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Teens Learn How to Escape the Beautifully Wicked Trap at the SCYL Fall Retreat

By Kurt Fekete At this year’s Swedenborgian Church Youth League (SCYL) Fall Teen Retreat at Cedar Hill Retreat Center in South Duxbury, Massachusetts, we dove fearlessly into the theme The Beautifully Wicked Trap: How Hell Captures Your Soul.Eleven teens explored the subtle ways the Hells try to lure us in, and how we can recognize these

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Seven Days of Creation Regeneration Series

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A Day at the Fryeburg Fair New Church Booth

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By Rev. Kevin Baxter I can’t quite remember when the idea first took root—maybe at the Fryeburg Assembly—but at some point, I decided I wanted to volunteer at the Fryeburg Fair New Church Food Booth. I started asking around, just enough to learn what was involved without actually committing. But by September, I’d spoken with

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Join Us Online for Advent!

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A Little Church with A Big Voice

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Support Our Little Church with Its Special Purpose Most of the time we understand church as an organization on earth. Swedenborg recognizes this and calls this form “the church specific.” But he also shaped a powerful perspective on the way church exists as a form of spiritual force. We individually can be understood as a

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2026 Annual Convention Location and Dates!

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Save the date for the 2026 Convention! Please plan to join us for the 202nd Annual Convention of the Swedenborgian Church where we will return to the east coast with our gracious hosts from the Boston Church on the Hill. Convention will be from June 26 – June 30 (includes travel dates). Meetings and lodging

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Save the Date: Gathering Leaves 2025

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Remaining Rooted Through AdversitySeptember 25–28, 2025 Save the Date for Gathering Leaves 2025, the international retreat for all Swedenborgian/New Church women! It will be an in-person and online event, held September 25–28, 2025, at the Temenos Retreat Center, a Swedenborgian facility and church, in West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. The theme this year is “Remaining Rooted

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UK International Teen Summer Camp 2025

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By Kurt Fekete Six years ago, a six-day International Camp for SCYL teenagers was held at Purley Chase, England and for those who came along, amazing memories were made, and lasting friendships were formed. We feel it is time to do it again and want to invite you! Where? The camp will be held at

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Appeal for the 2025 Annual Convention

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A Message from Rev. Dr. Jim Lawrence and the Executive Committee of the Swedenborgian Church of North America Dear Members and Organizations of the SCNA, We are reaching out to our wonderful benefactors, both individuals and organizations, to consider a contribution helping us provide this significant annual experience for all of our members and friends.

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