We are delighted to formally announce the upcoming 100th Anniversary Divine Love Retreat and to offer you an opportunity to register! It will be held near Washington DC from Sept. 10-14, 2014. I'll paste my article about the retreat below and I will post the registration form separately. Hope to see you there!
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We invite you to join us at our 100th Anniversary Retreat in celebrating the beautiful messages that came through James Padgett a century ago—messages from Jesus and Celestials that told us again and again: God’s Divine Love is freely available to each of us for the asking.
For those familiar with the Padgett messages, there is something in these messages that has truly touched them; something that has actually changed their lives.
And for those among us who have not yet read the Padgett messages—but who do know about the possibility of praying for Divine Love—they, too, are moved and affected in ways hard to describe.
Now that we each know about this, we—each in our own individual lives—are yearning to feel the immediacy of Divine Love—during our private prayers, in our relationships, and in the ordinary moments of our lives. We want to feel it here, now, loud-and-clear. We want to feel its immediacy.
Again and again, we find ourselves distracted by stress or conflict—for moments, hours, even for long stretches. Then we turn back to prayer, and seek that immediate, newly-fresh sense of the Love, here, with us.
And, with our Father’s ever-present Love for us, we somehow find our way back to the Love.
And we find—over and over—that life’s daily challenges give us many opportunities to recommit and to find a deeper and deeper connection to Divine Love.
Coming to pray together and to listen in a heartfelt way to other seekers of Divine Love is one way we seek to strengthen our commitment, and to feel a greater immediacy of that Love.
I welcome you to join us for this precious time together, supporting one another as we turn more fervently to our Father, as we create a safe and sacred space in which we can seek an ever greater opening of our souls and an ever greater abundance of His great Love into our souls. This is also a wonderful opportunity to renew old friendships and make new ones.
Note: For those who have attended other Divine Love Retreats in the past, you know it’s a common practice for contemporary mediums to receive messages from spirit during such gatherings.
The practice of receiving new messages will not be a part of this retreat. This gathering will focus solely those truths that came through James Padgett.
If you are familiar with the Padgett messages, we invite you to bring a copy of your ‘favorite’ message, or excerpt of one, to reflect upon during our conversations.
If you do not have the Padgett messages and would like to request a complimentary copy, please contact us at newbirth@divinelove.org.
But familiarity with the Padgett messages is not expected or required. All who feel drawn to praying for Divine Love are welcome at this gathering, as are those who are simply curious.
DETAILS
For five days, from Wednesday afternoon until Sunday late morning (Sept 10-14, 2014) we will spend our days in twice-daily silent prayer circle, and we will take opportunities in small group settings to speak thoughtfully with one another about what drew us to seeking Divine Love, about what moves us to pray, and how seeking the Divine Love has changed us.
You will be invited to speak about what it is in the writings that has touched you so deeply. What is it about these messages—written so many years ago—that makes them so alive for you today? If you have a ‘favorite’ message from the Padgett collection, please bring it.
We’re planning on having two presenters--Dennis Tormey and Paul King--share their research on Padgett’s life and work; both researchers are deeply dedicated to the truths revealed in the Padgett messages. Dennis has done fascinating research on Padgett's life and is brimming with little-known details about Padgett, his family and friends. Paul is a thorough researcher of Padgett's work and will also bring us new insight into the development of the messages received by Padgett.
In addition, you will have many opportunities to speak with one another in a heartfelt way in small group gatherings--giving you an chance to hear about each other's unique experiences along this path..
We will also provide opportunities during our evenings for music from many of our talented friends and a special Saturday evening concert featuring the dazzling Dennis Tormey
Other evenings, we will enjoy opportunities to explore Qi Gong (a practice of aligning breath, movement, and awareness, uniquely combined with our soul’s yearnings for Divine Love) with Greg Boster. We invite off of our musically-inclined participants to bring along their instruments and music. Please write us (newbirth@divinelove.org) beforehand with your suggestions of other activities and please consider sharing your gifts and talents with all of us.
Meals and rooms are available on site at the 4H Conference Center (http://www.4hcenter.org) where our meetings will take place. This will allow you to streamline your travel plans, and reduce time spent moving from hotel, to restaurant, to conference setting.
There are a limited number of rooms available with two double beds and there are also many rooms with two sets of bunk beds. You may reserve for one, two, three, or four registrants (see registration form in the next post). We’ve reserved 20 of the 32 available ‘hotel-like’ rooms that have two double beds. Once those rooms are taken, registrants may be assigned to rooms having two sets of bunk beds, even if you are staying alone or with one other person.
The 4H Conference Center (4HCC) is near public transportation, about a half hour metro ride from Washington DC, where James Padgett lived, worked, and dedicated his evenings to receiving messages from Jesus and Celestials over a nine-year period, from 1914 to 1923.
The Reagan National Airport is the closest airport to the 4HCC. The Metro Yellow line leaves from the airport; take that line to “Gallery Place” stop, and change to the Red line on the same platform and go to the “Friendship Heights” stop on the Red line, and then take a taxi to the 4HCC, which is about a mile from the metro station.
You may register by completing registration form and mailing it with your check to FCNB, PO Box 6, Williamsville, NY 14231, USA, or you may register on line at our website, http://www.divinelove.org and utilize Pay Pal or pay by personal check. Please add $10 per person for Pay Pal Fee.
We are asking that our international guests use only Pay Pal to pay for registration, as our bank's fees for accepting international checks would increase your cost by at least $100 per person.
We strongly encourage you to register by April 30, 2014 to ensure you secure the room of your choice. We ask for full payment at the time of registration.
The Foundation Church of the New Birth – What It Is
The main mission of the Foundation Church of the New Birth is to preserve and disseminate the messages from Jesus and Celestials that came through Mr. James Padgett and Dr. Daniel Samuels.
The literature flowing from the work of these two men is the only material disseminated by FCNB.
We love and respect fellow seekers of Divine Love and support them in our prayers and fellowship.
At the core of the Padgett messages lies the truth that our Heavenly Father desires to have each of us absorb His Divine Love and, thus, become one with Him in Love. We also know that we can receive His Love only when we yearn for it from our souls.
This is the one great truth that changes everything in one’s life when one begins to sincerely seek this Love.
Our board is acutely aware of the fact that Jesus’ central message was lost over the centuries through the rewriting of the gospels. Many erroneous beliefs about his life were later added to the written record, leading to great misunderstandings as well as an almost complete loss of his teachings about Divine Love.
Therefore, the FCNB preserves the original messages for posterity and also continues to make the four volumes of True Gospel Revealed Anew by Jesus available, to keep the True Gospel true, undiluted, and alive.
I warmly welcome all who wish to pray together for our Father’s great Divine Love during this commemorative week!
