and kids 6 and undereat for free.Drumming CircleThe Drumming Circle meets on the 4thSunday of each month at 12:30 p.m. inthe Youth Church Assembly Room.For more information contactRuth McCants, Facilitator.Admission is 8.00 or a plate of cookies. Rev. Mary alwaysputs on a great event and we want to thank her for all herLabyrinth WalkWill be held on Thursday, September 17th andThursday, October 15th from 5:307:30 p.m. The community is invitedto participate with us in this ancient, meditative method ofconnecting with God. Please usethe Knob Hill entrance.Operation SparkleTake time to just be!8No meeting is planned forSeptember or October

Men’s Spirit GroupWomen’s CircleThe Women’s Circle group meets on thefirst Sunday of each month at 12:30 p.m.in the Youth Church. It is facilitated byRuth McCants and Elaine Yuzuki. Allwomen interested ingood fellowship andservice to our church areencouraged toparticipate.The Men’s Spirit Group is themen’s group of ourCenter. The group meets thesecond Sunday of everymonth at 12:30 p.m. andevery other Monday at 7:00p.m. (see calendar for dates).Marc Ruth is the facilitator.All men interested in good fellowship andservice to our Center are encouraged toparticipate in this group.Photography ClubSpiritualCinemaOn Hiatus.No movies scheduledFor September and OctoberAffirmation: I say “yes” to my gr eat,good life. I am abundantly supplied withall I need to flourish and thrive.We Thank You for Your Support!DemonstrationsGarden ClubLooking for volunteers!!If you are interestedin joining them.Contact Rev. Louisa Gravelleat (310) 798-8841.We thank you for your support!9Have you experienced a wonderfuldemonstration? Dr. Moira is asking all ofus to share our manifestations with herand with each other. Let her know howScience of Mind teachings are changingyour life. Write down your stories at theDemonstration Table in Richelieu Hallafter service. It’s amazing how manygreat demonstrations are being turned in,and we would love to add yours if youwould like to share it with us.

September 2015SunMonTue1WedThu237:30 p.m.11:00 a.m.Yoga7:00 p.m.Wednesday SvcFriSat45111210 a.m.SOM Class w/Rev. Mary189 a.m.199 a.m.Painting ClassW/Linda GauthierPainting ClassW/Linda GauthierSOM class7:00 p.m.SpiritualDiscussion Group679 & 11:00 a.m.Labor Day!Services897:30 p.m.Wednesday SvcOffice Closed1011:00 a.m.Yoga7:00 p.m.12:30 p.m.SOM classWomen’s Circle7:00 p.m.Krista’s Class13149 & 11:00 a.m.10:00 a.m.Craft Group6:30 p.m.Visioning Dr. Moira7:00 p.m.MSGServices12:30 p.m.Men’s Spirit Group209 & 11:00 a.m.21ServicesCraft Group12:30 p.m.6:30 p.m.Practitioner’sMeetingVisioning Dr. Moira10:00 a.m.27289 & 11:00 a.m.10:00 a.m.ServicesCraft Group12:30 p.m.6:30 p.m.Drumming CircleVisioning Dr. Moira7:00 p.m.MSG157:00 p.m.1611:00 a.m.17SOM Class w/Dr. MoiraWednesday SvcYoga7:00 p.m.Practitioners Class7:00 p.m.Sally Patchen’sClass11:00 a.m.5:30 p.m.Labyrinth7:00 p.m.10 a.m.SOM classSOM Class w/Rev.Mary7:00 p.m.Krista’s Class227:00 p.m.2311:00 a.m.2411:00 a.m.257:30 p.m.SOM Class w/Dr. MoiraWednesday SvcYogaNamaste Cafe7:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.Practitioners ClassSOM class7:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.Sally Patchen’sClassKrista’s Class297:00 p.m.30SOM Class w/Dr. MoiraWednesday Svc11:00 a.m.7:00 p.m.Practitioners Class7:00 p.m.Sally Patchen’sClass102610 a.m.SOM Class w/Rev. Mary5 p.m.Divine DiningEvent

