One of the things GGCSL does on the Sunday nearest Memorial Day is a slideshow of dear ones we want to remember, especially those who have made their transition into the next adventure of Life in the past 12 months. That Sunday this year is May 25th.
Please bring photos of dear ones you want to remember for the altar that morning, and email any photos of GGCSLers you want remembered in advance so they can be included in the slides that morning. Email photos to Rev. Mary at RevMary@ggcsl.org, and make sure to include their names and how you remember them at GGCSL.
Volunteer at the Marin Food Bank ~ Sacred Service Matters
As we give service we’re contributing to the quality of life we share and experience. At the Food Bank, we’re literally contributing to Life itself by contributing our time for food security for our neighbors.
SF-Marin Food Bank: Contact Ellen Nicosia by April 1st by email, text, or voicemail to be included as a participant with GGCSL’s team, Tuesday, May 13th from 12:00–2:00 pm: ellennicosia@gmail.com or (415) 720-0225.
May 11th is Mother’s Day, and there will be a special Mother’s Day altar at GGCSL that morning. I encourage you to bring photos of your own Mom, of yourself with your kids if you are a mom, and
photos of daughters and/or daughters-in-law with their kids. Every kind of motherhood is essential for children to develop healthy, well-balanced lives, and we celebrate them all.
So let’s fill the altar with Moms, Grandmothers, Step-Moms, Foster Moms, Adoptive Moms, Pet’s Moms, and maybe even animal mamas,if we have those in our lives. Mothering is deeply loving, support and encouragement, tempered with guidance and accountability. It’s nurturing, advising, disciplining and giving affection to a young one, in cooperation with other adults in lesser or equal roles.
It’s a huge job, even with just one child, because there are no breaks, sick leave, vacation, comp time or salary. It’s 24/7 every day from their birth until your child leaves home (and sometimes even after they have). We all survived into adulthood, and possibly navigated into parenting from the giving side ourselves.
So let’s honor the role and the women who take it on. No one does it perfectly. A few are stellar, some are dreadful, but most do their best with pretty good results. Thanks Moms! We’ll never really know how you did it!
This year Easter is April 20th, and that is also the day we celebrate GGCSL’s 42nd Anniversary. We have sign up sheets ready now at the Activity Table for help with set-up, clean-up, and for potluck dishes you will bring. Please sign up Sunday to let us know what you will bring, and can do to help!
Begin decorating your Easter “bonnet” now for our contest. (Prizes will be available!) And think about one experience you’ve had at GGCSL that has made a big difference in your life. We’ll share these on Easter in a special way.
Jai Josefs and his band are booked to do live music for us in the Sunday/Anniversary Celebration that day, and Rev. Mary will offer one of her stellar messages. Don’t miss this wonderful community celebration!
Visioning Class with Lesley Gianetti, RScP and Karen Frost, RScP
Visioning is a unique spiritual practice used in our CSL churches. It’s not the same thing at all as visualization! Bring heaven more fully into your earthly experience through this organic process of guidance, transformation and manifestation. Discover direction and clarity for your life with this transformational spiritual practice.
In this 6-week Visioning class with Lesley Gianetti, RScP and Karen Frost, RScP you will:
Anchor in unconditional love
Tap into Universal Mind
Activate deep listening
Catch Spirit’s highest vision for your life
Receive guidance to focus your spiritual work
Increase your spiritual awareness
Together we’ll explore what it means to “catch Spirit’s Vision” and what to do with it once you have.
Type: Certificated class
Prerequistes: Foundations or Beyond Limits
Tuition: $210 or special pricing of $180 with a non-refundable $50 deposit or payment in full received by (balance of tuition must be paid in full by class 2).
As we give service we’re contributing to both human consciousness and in a practical way, to our shared quality of life. We have options for participating to help more than just ourselves:
For our SF-Marin Food Bank:Contact Ellen Nicosia by April 1st by email, text, or voicemail if you’d like to be included as a participant on the GGCSL team on Tuesday, April 8th from noon to 2:00 pm: ellennicosia@gmail.com or (415) 720-0225.
