Meditation at 10 a.m.
Service at 10:30 AM
Followed by Fellowship in our Social Hour
Hear real life stories of transformation and seeing with new eyes. A Course in Miracles reminds us, "I could see peace instead of this." Our opportunity is to reframe everything from a higher awareness and change our every experience.
Charley Thweatt is both the guest speaker and musician
Charley Thweatt is both the guest speaker and musicianCharley has a talent for turning any room of people into a connected family. As a young man he took a huge leap of faith from his budding architecture career into the touring life of a full time spiritual troubadour and speaker. Since 1981 Charley has inspired tens of thousands of people in 15 countries on 6 continents with his talks, concerts, workshops, and spiritual Italy tours.
He has also been the musical opener for such luminaries as Wayne Dyer, Marianne Williamson, Deepak Chopra, Ram Dass, Tony Robbins, and Louise Hay. Charley has 18 life-changing music albums and has appeared on national television and radio.
Last Week's Affirmation from Rev. GO
Announcements
Celebrating Rev. Gil's Ordination
We are planning a celebration of Gil's Ordination. More details will be coming soon. In the meantime, if you would like to contribute to supporting that place click the link below and specify other, noting what that other is. Thank you!!!
Volunteers Needed
Ready to Volunteer? Go see Carol Ann! There are lots of places to volunteer at Rio Grande. You have a special gift just waiting to be discovered in one or more of those places. Call Carol Ann at 505-980-5825 to see where you can volunteer!
Here are some of the volunteer opportunities where you could lend a hand so that we are all contributing and none of us are overtaxed:
- Cleaning up the Social Hall after service - 4 people rotating one Sunday a month (and thank you to all who have just been pitching in!)
- Cleaning the Center - this is one of our most pressing needs; 2 people needed each Saturday (ideally, we'd like a team of 8 people we could rotate
- Newsletter -- sign up to be one of the proofreaders and get an advance sneak peak into what's happening at the center
- Website -- someone who can coordinate all the pieces and help pull them all together (we've already paid to have it build but poor Tamara has been herding cats trying to pull this together for the last year!)
- Marketing -- help get the word out about all the awesome events going one (Solid Grounds, workshops, classes)
- The Space Committee is still looking for volunteers (see Lou Cimalore)
- Greeters
- Announcements
- Where does your heart feel called to be of service???
Also, let us know when someone is sick and in need of extra TLC so that we can send out a Get-Well card or arrange support through our Compassion Ministries team.
Carol Ann is available with her clipboard after service to help with sign-ups (and if you'd like to get a birthday card, make sure she has your B-day info (disclosing the year is optional).
RGCSL Healing Circle
Brian Kurtz will offer healing services this Sunday. Brian’s Healed by Spirit modality has evolved over 40 years of practice and has proven effective 95% of the time on virtually any condition you can imagine. Brian is “batting 1000” on rheumatoid arthritis, and his clients see noticeable improvement in a variety of conditions.
Because Spirit is doing the work, what look like miracles become available.
Compassion Ministries
Prayer Support
Prayer Support
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
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!
Monthly Theme: In Living Color
Affirmation of the Week: I love who I am, trusting my higher self to guide me in every step.
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 hand that help bring this awesomeness to life each week, please contact Robyn (818-300-3911 or rcrice1@aol.com).
Kacey and Jenna Thunborg and Cowboy Poet, Jack George: June 6, 2025
Kacey and Jenna Thunborg are 19-year-old twins who live in Sandia Park. Kacey received her first guitar at the age of six and quickly began taking lessons with award-winning instrumentalist, Mariam Funke, of the group The Cowboy Way. Jenna soon joined in. And so their musical journey began. Jenna is the main vocalist (and yodeler) while Kacey provides harmonies and instrumentals. In their short career, they have been fortunate to take part in many musical adventures. Both have written and recorded their own original songs. They released in 2024 their second CD with their original song, “Confessions of a Ghost Town”. Confessions of a Ghost Town - written & performed by Jenna & Kacey Thunborg, IWMA November 15, 2024 In 2021, they received the International Western Music Association (IWMA) Liz Masterson Crescendo Award. The award is given to a group or individual who are/is new to the international Western scene and has made considerable advances artistically and/or commercially during the eligibility period. The Academy of Western Artists awarded Kacey and co-writer Jim Jones the 2021 "Western Music Song” of the year. “In the Moment” was recorded by Jim, Kacey and Jenna. In 2019 and 2017, they won the IWMA “Youth Harmony Duo of the Year”.
Jack George is 15 years old, and lives in Quemado, New Mexico, a very small ranching community where everyone knows each other. He was named after his grandfather, who was a horse trader and cowboy, and has grown up ranching, rodeoing and hunting. His parents grew up training horses, rodeoing, and hunting, and he was 18 months old when he participated in his first rodeo. You could say that the cowboy lifestyle is in his blood.Jack said his first cowboy poem in kindergarten for the school declamation. Many of the poems he performs are poems that his grandfather loved and said when he was working with his horses. He says, "I look forward to building on this skill as I grow and mature, and to carrying on the cowboy heritage for future generations."
