The COSA Newsletter
UPDATES
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
A
Message from the President of
Spiritual
Awakening Spiritualist Center
Dear
Members and Friends,
I
hope everyone is keeping cool, enjoying the sunshine and staying hydrated.
August tends to be a busy month for ALL. Activities, family vacations
etc... It is important that we all take good care of ourselves as well.
So,
be sure to drink plenty of water, rest when you need to, and spend some
time sitting with Spirit and yourself.
There
will be a Saturday morning Mediumship Workshop on August 10th. This
will be the last workshop for the Summer. Workshops will resume again
in October.
After
many years as a Spiritualist (44 to be precise), and on the completion
of the Morris Pratt Institute ministerial correspondence course. I am
excited to announce that the Church Board of Directors unanimously consented
to my ordination on Sunday, August 4th, at 11:30am after the morning
service. My dear friend Reverend Rosie Bouch will officiate, and all
are welcome.
I
have proudly been a member of our church since 2006. First as the church
Secretary, and for the past 14 years as its President. I hope and intend
to support the Church for many years to come.
Looking
forward to seeing you soon!
Sending
Much Love and Joy to you ALL.
Michael
thechurchofspiritualawakening@msn.com
WHAT'S
AROUND THE CORNER?
PLEASE
CHECK THE SPIRITUAL AWAKENING CENTER WEBSITE FOR UPDATES OR CHANGES
TO OUR SCHEDULE BY CLICKING
HERE . THANK
YOU.
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Lindsay
Kincaide
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Rebecca
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Rev.
Rosie Bouch
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Shari Dworkin-Smith
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August
4th
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August
11th
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August
18th
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August
25th
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Other Events and Services:
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Date
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Events
and Services for August 2024
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Sunday
4th
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From
10:00am to 10:25am: Laying
On Of Hands Spiritual Healing.
10:30am: Lecturer
and
Spirit Messages with Medium Lindsay Kincaide Followed
by an Ordination Service
for
Michael
Davies
Sunday, August 4th, 2024, at 11:30am
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Tuesday
6th
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TUESDAY
CIRCLE: August
6th:
Healing, Meditation, Mediumship
A
small love donation of $5.00 would be appreciated. Thank you
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Saturday
10th
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Mediumship
Development Workshop
From
10:30am to 12:30p.m.
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For more information about this workshop please Click
Here
or visit our website
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Sunday
11th
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From
10:00am to 10:25am: Laying
On Of Hands Spiritual Healing.
10:30am:
Lecturer
&
Spirit Messages with Medium Rebecca
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Tuesday
13th
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TUESDAY
CIRCLE: August
13th :
Healing, Meditation, Mediumship
A
small love donation of $5.00 would be appreciated. Thank you
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Sunday
18th
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From
10:00am to 10:25am: Laying
On Of Hands Spiritual Healing.
10:30am:
Lecturer
&
Spirit Messages with Medium
Rev.
Rosie Bouch - Spiritual Awakening Minister
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Tuesday
20th
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TUESDAY
CIRCLE: August
20th :
Healing, Meditation, Mediumship
A
small love donation of $5.00 would be appreciated. Thank you
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Sunday
25th
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From
10:00am to 10:25am: Laying
On Of Hands Spiritual Healing.
10:30am:
Lecturer
&
Spirit Messages with Medium
Shari
Dworkin-Smith - Spiritual Awakening Member
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Tuesday
27th
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TUESDAY
CIRCLE: August
27th:
Healing, Meditation, Mediumship
A
small love donation of $5.00 would be appreciated. Thank you
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PLEASE
CHECK THE SPIRITUAL AWAKENING CENTER WEBSITE FOR UPDATES OR CHANGES
TO OUR SCHEDULE.
For
more information on any of these events please visit our website at:
http://www.churchofspiritualawakening.com
Events
and Workshops for
August
2024
Ordination
Service
for
Michael Davies
Sunday, August 4th, 2024, at 11:30am
Mediumship
Development Workshop
Saturday,
August 10th, From 10:30am
to 12:30p.m.
