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The Celebration is an independent spiritual community located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We meet every Sunday at 10:30 AM at the NEA Building.

We are committed to opening our hearts to all life, all people, all paths. We are a group of people committed to opening our hearts to all life, all people, all paths, and learning to embrace everything, everyone and especially ourselves in unconditional love. We are committed to doing this in the context of true community, which includes total safety for everyone to be exactly who they are, with their dreams, aspirations, desires, and contributions in the group process. We realize that each of us is in fact a sacred part of the Oneness of Everything, which is to say a part of God, and beyond this we endorse no particular creed or dogma. Our invocation sums up our purpose: “We join together to celebrate the splendor of God’s love—cherishing all life, honoring all paths, rejoicing in the sacred dance of All That Is. Living in the power of all-embracing love, we affirm our community and acknowledge the Divine nature of our humanity.”

Everyone is welcome to join us on Sunday Mornings at 10:30 AM

10/26/2026

Now in our 35th year as a lively, inclusive, eclectic, creative spiritual community. We meet in person every Sunday at 10:30 am, in the NEA-NM bldg., 2007 Botulph Rd. (enter around back.)
Our speaker for Sunday, November 1st is Rev. Kit Holmes, “Here to Be.”
Since her introduction to Science of Mind teachings in 1999, guest speaker and musical artist Rev. Kit Holmes has immersed herself in studying and living the principles of spiritual consciousness and healing generational trauma.
She possesses a masterful ability to “hide Spirit in plain sight” in song lyrics that encompass the heartbreak and humor of being both fully human and divine. And she does so without ever sounding “churchy.”
As we approach Election Day, Rev. Kit implores us to deepen our spiritual practices and commit to holding the consciousness that a new day of global peace, compassion, and unity IS indeed dawning. Through her engaging music and message, Rev. Kit opens the space to remind us that ultimately, LOVE is who we’ve come “Here to Be.”
Rev. Kit has been sharing her amazing musical ministry gifts through keynotes, concerts, classes and retreats around the United States since 2004. She’s an ordained Centers for Spiritual Living minister, a certified life coach and a grateful “recovering perfectionist.”
After 21 years in the Austin, Texas music scene and a few years of deep healing work in her native Michigan, Rev. Kit now makes her home in Santa Fe, NM with her life partner, Trisha McWaters. More about her at www.kitholmesinc.com
To join the service via zoom, contact [email protected]. Visit our website, www.thecelebration.org, where the talks of past guest speakers are posted as podcasts. The Celebration of Santa Fe, a Sunday Service Different.

10/19/2026

Now in our 35th year as a lively, inclusive, eclectic, creative spiritual community. We meet in person every Sunday at 10:30 am, in the NEA-NM bldg., 2007 Botulph Rd. (enter around back.)
Our speaker for Sunday, October 25th is Victor La Cerva, "My Love Hate Relationship With AI"
All of us are being affected by the rapidly evolving field of Artificial Intelligence, sometimes called Almost Intelligent. In this conversation, I will explore the various ways in which I currently use AI, focusing on the gifts it offers, and the challenges it presents. From medical assistance to ecological initiatives, building projects to creating books, to having a HER type relationship, the AI induced societal shifts are full of dangerous amazement.
Victor La Cerva is a retired Board Certified Pediatrician and Public Health doc. He is the author of many books on peacemaking and healthy masculinity. He is the co-founder of New Mexico Men's Wellness. Now in its 42nd year of providing low cost gatherings for men, the intent of this non-profit is to help men break out of isolation, become more emotionally fluent, and be better parents, partners and friends. Victor has recently released 4 children's books: The Dog Who Knew He Was A Boy Trilogy, and A to Z Young Pathfinders: Animalia. He has produced over 333 short podcast episodes on matters of importance. Learn more at myheartsongs.org
To join the service via zoom, contact [email protected]. Visit our website, www.thecelebration.org, where the talks of past guest speakers are posted as podcasts. The Celebration of Santa Fe, a Sunday Service Different.

