Great night .See how many witches you can name?
Monday, October 31, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Sunday Services / Monday Demonstration
Sunday Services 30 October 2011
11am Darren Jones / 6pm Les Jones / Maureen Howells
Monday 31 October HALLOWEEN SPECIAL Demonstration of Mediumship followed by Table Turning. 4 mediums 7pm start. £3 per person
11am Darren Jones / 6pm Les Jones / Maureen Howells
Monday 31 October HALLOWEEN SPECIAL Demonstration of Mediumship followed by Table Turning. 4 mediums 7pm start. £3 per person
Friday, October 28, 2011
Saturday Healing.
One session starting 10-30 and closing at 11-30. Please come along and see our experienced approved healers do their thing so to say.
You will receive a welcome that is second to none.
Healing is free, but if you wish you can make a donation toward the upkeep of the church.
You will receive a welcome that is second to none.
Healing is free, but if you wish you can make a donation toward the upkeep of the church.
UP COMING WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS
31st OCTOBER: HALLOWEEN SPECIAL CLAIRVOYANCE DEM AND TABLE TURNING
£3 pay on the door
15th NOVEMBER: PHYSICAL DEMONSTRATION ( TRANSFIGURATION)
6-30 pm for 7 pm start
£10 per person 30 tickets only
26th NOVEMBER: WORKSHOP--- MEDIUMSHIP AWARENESS AND EXPANSION (ALL LEVELS)
With SHARON FRY
11-30am until 5-30pm £5 per person
TEA AND COFFEE and BISCUITS supplied
Bring your own lunch
£3 pay on the door
15th NOVEMBER: PHYSICAL DEMONSTRATION ( TRANSFIGURATION)
6-30 pm for 7 pm start
£10 per person 30 tickets only
26th NOVEMBER: WORKSHOP--- MEDIUMSHIP AWARENESS AND EXPANSION (ALL LEVELS)
With SHARON FRY
11-30am until 5-30pm £5 per person
TEA AND COFFEE and BISCUITS supplied
Bring your own lunch
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Open Circle Thursday
You are all welcome to attend Thursday nights circle at Park Grove. Whether you come for the energies, to develop your clairvoyance, to hopefully get some message or just to enjoy the company of like minded people the same as you, we look forward to seeing you and hopefully increase your link with the Spirit World.
As always make sure you are at the church before 7pm as the door is shut promptly at this time.
Only £2 per person for an hour well spent. The medium is the lovely Kim Rogers and she will be aided by a well known nuisance in the church. Go on I dare you to make a guess. No prize for the first correct,just fun.
As always make sure you are at the church before 7pm as the door is shut promptly at this time.
Only £2 per person for an hour well spent. The medium is the lovely Kim Rogers and she will be aided by a well known nuisance in the church. Go on I dare you to make a guess. No prize for the first correct,just fun.
Monday, October 24, 2011
AWARENESS AND DISCUSSION GROUP
AWARENESS AND DISCUSSION GROUP
Tuesday 11th October £2 per person with the lovely KIM ROGERS / SANDRA PENGELLY
STARTS @ 7pm
GOOD VALUE AND GREAT FUN WITH GREAT PEOPLE
Tuesday 11th October £2 per person with the lovely KIM ROGERS / SANDRA PENGELLY
STARTS @ 7pm
GOOD VALUE AND GREAT FUN WITH GREAT PEOPLE
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Saturday Healing.
One session starting 10-30 and closing at 11-30. Please come along and see our experienced approved healers do their thing so to say.
You will receive a welcome that is second to none.
Healing is free, but if you wish you can make a donation toward the upkeep of the church.
You will receive a welcome that is second to none.
Healing is free, but if you wish you can make a donation toward the upkeep of the church.
