Church of Joyous Living, NSAC

Rev Alexis Sharon Rolnick, Pastor

128 Burnlea Road Charles Town, WV 25414

304 725-3763 * 240- 447-8912 * asrolnick@aol.com

November 2008

Sunday Nov 2 - Speaker: Rev. Rolnick

Tues Nov 4 @ noon circle

Sunday Nov 9 – Speakers: Rev Rolnick.

Tues Nov 11 @ noon circle

Sunday Nov 16 @12:30 PM Speaker: Sufi (note change of date!)

Nov. 18 @ noon- circle

Sunday Nov 23 @12:30 PM Speaker: Rev Barbara (Bunny) Starr

Sunday Nov 23 Annual meeting follows today’s service. Only members with paid up dues may vote! Everyone is welcome to attend. We will vote in new board members.

Tues Nov. 25 @ noon- circle- circle

Sunday Nov 30 @12:30 PM Speaker Rev Rolnick

Tues –Dec. 2 @ noon- circle

Celebrate Spiritualism!

Bios

Rev Alexis Sharon Rolnick – is an ordained minister, certified Medium with NSAC, and founder of the Church of Joyous Living. Rev. Rolnick is a former child performer and a student of Metaphysics. She holds a BS in Speech Arts from New York University, an MS in Theater from Emerson College, and has completed the required course work at New York University for a PhD in Religious Education at New York University. Alexis, a retired teacher of Communication at University, is the author of SpeakingJoyfully ©, which treats the fear of Public Speaking from a Spiritualist approach. As a medium, she sees the etheric or energy field around people. A reading with her offers insight into your daily life and guidance into your deepest concerns. Mediumship offers proof of the continuity of life after the thing we call death.

Sufi philosophy is a unique Power. It does not relate to any particular religion. It belongs to all. One who has known and realized this state of: La illaha = Nothing other than God Exists. Il Allahu = You alone are God. This is Sufi. This is the Word of God. One who loses himself into nothingness, where the state of the self does not exist; one who knows the station where only God remains as that Solitary oneness that is God: this is the explanation of Sufi-a brief explanation of humanity. "Sufi" is a clear, pure Essence that has filtered and settled slowly, deep within.

REV. BUNNY STARR, NST: is familiar to us as a member of the Church for Joyous Living, NSAC, Charles Town, WV. Rev. Starr has worked with NSAC in a variety of positions, including: as an ordained NSAC minister, a National Spiritualist Teacher, a Commissioned Healer, a Missionary. She sits on the Morris Pratt Institute Board, is an examiner and Pastoral Skills teacher, and member of the Center for Spiritualist Studies Board.

Rev Starr lives in Berkeley Springs, WV. She is a retired public library administrator for Fairfax County, VA. Rev star works as a volunteer with the Hospice of the panhandle, having been awarded Volunteer of the year. She is also a Reiki Master She holds Masters’ degrees in Librarianship and Transpersonal Studies.

Greetings Fellow Church Members,

Dear CJL Members:

Happy New Year! O.K., well, sort of. A more fitting phrase may be “Happy Birthday” because our church officially turns one year old last Sept. The year seems to have flown by as we welcomed new members, shared fellowship, and accomplished many happy milestones. We are finally enjoying the fruits of many years worth of preparation and dedication.

Over the last year we’ve seen our group expand from two to four to ten to nearly 20 like-minded individuals. This exponential growth shows us that there’s truly a need in this region for the type of open and supportive spiritual opportunities we provide to each other. You can consider yourself a pioneer in the local Spiritualist Movement!

As we begin our second year, the Board is committed to keeping us on track with our administrative obligations, such as filing monthly reports to national, tracking tax info, maintaining the membership roster, and keeping dues current. Like any other fledgling organization, what goes on behind the scenes is important, too, allowing us to survive and thrive.

As a course of business, we started our new fiscal year as of July 1, 2008, and one of the main housekeeping points we need to accomplish is collection of dues for 2008-2009. The amount for the full year (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009) is $25 per person. Enclosed is a return envelope and a short form to fill out and return with your dues by November 1. Please remember to use proper postage. You may still send us your membership dues and form!

We appreciate your continued support and involvement. It is what will enable the Church of Joyous Living to continue being a spiritual light in this sometimes dark and stressful world. “As the sunflower turns its face to the light of the sun…” so do we look forward to another full and fruitful year.

Thank you for being a part of this spiritual community. The door and the phone lines are always open.

Wishing you many blessings,

The Church of Joyous Living, NSAC

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Church of Joyous Living, NSAC

C/o Rev. Alexis Sharon Rolnick

128 Burnlea Rd

Charles Town, WV 25414