June 13, 2025: Join Us for Our One year celebration of Solid Grounds. Rodney Bowe Trio with special guest Rev. Amani Malakai
Rodney Bowe has been a popular, working, New Mexico-based professional bassist, vocalist and band leader for over 40 years. He studied jazz bass at Eastern New Mexico University and the University of New Mexico and has studied with Ray Brown, Abraham Laboriel, and Gary Willis. Bowe recently performed with the nationally acclaimed Ron McCurdy Langston Hughes Project.
Groovàge by Rodney Bowe on Apple Music
Rev. Amani Malaika is a modern mystic and ordained minister with Centers for Spiritual Living and currently serves as the Senior Minister at the Albuquerque Center for Spiritual Living in New Mexico. In 2007 Rev. Amani joined the Albuquerque CSL community as a reluctant church goer, but desperate single mom and never left. Rev. Amani joined the staff in 2014 and was installed as Senior Minster in 2019. She has also worked in music around the globe as a singer and songwriter. Weaving together pop, soul, rock, jazz, electronica and sound healing technology, Rev. Amani graced stages from Los Angeles and New York to Ibiza, Amsterdam, and Mumbai.
Class Announcements
Journey of One
Join Dr. Michele Coleman in the exploration to express the oneness that we are. Held at noon every other week in the sanctuary on Sundays. Next one will be June 15 and then June 29, 2025.
Dr. Michele Coleman is a Licensed Unity Teacher and has been a part of the Unity movement for the past 40 years. During this time as a part of Unity, she has spoken and taught on New Thought principles. Dr. Coleman is also a marriage and family therapist who also holds a PhD in Counselor Education and has her own mental health agency headquartered here in Albuquerque. Attachment Healing Center has been serving families with youth who have attachment trauma for the past 19 years.
Dr. Coleman passionately believes in our connection to Source and has daily practices that enhance and sustain that connection. As a part of the Rio Grande Center for Spiritual living, she looks forward to sharing some of those practices.
Start the Conversation!
Planning for an Elegant Exit Class-Wednesdays in July!
Planning for an Elegant Exit Class-Wednesdays in July!
Have you thought about who will make healthcare decisions for you if you can’t? Do your loved ones know what your wishes are if you were to become incapacitated or gravely ill? Perhaps you have had a loved one or close friend pass away without instructions and the difficulties that situation presented for their family. Now is the time to plan ahead. Advance Care Planning isn’t just about paperwork, it’s about peace of mind.
Join our engaging and informative four-week class with Marylyn Kirk, RN, RScP, to take control of your future healthcare decisions. Learn how to communicate your values, complete essential documents, and ensure your wishes are honored.
Planning for an Elegant Exit Class Registration Information
Wednesdays: July 9,16, 23, 30th at 7-9 PM MDT on Zoom
Early Bird registration fee is $99 until 6/30, $125 until 7/9/2025
Register: https://rgcsl.
Registration is open to everyone 18 and over and closes 7/9/25
This class is being offered to multiple Centers and communities in the United States, so you will have an opportunity to learn with a variety of like-minded people. Don’t wait for the unexpected - plan ahead with confidence! Sign up today and start the conversation!
Connect and Radiate
Join our own G. Brian Kurtz. M.S. for his Connect and Radiate class. Call or text for more details. 505-541-0265.
Weekly Fiscal Update
Week 20, 5/21/25 - 5/27/25
Total donations: $3,708.12
Total Year to date: $87,583.53
Attendance: In Person = 62, Online = 15; Total Sunday attendance: 85
Total # of recorded givers (doesn't count cash donations without envelops): 22
Total # of giving transaction: 36
Our total reach for the week between Sunday Service, Solid Grounds, Foundations and ACIM: 170 people last week
Need an Event Venue?
RGCSL can be rented for sacred celebrations, workshops, parties, and other gatherings. This opportunity has many advantages -- lovely space for events; assistance from RGCSL; income for the Center; exposure for RGCSL.
If you are interested in using our space for a ceremonial, performance or other general event, please complete this form https://rgcsl.breezechms.com/form/af0ac93163.
If you are interested in using our space for a workshop, please fill out this form https://rgcsl.breezechms.com/form/af0ac9.
Prayers/Treatments
Affirming the Truth of the Abundance of the RGCSL and its Members
June 11, 2025Loving Us in All our Messy Goodness
June 10, 2025God as Our Source
June 9, 2025Life Expressed
June 8, 2025
Join us!
When
Meditation Sundays at 10:00; service at 10:30 a.m.
Where
4374 Alexander Blvd NE, Ste T
Albuquerque, NM 87107
Call
(505) 224-9405
Monday - Thursday 10am - 3pm
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