Sunday Services / Monday Demonstration
11am Paul Challenger / 6pm Darren Jones
Monday 24 October Demonstration of Mediumship
@ 7pm £3 per person Mike Cronin
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Open Circle Thursday
You are all welcome to attend Thursday nights circle at Park Grove. Whether you come for the energies, to develop your clairvoyance, to hopefully get some message or just to enjoy the company of like minded people the same as you, we look forward to seeing you and hopefully increase your link with the Spirit World.
As always make sure you are at the church before 7pm as the door is shut promptly at this time.
Only £2 per person for an hour well spent. The medium is the lovely Kim Rogers and she will be aided by the equally lovely chairperson Pat Spillane (she made me write that)
As always make sure you are at the church before 7pm as the door is shut promptly at this time.
Only £2 per person for an hour well spent. The medium is the lovely Kim Rogers and she will be aided by the equally lovely chairperson Pat Spillane (she made me write that)
Half Yearly Meeting
Half yearly meeting of the church was held last night and again it is disappointing to say that the turnout of members was pathetic.
Thanks to the members who actually turned up and thanks as well to the members who sent their apologies of absent.
I must say that a lot of work goes into the organisation of these meetings and it is so dissappointing to see all that work being ignored by the majority of people that the work is done for.
Again, thanks to those who did attend, you are the back bone of the church.
Rant over !
Thanks to the members who actually turned up and thanks as well to the members who sent their apologies of absent.
I must say that a lot of work goes into the organisation of these meetings and it is so dissappointing to see all that work being ignored by the majority of people that the work is done for.
Again, thanks to those who did attend, you are the back bone of the church.
Rant over !
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Changes in the NEC & New Appointments
SNU President David Bruton OSNU, 13th October 2011.
I am pleased to announce the formation of a new Standing Committee to be known as the Collegiate Committee, which will have responsibility for both the Arthur Findlay College and the Arthur Findlay Centre; given the importance of both centres, it is the view of the NEC that overall strategic direction needs to be managed by a Standing Committee rather than a sub-committee. Mr Andrew Hadley CSNU has been appointed to chair this new Committee and the Officers of the Union will also sit on the new Committee. Both Centres will continue to maintain management committees to deal with day-to-day operations.
Minister Steven Upton has stepped down from his position of Chairman of the Communications Standing Committee and has been replaced by Chris James CSNU. Steven will assume the role of Ordinary Member 2, with responsibility for Special Projects and the Pioneer Centres, and he will remain the Public Relations Officer.
I would also like to welcome to the NEC Minister Tony Penketh, who has taken the role of Ordinary Member 3. Tony has taken on the role of Chairman of the General Purposes Committee and remains an integral part of the Philosophy & Ethics Committee. Tony will also head up the task of dealing with the Safeguarding policy within the Union, which is seen as a key area for future development.
I am very pleased to welcome Tony to the NEC and am confident that the changes above build on the strengths of last year's NEC, creating an effective team to undertake the vast workload and responsibility to develop the Union and face the challenges within the wider movement.
It also gives me great pleasure to welcome Claire Shores to the position of General Manager at Redwoods. Claire will lead the administrative team within the Union and be part of implementing new systems and procedures, which should add significant value to the membership.
- David Bruton OSNU
Wednesday Healing Sessions
Wednesday Healing Sessions
Two sessions afternoon and evening this Wednesday
1pm till 2pm and 7pm till 8pm.
Healing is free but you can make a donation to the church which goes towards the upkeep of the church.
Two sessions afternoon and evening this Wednesday
1pm till 2pm and 7pm till 8pm.
Healing is free but you can make a donation to the church which goes towards the upkeep of the church.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Half Yearly Meeting
The above meeting will take place at the church on the 18th October at 7pm.
All members are urged to attend as it is their church and they will want a say in how it is organised.
See you all tomorrow?
THE COMMITTEE
All members are urged to attend as it is their church and they will want a say in how it is organised.
See you all tomorrow?