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For more information about this workshop please Click
Here
or
visit our website
PRIVATE
READINGS
Private Readings will be available on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays &
Saturday mornings, starting at 10:00am.
To book, please go to the booking page on our
website or click
here
http://www.churchofspiritualawakening.com/BookAReading.html
Please
Click this link for Printer Friendly Schedule/
Calendar
for August 2024 (churchofspiritualawakening.com)
For
more information on any of these events please visit our website at:
http://www.churchofspiritualawakening.com
FRIENDS
OLD AND NEW
Happy
Birthday Wishes to Members:
Evan
Poppitt on the 12th.
Rhonda
Rosa on the 13th.
Rev. Mary Kingslien 31st
A
Very Happy August
Birthday to you!
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If
you feel that you would like to become a member of our Spiritual Awakening
Family and have been a
regular for a while. Please click on the Membership link below for more
information. Thank You!
Membership
MEDITATION
Please
click link below or picture to watch and hear Meditation:
GUIDED
MEDITATION:
A Haven for Your Mind Run
Time 21:59
In this guided meditation we will help you to create a haven, a sanctuary
in your mind. You can build it and return to it whenever you wish, making
it your safe place. Here you can put aside everything that does not
serve you, and it will be there whenever you need it.
VOICES
FROM THE PAST
SPIRITUALISM:
YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW
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Mr.
& Mrs. Fox and their two youngest daughters Margaretta and Catherine
moved into a small wooden cottage in Hydesville , New York, U.S.A.,
in 1847. The rapping's in the night began occurring on a regular
basis and eventually, on Friday 31st March 1848 the girls were
preparing for bed when they heard the noises again. The family
and an investigation committee formed a code that could be used
to communicate in words and numbers. Margaretta Fox did the first
public demonstration of mediumship in the New York Corinthian
Hall in 1849.
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Spiritualism
was introduced to England in 1852 by a medium from America called
Mrs. Hayden, who had suffered many hostilities from churches and
press. However, she was backed up by such eminent people as Sir
Charles Isham, Professor De Morgan, Robert Chambers and Dr. Ashburner.
Keighley in Yorkshire became the first site in Britain to establish
a Spiritualist Church which was opened by David Richmond in 1853
and it was also the first place to publish a Spiritualist Newspaper
called “The Yorkshire Spiritual Telegraph” in 1855. A great socialist
called Robert Owen became interested in spiritualism after having
private sittings with Mrs Hayden in 1854. After his death he gave
the seven principles of Spiritualism through a Medium called Mrs.
Emma Hardinge Britten in 1871. The Two Worlds Newspaper which
was first issued in 1887 published the seven principles in 1889.
Mrs Emma Hardinge Britten was known as a very good medium and
had returned to England in 1866 to promote spiritualism.
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Andrew
Jackson Davis, born on the 11 th August 1826 in Orange County
USA founded the Lyceum in New York in 1863, after giving a lecture
in Dodsworth Hall, Broadway, New York., where he described the
things he had seen in Summerland, how happy and well looked
after the children were there. Subsequently in 1866 Mr Hitchcock
opened the first British Lyceum in Nottingham. The first Lyceum
conference was held in Bradford in 1886 headed by Alfred Kitson.
In 1887 the first Lyceum Manual was produced in Britain. It
was written by Mrs Emma Hardinge Britten, Alfred Kitson and
Mr Kersey. The Spiritualists Lyceum Union became established
in 1890, however the name became British Spiritualists Lyceum
Union four years later. In 1948 the British Spiritualists Lyceum
came together with the Spiritualists National Union and in 1951
the Lyceum Department received a letter from the SNU stating
that from now on it would be know as The Spiritualists Lyceum
Union.
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An
interesting report was printed in 1869 by the Dialectical Society
which was a committee that had been formed to investigate Spiritualism.