10/12/2026

Now in our 35th year as a lively, inclusive, eclectic, creative spiritual community. We meet in person every Sunday at 10:30 am, in the NEA-NM bldg., 2007 Botulph Rd. (enter around back.)
Our speaker for Sunday, October 18th is Dianne Deloren, "Ever Expanding Awareness." Live music with Sweet Remedy.
Dianne Deloren, a long time Celebrant, will be here in person to reflect on her transition to living in France: how it has changed her, what she likes a about it, what she misses and doesn't miss about America, the challenges and rewards, the inevitable change in perspective. At the end of her talk she will show a 5 minute montage about her first year of life in France.
If you would like to view the video ahead of her talk, here's the link:
https://youtu.be/JBtjSat6d9A
To join the service via zoom, contact [email protected]. Visit our website, www.thecelebration.org, where the talks of past guest speakers are posted as podcasts. The Celebration of Santa Fe, a Sunday Service Different.

10/05/2026

Now in our 35th year as a lively, inclusive, eclectic, creative spiritual community. We meet in person every Sunday at 10:30 am, in the NEA-NM bldg., 2007 Botulph Rd. (enter around back.)
Our speaker for Sunday, October 11th, is Joan Sotkin, "How I Learned to Love AI and Use It to Improve My Life."
Joan Sotkin is a long-time member of The Celebration who has been doing business online since 1995 and is very comfortable with technology. However, when AI came along, it took some adjusting. Joan now uses ChatGPT and other platforms on a daily basis.
She likes to help non-techies understand how to use the new technology in a simple, understandable way, so they can use it to make their lives easier. It doesn't have to be complicated, it only requires understanding a few basic principles which Joan will explain.
To join the service via zoom, contact [email protected]. Visit our website, www.thecelebration.org, where the talks of past guest speakers are posted as podcasts. The Celebration of Santa Fe, a Sunday Service Different.

09/28/2026

Now in our 35th year as a lively, inclusive, eclectic, creative spiritual community. We meet in person every Sunday at 10:30 am, in the NEA-NM bldg., 2007 Botulph Rd. (enter around back.)
Our speaker for Sunday, October 4th, is Ananda Forest, “I am Sorry for Your Loss: Reflections on Conscious Dying and Death.” Live music with Shelley & Jeremy Campbell.
Ananda has been drawn to work with the dying for over half of his life. From sitting with his grandmother in her final hours to volunteering for hospice to marrying iishana, he has been called to spend time in the liminal, twilight hours and days between living and dying. He met his wife at a seminar on home funerals and green burials and, without knowing it, both he and iishana independently approached the facilitator to see if they could apprentice with her. They wound up creating a “Death Midwifery” practice and assisted a number of people on their final journey.
For Ananda, the atmosphere around a conscious death only compares to the energy in the room when his children were born. Both of these mysteries offer a glimpse of the larger forces which always surround us, but to which we are too often oblivious. One of the greatest gifts dying offers us is to reawaken us to these forces.
To join the service via zoom, contact [email protected]. Visit our website, www.thecelebration.org, where the talks of past guest speakers are posted as podcasts. The Celebration of Santa Fe, a Sunday Service Different.

09/21/2026

Now in our 35th year as a lively, inclusive, eclectic, creative spiritual community. We meet in person every Sunday at 10:30 am, in the NEA-NM bldg., 2007 Botulph Rd. (enter around back.)
Our speaker for Sunday, September 27th, is Linda Durham, "Tiptoeing Toward the Sacred."
Linda Durham has spent her long lifetime wondering about the beliefs that sustain us, divide us, comfort us, puzzle us—and sometimes make us laugh. Opportunity and an ever-present sense of wonder have led her around the world and (often unexpectedly) across the thresholds of many different religious traditions.
In Tiptoeing Toward the Sacred, Linda shares stories from that lifelong exploration—not in search of the “right” religion, the right direction, or a final answer---but out of an inbuilt and ongoing curiosity about what we believe, why we believe it, and what might be sacred beneath those different ways of naming the mystery.
Linda Durham has spent much of her life asking questions, changing directions, and following curiosity wherever it led. For thirty-three years, she owned and directed contemporary art galleries in Santa Fe and, for a time, in New York -- working with artists and writers.
She is now completing NAKED WOMEN, a nonlinear memoir about one true life—and several lives that almost were. The book wanders through art, travel, family, love, loneliness, aging, imagination, spirituality, and the unreliable border between memory and truth.
Linda lives on Glorieta Mesa, with her partner, a dog, two cats, ten chickens, and a murder of ravens, where she continues to write, walk in the forest, ask impertinent questions, and remain suspicious of anyone who claims to have all the answers.
Visit our website, www.thecelebration.org, where the talks of past guest speakers are posted as podcasts. The Celebration of Santa Fe, a Sunday Service Different.