THE COMMITTEE
Monday Demonstration
Monday 17th October Demonstration of Mediumship
@ 7pm £3 per person Nataly Churchill
@ 7pm £3 per person Nataly Churchill
Sunday, October 16, 2011
ITS OUR BIRTHDAY !!!!!!!!!
If you visit this lovely Church and inspect the outside walls, you will notice
that there are 5 bathstone engraved blocks. These blocks of bathstone inform us that they were laid by the named persons on the 16th October 1926.
ITS OUR BIRTHDAY !!!!!!!!!
This building is 85 today
Happy Birthday Cardiff First from all who have felt your wonderful energies.
Special thoughts go out to the pioneers of this special sanctuary for their dedication given and sacrifices made to build their dream.
All we can say is that the present custodians will do their utmost to carry on the legacy you left.
that there are 5 bathstone engraved blocks. These blocks of bathstone inform us that they were laid by the named persons on the 16th October 1926.
ITS OUR BIRTHDAY !!!!!!!!!
This building is 85 today
Happy Birthday Cardiff First from all who have felt your wonderful energies.
Special thoughts go out to the pioneers of this special sanctuary for their dedication given and sacrifices made to build their dream.
All we can say is that the present custodians will do their utmost to carry on the legacy you left.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Sunday Services 16th October 2011
11am Eileen Roberts / 6pm Kim Rogers
Monday 17th October Demonstration of Mediumship
@ 7pm £3 per person Nataly Churchill
Monday 17th October Demonstration of Mediumship
@ 7pm £3 per person Nataly Churchill
Saturday Healing.
One session starting 10-30 and closing at 11-30. Please come along and see our experienced approved healers do their thing so to say.
You will receive a welcome that is second to none.
Healing is free, but if you wish you can make a donation toward the upkeep of the church.
You will receive a welcome that is second to none.
Healing is free, but if you wish you can make a donation toward the upkeep of the church.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Open Circle Thursday
You are all welcome to attend Thursday nights circle at Park Grove. Whether you come for the energies, to develop your clairvoyance, to hopefully get some message or just to enjoy the company of like minded people the same as you, we look forward to seeing you and hopefully increase your link with the Spirit World.
As always make sure you are at the church before 7pm as the door is shut promptly at this time.
Only £2 per person for an hour well spent. The medium is les Jones and chair is Phil Spillane
As always make sure you are at the church before 7pm as the door is shut promptly at this time.
Only £2 per person for an hour well spent. The medium is les Jones and chair is Phil Spillane
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Wednesday Healing Sessions
Wednesday Healing Sessions
Two sessions afternoon and evening this Wednesday
1pm till 2pm and 7pm till 8pm.
Healing is free but you can make a donation to the church which goes towards the upkeep of the church.
Two sessions afternoon and evening this Wednesday
1pm till 2pm and 7pm till 8pm.
Healing is free but you can make a donation to the church which goes towards the upkeep of the church.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Tuesday Night
AWARENESS AND DISCUSSION GROUP
Tuesday 11th October £2 per person with the lovely KIM ROGERS
STARTS @ 7pm
Tuesday 11th October £2 per person with the lovely KIM ROGERS
STARTS @ 7pm
Friday, October 7, 2011
Sunday Services / Monday Demonstration
Sunday Services 9thOctober 2011
11am Lisa Connelly & Val Croot / 6pm Sandra Pengilley
Monday 10th October Demonstration of Mediumship
@ 7pm £3 per person Bob Sutton
Tuesday 11th Oct Awareness and Discussion @7pm £2 per person
11am Lisa Connelly & Val Croot / 6pm Sandra Pengilley
Monday 10th October Demonstration of Mediumship
@ 7pm £3 per person Bob Sutton
Tuesday 11th Oct Awareness and Discussion @7pm £2 per person
Thursday, October 6, 2011
History of Halloween
With its roots in an ancient Celtic festival to honour the Lord of Death Samhain, the witches and warlocks, magic and mayhem of Halloween has had a spell-binding sense of both fascination and fear across the centuries.