Steve Einhouse and Deborah Erwin are planning a second Wildflower Hike on Sunday, April 6th at 1:00 at Ring Mountain Preserve in Corte Madera.
Starting at 1:00 p.m. affords everyone time to grab some lunch before meeting up. There will be a sign up sheet on the table. Be sure to write down your phone number.
It is best to carpool as parking isn’t plentiful. If you need a ride to the trailhead please let us know by texting one of us prior to Sunday or by letting us know the day of at Services. We will match you up with someone who has confirmed they are attending. Steve 415-238-8767 or Deborah 415-497-5951.
Ring Mountain in a consistent uphill with some switch backs. Do look forward to beautiful vistas and hopefully many wildflowers. We will hike to a 360 degree view of Marin, so bring your camera. Wear sturdy shoes it could be muddy depending on the weather prior to the date. There are also lots of rocks on the trail. If it’s a sunny day bring sunscreen, a hat and water.
Steve and Deborah look forward to a beautiful hike and great conversations! Bring a friend.
Dogs must be on leash while on Ring Mountain. To learn more check out the link below. This is a very special place and dear to my heart (Deborah).
Stump Rev. Mary! has been well-received at GGCSL in the past. So although Rev. Mary deferred this Sunday event for a week, she will be on the platform this Sunday bringing back this enjoyable process.
Congregants will be invited to write their questions on 3×5 cards at the beginning of the Sunday Celebration, and Rev. Mary will address as many as she can get to during the talk portion of the service. Start thinking about what you’d like to ask.
We could call this Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Ask About Science of Mind & Ernest Holmes. But it’s much more fun to see if the congregation can ask a question Rev. Mary can’t answer somehow. (She likes to call this You Pretend to Have Questions, and I’ll Pretend to Have Answers!)
Come Sunday to enjoy the fun, and bring your deep questions!
Volunteering at the Marin Food Bank is a fun opportunity to connect with other GGCSLers, meet other volunteers and give back to our greater Marin community.
Please contact Ellen Nicosia no later than March 4th if you’d like to participate. To sign up text Ellen at 415.720.0225 or email her at ellennicosia@gmail.com.
The first in a series of upcoming Spring hikes in Marin County is planned for Monday, March 10th at 10 am.
Meet at the end of San Andreas Drive (538-598 San Andreas Drive) in Novato. Just a few blocks past The Bay Club, is the entrance to Mt. Burdell with ample parking, especially during the week. This hike is pretty flat with minimal up and down and soil that will probably be moist or wet. Hiking shoes/boots arerecommended.
Here is a link to Mt Burdell Preserve, the largest open space in Novato:
The second hike is scheduled for Monday, April 7 at 10 a.m. with a destination to be determined.
Sign up at the Activities table. Questions? Please contact Deborah Erwin at 415-497-5951 or Steve Einhaus at 415-238-8767. Text messages are preferable, please include your name.
Visioning is a powerful meditation practice developed by Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith of the Agapé International Spiritual Center and adopted by Centers for Spiritual Living. The meditation is designed to open our minds and hearts to receive the guidance and vision of Spirit. All are welcome, and no previous Visioning experience is necessary. This is a guided meditation. Participants will need paper and pen to fully participate in the Zoom meditation.
All are welcome. Click here at 7:15 pm Pacific tomorrow evening to join the Meditation:
One of our favorite musicians, Gary Lynn Floyd, is coming in person to GGCSL and will be doing our Sunday Celebration music on February 23rd. Following that service we will have a potluck luncheon and then a Song Circle of singing together.
Since the CM Community Center has another booking beginning at 1 pm that Sunday, the potluck and Song Circle will be held at the Sunrise Center just down the street from the Community Center at 645 Tamalpais Drive, Corte Madera, CA 94925.
Sign up sheets for the potluck and the Song Circle will go out on the Activity Table the first Sunday in February. Put this event on your calendar now! You won’t want to miss it.
