Miracles News

April-June, 2009

Transition

by Revs. Robert & Mary Stoelting

As you may know, in November of 2007, we received guidance that Pathways of Light was to move to Florida. Many steps needed to happen for that transition to occur. The residence was renovated and the property has been listed for sale. While the property is still for sale, we have taken another step toward following through on the guidance from Spirit.

Thanks to a donation from a benefactor, we have been able to rent a home in St. Cloud, Florida (south of the Orlando airport) where Robert and Mary could move with all the production equipment and computers that are used to produce course materials, catalogs, Miracles News magazines, CD’s and DVD’s etc. Meanwhile, Rev. Sharyn Zenz continues to manage the Pathways of Light office in Wisconsin, where she does the bookkeeping, answers the phone, receives Internet and telephone orders, ships them, interacts with Pathways students and ministers and responds to many inquiries that come in by phone and e-mail. We are very grateful for Sharyn’s continued dedication to serving our awakening to the one Self we all share. She will be joining with Rev. Larry Glenz to present a two-day experiential workshop based on The Book ON… on June 13-14 at the Pathways of Light Center in Kiel, Wisconsin. (See page 5.) It will be an event you’ll want to attend.

We (Mary & Robert) arrived here in Florida on February 1st with the help of Jim and Diana Klapperich, who drove the large U-Haul truck while we followed in the Pathways van. It was a wonderful, miracle-filled journey which filled us with gratitude. Since we have been here, there has been much to do to get settled and back into functioning in the roles Spirit has given us with Pathways. Just three weeks after arriving in Florida, we headed off to San Francisco to be part of the International ACIM Conference that we co-sponsored.

Over 400 people from around the world attended and it was a peaceful, joyous joining of brothers and sisters sharing our journey Home to our true Self. We had the opportunity to share our workshop with the entire group. It was a joint experience of flowing with the river of peace as we talked about our own process of letting go and letting God, which opens us to the experience of our grandeur in God.

Sharyn Zenz along with Rev. Ken Gorman orchestrated a wonderful grand reunion dinner that filled the entire Mandarin restaurant, located just a few blocks from the hotel. We met new and old friends and enjoyed a wonderful gourmet, multi-course dinner. Ken and Sharyn also organized a tour bus that took over 40 ACIM students on a three hour tour of San Francisco. We thank them for their part in making the San Francisco ACIM Conference experience a happy joining.

We made many contacts at the conference. One was with a workshop presenter, Carol Howe, whom we learned lives just north of Orlando. Carol was a close friend and confidant of Bill Thetford, and is now writing a biography of his life. She draws upon her own experience as well as many interviews of key people who knew Bill well.

In the book she describes Bill’s journey with A Course in Miracles that led to his awakening shortly before his transition. The book is expected to be published in the next few months and we will offer it on our web site as soon as it is available. We talked with Carol about sponsoring a workshop around her experience with Bill and the book. Once we get closer to the publication date, we will announce the details of the upcoming workshop.

Among the people we connected with about future workshops in Orlando were Jon Mundy and Nouk Sanchez and Tomas Vieira (authors of Take Me to Truth). We also met with Rev. Mary Gerard Lenihan and John Hutkin, who are publishers of The Book ON, The Mentor Within and a new book coming out by Mary Gerard, which is Visions of Illumination. (See interview on page 3.) We are planning to sponsor them with their new workshop titled, WNYHOO—NOW (World Needs Your Help One-to-One — NOW) sometime next fall or winter here in Florida.

Since our return from San Francisco, we have taken further steps toward getting our facilities here in Florida organized to serve more efficiently. It has been a learning process as we learn how to work with two offices 1,300 miles apart. E-mail and unlimited long distance phone service helps. We have a little more refining to do as we move equipment to different rooms to improve the work flow and use of space. This is giving us time to get familiar with the community and the resources we have available to us. This time will help us be better prepared to move forward with establishing permanent facilities here after the property in Wisconsin sells.

Other BIG NEWS: Beginning with the January 2009 issue, the articles in Miracles News magazine will be available free on our web site. This will make it easier for many more people to be inspired by the wonderful articles of mind healing and miracles. You will be able e-mail articles you enjoy to your friends.

There also will soon be a new section on the web site where the Pathways staff will share the inspiration they receive as they practice Following Holy Spirit’s Lead.

As we become as little children who have lost their way and remember that we know nothing, we will be willing to take Holy Spirit’s hand and join with each other in returning Home to the awareness of Where we are always. Blessings to all.

Revs. Mary & Robert Stoelting are co-founders of Pathways of Light. They live at the Pathways of Light Center in St. Cloud, Florida.

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