Annual Theme and Monthly Topics

January 2013 -Affirmative Prayer

Jan 6^th:  Answered Prayers

Jan 13^th Guest Speaker (Joel Fotinos):  Pray This Way

Jan 20^th:  The Prayer of Marcus Aurelius

Jan 27^th:  Spiritual Mind Treatment

RECOMMENDED READING: Multiply Your Blessings, August Gold & Joel Fotinos

Affirmation: “I am a center in the Divine Mind, a point of God-conscious life, truth and action.  My affairs are divinely guided and guarded into right action, into correct results.  Everything I do, say or think, is stimulated by the Truth.”  (SOM, pp 56)

Giving Affirmation: Everything I give to others is a gift to myself.  As I give, I receive.  I give freely, generously and with an open heart and mind knowing it is part of my spiritual practice, and it is returned to me abundantly.

February 2013 - A New Way of Fasting

Feb 3^rd:  I Release & I Let Go

Feb 10^th:  Just Say No to Negative Thoughts

Feb 17^th:  Just Say No to Negative People

Feb 24^th:  Just Say No to Negative Experience

RECOMMENDED READING: Patience - The Art of Peaceful Living, Allan Lokos

Affirmation: “I now let go of everything and enter into the consciousness of that which we believe: The Spirit within each one of us is God, and It is perfect, It is love.  It is limitless and perfect and complete and whole.  It knows no lack and no limitation.”  (SOM, adapted, pp. 561)

Giving Affirmation: From my oneness with Spirit, I give this gift in joy.  I demonstrate circulation in my life, and I live and give from well-being.  I bless this gift as it moves into the world, returning to me as greater abundance in every aspect of my life.

March 2013 - Meditation

Mar 3^rd:  I Am Listening

Mar 10^th Guest Speaker (Rev. Susan Overland): I Am Peace

Mar 17^th:  I Am Love

Mar 24^th:  I Am Prosperous

Mar 31^st:  God and I are ONE (Easter Sunday)

RECOMMENDED READING: A Path With Heart - A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life, Jack Kornfield

Affirmation: “My peace is found at the heart of God.  The heart of God, for me, is found at the very center of my being.”  (SOM, pp 558)

Giving Affirmation: I send forth my gift with great love and joy for all of the blessings that I have received. As God is the Source of my supply, I say yes to ever-expanding good.  I offer my gift in complete faith remembering that as I give, I also receive. And so it is!

April 2013 –Forgiveness

Apr 7^th:  Forgive & Forget
Apr 14^th: I Forgive Myself
Apr 21^st:  I Forgive You
Apr 28^th:  I Forgive Life

RECOMMENDED READING: Unconditional Forgiveness - A Simple and Proven Method to Forgive Everyone and Everything, Mary Hayes Grieco

Affirmation: “I desire to be loved, therefore, I allow myself to love greatly, to feel warmly inclined toward people.  I give as I wish to receive.” (SOM, adapted, pp 557)

Giving Affirmation: Divine love through me blesses and multiplies all that I give and all that I receive.  Spirit flows in loving ways so that freely I give and freely I receive.

May 2013 - Gratitude

May 5^th:  Thank God I’m Alive

May 12^th Guest Speaker (Rev. Susan Overland): Thank God I’m Well

May 19^th: Thank God I’m Rich

May 26^th:  Thank God I’m Loved

RECOMMENDED READING: 365 Thank Yous - A Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My Life, John Kralik

Affirmation: “There is Something within me which goes before me and prepares the way, making perfect the way, making immediate and instant, and permanent and harmonious, every situation. The Living Spirit within me, is me.”  (SOM, adapted, pp 556)

Giving Affirmation: I give with the absolute certainty that I cannot out-give the generous Source of all good. Everything passes from God as me, to God as you.Blessed by the multiplying of this gift, I am free from all lack.Grateful to be one with wisdom and truth, I know this is so, and so it is.

June 2013 - Journaling

Jun 2^nd Guest Speaker (Rev. Harriet Hawkins):  The Mystic Journey

Jun 9^th:  The Monastic Path

Jun 16^th:  The Way of the Shaman

Jun 23^rd:  The Warrior Road

Jun 30^th:  Walking the Sacred Path

RECOMMENDED READING: Writing As A Sacred Path - A Practical Guide to Writing With Passion and Purpose, Jill Jepson

Affirmation: “The doorway is open before me.  I am continually meeting new and larger experiences.  Every day brings some greater good.  Every day brings more blessings and greater self-expression.”  Ernest Holmes

Giving Affirmation: The more I give the more that is returned to me:  Love, Compassion, Money, everything.  I am a magnificent being with an abundance to give and I surrender my heart to the Universe.

