“Spending the Day with Jesus”

Sunday Live Streamed Seminar, Dec. 11, 2016

from Foundation for A Course in Miracles in Temecula, California

(Must register by noon 12/7; click title above for details)

Access to replay good thru 12/22.

 

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Winter Seven Week Sunday Gathering Series:

Great for Beginners!

Every presentation will offer Course teachings beneficial for both beginners and on-going students alike. Attending the whole series is recommended for a comprehensive look at the basic Course metaphysics that is covered in the first 50 Workbook lessons.

However, each individual gathering will be insightful, practical, and helpful to all.

Many Course students begin working the 365 daily Workbook lessons for the first time, or over again, starting on January 1st of every year. The Workbook’s first 50 Lessons are said to contain and begin developing all the basic fundamental principles of “A Course in Miracles.” During the first seven weeks of 2017 we will look at the highlights of the first 50 lessons at each Sunday Gathering, consecutively for seven weeks on the schedule below:

Starts Jan. 8th, 2017, on the first 50 Workbook Lessons

@ 11am-12:15pm @ RMMC

Each Sunday will be a review of the highlights of that week’s lessons :

Whitney on Jan.8th, Lessons # 1-8

Tim Wise  on Jan. 15th, Lessons # 9-15

Lyn Corona on Jan. 22nd , Les. # 16-22

Rudi Florian on Jan. 29th, Les. #23-29 

Tim Wise  on Feb. 5th, Les. #30-36

Lyn Corona on Feb. 12th, Les. # 37-43

Whitney  on Feb.19th, Les. #44-50

(Donation basket is passed at end of each Gathering. Any donation is appreciated, and all donations go toward running the Rocky Mountain Miracle Center.)

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“The hush of Heaven holds my heart today.”  (Lesson #286) 

Just a ‘hearts up’… our second annual Christmas Retreat will take place in Colorado Springs at the Franciscan Center from Dec. 1st to the 4th, 2016, which is three full days compared to the two full days last year. It runs Thursday afternoon through Sunday noon.  

The Theme:  “Christmas, the Healing of the Heart.”

To register, scroll down to “Registration” below:

The Course uses the word “heart” more than one hundred times. What is the heart? Where is the heart? How do we recognize and change the desire of our heart? What does healing of the heart then mean?

Jesus tell us to that to say… “we want the peace of God is nothing, but to mean these words is everything.” (Les. 185) How do we make this the true prayer of our heart?

Come explore with us this process of accepting the Atonement, the true meaning of Christmas, into our hearts as a real and practical healing experience in our daily lives, during this Christmas season and throughout the year.

Jesus says in Chapter Five… “I place the peace of God in your heart and in your hands, to hold and share. The heart is pure to hold it, and the hands are strong to give it. We cannot lose.”

All are welcome, both new and ongoing students of the Course!

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Facilitators:

There will be three presenters from the School for A Course in Miracles in Denver, including Lyn Corona and Tim Wise. Lyn has been studying and teaching the Course since the late 1970’s, and Tim since 1985. Both love the Course, continue to practice it daily, and collectively have taught hundreds of classes and done dozens of retreats and seminars on the Course over the years. You can see their bios at: https://www.schoolforacourseinmiracles.org/about/

We are pleased to announce that Whitney , an excellent presenter from the SFACIM, will be our third facilitator. Her bio can be seen also at the above link.

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The Program:

Each price per person will include:

• two group sessions a day on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and a final morning session on Sunday,
• all the meals ( Thurs. dinner through Sun. breakfast)
• lodging for three nights,
• one-on-one mentoring sessions if requested, and
• optional evening showings of films based on very moving stories.

 

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The Place:

We love the Franciscan Center in Colorado Springs for retreats, nestled in a lovely location in the foothills of the Rockies. The staff has been consistently great, accommodations wonderful, and the meals more than satisfactory. This will be our third retreat there in a year.

 

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Costs:

Cost includes entire program, room for four days/three nights, and all eight meals (Thursday supper thru Sunday breakfast):

  $375 per person for double room, and $455 for single room.

Commuter Rate: $238 (includes entire program and 5 meals: dinner Th,Fr,Sa & lunch Fr,Sa)

Registration: 

Last Day to register… Sunday, Nov. 13th

Please call Tim @ 720 391 9294 to see if there is still space….

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If you would like to talk one-on-one with one of the presenters during the retreat, you can pull them aside during a break and arrange to meet for a 15-20 minute session in the afternoon, during the after-lunch break, or evening after supper (on Friday or Saturday).