October 2015SunMonTueWedThuFriSat1 Yard Sale Prep2311:00 a.m.Yard Sale PrepYard SaleYoga7:00 p.m.10 a.m.SOM Class w/Rev. MarySOM Class7:00 p.m.SpiritualDiscussion Group7:00 p.m.Krista’s Class45Yard Sale10:00 a.m.Interfaith SundayCraft Group9 & 11:00 a.m.Services6:30 p.m.67:00 p.m.711:00 a.m.8SOM Class w/Dr. MoiraWednesday SvcYoga7:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.Practitioners ClassSOM ClassVisioningDr. MoiraTeen Bake SaleSally Patchen’sClass7:00 p.m.1210:00 a.m.137:00 p.m.1411:00 a.m.15Craft GroupSOM Class w/Dr. MoiraWednesday SvcYogaLabyrinth12:30 p.m.Visioning7:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.Sally Patchen’sClassSOM Class7:00 p.m.MSG9 & 11:00 a.m.Services10:00 a.m.12:30 p.m.PractitionersMeeting259 & 11:00 a.m.Services12:30 p.m.Drumming CircleCraft Group6:30 p.m.7:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.Krista’s Class207:00 p.m.2111:00 a.m.2211:00 a.m.237:30 p.m.SOM Class w/Dr. MoiraWednesday SvcYogaNamaste Cafe7:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.Practitioners ClassVisioning7:00 p.m.SOM ClassSally Patchen’sClass7:00 p.m.27282910:00 a.m.7:00 p.m.11:00 a.m.11:00 a.m.Craft GroupSOM Class w/Dr. MoiraWednesday SvcYogaVisioning7:00 p.m.Practitioners Class7:00 p.m.SOM Class7:00 p.m.MSG115:00 p.m.Crystal GalaKrista’s Class266:30 p.m.2410 a.m.SOM Class w/Rev. Mary5:30 p.m.Practitioners Class191710 a.m.SOM Class w/Rev. Mary11:00 a.m.6:30 p.m.1816Dr. Sue MorterSpeaking9 & 11:00 a.m.ServicesMen’s Spirit Grp1010 a.m.SOM Class w/Rev. Mary7:00 p.m.12:30 p.m.Women’s Circle11911:00 a.m.303110 a.m.SOM Class w/Rev. Mary

CONFLICT RESOLUTION WORKSHOP6 Wednesday NightsSeptember 16th through October 21st7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Richelieu Hall 90 per person for the 6 week workshopImprove your relationships with your family, friends and co-workers.Explore new ways of turning conflict into cooperation. In this 6 week course, SallyPatchen shares the secrets of everyday conflict resolution and reveals simple, repeatabletechniques that apply in most conflict situations. She'll present a framework forexploring conflict, including identifying the issue, the art of communication,overcoming roadblocks to resolution, separating the people from the problem, the roleof cultural difference in conflict, reaching agreement and much more.We will be using the book People Skills as a reference. By the end ofthe class, you will be better equipped to handle difficult conversations,conflict situations and bring more peace to your life.Meditation and The Search for Truth—Live and Live Stream6 Thursday NightsSeptember 10th through October 22ndNo class on October 8th7:00-8:30 p.m. 20 per class or 97 for the entire series(Series price includes the live-stream and recordings of all the classes)Join Life Style Strategist and Meditation Teacher, Krista Magidson for thisupcoming series that will help you to delve deeply into life’s most importantquestion—“WHY?”Using Michael Singer’s book, “The Search for Truth” as an inspirational guide, you’ll meditate and discover into the nature of Being, Source, Spirit, the purpose of LIFE, and the purpose of your life.This book is for those who, like the astronauts, cannot look at the view of our planetwithout asking “WHY?” The search conducted within these pages is a logicaljourney into the fields of biology, psychology, physics, parapsychology, yogicscience, and Eastern and Western religious philosophies.During the class you’ll experience a deeply relaxing series of guided meditationsand mindful living practices that will help you transform your world from beingmerely mundane, into magical. No experience necessary.Please purchase the book, “The Search for Truth” from the RBCSL bookstore.12