July 2013 - Service

Jul 7^th:  Service to Your Country

Jul 14^th:  Service to Your World

Jul 21^st:  Service to Your Family

Jul 28^th:  Service to God

RECOMMENDED READING: Invisible Acts of Power - Channeling Grace in Your Everyday Life, Caroline Myss

Affirmation: “Today I go forth in joy, knowing that everyone is my friend, knowing that I am a friend to all people.  I believe that Divine Love protects me and Divine Intelligence guides me.  It is my sincere desire to share everything I have with others and to expect for them the greatest good which I hope for myself.”  Ernest Holmes

Giving Affirmation: My soul dances in the sunshine of Spirit's lasting, living, giving love.  All barriers to giving and receiving are easily removed when I remember who I am and - more importantly - who is my Source in all things.

August 2013 - Chanting

4^th:  Pour Yourself in Me

11^th: All is Well

18^th:  Om Mani Padme Hum

25^th:  Om Shanti Om

RECOMMENDED READING: Mantra Meditation - Change Your karma with the Power of Sacred Sound, Thomas Ashley-Farrand

Affirmation:  “Within me is fullness of Life.  Within me is Joy everlasting.  Within me is Peace, Peace, Peace.”  (Based on a meditation by Ernest Holmes.)

Giving Affirmation: Every day I attract great things to me and, in so doing, I am able to give freely because I have so much.  I deserve all great things coming to me and circulation is a vibrant, thriving part of my spiritual practice.

September 2013 – Creative Expression

Sep 1^st:  Step One:  Ask
Sep 8^th:  Step Two:  Prepare
Sep 15^th:  Step Three:  Discover
Sep 22^nd:  Step Four:  Ignite
Sep 29^th:  Step Five:  Launch

RECOMMENDED READING: Disciplined Dreaming:  A proven system to breakthrough creativity, Josh Linkner

Affirmation: “Today I seek the Divine pattern at the center of my own being.  Affirming its reality, I permit its essence to flow through me.  Claiming it as my very own, I embrace it.”  Ernest Holmes

Giving Affirmation: I am free to accept my blessings and to share them with others.  I see myself as a giver, a channel of goodness in this world.  As I give, I expand my capacity for living and loving and learning.

October 2013 –Giving – Sewing Seeds of Greatness

Oct 6^th:  As you Give…

Oct 13^th:  What Do I Have to Give?

Oct 20^th:  How Much Should I Give?

Oct 27^th:  When to Stop Giving

RECOMMENDED READING: The Power of Giving, Azim Jamal & Harvey McKinnon

Affirmation: “Divine Abundance is forever manifesting Itself in my affairs.  I desire to do only that which is good and constructive, life-giving and life-expressing.  Therefore I know that I shall prosper in everything I do.  I know that I exist in limitless possibility.  This I expect, and this I accept.”  Ernest Holmes

Giving Affirmation: I am determined to fulfill to my highest vision of serving others.  Giving opens the way for greater blessings to come into my life.

November 2013 - Silence

Nov 3^rd:  Silence & Stillness

Nov 10^th:  Who You Truly Are

Nov 17^th:  Acceptance & Surrender

Nov 24^th:  Suffering and the End of Suffering

RECOMMENDED READING: Stillness Speaks, Eckhart Tolle

Affirmation: “My Inner Guide keeps me on the Pathway of Life and directs me at all times to that which is right and best.  I shall never be without this witness of the Spirit, for I believe in It and accept It as the Great Companion of the Soul.”  (SOM, pp 541)

Giving Affirmation: The more joy I share, the more joy is coming to me.  The more love I share, the more love is coming to me.  The more peace I share, the more peace is coming to me.  The more abundance I share, the more abundance is coming to me.  As I give, I receive. As I radiate, I attract.

December 2013 - Hospitality

Dec 1^st:  Discovering God’s Presence in Others—even your enemies

Dec 8^th:  Welcoming God’s Acceptance of You

Dec 15^th:  Transforming Strangers Into Guests & Friends

Dec 22^nd:  Overcoming Dividing Lines Through Compassion

Dec 29^th:  Strengthening Family & Community Bonds Through Openness

RECOMMENDED READING: Hospitality-The Sacred Art: Discovering the Hidden Spiritual Power of Invitation and Welcome, Rev. Nanette Sawyer

Affirmation: “Today I bestow the essence of love upon everything.  Everyone I meet shall be lovely to me.  My soul meets the soul of the Universe in everyone.  This love is a healing power touching everything into wholeness.”  Ernest Holmes

Giving Affirmation: My life is filled with many wonderful people who bring me gifts of joy and happiness.  I spread the blessings of the season for I am a shining star to all who see me, a beacon of hope and peace and prosperity in our world today and the year ahead!