During the remainder of April and the month of we will be addressing the six steps of Affirmative Prayer. Each of the steps will be taken into consideration on successive Sundays. Please join us for this timely review and exposition on one of the most important practices in the Divine Science tradition.
April 15 Pam Geddy Step 1
April 22 Mike Serruto Step 2
April 29 Mary Zick Step 3
Candace Cunningham
May 5 Rachel Duvack Step 4
May 13 Claudia Schmitt Mother’s Day
May 20 Harry McLean Step 5
May 27 Jo Lynda Blake Step 6
Katy Kurtz
The Six Steps of Affirmative Prayer
1. Remember God, i.e. Omnipresent Spirit. It is Universal Mind, Intelligence, Life, Energy. Contemplate Its attributes: omnipresence, omniscience, omnipotence. Consider the implications of these attributes. Spirit reaches everywhere, everything, and everyone. Spirit knows all things. Spirit can do all things and anything.
2. Consciously unite with Spirit. I am one with Spirit. I am open to Spirit. I am connecting with Spirit as of this moment, now. I can communicate with Spirit and am doing so. Spirit can communicate with me and is doing so.
3. Take back any power you are aware of having given to negativity, i.e. to ideas that you do not want to see manifest, or to any manifestations that you would like to see dissolved. “I withdraw energy from the idea that…” “I no longer entertain the idea that…” “I deny power to any appearance that…” “I realize that appearances are only ideas in form. I cease to think that…in order that it may cease to appear that…”
4. Name and affirm with feeling the good you want to see manifest. Affirm it is present now, for it is present now in Spirit. As you do this, feel all the pleasure and enthusiasm that goes with enjoyment of this good.
5. Give thanks to Spirit for all that it is and has done and for all that it can do. Express gratitude and appreciation for anything and everything related to Spirit that you can think of. For example, give thanks that Spirit exists, that it is available to you, that you know about it and are open to it, that it is omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent, that it has more resources of all kinds than you do on your own. Give thanks for any or every good already manifest in your life, and consciously recognize that it is a gift from Spirit.
6. Entrust your prayer and the whole prayer process to Spirit and its Law. “I now turn over this prayer to Spirit, knowing that my thought and my word manifest by Law.”
 Rev. Jane Kopp In January, 1984, our beloved minister, Jane Kopp, joined our community with her husband, the late Rev. Karl Kopp. On September 15, 2011, her resignation as minister was received and became effective December 31st. Her last service as minister was the Christmas Eve service on December 24th. She will serve as Director of Brooks Center for Spirituality, housed in the church.
As Jane transitions from her role as the minister of our community into this new focus, we find ourselves incapable of adequately thanking her for awakening us to who we really are. From what we have learned from both Kopps, we now look forward with confidence and enthusiasm to the continual unfolding of consciousness of our community. We take from Jane the example of an authentically lived life, present and available, boldly affirming what IS here. We honor Jane as our Teacher of Teachers. We are most grateful that Jane will be among us, continuing to teach, and knowing that we have much more of the undiscovered country to encounter with her.
The Queen City Jazz Band will once again perform at the First Divine
Science Church on April 8th as our joyous acknowledgment of the Easter Season. Starting at 10 a.m., the band, including vocalist Wende
Harston, will play its traditional Dixieland Jazz. The QCJB has been
delighting audiences for over fifty years, not only in Denver, but at
major Jazz/Swing festivals all over the country. We welcome you to
“feel the Spirit” with us at our annual, unique celebration of Easter.
Following the service, a continental breakfast will be served in the dining room.
After lunch on March 25th, we will have the annual meeting of the
membership. This brief meeting will include reports by the Board of
Trustees and an opportunity for members to ask questions. Two officers
will be elected during this meeting.
“SPRING EQUINOX” – first in a new Brooks Cosmic Event series will be held on Monday, March 19th from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Brooks Basement Theatre. Join in a special solemn ritual created for the Vernal Equinox, by Jane Kopp. Judeth Shay Burns sings from the poignant Songs of the Auvergne with Deborah Schmit-Lobis on piano. Suggested donation: $10.
Honor the happy moment when soon daylight outweighs darkness and the growing season begins.
Launching its 115th year, First Divine Science Church of Denver
celebrates the continuing evolution of our spiritual tradition by
exploring the theme “Embracing New Beginnings.” An eclectic array of
speakers explore this theme during our services in January, February
and March.
