what's happening: Announcements
- Book Of The Month:
“365 SCIENCE OF MIND” by Ernest Holmes - Monthly Prayer: Every month, we at OCSL are in prayer for one of our sister communities & also for one country in the world. This month we dedicate our prayer to: Albuquerque Center for Spiritual Living, Rev. Patrick Pollard, Minister and the country of Egypt.
- FALL CLASSES AT OCSL:
Foundations Evenings begins Tuesday September 9th:
Practitioner II Studies begins: Tuesday September 9th:
Power of Your Word Day begins Tuesday September 16th
Foundations Class Day begins Thursday September 18th:
Power of Your Word Evenings begins Thursday September 18th:
Seeing Beyond Appearances Evening begins Monday September 22nd:
Financial Freedom Evenings begins Monday October 6th:
Quick Start Evenings begins Monday October 20th:
Flyers & sign-up Sheets are now available in the Social Hall - LOVE INDIAN CUISINE? Want to know the way of preparation? Join Janaki Bakshi for one more opportunity to learn the secrets of great preparation & great eating. The next class will be offered on Saturday Sept. 27th, from 2:00 - 5:00 PM (Please Note Time Change). Sign-ups & flyers are in the social hall.
- “ENLIGHTENED BUSINESS PLANNING: A WORKSHOP FOR BUSINESS OWNERS, ARTISTS AND SOCIAL VISIONARIES” This workshop is designed to show you how to Create a viable business plan based on your values, Make more sales with truer messages. And find the data & allies you need to turn your vision into thriving reality. Pat McHenry and Susan Urquhart-Brown, RScP are the facilitators, and it is all happening here at our center on Saturday September 20th from 10AM until 4PM. Flyers and sign-up sheets are available in the Social Hall. Workshop Investment is $125 and $100 prepaid by Sept. 15th.
- ARE YOU A GREAT CHEF IN HIDING? DO YOU LOVE TO COOK? DOES EVERYONE SAY YOU SHOULD “. . . DO THIS FOR A LIVING” WHEN THEY TASTE YOUR FOOD. Are you a caterer, home chef, restaurant owner or someone who loves to cook? Well if you are any of these & wish to share your cooking talents with our spiritual community on one Sunday in 2008 or 2009 or both, please contact Deborah Stroud at strouddeborah@yahoo.com. Invite is open to everyone.
- RELATIONSHIP AS A PATH TO AWAKENING: AN AFTERNOON WITH ZEN TEACHER CHERI HUBER & DR. ILLANA BERGER!!! A conscious relationship offers the opportunity to treat ourselves & others as a precious gift. It is healing & life-affirming. Join in a profound conversation on how to investigate whatever maintains the distance between our self & our partner & our longing & our loving. Sunday September 21st from 1:00 to 4:00PM. Flyers and sign-up sheets are available in the Social Hall. Workshop Investment $25 - $50 (sliding scale).
- BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: “SEEING BEYOND APPEARANCES RELATING IN THE NOW” This workshop opens the door to seeing beyond the limited thinking & circumstances that close off connection with self, others & the Infinite. This four-week workshop series begins Monday Sept. 22nd and runs through Monday October 13th from 7 - 9:30PM. Workshop Investment for the series is $100.00. Flyers and sign-up sheets are in the social hall.
- CALLING ALL SAGES!! ALL OUR WISE ELDERS! We want to hear & publish your stories. We need a “short-story” of 350 - 400 words from a personal life experience that we can print & share with our Spiritual Community. An “AHA” a place or time when healing came about . . . Where God just showed up especially for YOU! See Lita or Richard or pick-up forms in the Education Building now. Deadline For Copy 9/19/08. For more information or questions please call Richard at 510.836.1084.
- JOIN THE OAKLAND CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING PRACTITIONER MINISTRY AND THE MINISTRY OF PRAYER FOR AN EVENING OF BLESSINGS: Friday September 12th at 6:30 p.m. Come and be surrounded by Prayer and Stillness as we come together to pray together.
- On Friday September 5TH from 7-9pm, Join Elke Moritz, RScP for A JOURNEY TO THE HEART, AN EXPLORATION OF THE GRIEF PROCESS AND LETTING GO. . . . Being alive requires of us a relationship with the mysterious, life-long experience of letting go. This workshop is about caring, sharing, discussion, collage, journaling, and presentations. Flyers are available in the Social Hall. Free-Will Offering
Theme for 2008
At Play in the Fieldof Infinite Grace