Early Days
The Celts lived more than 2,000 years in ago in Great Britain, Ireland and northern France. Their New Year began on November 1 and the turn of the year was regarded as an important time to placate supernatural powers, particularly the Lord of Death. The celebrations of Samhain were particularly important because they marked not only the death of the old year and the birth of the new, but also the end of summer and the start of winter.
Sacrifice and superstition
These ancient celebrations involved fire rites, sacrifice, divination and masquerades and were partly serious and partly fun. On the evening of October 31, the Druids (Celtic priests and teachers) lit a huge bonfire made from sacred oak branches. People put out their own home fires and relit them from this sacred New Year fire to bring prosperity to the family in the months ahead. Animals were also sacrificed and their remains examined to predict the fortunes of the community for the coming year.
At the Samhain feast, places at the table were laid for the First Mother and First Father of the people. Places were also laid for the souls of children who would be born into the family and clan during the year to give them an opportunity to meet their new parents.
Halloween was also thought to be the one day of the year that the Lord of Death allowed the souls of the dead to return to earth. These wandering souls were believed to have the ability to capture attractive humans and take them to the other world for marriage. People disguised themselves by wearing animal heads and skins or blackening their faces and turning their clothes inside out so they would not be recognised and spirited away. Lighted candles were also placed in turnip heads (later replaced by pumpkins) and left to burn in windows all night to keep evil and mischievous spirits at bay.
Symbols for Halloween
Halloween was said to the most favourable night of the year for divination about health, wealth, luck, birth, death and marriage. It was also the most important ritual night for witches covens and those who practised the craft of the wise. The traditional symbols for Halloween over the centuries have therefore developed to represent the otherworld and include black cats, owls, ravens, crows, ghosts, witches, warlocks, cauldrons, broomsticks and ghoulish masks and well as popular divination tools such as Tarot cards and crystal balls.
Orange is a traditional colour for Halloween, representing the powerful cleansing nature of fire. Candles were lit at dusk and allowed to burn until dawn not only to keep evil spirits at bay but also to cleanse the home of negativity and bring good luck for the coming year. It was also customary to light candles for the souls departed ancestors, speaking their name aloud as each candle was lit. Black is another significant Halloween colour representing not only death and endings but also renewal and new beginnings. The number seven is also considered to be significant as it represents magic, mystery, dreams and the spirit world.
Halloween Today
In addition to the traditional celebrations and customs, Halloween today has also become an important time for remembering those who have passed over. The evening provides an ideal opportunity to hold a feast for the living, where favourite dishes of much-loved departed relatives can be cooked. It’s also an excellent time to look at old family photographs and retell family legends and stories. As the relationship between the living and the dead is thought to be at its strongest at Halloween, those who have passed over can be asked for advice and are said to do their best to guide and protect their descendants.
Early Days
The Celts lived more than 2,000 years in ago in Great Britain, Ireland and northern France. Their New Year began on November 1 and the turn of the year was regarded as an important time to placate supernatural powers, particularly the Lord of Death. The celebrations of Samhain were particularly important because they marked not only the death of the old year and the birth of the new, but also the end of summer and the start of winter.
Sacrifice and superstition
These ancient celebrations involved fire rites, sacrifice, divination and masquerades and were partly serious and partly fun. On the evening of October 31, the Druids (Celtic priests and teachers) lit a huge bonfire made from sacred oak branches. People put out their own home fires and relit them from this sacred New Year fire to bring prosperity to the family in the months ahead. Animals were also sacrificed and their remains examined to predict the fortunes of the community for the coming year.
At the Samhain feast, places at the table were laid for the First Mother and First Father of the people. Places were also laid for the souls of children who would be born into the family and clan during the year to give them an opportunity to meet their new parents.
