July 25 - Melissa Phillippe

August 8 - Melissa Phillippe

Melissa Phillippe is a vibrant and inspiring singer-songwriter, speaker and coach/teacher. She is a licensed Religious Science Practitioner and a Mentor of the Toltec path personally trained by don Miguel Ruiz (author of The Four Agreements). The San Francisco Bay Area native has twelve albums of original songs and meditations in release, and is also the featured vocalist on the Stephen Halpern releases, Deja Blues and In The Om Zone. Melissa performs her music and delivers inspirational talks throughout the world.

August 22 - Bukeka Newby-Shoals

Bukeka is an accomplished inspirational orator, workshop facilitator and performing artist. Not only is her work inspiring, but so is the history behind her name. At age 6, she was immersed in the Civil Rights movement with her parents. Inspired by this great movement of change she wanted a new name. She chose Bukeka. With her parents blessing Gretchen Elizabeth Newby entered first grade with the name she had chosen – Bukeka. Now she is taking her life lessons to help people and organizations make conscious choices during times of change and transition.

Her musical performances include opening for entertainment industry icons Harry Belafonte and Della Reece. She has also opened for world renowned authors such as Dr. Maya Angelou, Mark Victor Hansen, Gary Zukav, Marianne Williamson and Arun Gandhi.

September 19 - Rebecca Edwards

Rebecca Edwards is a gifted singer and songwriter who brings a distinctly intimate quality to her music by way of heart invested performance and vocal grace.
 
October 3 - Elaine Silver

Elaine Silver has a voice you'll never forget. It has been described as stunningly clear and fine, magnificent, rich and supple. She sings a cappella or accompanies herself on guitar and banjo, and has performed in concert for hundreds of thousands at colleges, festivals, churches, clubs and children's events throughout North America and Europe. She was featured nationally on The Wisdom Channel and on New Jersey Network's award-winning television program State of the Arts. Elaine is the recipient of a Garden State Music Award for Outstanding Folk Performer, and has appeared in concert with Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Doc Watson, Tom Paxton, Suzanne Vega, Jorma Kaukonen, Tom Chapin and many more of the folk world's brightest stars.

October 17 - Choir Sunday

October 24 - Claire Victor

Music has been a lifelong passion for Claire; one she combines with a strong commitment to hone, craft and stretch her abilities and the talents of others.  While she serves as our One Heart Choir director, Claire is also a recording artist and vocalist in her own right and creates a vocal style that is uniquely, and expressively, hers.  Whether singing one of her original heart warming songs, working with crystal singing bowls, or belting out in the style of Jazz or R & B, her music promises to be passionate and evocative.  She also conducts personal empowerment workshops, vocal transformation classes and is a deeply committed Religious Science Practitioner.

November 24 - Thanksgiving Eve Choir, with Claire Victor and Christopher Fritzsche

7pm, Wednesday, November 24, featuring The One Heart Choir, Claire Victor and Christopher Fritzsche, and inspiring words from Dr. Edward Viljoen.  Cards will be provided for you to write your desires for the next year.  Everyone is welcome at this family ‘home coming”.

Ben Stanley, award-winning watercolorist, is the artist featured in the new show on view in the Ernest Holmes Lending Library. Ben has been involved with the Center for over 25 years, including active participation in the choir and the annual Spirit Expressing art show.

He started painting in midlife and began seriously focusing on art in 1991. He prefers working in watercolor because of its expressive qualities and potential. Ben paints every day. He sees every painting as an experiment.

The library is open every Sunday from 9 am to 1pm. You can contact Ben at 537-0727.

7/18 – 8/29 Unexpected Abundance Club

Our Annual Abundance Club will begin July 18 and run through August 29.  All welcome.  The club is open to all and free to attend.  To join, participants will agree to the following:  Affirm 6 times every day the abundance  affirmation provided for that week.  Open to learning that GOOD is available.  We will learn to recognize this good in the many ways it appears in our lives, such as: If someone treats you to lunch, pays for your toll or parking, gives you flowers, cancels an overdue debt – this is God in action.  The club members agree to tithe 10% of whatever good they have received during that week.  We learn that affirmations are reminders to us of what we sense to be the Truth of the Spiritual universe. Affirmations are a brief prayer to align our thoughts and actions with God’s thoughts and actions – not to change God, but to change us.

Four Weeks - Mondays, August 9 - August 30, 6:30 to 9 pm. Teacher: Rev. Jeff Anderson.

Relationship is why we are here, together, on the planet. It can be the most fulfilling, or the most frustrating thing that we as human beings experience. Yet for all of its possibility, most people go about relationship unconsciously. From Significant Other and family relationships to neighbor and co-worker, you will learn to create more fulfilling connections with the people in your life.

This class will provide you with the tools to experience relationship in an intentional and proactive way. Learn to take relationship to a whole new level by becoming more mindful, present, and available to relate to others, and to yourself.  Open to a fuller experience of the goodness and love of Spirit, through relationship, on purpose.

Suggested Reading: How To Be An Adult In Relationships – The Five Keys to Mindful Loving, by David Richo.

Free Monday Membership
Orientation Classes. August 16, 23, and 30.

Dr. Edward will be holding membership
classes on three consecutive Mondays from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. We hope to reach people who were not able to attend previous membership classes held on Saturday mornings. If you are interested in attending, please sign up at Nel’s Table.
More information at www.cslsr.org > About Us > Membership.