What thanksgiving, then, can we render to God for you,
and for all the joy we feel on your account before our God?
Night and day we pray beyond measure to see you …
Now may God, our Father, and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you,
and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another
and for all, just as we have for one another, so as to strengthen your hearts,
to abide in holiness before our God and and Father at the coming of Christ
with all the holy ones. Amen.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:9-11
"What does it mean to serve? I must find my real place and accept it.
It is I who is called to be here."
- Jeanne de Salzmann, The Reality of Being: The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff, p. 45
There is a cosmic need for the Work and Being of The Journey School; it is both personal and not personal. We will never know its full significance for it is not ours to know. It is God's business and only God's business. Its workings require effort by those who serve the School while they, at the same time, maintain a life as a householder in the world of ordinary life.
On this national holiday and celebration of thanksgiving, we recognize and bless all who serve. Some are upfront and visible; many are invisible and silently play their roles. There are those who write and present, those who facilitate Journey Groups, those who provide AV/Zoom support, those who provide the administrative underpinnings and archiving. For all, we hold in love and appreciation this day and always.
Here is a list of our beloved servants of the Work this year: as you read each name, send them a nod of thanksgiving and a blessing for their journey, deeper, more spacious, fuller in being … in Christ.
Lee Allbright
Michael Begeman
Pamela Begeman
Mary Anne Best
Caron Betz
LeAnn Billups
Robin Bloor
Bob Breckbill
Gay Bullard
Mark Caddell
Mimi Conroy
Barbara Cook
Tim Cook
Ilia Delio
Marcia Dilly
Martin Field
Jeff Frank
Jill Frank
Donald Genung
Lisa Genung
Brian Graham
Tracy Greiner
Deborah Hale
Don Hale
Marnie Haluska
Cynthia Harp
Peter Haas
David Jenkins
Sharon Johnson
Virgina Maxwell
Duberly Mazuelos
Mary Lea McAnally
Beverly McCune
Whitney McFall
Kristi Michener
Becky Moats
Catherine Moats
Jim Moats
Rusty Nelson
Jeanette Norris
Christine O’Brien
Beth Pierce
Karen Ragland
Suzanne Rittenberry
Mark Russell
Renee Sinicki
Brad Stafford
Jack Stamps
Jackie Strashun
Gina Tippit
Leslie Vieau
Stephen Williams
Guy Yeadon
And to each person who receives the weekly email and attends the Thursday class, participates in a Journey Group, works with a Work Partner, we hold one another in our hearts. May the inmost wishes of our hearts be fulfilled and our joy be made complete in our divine-human destiny.
November Practice: Lighting Candles Daily
Let us light a candle this day in appreciation and wonder for one another and for all we've been given.
There is no class this day. Listen, pray, give thanks, play, enjoy this precious human life. Class will resume next Thursday, December 1.