January 1, 2012 Members – Open Mike
January 8, 2012 Carla Rellergert – ”Awakening”
January 15, 2012 Otha Rice – “A Love Supreme”
January 22, 2012 Lisa Jones – “Broken: A Love Story”
January 29, 2012 Rachel Duvack – “The Fourth Grace”
February 5, 2012 Jane Pace – ”Dialogues with the Soul”
February 12, 2012 Lili Zohar – “Song of Songs and Intimacy with Life”
February 19, 2012 John Filipek – “Identity”
February 26, 2012 Peter Williams – “Adapting to Change”
March 4, 2012 Page Fraley – “The Entrepreneurial Self”
March 11, 2012 Kate McPhee – ‘What’s in a Name?”
March 18, 2012 Ruth Rhinehart – “Choosing Trust”
March 25, 2012 Helena Trent – “Tao: Returning to Our Original Nature”
December Holidays Memorable
Stellar musicians and holiday fare made the annual fund raiser on
December 9th a bright success. Entertainment for the evening was an
unusual ensemble of high caliber talent put together through
inspiration by Deborah Schmit-Lobis, whose piano work was superb.
Leslie Remmert Soich, mezzo-soprano, Sandra Wong, on the violin and
nyckelharpa, and Ross Martin, guitar, rounded out the quartet. The
four performed a variety of traditional solistice melodies.
Gourmet potluck fare and array of fine wines sparkled against the light
of Christmas as guests arrived. A delicious and joyous time was had by
all; the dancing children were especially charming. The evening
concluded with the singing of traditional Christmas carols.
Christmas Eve Candle-Lighting Service
Each year, the beautiful end-of-the-year holiday season brings the
community together at the church on Christmas Eve–family members and
friends whose lives or holidays for decades have been linked with the First
Divine Science Church of Denver.
The Rev. Jane Kopp’s last service as minister this year was
exceptional. The music was spectacular, including a haunting
rendition of the Benedictus by organ, strings, and a tenor soloist.
This traditional Christmas Eve candle-lighting service of music,
Scripture, song, and poetry fell on Saturday evening, Dec 24. Singers
Julie Cadwell and Eli Owens were on hand as ever, along with violinist,
Susie Peek, cellist, Richard vonFoerster, and Stephen Fordham on organ
and piano. Tenor Adam Sattley soloed in the special performance of the
Benedictus from Karl Jenkins’s “The Armed Man” mass for peace.
Readings and song, contemporary and ancient wisdom were followed by a
candle lit and very moving Silent Night and Pachelbel’s Canon sung by
the congregation in the form of Alleluias. The service began that
evening at 7 p.m. and was approximately an hour and a half.
World Peace Meditation
One week later, on the last day of the year, Saturday, December 31,
the church opened at 4:40 a.m. for a meditation for world peace.
Meditation began promptly at 5 a.m. that morning in order to
synchronize with others in this country and around the planet who kept
the peace vigil. A potluck breakfast after the New Year’s Eve
meditation was served in the dining room at approximately 6 a.m.
EACH YEAR, THE GREAT END-OF-THE-YEAR HOLIDAY season brings together in the church on Christmas Eve, family members and friends whose lives or holidays for decades have been linked with the First Divine Science Church of Denver.
For our traditional Christmas Eve candle-lighting service of music, Scripture, song, and poetry this year, falling on Saturday evening, Dec 24, singers Julie Cadwell and Eli Owens will be on hand as ever, along with violinist Susie Peek, cellist Richard vonFoerster, and Stephen Fordham on organ and piano. We expect to have also tenor Adam Sattley soloing in a special performance of the Benedictus from Karl Jenkins’s “The Armed Man” mass for peace. The service begins that evening at 7 p.m. and lasts approximately an hour and a half.
One week later, on the last day of the year, Saturday, December 31, the church will open at 4:40 a.m. for a meditation for world peace. Meditation begins promptly at 5 a.m. that morning in order to synchronize with others in this country and around the planet who will be keeping the peace vigil. A potluck breakfast after this New Year’s Eve meditation will be served in the dining room at approximately 6 a.m.
Immediately below are descriptions of the three new series in science, spirituality, and literature making up the the 2011 fall program of offerings in the church by Brooks Center for Spirituality. Send checks for advance registration to Brooks Center for Spirituality, 1819 E 14th Ave, Denver 80218 with the name of the series or series written in the memo line.
 Rainer Maria Rilke
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One God...of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. -Ephesians 4.6
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