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!DIVINE DINING PRESENTSOKTOBERFEST!Saturday, September 26th at 5:00 p.m.at the Redondo Beach home of David and Jan Mintz.Co-hosted by Annie and Hans Hofmann.We’ll be barbequing a variety of brats and sausages served on Kaiser rolls,accompanied by homemade sauerkraut and spätzle (German egg noodles). You’ll alsoenjoy a sampling of German beers from light to dark. Beer will also be available fordrinking! - along with German (and American) red and white wines. Then we’llfinish off with good old-fashioned German chocolate cake, coffee and dessert wines.Only 16 spaces available for this fabulous event that sold out last year! Bidding willstart at 40.00 per person and signs-ups start SundaySeptember 6th after both services. The last day to sign-up orto up your bid is September 20th.SAVE THE DATEOctober 24thCrystal GalaIn Richelieu Hall 100 per personBlack Tie OptionalIn Honor of Dr. Moira’s15 years as Senior Pastor.We are looking for silent auction items, if you would like todonate a new item for the auction. If you have a talent thinkabout donating that, such as calligraphy, baking, organizing ormaybe you have a boat and would be willing to donate a boatride or tickets to a sporting event or the theater. Use yourimagination in what you could donate.13

BOOK REPORTBy Rev. Erin O’Donnell Stanlee“THE MYSTICAL I”BYJOEL GOLDSMITHThe first book I read by Joel Goldsmithwas “Practicing the Presence”. It openedso many doors for me. I felt I had found away to experience the feeling of God.Before I came here over 20 years ago, I hadread about God and intellectually knew andbelieved in a Divine Power, but I wasn’tfeeling it, I knew there was somethingmissing.As I heard the message from Dr. Frank,I was starting to awaken to a new way ofliving. The second book I read byGoldsmith was “The Infinite Way”. Thepoint of this book is that it teaches you tolook away from your problems instead atthem, and in doing so to find their solutionby living in tune with the Divine, andbecoming aware of the Spiritual being thatyou are.Throughout the years that followed, Iwas always reading Goldsmith as well asmy other studies. I read “Thunder in theSilence”, “The Art of Meditation”, and“A Parenthesis in Eternity”. They all wereenlightening. I found that inner peace willcome as one turns to the spiritualconsciousness of life, and an outer calmwill follow in one’s human affairs. Theouter world will conform to the innerawareness of Truth.“The Mystical I” states that within eachof us is the perfect Self that has neverfallen, has never left heaven, and thereforecan never gain heaven. Joel Goldsmith is amonumental teacher of practical mysticism.He has dedicated most of his life to thediscovery and teaching of spiritualprinciples, which he called the InfiniteWay. More than fifty books have beencompiled from his tape-recorded lecturesand class work and a worldwide studentbody exists which continues to practice andpreserve his works.Goldsmith reinstates many truths in thisbook, but most of all he lets you realizeyour purpose in life. “You cannot serveGod, whom you have not seen and do notknow except as you serve man, whom youdo know. Your only way of serving God isin serving man. This is giving the firstfruits unto God. The only way you have ofneglecting your service to God is to neglectyour service to man.”“You who walk in the Light have moreto give individually than an entire nationhas to give. The nations can give only ofmaterial resources which are limited andfinite, but you have living waters, you havespiritual meat, you have spiritual wine,spiritual bread. You have the word of Life,you have the spirit of God incarnate inyou.”I’m knowing this will inspire you toread this empowering and awakening book,as you delve into “The Mystical I” anddiscover more of all that you are as theperfect idea in the mind of God.14

Volunteer ProfileBy Reverend Erin O’Donnell StanleeWILL PERNELLWill came to this church about 30 years agowith his sister. He heard Dr. Frank (the thenPastor) and he was hooked. He has beencoming ever since.During the service, Dr. Frank asked forvolunteers, so Will decided that would be agood thing to do. He began in the audio, andhas helped in the back making CDs and DVDsever since. Every time he would say to Dr.Frank – “I can do something else”, Dr. Frankwould say, “we need you in the audio. Staywhere you are.” and so he did and does.He remembers being here when Della Reese,OC Smith, Rev. Ike and others would speak andperform regularly. Sheri William Fletcher firstbegan singing at this church and we still areblessed by her many performances andwonderful songs. Will has so many storiesabout Dr. Frank and wonderful memories toshare.Will was born in Mississippi and then thefamily moved to Chicago. He has 4 sisters and2 brothers. At 18, he left home and came hereand started working. Now he is aTransportation Director, working with securityand transportation.He is married and has 2 sons and onedaughter and grandkids. He loves hisfamily and he and his wife and children allspend a lot of time together.He enjoys reading Westerns, and loves oldmovies. He and his brother restore old classic carsand his brother has 12 special “gems.” Will hasone.Will has a treasure chest of stories about thischurch and Dr. Frank and all those people andfriends in the congregation. He remembers whenJohn Henri came here 25 years ago and Dr. Frankinterviewed him and loved his music and knew hewas the perfect musician for here. We are soblessed to have John Henri and his wonderfulmusic every week.And we are so very blessed to have Will. Heloves Dr. Moira and listens intently to hermessages on Sunday. He thinks we are so blessedto have Dr. Moira with all her loving teachings anddedication, and of course we agree.He loves these teachings. It works, he says, andhe uses it, and it has made his life purposeful andfull of meaning built on solid principles to live by.His message to the congregation is: We need tovolunteer. Show our young people how it worksby giving service. Give back to the community.(Will volunteers for other organizations as wellteaching young people.)He says, we don’t volunteer enough. Carry it on.Do more. Give more of yourself to God byserving.We are so blessed to have Will and all ourdedicated volunteers.He has a 4-year-old grandbaby. He loves toWe are so grateful to each and every one of youspend time playing and having fun with her. Heforyour help, support and love.has a grandchild who is going to college inPacific Palisades and is studying childpsychology. One of his sons is a salesman forthe Nestle Company. The other son is a civilengineer and his daughter is in the medicalfield.15

