Re: Today I am a Reverend
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 6:42 pm
Thank you for the accolades!
Yes, Joseph, it was quite a surprise to receive the guidance to study for Ministerial Ordination! Never in my wildest dreams did I image doing this!
I would like to acknowledge our beloved and ever gracious friend Elizabeth Morana who helped me with my decision. As always, Elizabeth gave her whole hearted and unqualified support! Elizabeth provided me with the FCNB Study Guide as well as some sample study questions, offering her assistance and prayerful support. She is exquisite, so strong in The Love and such a beautiful channel ....always LIVING the LOVE! I am grateful for her inspiration and example.
I also think that each of us was well matched with our sponsors: Helge with Geoff Cutler (Sydney, Au); Al with Michael Nedbal (Hawaii) and myself with Ruth Duvall (Florida). It was an awesome experience for each of us to have their loving, prayerful support.
Answering the questions about the Truths of the spiritual laws as received through James Padgett 100 years ago provided me with the opportunity to reflect back on my spiritual journey -- to recall personal experiences that upon reflection, were obviously God-guided! I was led to the Padgett Messages in 1971 and devoured them! Not because I was ever a scholar but because I got hooked on that blissful, soulful communion that comes in reading them. I struck up a letter writing friendship with Rev. John Paul Gibson and ordered several copies of the volumes -- giving them away to anyone who would allow me to talk about the Truth of Divine Love! From time to time I still pray that those volumes, scattered where ever they are now, that they will come into the hands of seeking souls.
It was through my correspondence with Rev. Gibson in the 70's that I discovered (with astonishment) that I had already met Dr. Samuels in a Vancouver park while he and his wife were on vacation in Vancouver! An atheist and University student at the time, I look back on that experience and realize that God was guiding me then....and although I didn't believe a word they said, I was deeply, soulfully touched because they were truly channels of Divine Love! Another remarkable experience occurred when Al and I were guided to meet Victor Summers, the then head of the Church...(approx. 1982) on a farm in the mountains near San Diego. We danced and prayed together with Victor, Michael Bailley and Patricia Sperry! Victor showed us all the original transcripts of messages received through James Padgett which were in his possession then. Little did we realize the importance and significance of his treasure.
I highly recommend taking a Ministerial Ordination program! It has been a soul stirring and life enhancing experience.
With love and gratitude to both FCNB and FCDT for developing their programs ...and the great legacy of love upon which they are based.... I am now, with great humility "Reverend" Jeanne
Yes, Joseph, it was quite a surprise to receive the guidance to study for Ministerial Ordination! Never in my wildest dreams did I image doing this!
I would like to acknowledge our beloved and ever gracious friend Elizabeth Morana who helped me with my decision. As always, Elizabeth gave her whole hearted and unqualified support! Elizabeth provided me with the FCNB Study Guide as well as some sample study questions, offering her assistance and prayerful support. She is exquisite, so strong in The Love and such a beautiful channel ....always LIVING the LOVE! I am grateful for her inspiration and example.
I also think that each of us was well matched with our sponsors: Helge with Geoff Cutler (Sydney, Au); Al with Michael Nedbal (Hawaii) and myself with Ruth Duvall (Florida). It was an awesome experience for each of us to have their loving, prayerful support.
Answering the questions about the Truths of the spiritual laws as received through James Padgett 100 years ago provided me with the opportunity to reflect back on my spiritual journey -- to recall personal experiences that upon reflection, were obviously God-guided! I was led to the Padgett Messages in 1971 and devoured them! Not because I was ever a scholar but because I got hooked on that blissful, soulful communion that comes in reading them. I struck up a letter writing friendship with Rev. John Paul Gibson and ordered several copies of the volumes -- giving them away to anyone who would allow me to talk about the Truth of Divine Love! From time to time I still pray that those volumes, scattered where ever they are now, that they will come into the hands of seeking souls.
It was through my correspondence with Rev. Gibson in the 70's that I discovered (with astonishment) that I had already met Dr. Samuels in a Vancouver park while he and his wife were on vacation in Vancouver! An atheist and University student at the time, I look back on that experience and realize that God was guiding me then....and although I didn't believe a word they said, I was deeply, soulfully touched because they were truly channels of Divine Love! Another remarkable experience occurred when Al and I were guided to meet Victor Summers, the then head of the Church...(approx. 1982) on a farm in the mountains near San Diego. We danced and prayed together with Victor, Michael Bailley and Patricia Sperry! Victor showed us all the original transcripts of messages received through James Padgett which were in his possession then. Little did we realize the importance and significance of his treasure.
I highly recommend taking a Ministerial Ordination program! It has been a soul stirring and life enhancing experience.
With love and gratitude to both FCNB and FCDT for developing their programs ...and the great legacy of love upon which they are based.... I am now, with great humility "Reverend" Jeanne