Sir William Crookes a top physicist published his report to the
Royal Society in the Journal of Science in 1871.
He
had set out to prove Spiritualism had no substance, but found
it to be breathtakingly accurate. He remained a believer in the
existence of the spirit world for the rest of his life.
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1865
and 1872 saw two failed attempts at forming a national organisation
for spiritualists. However, in 1873 the British National Association
of Spiritualists was formed. Further in 1882 Sir William F Barrett
started the Society for Psychical Research.
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In
the late nineteenth century it was felt necessary to form a Federation
to group all Spiritualist organisations together instead of lots
of isolated bodies, which saw the founding of the National Spiritualist
Federation in 1890. However, they had no legal status and in 1902
found it necessary after 12 years to join with the Spiritualist
National Union Ltd which was formed in 1901. This meant “The Companies
Act” gave them the right to hold properties as a company limited
by guarantee. The main aims of The Spiritualist National Union
Ltd, which still hold fast today are to spread the religion and
philosophy of Spiritualism.
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In
1916 Ernest Oaten led a parliamentary campaign instituted by
the Union for legal recognition of Spiritualism. Two years later
in 1918 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lent weight to spiritualism by
speaking of his own beliefs in it and issued a publication called
“The New Revelation”.
Arthur
Findlay produced three books between 1931-1935, these were,
On the Edge of the Etheric, The Rock of Truth and The Unfolding
Universe. He was also the founder of The Psychic News which
was edited at the time by Maurice Barbanell.
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The
first BBC programme on Spiritualism was given by Ernest Oaten
in 1934. Spiritualism continued to grow, and quite a few notable
and significant things were happening. In 1937 the Archbishop
of Canterbury with Dr. Cosmo Lang and Archbishop Temple of York
formed a Church of England Committee to look into Spiritualism.
They issued a report on their findings, but this report was suppressed
as it was found to be too favourable. The SNU also started appointing
Ministers in 1939, and in 1940 the Union was given a certificate
by the Government to act as a Trust Corporation.
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A
Helen Duncan, a Scottish medium, was famously tried at the Old
Bailey in London during World War II. She was the last person
to be prosecuted under the Witchcraft Act of 1735. Her trial began
on March 23, 1944, and she was accused of being a fraudulent medium.
Duncan’s séances, where she claimed to produce ectoplasm and
communicate with spirits, had attracted significant attention.
During one of her séances in 1941, she revealed the sinking
of HMS Barham before the information was officially released,
which alarmed the authorities. This led to her arrest in 1944,
amid fears she might reveal sensitive wartime information. After
a seven-day trial, she was found guilty and sentenced to nine
months in prison.
Her
case was one of the most sensational
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episodes in wartime Britain and led to the eventual repeal of
the Witchcraft Act in 1951. She was accused of being fraudulent
and was sent to Holloway Prison for nine months.
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The
Royal Albert Hall in London was the venue for the celebrating
one hundred years of spiritualism in 1949 and a year later in
1950 the Spiritualists National Union was known as the official
body of spiritualism. An extremely important year was 1951 when
the Government saw fit to bring in the “Fraudulent Mediums Act”.
This meant a lot to Spiritualists, as, if it was recognised that
there were fraudulent mediums, this also meant there were bona
fide ones. The “Witchcraft Act 1735” was abolished, and Mediums
no longer had to worry about Section 4 of the “Vagrancy Act 1824”.
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In
1954 the National Federation of Healers was formed. At the AGM
of the Union in 1963 a motion was put forward showing a need for
a Guild of Spiritualist Healers. Although the motion was proved,
nothing could be done at the meeting. This was followed by a proposal
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to
form a Guild of Spiritualist Healers in 1964 at the Unions AGM
held in Manchester, and in the same year Stansted Hall was bequeathed
to the SNU by Arthur Findlay for use as a College for Psychic
Science, which opened its doors in 1966. 1969 saw the inauguration
of the League of Friends of Stansted Hall. In 1970 the first meeting
of the Guild of Spiritualist Healers took place at Stansted Hall
and the first conference followed in 1972. A new set of Articles
of Association were
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adopted
and a new three tier system of administration was agreed upon
at the SNU AGM in 1975.
