Emerald Valley Center for Spiritual Living

06/08/2026

June 7, Rev Donna Starr
“The Joy and Responsibility of Loving Out Loud as our Authentic Selves.”
SOM Principles: Integrity, Honesty, Truth, Authenticity

There is a special kind of freedom that arrives when we stop performing and start living from what is true. Authenticity is not about being perfect. It is about being real. It is the alignment of our inner knowing with our outer expression.
Loving out loud begins with loving ourselves enough to tell the truth about who we are. It asks us to release the masks, the roles, and the stories that no longer fit. It invites us to stand in our own sacred uniqueness while honoring others' uniqueness. This week, we explore both the joy and the responsibility of authenticity and how living from integrity becomes an act of love that blesses the entire world.

There is a special kind of freedom that arrives when we stop perfor...

06/03/2026

May 31, 2026, Rev Lynda Lundry-Starr “From Many to the One: Each Adds to the Beauty of the Bouquet.”
SOM Principle: Unity/Individuality
Special Music by Sue Love
This week, we explore the beautiful paradox of Unity and Individuality through the theme From Many to the One: Each Adds to the Beauty of the Bouquet. In nature, no two flowers bloom in exactly the same way, yet together they create something breathtaking. The same is true within the spiritual community. Each voice, each story, each gift, each quirky brilliance adds color, texture, and depth to the whole. Science of Mind teaches that there is One Life expressing itself in infinite forms. We are not meant to erase our uniqueness in order to belong. We are meant to bring our full, authentic selves forward so the greater harmony can emerge. This Sunday, we’ll explore how honoring our individuality becomes an act of sacred participation in the One.

This week, we explore the beautiful paradox of Unity and Individual...

05/27/2026

May 24, 2026, Rev Kathy Scharmer, "Maintaining our Radiant, Bright, Light"
There are seasons when shining feels effortless, and seasons when the world feels like a dimmer switch. This week invites us to remember that our light is not manufactured by circumstances. It is sourced from something deeper. In Science of Mind, The One in the One reminds us that the same Divine Presence that births stars, tides, forests, and galaxies also lives fully within us.
We do not have to strain to “be spiritual.” We simply uncover what has always been there beneath fear, exhaustion, doubt, and noise. Our radiance is not performance; It is essential. When we nurture joy, rest, beauty, truth, and connection, the inner lamp burns steadily again, quietly illuminating everyone around us.

There are seasons when shining feels effortless, and seasons when t...

05/26/2026

May 17 2026, Rev Ron Trunnell, “Beauty as the Pathway to the Divine”
There is a whisper in the wind, a beckoning in the silence, as if to say, come, notice, join the orchestra of life happening all around us in nature. As we strive to find Peace in a chaotic world, it is easy to forget that Peace is everywhere. So it is with Beauty. The connection with Spirit we long for is right here. It’s never left us, we’ve just gotten distracted. Beauty reminds us that the Beauty we see is a reflection of the Beauty within each of us.

Join us this Sunday as we focus on the power of Beauty. Beauty is the pathway to the Divine, the pathway that leads us to the remembrance of that which resides at the very core of each of us. As we lose ourselves in Beauty, all feelings of separation will disappear. As we intentionally peel back the layers of doubt and distraction, we are met with a power that can best be described as Sacred, as Spirit, as Beauty.

There is a whisper in the wind, a beckoning in the silence, as if to say, come, notice, join the orchestra of life happening all around us in nature. As we s...

05/19/2026

05/19/2026

Burrito Brigade delivered the Little Free Pantry this morning! We gave it a good scrub out and have started to stock it up! If you’re local and want to donate please feel free to drop stuff into the pantry! If you want to make a donation for items that we supply (hygiene supplies) you can go to our website and donate to the general fund!

05/13/2026

Exciting Updates from Emerald Valley CSL! - https://mailchi.mp/b1cd86ef48b6/emerald-valley-weekly-update-17998508

05/06/2026

Exciting Updates from Emerald Valley CSL! - https://mailchi.mp/d5c754f5cb05/emerald-valley-weekly-update-17998315

05/04/2026

April 26, 2026 "Bearing True Fruit - The Principle of Demonstartion" Rev Donna Starr