Meditation at 10 a.m.
Service at 10:30 AM
Followed by Fellowship in our Social Hall
What does it take to live a truly fulfilling life? Dr. Norm Dawson — TEDx speaker, wellness expert, and fellow Science of Mind believer — spent 25 years in complete silence before cochlear implants restored his hearing. Through that journey, he discovered that belief, commitment, and discipline aren't just motivational buzzwords. They're the architecture of a meaningful life. He's eager to share what he's learned with you.
Dr. Norm's journey in personal growth spans over 50 years, shaped by Science of Mind, A Course in Miracles, and Dale Carnegie, to name a few— each offering a distinct lens on life, forgiveness, and human connection. A Distinguished Toastmaster of nearly 40 years, he brings that same commitment to growth into everything he does.
After 25 years of complete deafness, Dr. Norm had his hearing restored through cochlear implant technology — an experience that deepened his belief in the power of science, resilience, and never giving up on yourself. It also ignited a passion that now drives his professional speaking on reducing the risks of dementia and Alzheimer's, where hearing loss is one of the leading modifiable risk factors.
A retired chiropractor, he and wife, Barbara, have built a direct-sales wellness business together for nearly 30 years. A proud 63-year Albuquerque resident, he's been married to the same woman for 46 of those years — and together they've raised four children.
Susan Clark is RGCSL's Director of Musical Inspiration. A hard-working musician and talented songwriter, she inspires and motivates congregants to dive deeper into spirituality each time she performs. Outside of RGCSL, she shares her talents with Alzheimer's patients and veterans. Susan has received numerous awards and collaborations with New Thought performers. She has produced several CDs, including "Sunlight of The Soul," which contains many of her spiritual songs, specifically crafted with the New Thought community in mind.
For more information about Susan, go to
Kent Pittsenbargar
I have had the great fortune of performing with some of the very best local musicians for over 50 years. The great fortune for me came 31 years ago, when I received the strongest knowing to get my will and my ego out of the way before I begin playing music. By doing that, Spirit flows through me to the audience. When the audience starts to feel it, they send it back, and that creates the back and forth of God's harmonious, Healing Love!! I am grateful to be a member here at RGCSL and to support Susan Clark in the Music Team.
Last Week's Affirmation from Rev Go
Announcements
Transition Photos
We want to do a slide show on the transition to our new home. We have some photos but could use more of the empty space, the move in, construction, etc. If you have any photos you can share, please send them to suzanneklump@gmail.com. Thank you!
Sunday Potluck Alert!
Calling all food lovers and kitchen magicians! Every Sunday, we turn mealtime into a community feast — and you’re invited to bring a dish to share! Whether it's Grandma’s secret casserole, your go-to salad, or store-bought (no judgment!), we’d love for you to join the fun. Come hungry, leave happy, and let’s make Sundays the tastiest day of the week!
Carol Ann will be providing materials for labeling your generous donations. We prefer not to trigger any allergic reactions! Please label your dishes.
When: Sundays after 10:30 service
What to Bring: A dish to share + your appetite!
Liz Hamilton is the April RGCSL Volunteer of the Month
We are thrilled to announce that Liz Hamilton has been selected as our Volunteer of the Month! 🎉
Her dedication, compassion, and tireless efforts to make sure the bookstore continued once Gilbert left have made a remarkable impact on our community. Thank you, Liz, for going the extra mile. You truly embody the spirit of service, Despite the constraints of much smaller accommodations, she, along with Practitioner and designer extraordinaire, Laura Snapp, has created a beautiful and inviting space. Make sure to stop in and say "hello," and while you are there, be sure to thank her for stepping up so graciously.
RGCSL Healing Circle
Susan Solari will offer healing services this Sunday by appointment (call 510-225-5305 before Sunday). She has 35 years of practice as a Structural Integrationist and Massage Therapist. She offers the unique Interactive Neuro Stimulator (INS) for acute or chronic pain, tense muscles and/or nerve pain. She works with tuning forks which open up meridians. This gentle modality is called acutonics.
