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https://www.youtube.com/@TheSwedenborgianChurch/streams From July 1–4 several programs from our Annual Convention will be live-streamed from Bridgewater, Massachusetts, for anyone anywhere to enjoy and share! Visit our YouTube live page linked above to set up notifications for these events. The following events will be available for free live on our YouTube Channel: –Welcome Worship and Keynote, Saturday, […]
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Welcome to GATHERING LEAVES 2023 We are gathering again! Please join us August 24–27, 2023, at The Lord’s New Church in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, USA, for Gathering Leaves, the eighth international retreat for Swedenborgian and New Church women.Gathering Leaves was started in 2004 to bring women of all the branches of our Swedenborgian tradition together
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Registration for in-person attendees is open until May 14, and until June 14 for virtual attendees.Registration is online only. The 199th annual convention of the Swedenborgian Church will be hosted by the Massachusetts New Church Union at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, from Saturday, July 1 through Wednesday, July 5, 2023. This area of
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A Virtual Educational Offering for the Planet with Dr. Devin Zuber, Associate Professor Center for Swedenborgian Studies, GTU.Free online webinar.Meets over six Tuesdays, from 3:00—5:00 PM Pacific time, on the following dates in Spring 2023:4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16. To register email info@swedenborgianstudies.org This 6-part public seminar is built around of a set of interrelated
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Dear Swedenborgian Church Friends and Colleagues, We are rapidly preparing for a wonderful annual convention in the Boston area from July 1 – July 4 that will be hybrid in format again. We are planning both a wonderful in-person setting at Bridgewater State University and will provide robust tech support for virtual participation in key
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Many thanks to all who joined us for the lecture and Q&A by Rev. Dr. Randy Woodley: Learning From Our Past, Healing Our Future: Dismantling Colonial Dominance in Western Christianity. We will be offering a follow-up Zoom gathering for anyone who would like to process the information in community. Please join us on Thursday March 16th at
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Would you like to offer a Mini Course at the 2023 Convention gathering of the Swedenborgian Church of North America? The Standing Committee for Education & Resources for Spiritual Community (SCER) is currently accepting Mini Course suggestions. They can be offered fully online, fully in-person, or in-person with online live streaming. The theme of this
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The Massachusetts New Church Union is Excited to Welcome You to Bridgewater! Saturday, July 1st – Wednesday, July 5th, 202 This summer’s 199th annual convention will convene in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, at Bridgewater State University. This annual convention is hosted by the churches of the Massachusetts New Church Union: Bridgewater Church of the New Jerusalem, Cambridge
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Written by Rev. Jane Siebert Sometimes we just have to speak up and speak out. We cannot stand by, and watch people being hurt or ostracized or put down by the church in the name of God. This is our God, too, and our God loves every lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, pansexual, two-spirit, non-binary,
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