09/16/2026

Now in our 35th year as a lively, inclusive, eclectic, creative spiritual community. We meet in person every Sunday at 10:30 am, in the NEA-NM bldg., 2007 Botulph Rd. (enter around back.)
Our speaker for Sunday, September 120th, is David Mario Trujillo, "Stewardship of the Environment."
David Mario feels that stewardship of the environment is one of the cornerstones of the biblical cannon, which is the idea that with joyful obedience you gain God's grace and that taking care of Mother Earth with joyful obedience also gains you God's grace.
When David Mario was born in Santa Fe, it was a sleepy little mountain town where there were more dirt roads than paved. Things have changed, but the surrounding mountains cradle the city, as they have done since they formed.
David Mario is a poet/writer, artist, actor, and environmental scientist. He started his career with the National Park Service. At one point, he was a Park Ranger at the Great Basin park in Nevada. He has an impressive record of caring for the environment and is now retired from the EPA.
Visit our website, www.thecelebration.org, where the talks of past guest speakers are posted as podcasts. The Celebration of Santa Fe, a Sunday Service Different.

09/07/2026

Now in our 35th year as a lively, inclusive, eclectic, creative spiritual community. We meet in person every Sunday at 10:30 am, in the NEA-NM bldg., 2007 Botulph Rd. (enter around back.)
Our speaker for Sunday, September 13th, is Serina Carrasco, "Know Thy Habits." Music with Suzanne Teng and Gilbert Levy.

We all have habits. We have habits on a physical, emotional, mental, energetic and spiritual level. Our lives are built on a hierarchy of habits that we have learned since infancy; they are necessary and useful to our existence. At the same time, some of our habits are helpful to us… some not so much.

To develop into our fullest potential, to become the best version of ourselves that we can possibly be, entails becoming aware of our habits. Development is an amazing process of self-discovery where we become increasingly more aware of our habits, create more choices and create new habits that are more conducive to developing into our best selves.

Serina is a Feldenkrais practitioner dedicated to helping people realize their innate capacity for healing and thriving. She also LOVES dancing and is currently developing herself as an Argentine tango dancer.
Visit our website, www.thecelebration.org, where the talks of past guest speakers are posted as podcasts. The Celebration of Santa Fe, a Sunday Service Different.

09/03/2026

Now in our 35th year as a lively, inclusive, eclectic, creative spiritual community. We meet in person every Sunday at 10:30 am, in the NEA-NM bldg., 2007 Botulph Rd. (enter around back.)
In lieu of a speaker for Sunday, September 6th , we'll have extended personal sharing.
Visit our website, www.thecelebration.org, where the talks of past guest speakers are posted as podcasts. The Celebration of Santa Fe, a Sunday Service Different.

08/25/2026

Now in our 35th year as a lively, inclusive, eclectic, creative spiritual community. We meet in person every Sunday at 10:30 am, in the NEA-NM bldg., 2007 Botulph Rd. (enter around back.)
Our speaker for Sunday, August 30th is Adriana Galván, "Why to Take Risks Like a Teenager" via video TED talk. www.ted.com/talks/adriana_galvan_3_reasons_to_take_risks_like_a_teenager
After the video, we'll have time to share on this topic.
Is embracing your inner teenager the key to thriving in adulthood? Neuroscientist Adriana Galván shares three powerful lessons from decades of research into adolescent brain development, exploring what teens can teach us about embracing uncertainty, challenging the status quo and taking strategic risks — all tools for a bold, brave life.
Visit our website, www.thecelebration.org, where the talks of past guest speakers are posted as podcasts. The Celebration of Santa Fe, a Sunday Service Different.

Address

2007 Botulph Road
Santa Fe, NM
87505

Opening Hours

10:30am - 12pm

Website

http://TheCelebration.org/

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