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"Where Time Rests" watercolor by Tamara Williams
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"Transformation Angel" by Susan Solari
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Do you Have News for Our Community?
If so, then please email your *short* article about RGCSL classes, group meetings and news that affect our community to announcements@rgcsl.org by Tuesday at 6 pm for inclusion in Thursday's bulletin. The newsletter team will respond to your request with a confirmation email or comments. Thanks!
Outreach Committee Announcement
The Outreach Committee is happy to report that plans for our OPEN HOUSE on Saturday May 2, 11 am to 4 pm are underway. This is our chance to show who we are and invite the larger community to learn about us.
There will be FOOD, MUSIC, and an ART SHOW showcasing the talents of community members. If you make art, please contact Sue Klump if you’re interested in submitting your work. She can tell you all about it.
There will also be FUN, FROLICKING, and SURPRISES!
To make this event a huge success (think hundreds of folks coming through our doors), we need your help.
- If you have a mailing list or are active on any social media platform, consider using them to spread the word to your family, friends, and clients. We will provide text and images.
- Volunteer to help. The outreach committee has broken into subgroups to plan this important event.
Karen Ford heads the art show (310-776-0274)
Brian Kurtz is in charge of food (505-541-0265)
Robyn Rice Olmstead will find us music (818-300-3911)
Carol March is working on print/online/flyers for publicity, with an able group of
helpers (505-235-9753)
Tamara Williams (505-239-7111) is designing decorations with the enthusiastic
support of Sherry Noone
If you would like to assist, or have ideas for any of these functions, please contact the
team leaders. We need everyone’s creativity and support to create a resounding kickoff for our new vision of how RGCSL will flourish as we move forward.
Important links for those who want to be in the show:
Monthly Theme: Practicing of Becoming
CSL Weekly Affirmation: Today, I show up authentically, open to love and transformation.
Spirit Bound Bookstore (The Quantum Portal) & Gift Shop News
We are morphing into something new and it is still in process. Check back for updates about our relaunching/rebranding of the bookstore. In the meantime, be sure to check out our new space.
10% off for all April birthdays and first timers.
Notice the bookshelf of free used books. We are collecting love donations for a soon-to-be neighborhood library and mini-pantry, as we extend the power of love in action into our new neighborhood.
Reminder: If you have a gift certificate from becoming a partner, you only have a few more weeks to redeem it. Please redeem your gift certificate no later than Sunday, March 29th.
Solid Grounds Announcements
Come Help out!
Solid Grounds is always looking for volunteers to help with the fun on Friday nights. If you would like to be one of the many sets of hands that help bring this awesomeness to life each week, please contact Robyn (818-300-3911 or rcrice1@aol.com).
Solid Grounds
Solid Grounds welcomes all to enjoy snacks and music free of charge! Love donations are encouraged and gratefully accepted.
For more information and to check out upcoming performances, please visit the
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April 10, 2026 - Rahim Quazi
For positive vibes, lyrics that matter and melodies that haunt yet leave you hopeful, look no further. Rahim Quazi will perform solo, with his trio or full band. You will hear piano and guitar and lots of interactions. Musically, Rahim is firmly lodged within a classic sense of song crafting. He writes and performs on piano, guitar and feels the more harmony, the better! His endearing influences are The Beatles, ELO, Dean Martin, Elton John, and Cole Porter. Rahim isn’t merely retreading the ground covered by his influences; his music is earnest and often austere, even as it holds your heart firmly in its grip and gently strums your heartstrings.
His hope is to reach each listener and awaken or remind them that we are complex, growing and loving creatures in this journey together. Rahim is on the cusp of releasing his 4th solo album. The last one, Ghost Hunting, released in 2015, was on the ballot for two Grammys: Best American Roots and Best Engineered.
Now, Rahim spends his time writing, recording and gardening. To him, every flower is a song and every garden an album. “It’s all the same creative energy of using what’s all around us to create hope and beauty.”