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Refund Policy:  Regretfully if a refund is given on a Paypal transaction, Paypal charges a 3% processing fee to you on the refund… Requests for full refunds can be made up to 30 days prior to retreat. Fifty percent refunds can be given for requests made 30 days to two weeks before the retreat. No refund can be given for less than two weeks notice (except for full refund due to Franciscan Center closing due to bad weather), since the registration and funds will be finalized with the Franciscan Center..

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Suggested Readings & Listenings Prior to Retreat:

1) Lessons # 161, 182, 303

2) Chap. 14, sec. IV & V on Atonement

3) Listening: “Sign of Christmas is a Star” and/or “Holy Christ is Born in me Today” 

4) Ken Wapnick 9 minute Youtube videos  on Christmas and New Year and Christmas

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All meetings and meditations are now in the Aspen Room.

All meals are in the Franciscan Center Cafeteria.

The Marian Hall kitchen area (on the Marian Hall ground floor) will be available for hanging out at anytime.

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Tentative Schedule

Thursday:

1:30-3:45 pm… Registration (Pick up your room key and sign in @ Registration Table in “Francis Place” Building in main hallway adjacent to Aspen Room )

2:30-3:45pm… During Check-ins: (Optional) lively, insightful 2001 video presentation in Aspen Room of  Ken Wapnick and Judy Skutch talking about Helen Schucman and Bill Thetford (with more than 100 photos of Helen, Bill, Ken, and Judy): 

4:00pm… Opening Meditation in Aspen Room

4:10-5:45pm… Orientation and First Session on basic Course metaphysics, with Whitney, in Aspen Room

6-7:00pm… Dinner

7:15-8:30pm… Healing of the Heart, with Tim and Lyn

8:45pm… Social time in Bonzel Room (bottom/ground floor of Marian Hall)

9:00pm- 7:00am…Quiet time on sleeping floors in Marian Hall and in bedrooms

 

Friday:

7:30-7:50am… Meditation (Les. 182) in Aspen Room

8:00-9:00am… Breakfast

9:30-10:30am… Looking at the “heart” of guilt, our belief in separation, with Tim

10:30am… Break

10:45am… The Christmas Lesson, #182, with Whitney

12:00-1:00pm… Lunch

1:15-2:15pm… Wapnick video, “Stop with the Baby Business!” in Aspen Room

2:15pm… Afternoon break

3:30pm… Prayer of the Heart: Shared Interests vs. Separate Interests, with Lyn

4:30pm… Break

4:45-5:45pm… Small group healing circles (with emphasis on sharing and listening, and not ‘fixing’) with the three facilitators as guides

6-7pm… Dinner

7:15pm-8:30pm… Continued video presentation of Thursday’s  DVD on Helen and Bill, in Bonzel Room, or socializing in Marian Hall Kitchen, or contemplative time

9pm-7am… Quiet time on sleeping floors in Marian Hall and in bedrooms

 

Saturday:

7:30-7:50am… Meditation (Les.303) in Aspen Room

8-9am… Breakfast

9:30…  On our resistance to the True Prayer of the Heart, with Whitney

10:30am… Break

10:45-11:45am…  “Choose your Jesus: Jesus, the Heart of the Course, or the Others”, with Tim 

12-1pm… Lunch

1:15-2:15pm… Wapnick video, on “Healing, Atonement, and Jesus”,  in Aspen Rm

2:15pm… Afternoon break

3:30pm… Meditation: Ch 14, sec.IX

3:35pm… The Message of Christmas: The Atonement, with Lyn

4:30pm… Break

4:45–5:45pm… Panel discussion of personal experiences with Jesus as our Brother and Guide

6-7…Dinner

7:15-9:15pm… Movie presentation of “It’s a Wonderful Life” in Bonzel, or socializing in Marian Hall Kitchen, or quiet time

9pm-7am… Quiet time in sleeping areas

 

Sunday:

7:30-7:50am… Meditation (Manual Epilogue) in Aspen

8-9am… Breakfast

9:30am… Review of Retreat Themes, with Whitney

11:00am… Break

11:15-11:45am… Final Session: “Retaining Peace: Manual #20

11:45-noon… Closing: Manual’s Epilogue

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Six Month Course Immersion Program Starts New Year’s Day 2017

Special Relationships Class

Four Wednesdays 10/12, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9;

7 – 8:30pm, with Whitney  @ RMMC, $80

What are special relationships as defined by the Course? Are they a “good thing?”

How do we change our relationships from special to holy ones?

What role does forgiveness play in this transformation?

Come explore the Course’s unique way of approaching all relationships through implementing Christ’s vision in our experience.

