Minister's Message
A Message from Rev. Linda Finley
Some of us were not even born in 1970, while some were already parents of college students. Here we are in 2010... We open a time capsule for 1970, and what do we find? In 1970:
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel was the number one song of the year.
Love Story, Airport, Mash, and Patton topped the box office receipts.
The average new car sold for $3,600 and a gallon of gas was 36 cents.
President Nixon lowered the national voting age to 18.
National Guardsmen fired on students at Kent State, killing four students.
The average annual salary was $7,600.
The average price of a home in Oregon was $59,000.
Rock stars Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix died of drug overdoses.
The very first Earth Day was celebrated.
The Emerald Empire Church of Religious Science received its charter and became a spiritual center in serving Lane County.
A lot has happened in those 40 years, to the world, to each of us, and to this wonderful center, now known as Center for Spiritual Living, Eugene.
This summer and fall we will be celebrating the anniversary of our Center with several events, including: some concerts this summer, a New Thought Rally in September, the induction of four new Practitioners, and the publishing of a book of poetry by our members, present and past.
While we celebrate our heritage, our main focus is on the “now” and where we are going. No one could have predicted the changes that would happen in the past forty years, and we can only imagine what the next forty will bring.
Our teaching reminds us that what we focus on grows, so my sincere hope would be that we will spend our time seeing one another as the Face of God. That we will think about and talk about all the things we would like to have happen in our lives and our world. That we will open ourselves to the limitless possibilities of God in Action in each of our lives.
If you see something you would like to become involved with around the Center, if you are called to help set up a new way of doing things, be mindful that this is Spirit, asking you to become part of something bigger! Say “yes” and the Universe will open Its doors to you.
Blessings and Love,
Linda