Hear Rahim Quazi on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music and Pandora. Just search Rahim Quazi.
http://www.rahimquazi.com
https://youtu.be/Vfiu13nMta4?si=ZFOkK9W9GOab6J8H
April 17, 2026 - Acoustic Gap
Acoustic Gap is a trio of three very accomplished musicians. Based in the northern New Mexico area, they have been delighting audiences with their refreshing, quiet yet powerful sound. With Randy McSpadden and Cindi Cone as the heart of the group, they are joined by Susan Holmes on bass. Each band member has had a long career in his/her own right before forming this band in 2024. All three contribute expressive vocal work, and together they mesh perfectly on a variety of musical styles – a heavy dose of Swing and Western swing, with elements of jazz, Americana and bluegrass. Their 3-part harmonies will put goosebumps on your arms, and their excellent musicianship will inspire and amaze you.
Acoustic Gap is:
Randy McSpadden on guitar and vocals – Randy grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he started his lifelong quest of the guitar at the age of 6. Since he was a teenager he has played in bands too numerous to mention, in Oklahoma and Colorado, also having been a studio musician in LA and Philly. Residing in Denver, Colorado from 2011 thru 2024, he has free-lanced in both the bluegrass/ acoustic music scene as well as the vibrant jazz scene on the Front Range. In addition to performing, he teaches intermediate and advanced level guitar students privately & provides band coaching.
Cindi Cone on fiddle and vocals –Born and raised in Connecticut, and spending the bulk of her adult life in Colorado, Cindi has played in many bands over the years and has done lead and backup vocal work in Nashville studios. She is a former Rockygrass fiddle contest winner and holds an Associate’s Degree in bluegrass/country music from South Plains College in Levelland, TX.
Susan Holmes on bass and vocals - Bassist/songwriter/producer Susan Holmes has been a valued member of the musical family along the Santa Fe-Albuquerque corridor for years, laying down solid lines and rhythms for everyone from Bill and Bonnie Hearne to the Santa Fe All-Stars, Redd Volkaert, David Berkeley, the Alpha Cats, Rosie Flores, Shannon McNally, Eliza Gilkyson, Max Gomez, Boris McCutcheon and more.
https://youtu.be/Rmra-EOl8Nc?si=iPAkirdBMrhE8pwU
April 17, 2026 - Acoustic Gap
Acoustic Gap is a trio of three very accomplished musicians. Based in the northern New Mexico area, they have been delighting audiences with their refreshing, quiet yet powerful sound. With Randy McSpadden and Cindi Cone as the heart of the group, they are joined by Susan Holmes on bass. Each band member has had a long career in his/her own right before forming this band in 2024. All three contribute expressive vocal work, and together they mesh perfectly on a variety of musical styles – a heavy dose of Swing and Western swing, with elements of jazz, Americana and bluegrass. Their 3-part harmonies will put goosebumps on your arms, and their excellent musicianship will inspire and amaze you.
Acoustic Gap is:
Randy McSpadden on guitar and vocals – Randy grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he started his lifelong quest of the guitar at the age of 6. Since he was a teenager he has played in bands too numerous to mention, in Oklahoma and Colorado, also having been a studio musician in LA and Philly. Residing in Denver, Colorado from 2011 thru 2024, he has free-lanced in both the bluegrass/ acoustic music scene as well as the vibrant jazz scene on the Front Range. In addition to performing, he teaches intermediate and advanced level guitar students privately & provides band coaching.
Cindi Cone on fiddle and vocals –Born and raised in Connecticut, and spending the bulk of her adult life in Colorado, Cindi has played in many bands over the years and has done lead and backup vocal work in Nashville studios. She is a former Rockygrass fiddle contest winner and holds an Associate’s Degree in bluegrass/country music from South Plains College in Levelland, TX.