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To register click yellow “BuyNow” button below ( if no yellow button, click here):

 

 

(The above class is not recommended for folks brand new to the Course… it is for people who have been consistently working with the Course for at least 4-6 months… and who are familiar with Dr. Kenneth Wapnick and his chart on Course metaphysics. For questions and info call Tim at 720-391-9294.)

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Fundamentals of  ACIM:

Come join this 3 Wednesdays class on September 14, 21, 28… 7-8:30pm

Understanding the non-dual metaphysics of A Course in Miracles is essential in applying the workbook lessons that will change your mind and the way you see the world… We’ll discuss and answer the following questions:

• What is the Course in Miracles and what does it teach me about who I am?
• Who is the Jesus of the Course?
• What is a miracle? Can I heal?
• What is forgiveness and how does it work?
• What are special relationships and how do they help me undo the blocks to feeling separate and alone?
• Once I understand the basics, how do I continue my spiritual journey with the Course in Miracles?

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The purpose of offering this class is to present A Course in Miracles as a path to inner peace so that you can decide if it is the right one for you.

This is an ideal class for beginners and ongoing students who want to review Course fundamentals. All are welcome. Call 720-391-9294 for details.

 

Taught by Whitney , an excellent presenter from the School for ACIM.

 

Cost is $55 online (with credit card) before Sept.13th, and $60 (with cash or check) at door.

To register click yellow Buy Now button below:

(If no yellow button, click here)

We will visit Wisconsin to do a four day fall retreat on “Healing & Forgiveness.” It will take place at the beautiful Siena Retreat Center in Racine, on the banks of  Lake Michigan. We have been invited by our new friends at Light of Grace, a Miracle’s Center,  in Milwaukee, to come out and conduct a retreat. We are really excited about this opportunity to travel, meet them, and share in the Course’s teachings on healing and forgiveness.

The dates include the last weekend in September (Sept. 22nd – 25th, 2016.)

It will start on Thursday evening @ 7pm and run through noon on Sunday.

Tentative Retreat Schedule: scroll down to bottom of this page…

Check out the Siena Retreat Center at: http://www.racinedominicans.org/retreats.cfm

“Google Earth: Siena Center”

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The Topic: Healing & Forgiveness

What is the Course’s approach to healing? How is it different than our traditional ideas about healing? How is healing related to forgiveness? What is the process for healing our minds and returning home?

The program will include lectures, discussion, small group breakouts, meditations, videos, and more…

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Facilitators:

 

 

There will be three presenters from the School for A Course in Miracles in Denver, including Lyn Corona and Tim Wise. Lyn has been studying and teaching the Course since the late 1970’s, and Tim since 1985. Both love the Course, continue to practice it daily, and collectively have taught hundreds of classes and done dozens of retreats and seminars on the Course over the years. You can see their bios at: https://www.schoolforacourseinmiracles.org/about/

We are pleased to announce that Whitney , an excellent presenter from the SFACIM, will be our third facilitator. Her bio can be seen also at the above link.

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Cost  includes entire program, room for 4 days/3 nights, and all 7 meals (Fri. breakfast, lunch & dinner;  Sat. breakfast, lunch & dinner;   Sun. breakfast):

Each single room has one twin bed. Each double room has two twin beds. Each room has its own bathroom. There is an elevator available if you are assigned a second floor or third floor room. Rooms can only be locked from the inside. (There are no keys to lock your bedroom from the outside.)  You may of course choose to keep valuables on your person. We have been assured by many folks who have stayed there that the Siena Center is a very wonderful and safe place in a beautiful surrounding along the shore of Lake Michigan.

 

***Any questions call Tim @ 720-391-9294.***

 

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Commuters: 

No more commuter space available… ($198 included entire program and 4 meals: lunch and supper on Friday and Saturday)… call Tim @ 720-391-9294 for details.

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Refund Policy:  Regretfully if a refund is given on a Paypal transaction, Paypal charges a 3% processing fee to you on the refund. Requests for full refunds can be made up to 30 days prior to retreat. Fifty percent refunds can be given for requests made 30 days to two weeks before the retreat. No refund can be given for less than two weeks notice (except for full refund due to Siena Center closing due to bad weather), since the registration and funds will be finalized with Siena.

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In all of the School for A Course in Miracles classes, workshops, and retreats, we only use (and recommend getting) the second or third edition of  “A Course in Miracles” printing from 1992 (or newer)… specifically published by the Foundation for Inner Peace. It contains numbered paragraphs and sentences throughout the entire book for easy reference.

