The Air Conditioner

This week’s home practice:

This week, take a moment to bless every person you encounter silently with the words “You are love”.
Notice how it shifts your inner and outer environment.

This week’s service participants:

Reading/Affirmation/Prayer: Cindy Gardiner

Keepers of the Flames: Silvana Gill and Beryl Varno

Blessing the Offering: Mary Ahls

Surpassing the If

This week’s home practice:

Turn “ifs” into affirmations. Write down any “if” statements you’ve been telling yourself.
Rewrite each statement as a present moment, spiritually principled affirmation.

This week’s service participants:

Reading/Affirmation/Prayer: Rev. Dr. Jonathan Zenz

Keepers of the Flames: Laraine Pritts and Diane Christie

Blessing the Offering: Rev. William Gill

The Cairn Conundrum

This week’s home practice:

Keep a small stone in a place where you will notice it repeatedly through the day.
Each time you see or touch it, reaffirm:
“I am on the path. I am a guidepost for kindness.”

This week’s service participants:

Reading/Affirmation/Prayer: Laura Kass

Keepers of the Flames: Silvana Gill and Sandy Solomon

Blessing the Offering: Silvana Gill

Living the Only Constant

This week’s home practice:

Each day, focus on demonstrating at least one aspect of kindness. At the end of the day, reflect on how you practiced it. You can write in a journal or simply take a moment in quiet reflection.

This week’s service participants:

Reading/Affirmation/Prayer: Rev. William Gill

Keepers of the Flames: Sherie Hoffman and Laura Kass

Blessing the Offering: Mirtha Nebeker

Connect George

This week’s home practice:

Purposefully seek to engage in thoughtful conversations this week. This may be with someone with whom you have a disagreement. Don’t make assumptions. Seek to understand rather than to inform.

This week’s service participants:

Reading/Affirmation/Prayer: Silvana Gill

Keepers of the Flames: Lyn Peterson and Beryl Varno

Blessing the Offering: Rev. William Gill

Imagine Amazing

This week’s home practice:

Affirm — Craft an affirmation that reflects the amazing possibilities you choose to experience.

Imagine — Close your eyes and imagine your life as a reflection of divine identity. What does it look like?

Pray — Use affirmative prayer to design your relationship to your experience.

This week’s service participants:

Reading/Affirmation/Prayer: Dr. Jim Gardiner

Keepers of the Flames: Jim & Tucker with Laraine Pritts

Blessing the Offering: Sherie Hoffman

The Truth of Every Conversation

This week’s home practice:

Approach each conversation with curiosity. In each interaction ask: What divine truth is seeking expression here?
Remember: God is always speaking to God.

This week’s service participants:

Reading/Affirmation/Prayer: Ruth Starwell

Keepers of the Flames: Greg Poling and Laura Kass

Blessing the Offering: Sue Krake

One Spark Can Light the Dark

This week’s home practice:

SPARK

Spiritual Practice in Acts of Random Kindness

Express your divine light through small, intentional acts of love and generosity all week.

This week’s service participants:

Reading/Affirmation/Prayer: Sandy Solomon

Keepers of the Flames: Laraine Pritts and Sherie Hoffman

Blessing the Offering: Dr. James Gardiner

The Adventure is a Lifetime

This week’s home practice:

Reflect on an area of your life or community where fear or negativity seem to dominate and identify one small but meaningful action you can take to welcome compassion, mercy, or kindness into that space. Each day, consciously affirm, “I choose to flood this space with love, courage, and Divine truth.”

This week’s service participants:

Reading/Affirmation/Prayer: Cindy Gardiner

Keepers of the Flames: Diane Christie and Laura Kass

Blessing the Offering: Sherie Hoffman

BeLOVEd CommUNITY

This week’s home practice:

Connect with someone new today. If you find yourself each week connecting with the same people, invite someone new into that circle. If you feel like the “newbie”: Just say “hello” or “may I join you?” and go from there.

This week’s service participants:

Reading/Affirmation/Prayer: Sue Krake

Keepers of the Flames: Jim Atwood/Tucker and Beryl Varno

Blessing the Offering: Laura Kass