THIS WEEK'S AFFIRMATION

THIS WEEK'S

COMMUNITY VALUE DEMONSTRATIONS

Demonstrations of INCLUSION

Each week we focus on one of our seven community values, and those of us that choose to share how the community value is showing up in their lives. This week our community value is INCLUSION. Here's how INCLUSION is showing in the lives of some of our community members.

Rev. Rafe: Okay, we had a lot of inclusion going on in the world yesterday, or was it? I don’t know. Perhaps it depends on which camp you’re in and maybe that there are camps speaks to the opportunity for greater inclusion.

MaryAnne: I participated in a protest yesterday and felt really included in a group of peaceful protesters. It really doesn’t matter which camp we’re in or how we feel, we exercised our right to protest for what we believe, and I felt very patriotic and very included in the process.

Rev. Frank: I didn’t personally participate in one of the protests, but I did get to see them and all the people crowded onto the overpass and in the streets. For me, the protests is a call for inclusion, for us to come together in love.

Amon: I was fortunate to be on vacation and there were all kinds of people. We were together, intermingling on the beach and various other places and I was aware that we were all inclusive. It didn’t matter where any of us were from or what our politics were, there was harmony.

Debra: I was following the protests through Facebook, and I saw people exercising their right to express their beliefs peacefully and I saw a lot of joy. I can’t wait to get out there with everybody.

Dale: Inclusion… choice. I chose to come up front and play last week. I chose to be included in Gerise’s birthday celebration. Inclusion can’t happen unless I say yes.

Rev. Rafe: Inclusion indeed begins with you! And sometimes inclusion calls us to see and hear the calls for inclusion between the lines. I had the opportunity to support a young man at a court proceeding and while he was saying: “please don’t come” he was telling me when, where, and the time it was happening and how afraid he was. Sometimes we get to respond to the call for inclusion beyond the guilt and shame that pushes it away.

HOW ARE YOU LIVING INCLUSION?

ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Membership

Membership is an official statement and commitment of ownership and belonging that embraces the rights and duties that support the growth of the individual and the group.

If you're curious about membership in Columbia/Greater Baltimore Center for Spiritual Living, please download the Discovering Membership packet and contact Rev. Rafe for the next steps.

Discovering Membership Packet

2026 Pledge Program

Our Annual Pledge Program provides you an opportunity to practice our Core Value of GRATITUDE by giving in a way that benefits you and our entire community.

Through the spiritual practice of giving, you:

open the tap of your own receiving,
empower the Board of Trustees to budget for 2026, and
empower Rev. Rafe to plan new programs that will better serve you and grow our Center

2026 Pledge Form

SPIRITUAL SUPPORT MINISTY

Spiritual Mind Treatment - Idalia Romero, RScP

CLICK TO EMAIL YOUR PRAYER REQUEST

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INCLUSION MINISTY

Resources to support you in being included and inclusive.

We are taking the next step on our journey of revealing Spirit’s new name for Itself as our beloved spiritual community. When we remember that a revelation is an enlightening disclosure of the spiritual to the human; an A HA moment when we become aware of something that already IS that we just were not aware of yet, it takes all the pressure off to “get it right”. Let’s choose to trust the process together!!

You are encouraged to take the following steps:

1. Pray: “I affirm that Spirit’s perfect name for Itself as our spiritual community is already known in the One Mind and since this One Mind is my mind this name is already present in my mind. I choose to be aware of it now.”

2. Sit in the silence until you feel compelled to look at the list.

3. Go through the list listening to Spirit’s voice within you, selecting the five (5) names that most resonate as “this one” when you read it.

You can submit your responses physically or electronically through October 31st. The results and our next step will be announced on Sunday, November 2nd during our Sunday Celebration Service.

Use the QR Code or the SELECTION FORM button to access the online form.

NAME SELECTION FORM

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COMMUNITY INPUT FORM

EDUCATION & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Beyond Limits

Beyond Limits offers a transformational adventure through an exploration of your individual place in the universal scheme of things and your personal relationship to the Creative Power of Life. You will discover how to open doors to fulfillment in your daily experience to direct your life in positive and enriching ways.

8 Weeks Thursdays 6:30 – 9:00 PM October 30th through December 18th

Investment: $245.00

Pay in Full Discount $220.50

Member + Pay in Full Discounts $196.00

Pay by class:

$45.00 at enrollment
$25.00 per class (non-member)
$22.50 per class (member)

Journey of the Soul

Journey of the Soul invites you to affirm and experience your inner divinity while honoring your humanness; to appreciate the beauty of who you are in the here and now on your path of expressing your divine nature. You will be guided to look for the magic, the opportunities for growth, and the sacredness in every situation in life and within yourself.

Through new thought teachings complemented by spiritual psychology we learn to embrace and express what we consider to be our weaknesses and our shadow self as we bring them out of the darkness and into the light of our divinity. You will acquire tools for living a balanced approach to healing and transformation.

6 Weeks Wednesdays 6:30 – 9:00 PM January 7th through February 11th

Investment: $195.00

Pay in Full Discount $175.50

Member + Pay in Full Discounts $156.00

Pay by class:

$45.00 at enrollment
$25.00 per class (non-member)
$22.50 per class (member)

Mental Equivalents

Leap into a state of true potential by activating the powerful Law of Mental Equivalents. For every formed thing in the Universe there is first a corresponding mental image. Discover how to measure and expand thinking to create a larger mental image so your greatest desires may be demonstrated.

5 Weeks Wednesdays 6:30 – 9:00 PM February 25th through March 25th

Investment: $170.00

Pay in Full Discount $153.00

Member + Pay in Full Discounts $136.00

Pay by class:

$45.00 at enrollment
$25.00 per class (non-member)
$22.50 per class (member)

LICENSED PRACTITIONER GROWTH COHORT

As a minister, I am committed to supporting the upliftment, growth and empowerment of Licensed Practitioners. To this end, I am called to offer a Licensed Practitioner Growth Cohort Experience in 2026.

A cohort model is a collaborative approach where a group of individuals, known as a cohort, progress through a program together at the same pace, fostering a strong sense of community and support. This model is based on the principle that experience is improved in a social context. It builds community, provides social and emotional support, and encourages collaboration among peers.

Together, we will journey through the Practitioner Handbook, written by Rev. Dr. Mary Mitchell sharing our experience of the literature, awakenings that are sparked, and support one another in taking action to turn these sparks into fires that burn brightly in the world as each participant.

Beyond a how-to-book, The Practitioner Handbook offers invaluable insights into the mystical and practical aspects of practicing Consciousness in today's world. It will, in its own right, become a treasured resource to every person who seeks to deepen and empower their application of Spiritual Mind Treatment.

ALL Licensed Practitioners are welcome: