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Spring/Summer
ASE
(Adult
Spiritual Education)
Review our
Current Offerings.
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Attitude of Gratitude: 30 Days To A Grateful Heart
:: A New
Earth: Awaking to Your Life’s Purpose
Attitude of Gratitude: 30 Days To A Grateful Heart
…an essential part of feeling your best – every day
Embracing gratitude opens the door
to a new way of experiencing your life. Gratitude is the invitation to
celebrate the joy and beauty which awaits you at every turn; it is welcoming
blessings that are freely given with no need for repayment. Real gratitude
is a sincere appreciation for something which one can never really repay.
The gift has been given out of love and joy; the giver has no interest in or
need for repayment.
In this workshop, you will learn
to appreciate the blessings all around you and the spontaneous gifts each of
us can experience in our lives by reflecting daily for 30 days on what you
appreciate most in life.
May 14 – Introduction / Why
practice Gratitude? / Gratitude Pre-Test
May 21 – Feeling Grateful for What You Love
May 28 – Appreciate the Ordinary
Jun 11 – Gratitude for Hard Times
Jun 18 – Create New Gratitude by Envisioning a Wonderful Future
Since this workshop involves a
30-day exercise, participants are encouraged to commit to all sessions.
Please note that it is very important to arrive on time for all sessions.
Dates:
May 14, 21, 28, Jun 11 and 18
Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm, Wednesday evenings
Cost: $25.00 (includes one copy of the 149-pages
“Gratitude: 30 days to a grateful heart” workbook with 2 CDs)
Class size: 5 minimum - 10 maximum
Facilitator: Maria Lau
is a graduate of MCC Toronto’s CLM
(Creating a Life that Matters) Core Curriculum and a Certified CLM
co-facilitator. She has been a member of MCC Toronto since 1997. Maria
currently volunteers in the Altar Guild Ministry as Crucifer as well as in
the Multi-Media Ministry as Media Shout Operator during Sunday morning
services.
Maria has been a member of Rainbow
Toastmasters, an organization whose mission is to help individuals in
developing communication and leadership skills, for over 10 years. She is
the first and only member at Rainbow Toastmasters to have achieved the
Distinguished Toastmasters (DTM) Award – the highest award given to members
in the Toastmasters International Organization. She is a professional
accountant and an Information Technology Professional. She has given over
200 professional presentations in the past 10 years, both within the
Toastmasters organization and in her profession.
A New Earth: Awaking to Your
Life’s Purpose
Get ready to be awakened! Back by popular
demand, we are once again offering the MCC Toronto Chapter of Oprah’s Book
club for A New Earth! This transformative novel by Eckhart Tolle will awaken
you, challenge you, and change your life … if you are willing.
Participants will be given a workbook with chapter by chapter exercises we
have downloaded for you from the Oprah.com website, as well as a set of DVD
formatted presentations featuring Oprah and Eckhart discussing each chapter.
All you need to buy is a copy of the book! Each week you will be encouraged
to read one chapter, complete the workbook exercises on that chapter and to
watch the DVD. (For those wishing to go deeper, Awakening Exercises will
also be included.) As a group, we will meet and discuss our findings,
challenges and our ‘aha’ moments.
Dates: Tuesday evenings, June 3rd
- August 5th (10 weeks)
Time: 7:00 - 8:30pm
Location: MCC Toronto, Room 109
Cost: $25 for the
complete series, includes workbook and DVD’s
Facilitator: Darin Squire
Having spent the
vast majority of his life in an ego-centered state of being with an
unwavering and dominating pain-body, Darin is awaking to a new state
of consciousness through transcendence and deep spiritual healing. It is
this enlightenment that brings him to MCC Toronto’s Adult Spiritual
Education Program (ASE) with a desire to offer others the opportunity to
awaken to their life’s purpose and a deeper understanding of their own
concept of God and spiritual path.
Along with having facilitated several ASE courses, Darin is the founder of
the support group Soul Survivors: an outreach program for anyone who has
suffered religious abuse. He has shared his story in FAB, Xtra, and was
featured on The Hour television show. Darin has been a member of MCC Toronto
since October 2005. |