The
Guild of Spiritualist Healers was merged with the SNU in 1994
and made responsible for healing within the Union.
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Wembley
was the venue for the national celebration of the SNU Centenary
in 1990 on Hydesville Day March 31st.
One
of the great mediums of our time Gordon Higginson MSNU passed
to spirit on 18 th January 1993. He was president of the SNU
for 23 years and is sadly missed, although he continues to work
from the spirit side of life.
One
hundred and fifty years of Spiritualism was celebrated in 1998
and leaders of major spiritual organisations met at Stansted
Hall.
Finally,
the Pioneer Centre at Stansted Hall was opened and dedicated
in 1999 by Mrs Judith Seaman MSNU. This is now being used for
Healing and many other therapies and uses.
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SPIRITUALISM
AND SPIRITUALISTS
- What we Believe:
Featured
Article Contributed by Rev. Al Potts.
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RESPECTING
THE FORMLESS GOD IN FORM
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A
kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children
while they were drawing. Occasionally, she would walk around
to see each child's work. As she got to one little girl who
was working diligently, the teacher asked what the drawing
was? The little girl replied, " I'm drawing God." The teacher
paused and said "but no one knows what God looks like." Without
missing a beat or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied,
"they will in a minute."
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is God to you, and can you honestly describe God, as the little
girl tried to do? Ellen DeGeneres said, "In the beginning there
was nothing, and God said, "Let there be light," and there was
light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot
better." For many people looking for God there is nothing, and
so whatever we have to say, they may not be able
to grasp
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notion that God is Love, pure
love and that it is impossible to perceive such enormity in our
physical mind. |
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Those
from the spirit world who come to pass on their knowledge to
us on the earth plane, tell us that they have never seen God,
but are aware of his power in everything that exists. Released
from the bondage of a physical body, the soul is able to perceive
the power of God within everything that has life. In the next
phase of life we will be able to breathe in the breath of God,
which sustains the soul and encourages it to go ever forward
with its
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progression. We
will know
God through every expression of love which brings life in all,
including the animals. All fear disappears from our life and
we are able to move in a positive direction into eternal life.
Declare
unto God, Thou art my father, my mother, my brother, and my
friend. Thou art my wisdom, my light of lights and Thou art
my all.
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are told by Andrew Jackson Davis that the soul is comprised of
three distinct parts, Love, Will and Wisdom. When we think of
love, it is a basic element of life in this world and the next.
This is difficult to explain because it is abstract and conceptual,
it cannot be seen or touched, but it is just as real as any thing
that we experience in the world of matter. Love is |
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basic element of the human soul. It conceives all of the beauty,
loveliness in all things, and is the living seed of the soul.
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Why
then are so many people looking for God? when the perception
and the spark of God are within our very being. Look not outside
for God, but within, as you are the very essence of the Divine
creator, and cannot be separated from the Universal power that
is GOD. Look for God in everything and you will always reflect
on the enormous power that reflects within each of us.
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THE
TEACHINGS OF SILVER BIRCH
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The Wisdom
of Silver Birch
Silver
Birch is arguably the most famous guide and prolific teacher
in the history of Spiritualism. Though presenting himself as
a North American Indian the wisdom of this timeless master transcends
both history and culture.
The
philosophy of Silver Birch was channeled over an incredible
61 years by trance medium and founder of Psychic News, Maurice
Barbanell.
Silver
Birch not only provides us with a comprehensive description
of the Spirit realm and its relation to the material plane we
temporarily call home, his words also provide a blueprint for
living a purposeful and ultimately satisfying life.
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The
message of Silver Birch is an excellent introduction for newcomers
to Spiritualism, an ongoing source of inspiration for established
Spiritualists, and food for thought for even the most hardened
skeptics.