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Some Suggested Course Readings Prior to Retreat:

• Text, Chap.9, p.168, sec.IV… “Holy Spirit’s Plan of Forgiveness,” paragraphs: 2 to 8

• Text, Chap. 27, p. 584, sec.VII… “The Dreamer of the Dream,” par. 11 to 13

• Workbook Lesson # 136… p.257 “Sickness is a defense against the truth.” par. 1 to 7

• WB Lesson #91… p. 156 “Miracles are seen in light.” par. 3 to 7

• Workbook p.401… #1 “What is Forgiveness?” par. 1 to 5

• Manual p.17-18… #5 “How is Healing Accomplished?” sections I and II

• Psychotherapy Pamphlet… p.9, sec. IV “Process of Healing,” par.1-3;

• Psychotherapy Pamphlet… p.13, sec.VI “Definition of Healing,” par. 1-5

 

 

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Suggested  Ken Wapnick YouTube videos (ten minutes each) on the Course:

• “The Miracle” 
• “The Purpose of the World’s Dream”
• “The Secret Dream”
• “What Does it Mean to Join?”

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Tentative Retreat Schedule:

All Presentations, Morning Meditations, and Videos take place in the Birch Meeting Room…. All meals are in the Siena Center Cafeteria.

Thursday

4pm- 6:45pm… Check-in

5-6:30pm… (Optional, but highly recommended, if you can make it) Ken Wapnick video on “The Happy Dream of Forgiveness” in Birch Meeting Room during check-ins…  This video helps set the tone and foundation for the major retreat themes of Forgiveness & Healing.

7-8:45pm… Orientation & Introductions with Tim, Lyn, and Whitney… and Presentation on “Course Metaphysics” with Tim Wise in Birch Room.

9-10pm… Socializing in Birch Room

Friday

7:30 am… 20 minute meditation in Birch Mtg. Rm.

8:00am… Breakfast

9:30-10:30am… Chart review & questions with Tim and Lyn.

10:30am… Break

10:45-11:45am… Presentation on “Three Steps of Forgiveness” with Whitney 

12noon… Lunch

1:15-2:00pm… Recommended video on “How is Healing Accomplished?” in Mtg. Room. 

2-3pm… Free Time

3:00-4:00pm… “What is healing, What it isn’t” with Lyn Corona

4:00pm… Break

4:15-5:15pm… Small group breakouts

5:30pm … Dinner

6:45pm… (Optional) Fun, insightful, historical video interviews with Helen Schucman, Ken Wapnick, and Gloria Wapnick in Birch Room

8:15pm… Socializing in Mtg Rm.

Saturday

7:30am… 20 min. meditation in Mtg. Rm.

8:00am… Breakfast

9:30-10:30am… Questions, then Presentation on “Looking at Guilt…Why and How?” with Tim Wise

10:30am… Break

10:45-11:45am… Presentation on “Resistance” with Whitney 

12noon… Lunch

1:15-2:00pm… Recommended video on “Healing the Dream of Sickness, Part 2.”

2-3pm… Free Time

3:00-4:00pm… “Who is the Jesus of the Course?” with Lyn Corona.

4pm… Break

4:15-5:15pm… Panel discussion on personal experiences asking Jesus for help.

5:30pm… Dinner

6:45pm… (Optional) Movie in Birch Rm: “Invictus,” moving drama about Nelson Mandela and letting go of differences in apartheid South Africa, with Morgan Freeman.

9:00pm…Socializing In Birch

Sunday

7:30am… 20 min. meditation in Birch Rm.

8:00am… Breakfast

9-9:30am… Check out of rooms

9:30-10:30am… Review of Retreat Themes & Questions… with Whitney, Lyn, & Tim.

10:30am… Break

10:45-11:45am… “Message of Hope” with Lyn and Tim.

11:45am… Closing

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Quiet time (no talking please) on sleeping floors and in bedrooms from 9:30pm to 7am. The Birch Meeting Room is always available for hanging out anytime between sessions and video presentations, and after 9pm each evening till whenever… Thanks!

If you would like to talk one-on-one with one of the presenters, you can pull them aside during a break and arrange to meet for a 15-20 minute interaction in the afternoon after-lunch break or evening after supper (on Friday or Saturday).

Tues., Wed., Sept. 27-28, 2016

11:00am- 5:15pm Mountain Time

       Topic:  “Self-Interest vs. Shared Interests”

 The Foundation in Temecula, California is having a two day, live streamed workshop this September. It is also available for access online for up to ten days after the event.

(Click on the event title above for information and registration.)

