The Spiritual
Enrichment Center was founded in 1978 and is a member of Religious
Science International. In
addition to the sanctuary, the Center is currently home to a meditation
pavilion, bookstore, children's building, social hall, and administrative
offices.
We hold two weekly
Sunday services at the
Spiritual Enrichment Center, as well as many
classes and seminars,
activities and other
special events throughout
each month. In addition, our ministers perform
weddings, baby-naming or
christening ceremonies, and other life-passage celebrations by arrangement. You
can find details about these events here on
our website, or you may call our office at 530-221-4849 for more information.
Office hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Save the Date!
Join us . . .
Sunday, July 20 and Sunday, August 10, 2008
Rev. Dr. Andrea's final Sunday sermons
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Joan Borysenko & Karen Drucker November 15, 2008 at Spiritual
Enrichment Center - Details Coming Soon!
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About the Spiritual Enrichment Center
The Center is home to numerous interfaith events and
practices, offers educational programs for all ages, provides space weekly for
the facilitation of several community groups including AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)
group meetings, a Buddhist meditation group, and several other community groups.
Our Center is
one of the leading fund raising sites for the American
Cancer Society's "Daffodil Days," and a supporter of Habitat for Humanity, the American Cancer Society's
"Relay for Life" and other
such events.
The Spiritual Enrichment Center hosts many events for
the
Season for Nonviolence,
an annual 64-day campaign to promote ways of nonviolent conflict resolution founded
by the
Association for
Global New Thought. The Center has sponsored and hosted inspirational speakers and
presenters such as Reverend Mary Manin Morrissey, Father Leo Booth, Joan
Borysenko, Ph.D., Karen Drucker, Kathy Zavada,
the Peace Walker, the Buddhist Monks from Dharamsala, India and others.The church is a member of The
Greater Redding Chamber of
Commerce and a participant in the
Shasta County Interfaith Forum.
Floating of the Lanterns Closing Ceremony
"A Season for Non-violence"
The closing
ceremony of the 2008 "A Season for Nonviolence" was held Sunday, June 1st at
8:30 PM at the Park Marina Pond in Redding with the beautiful and sacred
"Floating of the Lanterns" ceremony. The ceremony is fashioned after the
Buddhist practice in Honolulu Bay, Hawaii that is held each year on Memorial
Weekend. Each peace lantern holds two peace prayers or a quote by Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. sponsored for $20 each with fifty percent of the funds going in
2008 to Shasta Women's Refuge's Education Programs. 50 lanterns were floated to
commemorate this sacred season. Click on this link to the Record Searchlight
newspaper to review the photos and newspaper article.
http://www.redding.com/news/2008/jun/03/advocates-peace-light-evening-lanterns/
"The Floating of the Lanterns" will be held in late
May/early June 2009 as part of "A Season for Nonviolence" with hopes of creating
more lanterns for peace.
Visitors and newcomers are always welcome!
- Join us in the Social Hall after each service. Refreshments will be served
and Nasruddin's Espresso Bar will be open.
We're on TV.
Watch our Sunday Services on
Channel 11, Mondays at
7:30 p.m.
Interested in becoming a member?
Attend The Essence, a newcomer's orientation
class, on the 1st
Sunday of each month following the 10:30 service... meet at the front of the
sanctuary.
Pick up a Friendship Packet at the Information
Desk.
Call our 24-hour recorded prayer line:
221-HEAL.
Browse our Bookstore for
inspirational reading and listening material.
Call us at 221-4849 or
email us
for more information.
About The Ministers
Dr.
Andrea Asebedo is the pastor and
senior minister of the Spiritual
Enrichment Center, Redding Church of Religious Science. She has been a minister
of the church since 1984.
Our staff ministers include:
- Rev. Sue Miller-Born, Assistant Minister
- Rev. Mary Mitchell, Staff Minister
-
Rev. Pam Sanchez, Staff Minister
Rev. Lynn E. Fritz, Staff Minister
Rev. Sharon Kennedy, Staff Minister
All of the Spiritual Enrichment Center's ministers have
undergone extensive Science of Mind training. Find out
more about our ministers.
Welcome Rev. Judith Churchman
and Rev. Bob Luckin
The Congregation of the
Spiritual Enrichment Center voted on Sunday, June 22 (cast a total of
157 votes) for the next Pastor/ Senior Minister for the Church. Charlie
Born and Rev. Mary Mitchell, the co-chairs of the Selection Committee,
explained to those present everything that had happened to bring us to
this point. After the vote was counted, Charlie Born announced that
Rev. Judith and Rev. Bob had received 76% of the vote. He went on to
say that the Board of Trustees would have to meet to ratify the vote.
After that Board Meeting, Rev. Judith and Rev. Bob will officially
become the next Pastors/Senior Ministers of the Spiritual Enrichment
Center and they will begin on Monday, September 15! SOM classes will
begin at that time.
We all extend our warmest “Congratulations
and Welcome!” to both Rev. Judith and Rev. Bob and look
forward having you with us very soon.
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Join the CD Club
Joining the Spiritual Enrichment Center's CD Club is a great way to stay
connected to our spiritual community throughout the month. These audio
recordings of our Sunday services are a wonderful inspiration, any time you
need them. Listen while doing housework or yard work, working out, driving in
your car or any time you have a few spare moments, and remember the truth
about yourself.
Once you join, every month we will send you a set of CDs
for the previous month’s Sunday messages. The cost is $25 per month.
Click here to download the membership form. You may
mail your payment or use the button below to send your payment via Paypal.
Please be sure to specify what your payment is for.
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