Halloween was also thought to be the one day of the year that the Lord of Death allowed the souls of the dead to return to earth. These wandering souls were believed to have the ability to capture attractive humans and take them to the other world for marriage. People disguised themselves by wearing animal heads and skins or blackening their faces and turning their clothes inside out so they would not be recognised and spirited away. Lighted candles were also placed in turnip heads (later replaced by pumpkins) and left to burn in windows all night to keep evil and mischievous spirits at bay.
Symbols for Halloween
Halloween was said to the most favourable night of the year for divination about health, wealth, luck, birth, death and marriage. It was also the most important ritual night for witches covens and those who practised the craft of the wise. The traditional symbols for Halloween over the centuries have therefore developed to represent the otherworld and include black cats, owls, ravens, crows, ghosts, witches, warlocks, cauldrons, broomsticks and ghoulish masks and well as popular divination tools such as Tarot cards and crystal balls.
Orange is a traditional colour for Halloween, representing the powerful cleansing nature of fire. Candles were lit at dusk and allowed to burn until dawn not only to keep evil spirits at bay but also to cleanse the home of negativity and bring good luck for the coming year. It was also customary to light candles for the souls departed ancestors, speaking their name aloud as each candle was lit. Black is another significant Halloween colour representing not only death and endings but also renewal and new beginnings. The number seven is also considered to be significant as it represents magic, mystery, dreams and the spirit world.
Halloween Today
In addition to the traditional celebrations and customs, Halloween today has also become an important time for remembering those who have passed over. The evening provides an ideal opportunity to hold a feast for the living, where favourite dishes of much-loved departed relatives can be cooked. It’s also an excellent time to look at old family photographs and retell family legends and stories. As the relationship between the living and the dead is thought to be at its strongest at Halloween, those who have passed over can be asked for advice and are said to do their best to guide and protect their descendants.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Open Circle Thursday
You are all welcome to attend Thursday nights circle at Park Grove. Whether you come for the energies, to develop your clairvoyance, to hopefully get some message or just to enjoy the company of like minded people the same as you, we look forward to seeing you and hopefully increase your link with the Spirit World.
As always make sure you are at the church before 7pm as the door is shut promptly at this time.
Only £2 per person for an hour well spent. The medium is Andrej Djordjevitch ably helped by chair person Phil
As always make sure you are at the church before 7pm as the door is shut promptly at this time.
Only £2 per person for an hour well spent. The medium is Andrej Djordjevitch ably helped by chair person Phil
Breaking News.
A statement from Minister Eric Hatton,
chairman of the J.V. Trust.
My fellow trustees and I are absolutely delighted to announce that yesterday, 4th October 2011, ownership of Psychic News, its archives and other assets passed to the J.V. Trust.
Psychic News has been Spiritualism’s most respected publication for almost eight decades, but since August 2010 its voice has been silent. The process of securing the paper’s future has proved a long and complicated saga, but it gives us great pleasure to know that we have at last been able to honour Maurice Barbanell’s wish that Psychic News should always continue in print as a mouthpiece for the truth of Spiritualism.
chairman of the J.V. Trust.
My fellow trustees and I are absolutely delighted to announce that yesterday, 4th October 2011, ownership of Psychic News, its archives and other assets passed to the J.V. Trust.
Psychic News has been Spiritualism’s most respected publication for almost eight decades, but since August 2010 its voice has been silent. The process of securing the paper’s future has proved a long and complicated saga, but it gives us great pleasure to know that we have at last been able to honour Maurice Barbanell’s wish that Psychic News should always continue in print as a mouthpiece for the truth of Spiritualism.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Wednesday Healing Sessions
Wednesday Healing Sessions
Two sessions afternoon and evening this Wednesday
1pm till 2pm and 7pm till 8pm.
Healing is free but you can make a donation to the church which goes towards the upkeep of the church.
Two sessions afternoon and evening this Wednesday
1pm till 2pm and 7pm till 8pm.
Healing is free but you can make a donation to the church which goes towards the upkeep of the church.
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