The survival of the thought system of separation in our minds depends on our valuing our own interests above all else and valuing shared interests only when they appear to support our own interests, which in the end negates the “shared” aspect. When we dismiss the ego as our teacher and choose the Holy Spirit instead, we are gently shown the painful costs of following the path of separate interests, and, in contrast, the unending flow of peace that comes to us along the path of interests shared with everyone, reflecting our shared Identity as God’s Son. The path of shared interests thus becomes the path to our Home in the perfect Oneness of Love, which we never truly left. The teaching and discussion in these classes will center on this foundational teaching of A Course in Miracles.

(Registration for the streaming must be done before Sept. 21st.)

 

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New Journey thru Workbook Class in Colorado Springs!!

SIX WEEK SERIES ON COURSE BASICS

AT THE RMMC SUNDAY GATHERINGS

Understanding the fundamental principles of A Course in Miracles is essential for meaningful application. From July 31 through September 4, five Course teachers will present a series of six Sunday Gatherings (11:00am @ RMMC) covering basic Course principles including true forgiveness, healing the mind, and the need to look at guilt.

 

Week one (7/31)

Basic Metaphysics & the Chart– Tim Wise

 

 

 

 

 

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Week two (8/7)

The Three Steps of True Forgiveness– Lyn Corona

 

 

 

 

 

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Week three (8/14)

Healing the Mind– Susan Dugan

 

 

 

 

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Week four (8/21)

Guilt: What is it? Where is it? And why look at it? — Tim Wise

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  Week five (8/28)

 Jesus of the Course— Whitney 

 

 

 

 

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 Week six (9/4)

Seek Not to Change the Course— Lillian Paes

  

 

 

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Every presentation will offer Course teachings beneficial for beginners and on-going students alike. Attending the whole series is recommended for a comprehensive look at the Course’s essential teachings. However, each individual gathering will be insightful, practical, and helpful to all.

Donation basket is passed at end of each Gathering. Any donation is appreciated, and all donations go toward running the Rocky Mountain Miracle Center.

The Cheshire Cat said to Alice… “We’re all mad here. You wouldn’t be here if you weren’t.”

Ever think you have been doing the Course for a while but still feel like you’re just spinning your wheels? Same old forgiveness lessons keep rearing their ugly heads? What can we do then to reinvigorate our understanding and our process in the Course?

Sunday Workshop, August 14th, @ RMMC, 1-4pm

“Common Mistakes Course Students Make”

Suggested Donation: $30 online (with credit card), $35 at door (cash or check)

Come explore with us the common mistakes we all have made and still make in our learning and experiencing A Course In Miracles. Let’s look honestly at what might be impeding our progress. We will cover such topics as level confusion, hearing the Holy Spirit’s voice, and skipping steps in our forgiveness process.

Click yellow “Buy Now” button below to register (If you don’t see button, click here) :

The above workshop is not recommended for folks brand new to the Course… please consider  taking the Fundamentals class in September instead… Thanks!

 

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Next “Journey Through The Text” Class … Sunday, August 21st @ 5pm @ Montview Manor 1663 Steele St., Denver, 80206

(Also recommended that new folks just approaching the Course for the first time, take the Fundamentals Class, before attending the Journey class…)

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Christmas “Healing of The Heart Retreat,” Dec. 1st-4th, 2016.

Sorry… No Longer Available…

Please click here for current info

 

New “Journey through the Workbook” Meeting

In Colorado Springs…

9:30am – 10:45am:

Every Saturday morning the group travels through the Kenneth Wapnick series on A Course in Miracles Workbook called “Journey through the Workbook,” beginning with Volume One. It is recommended that you eventually obtain your own set of Journey Through the Workbook, but  please first come, visit, and see if this class is for you. The meeting process is to read one paragraph at a time, and then give each participant a chance to ask questions or comment.

All are welcome, both new and ongoing students of the Course.

Library 21C, Room B2, 1175 Chapel Hills Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80920

(Exit 150 off I 25, go SE on Academy Blvd, left on Jamboree, left on Chapel Hills)

Contact info: Linda 952-715-0063,   linda.german@yahoo.com

Please call Linda to check on meeting status and potential change in meeting room #, thanks.

(Please note: we use the Foundation for Inner Peace version of ACIM published from 1992 on. This includes the second and third editions. It has numbered paragraphs and sentences for easy reference.)

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Also Weekly Thursday Morning Meeting on the Course’s Text, @ 9:30am in Monument, Colorado, at Serrano’s Coffee Shop (call Diana @ 303-319-2869 for info)