Reach Higher
Connect Deeper
Remember Who You Truly Are
This is the theme for Our first annual members retreat Saturday, Nov. 13th 8am-6pm EST.
Live on Zoom and FREE to all on our Sacred Awakenings Member Community private network
Several community members will offer a variety of practices throughout the day to support your connection and exploration ~ meditations, ceremony, guided activations, teachings, energy practices and yoga. This is grounded in our foundational pillar of Practice with authentic community facilitators who share from their own experiences and years of spiritual focus.
Look for more details to come and the full schedule posted on the Sacred Awakenings Member Community network. If you’re interested and haven’t joined our private member network yet, sign up at sacredawakenings.org/membership
Explore the Service of Volunteering
As a truly collaborative spiritual organization, we are co-created by community sharing and volunteering. All input and offerings of our members are valued. Here are some of the ways you can contribute:
- Share your experiences, ideas, creations and inspirations on our social media pages or the Sacred Awakenings Members Network
- Guest host for Fellowship and Discussion times during our Sunday Gathering or by welcoming the speaker, musicians and/or the opening prayer
- Sharing a prayer or poem to add to the Sunday Gathering Service
- Join one of the Leadership Council Committees ~ Membership, Education, Development (help us look for grant funding!)
- If you know someone who would be uplifted by an offering from Sacred Awakenings, let them know about us by sharing the Sacred Awakenings Podcast page or sharing one of our social media posts.
- Give us your testimonials on how Sacred Awakenings has touched your life or your ideas on what you would like to see in this community.
Have other ideas for how you can get involved? Email Rev. Nicole and let us know. We’re here to help.
November Sunday Gatherings
Native American Heritage Month
In celebration of Native American Heritage and History, Sacred Awakenings welcomes the following speakers to share their messages with us.
- 11/7: Dr. Garry Smith
- 11/14: Dr. Guldal Caba
- 11/21: Iggy Garcia
11/28: Deb “Eagle Cloud” Ayres (Thanksgiving weekend. Sacred Talk only; no Live Sunday Gathering)
| Member Contribution Spotlight A Reflection Shared by Dr. Garry Smith | |
| “I have spent a lot of my adult life waiting for the fates to open the door, waiting to become my Golden Self; that ideal person that I see inside myself. Realizing now that I can’t -become- him! I must be him NOW! As ideal as I can be NOW! The process of becoming is all future tense, which allows doubt and fear and non-acceptance a foothold. Therefore, it has to be NOW, whatever portion of that Ideal self that I can bring forth and manifest in the present moment. I HAVE to satisfy my self with that! In a sense, I can never become anything, except be that which I am now.” Sacred Awakenings welcomes you to share your contributions by responding to this newsletter or by touching base with members of our staff in the online Member Network. |  |
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| November Interfaith Holidays and Celebrations 10/31-11/1 – Pagan: Samhain – festival celebrating the end of the harvest season and beginning of the dark period of the year 11/1 – Christian: All Saints Day – also known as the Day of the Dead or Día de los Muertos, it commemorates saints who have attained heaven 11/4 – Hindu: Diwali – a five-day festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains. Involves several different festivals honoring different gods, goddesses, harvests, new year celebrations, and more. 11/5 – Jain: New Year – This holiday follows the Diwali festival, as Jains celebrate the new year on the first day following the month of Kartika. 11/28 evening to 12/6 – Jewish: Hanukkah – eight-day celebration honoring the victory of the Jews over the Syrian Greeks, ending an era of religious persecution |