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On
The Spirit World
Silver
Birch made it clear that the spirit world is not “dreamy or nebulous.”
Spirits are busy with activities just as they are in the physical
world. In the spirit world, the mental is real and the physical
is a shadow. For example, when one dreams, things seem real at the
time. The dream only becomes ethereal when the person wakes up.
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On
Healing
He
emphasized that the Great Spirit, the apex of love and wisdom and
compassion, provides everyone with the opportunity to find themselves
and begin to live, not in superstition, ignorance, or darkness,
but in the full light of knowledge, with serenity and confidence
as their constant companions.
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'QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS' by Silver Birch
Every
Month we will post a different Question which was Asked and Answered
by Silver Birch
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Silver
Birch was asked about PREMONITIONS:
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He
replied: "As to the
premonitions, these occur because individuals momentarily remove
themselves from their usual three dimensional and are able to
experience, however fleetingly, time as it exists in its own sphere.
What you must try to realise is that time is an eternal present.
It is your earthly
relationship to time that determines
what you call past and future. If you escape the three dimensional
barriers and get in touch with time as it really is, then you
are aware of what is the future, to you at the present time..."
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Silver
Birch was also asked about ASTRAL TRAVEL
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He
replied: "It
happens very simply that the real you leaves your body and is
able to travel vast distances, sometimes into our world, and sometimes
into the further reaches of your world. Actually every one of
you travels astrally when you go to sleep."
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FOOD
FOR THOUGHT
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Love,
Life and Parting.
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LOVE
- When two hearts come together and find they beat as one
The
world looks so much brighter and new lives have begun
There's
fun and joy and laughter, new feelings to explore
There's
hope, anticipation, that's love and so much more.
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LIFE
- You learn to live together, know one another's thoughts
There's
ups and downs and turn arounds, and tears and fights galore
There's
children and there's parents, there's sickness and there's health
There's
joy and consolation, that's love, that's life, that's wealth.
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PARTING
- Then suddenly it's over, a lightning strike hits home,
An
unexpected illness that leaves you all alone
At
first you don't believe it, that shouldn't happen ever
You'd
really only started to build your life together.
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GRIEF
- Your happy world is shattered, there's heartache and there's
pain,
The
one person that mattered, will not be here again,
You
scream. You cry, you stagger, you shake, you beat the floor,
You
feel your life has ended and joy walked out the door.
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PEACE
- Now time has passed, as pass it must and life has carried on
You've
learned again to live alone and sing a different song,
You
see a face, you hear a voice, and memories overcome you,
You
realize you'll meet again when Infinite Spirit enfolds you.
Rose
Jones
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SIMPLY
DELICIOUS
3
Ingredient Sugar Cookies
Please
click link HERE or picture to watch Video:
Making
3 ingredient sugar cookies. In this recipe video, we'll show you how
to make sugar cookies with only 3 ingredients. You can make these sugar
cookies with just 3 ingredients, 4 if you count sprinkles!
You're
only three basic ingredients—butter, flour, and sugar—away from making
these sweet buttery cookies. And we almost guarantee you have all three
of them in your kitchen. Which begs the question... why aren't you making
these cookies right now?! Also we know it might be cheating and adding
a fourth ingredient but if you have sprinkles, add them on top before
baking for a fun and festive look.
Ingredients
for making 3 ingredient sugar cookies:
1/3
cup granulated sugar
1
stick plus 2 tbsp salted butter, softened
1
cup all-purpose flour
Sprinkles
(optional)
THE
FUNNY CORNER
AND
FINALLY
Thank
you for reading the August 2024 COSA Newsletter, we hope you enjoyed
it and found the articles and videos interesting.
Further
details of services and events listed in this newsletter, together with
suggested love donation and Zoom log-in details, will be emailed directly
to you prior to the event dates.
Love
and light
Tanya
and Michael
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