Susan Holmes on bass and vocals - Bassist/songwriter/producer Susan Holmes has been a valued member of the musical family along the Santa Fe-Albuquerque corridor for years, laying down solid lines and rhythms for everyone from Bill and Bonnie Hearne to the Santa Fe All-Stars, Redd Volkaert, David Berkeley, the Alpha Cats, Rosie Flores, Shannon McNally, Eliza Gilkyson, Max Gomez, Boris McCutcheon and more.
https://youtu.be/Rmra-EOl8Nc?si=iPAkirdBMrhE8pwU
Upcoming Classes
Book Study: The Way of Mastery
For those of you who may have attended the Sunday meeting of Way of Mastery with Rev Geo (or not, but are interested), he has kindly provided us with information about his online The Way of Mastery: The Early Years. It is a zoom class, and the details can be found by clicking here.
Join us in Reno, April 7–10, 2026 for the
2026 Spiritual Living Convention
The 2026 Spiritual Living Convention is bringing love and oneness to Reno, Nevada, when we gather Together in Joy: Honoring. Connecting. Growing. Join us for our in-person gathering as we honor the past, connect our vision, and grow into our future. This will be a convention like no other.
Information is available at: https://csl.org/slc-reno-2026/ .
Compassion Ministries
Prayer Support
Prayer Support
Compassion Ministries (CM) is an in-reach Ministry that is about unconditional positive regard for the spiritual health and well-being of our congregants in time of struggle, despair, grief, or at a time when there is a temporary need for a supportive lending hand. We are looking for more volunteers for this program. If you have a gift that you wish to share with our congregants, please let us know what you'd like to contribute when a need arises. For further information contact Susan Solari 510-225-5305.
We are blessed to have numerous Licensed Practitioners, and they are ready to respond to your prayer requests or to schedule a counseling/prayer session. You may also submit an online prayer request. May your strength of faith provide peace to your heart and to your mind.
For guidelines on respectful communication, please see: Respectful Communication | Rio Grande Center for Spiritual Living
From Home Office
Prayers/Treatments
Divine Joy
April 18, 2026Treatment for People with Broken Hearts
April 17, 2026Upliftment for Our Country
April 16, 2026Clouds and Sunshine
April 15, 2026
Join us!
When
Meditation Sundays at 10:00; service at 10:30 a.m.
Where
2404 San Mateo Pl NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
Call
(505) 224-9405
Monday - Thursday 10am - 3pm
Next Board Meeting is Sunday, November 30 at 12:15ish (after service and social hall) on Zoom and in person: RGCSL Board Meeting: Please note that time and date may vary depending on Trustees' schedules and availability. To attend any board meeting, please text Board President Sheryl Rae at (505) 918-8749. Journey of One, Every Other Sunday in person in the Sanctuary Journey of One: Join Dr. Michele Coleman in the exploration to express the oneness that we are. Held at noon(ish) every other week in the sanctuary on Sundays. Next one will be this Sunday, December 5th after fellowship in the social hall. Tuesdays, 9 a.m. In Person -- POSTED UNTIL MARCH 2026 QiGong: Join us for this moving meditation with YouTube videos in the sanctuary — a perfect way to begin your day! If you have questions, please contact Sherry Noone at 908-486-4442. Access the Real You Wednesday 6:30 - 8 p.m. on Zoom Access the Real You life check-in call: Every Wednesday night call 6:30-8m MDT - now EVERY Wednesday night! Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/ Thursdays, 6:00-7:30 p.m. In-person AND On Zoom A Course in Miracles Group: Join Nancy Bowers at the Center or on Zoom. Everyone is welcome. No prior experience necessary. This class is done on a love-offering basis. Launch Meeting - Zoom Meeting ID: 849 8672 4452 Passcode: 536144 Fridays from 6:30 p.m..-9:00 p.m. Solid Grounds Music Cafe Come and enjoy a wonderful evening of music and community this Friday! Doors open at 6:30, show is at 7 p.m. Solid Grounds welcomes all to enjoy snacks and music free of charge! Love donations are encouraged and gratefully accepted. |
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