“Step by Step”By Rev. Louisa GravelleBreathe, do you feel a space within yourself beyond words? When we touch theses places, we arewithout words to describe the feeling or emotion. Though we may not be able to explain what’s goingon, we are building new neural pathways in our brains.Healing is done through us; therefore the healing experience, the revealing of the truth, the freedom thatwe desire is attainable.‘Step by Step’ is about taking it easy, a nice walk, taking one step at a time. It is when we take the timeto breathe, absorb, and appreciate. We notice, we give attention. Ernest Holmes in the Science of Mindstates “There is no process of healing; there is a process in healing.”All healing is instantaneous. All healing is a change in consciousness. It is like a lightbulb turned up toits brightest setting. We humans do not heal in other words we do not do the healing ALLHEALING is done through us. There is nothing to heal; only the truth to reveal! What does this meanto us? At the heart of the matter, there is always a growth opportunity, an expansion, a ‘here we growagain’. Sometimes inner growth make us uncomfortable. Yet, when we really get quiet and still, thereare no words, just a deeper sensation in the body. When we access this inner place, deep within our core,we are letting go and letting God.1. We allow ourselves to heal by stepping aside mentally. aka getting out of God’s way! When we getout of God’s way; we get out of our own way. We may think we have it all figured out, (but we don’t);so we get out of the WAY (The healing occurs). Doesn’t it feel like liftoff when we get out of the wayof Spirit?2. We co-create with Spirit! We actively affirm the change in awareness, the change of consciousness.We act as if! We nurture ourselves! We think the new thought, take the new action, practice andthereby form the new habit. We actively pursue a change in ourselves in how we think, react, andrespond!! Each step brings us into alignment with ourselves!! When we notice where we are going andlisten, we align with our inner nature.In all areas of life, we have the ability to go step by step. Yet the paradox of the healing experience isthat healing, the revealing of the Truth, is instantaneous!! In the flash of insight, we see with GlobalEyes! We stand in the Center of ourselves and feel the pulse of the universe! When we heal, we seewith global eyes.As we loosen, as we step out of shame and fear, we move into vulnerability. We move into the nonverbal territory in which we are spiritual warriors. We are cutting through the dream as Don MiquelRuiz calls it, the illusion as many faiths call it, the maya as the Hindus have named it.As we loosen the fears, and step away from them, even for a moment, we move into a fuller expressionof POWER because we step out of personal power into the POWER of Spirit! We tap the flow ofPower and Presence ITSELF. What happens when we do this? Our awareness shifts from reactive toresponsive. We move from ‘what about me?’, to connecting to the whole, to the heart of God! We candrop our story! We are free! We step into the awareness of a larger world, into a more comprehensiveenvironment. Here everything and everyone is interconnected! These moments of connectivity, which Icall freedom are always available and accessible to each of us!When we can

New Foundations of Science of Mind Beyond Limits The Spiritual Path (102) PLUS Spiritual Mind Treatment (102) 2. ERNEST HOLMES PHILOSOPHY (One of:) The Essential Ernest Holmes SOM 103 & SOM 104 3. HISTORY/PHILOSOPHY COURSEWORK (One of:) Exploring Roots From Whence We