Sacred Arts Studio: Creativity Playshops

“In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Join us each month for an afternoon of sacred creativity and artful inspiration. Eva Stulb and Tamsin Moore  have formed a new creative alliance, Sacred Arts Studio, dedicated to helping you tap into your artist soul!

Each session is stand alone and open to the public. RSVP is appreciated so that we can plan for the proper amount of supplies.
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Hosted at: Church of Spiritual Light, 1939 Park Meadows Dr. #1, Fort Myers, FL 33907
RSVP: Rev. Renee Bledsoe 239-560-6314 or Eva Stulb at 239-848-5398.
Date: Every 2nd Saturday of the month  | 3-5pm
Cost: $20 (Materials supplied)

Matt Venuti Hang Immersion Concert - January 28, 2012

 "Come and be swept away by the compelling beauty of this new art form of sound sculpture. The Hang in Matt’s hands is pure magic."

The People Shine Project is pleased to present a Hang Immersion Concert with Matt Venuti hosted at Church of Spiritual Light on January 28, 2012, Saturday evening at 6:30pm. Additionally, there will be a Hang Movement Workshop on January 29, 2012 3-5pm, where participants can come and experience the Hang in an even more interactive and intimate way through the connection of their own body movement. The Hang is not only a very special musical instrument, many feel it is also a powerful, vibrational healing instrument.

So by now, you might be wondering... What is a Hang? And that is a question that Matt Venuti has a passion to answer. Several years ago, Matt began to yearn for a new way to express his music. When a friend described something that she had seen at an event, Matt knew instinctively that this was what he was looking for. An exhaustive search eventually led Matt to Bern, Switzerland, where a new instrument had been created in the year 2001 by two ingenious artist/visionaries named Felix Rohner and Sabina Sharer. Their creation was called a "Hang" which means "hand" in their language. Made by hand and played with hands, the Hang is no typical musical instrument. The Hang can only be described as a contemporary innovation...a hand-crafted "sound sculpture".

Click for Matt's YouTube Channel

Matt Venuti is widely considered one of the world’s most prolific players of this heart-inspiring instrument and performs concerts and events, unfolding a soulful musical journey of rhythm, melody, and resonance. The Hang in Matt’s hands is pure magic. He most often performs his “Hang Immersion” concerts in intimate and quiet settings, where the “choir-like” overtones and rich harmonics have a mysteriously profound effect on both listener and player.

Matt has recorded several Hang inspired CDs such as “Dance of the Helix”, “Hangisphere”, and “Hang Therapy”. He shares his time performing as a soloist and with his band.  As a composer and performer, Matt Venuti and his band, The Venusians, have made unique contributions to the budding genres of World Fusion, Ambient and Jam-based music. Using both traditional and contemporary instruments, they are innovators of a sound and style that has become a strong presence in the international music scene, performing at grand scale events and festivals world wide.

You can visit Matt's website at www.MattVenuti.com or become a Facebook fan. He will have CD's for sale at the event.

Event is hosted by Church of Spiritual Light, 1939 Park Meadows Dr. #1, Fort Myers, FL 33907
Seating is limited for these intimate concerts. Please be on time. Doors at 6:30pm.
Media Contact: Renee Bledsoe 239-560-6314

Online tickets will be handled via Will Call ONLY! Please bring your paid receipt to the event as confirmation. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door for each event. If you pre-purchase the bundle you can attend both events for $30 (save $10!). Space is limited, so please get your tickets early.

Tickets must now be purchased at the door. Still seats left! Please join us!

January 2012: Seize the Day

Every man dies.  Not every man really lives.  ~Braveheart

We've come so far, we've endured so much. It's time. It's our time. It's time to start living... really living, really loving, really listening and really connecting. All of us on this human journey have paid a high price for the experiences that humanity as a whole has endured in the quest for the knowledge of good and evil. The data is in, the karma is clearing, the contracts have been completed and we stand at the brink of a massive re-entry into paradise. As we come out of stasis, awakening one by one to the full implications of this evolutionary journey we have been on, descending and ascending the tree of life, we now have perspective unlike ever before about where we have been, what we have been up to and where we are now headed.

Many prophecies speak of the "end times" or "end of time", which might only mean that we are no longer constrained by time, and that our consciousness has expanded so that we understand how to easily and quickly traverse alternate realities at will, thereby transcending time. Yet, that only gives us the ability to more wisely use clock time as a means to connect in the fourth dimension, with fifth dimensional consciousness and higher and experience our unique creations and expressions of love.

The ancient Greeks had two words for time, chronos and kairos. While the former refers to chronological or sequential time, the latter signifies a time in between, a moment of indeterminate time in which something special happens. In rhetoric kairos is "a passing instant when an opening appears which must be driven through with force if success is to be achieved. We now have the ability to pierce the veils, to experience the light in these small moments. The power of the light is so potent and powerful that when we access these tiny shifts through sacred space, we can tap into our own divinity and the grace of the creator and perform outright miracles of manifestation, creation, healing and empowerment!

Yes, we are up for change, but we are not without the means to create something entirely new and filled with light and love beyond imagining. We're making room for full frontal contact with beauty, joy, peace, love, creativity, cooperation, unification and abundance in ways we have only dreampt of. Beware... magic is afoot...

How we spend our days is how we spend our lives.  ~Annie Dillard

Sunday Talks with Rev. Renee Bledsoe
January 01 - Carpe Diam: Sieze the Day
January 08 - The Role of Time & Space
January 15 - Humility, Awareness, Intention & Surrender
January 22 - How to Make Your Shadow Dance
January 29 - Sacred Circle Altar - New Beginnings 2012

January 2012 Affirmations
I seize the glory and power of each new day.
The time for change is here and now.
I claim my shadow and embrace the gifts it holds for me.
I dance with my shadow and turn into the light.
I acknowledge the full spectrum of my beliefs with humor and grace.
I make intentions through the powers of humility and awareness.
I surrender my intentions to my higher power.
I create sacred space for healing and enlightenment.
I accept full responsibility for my life.
Whatever has happened in my life has brought me to here and now.
I step outside of time to heal and empower my life.
I work with alternate dimensions and states of consciousness to move energy and manifest my destiny.
I continue to learn about and use spiritual tools to manage my energy.
I work with time in new and respectful ways.
I use the power of the earth, moon and planetary cycles to manifest and heal.
I look to my relationships, my higher self, guides and guardians to show me what I cannot see.
I honor difficult relationships as teachers, and am willing to release them into the light.
When I receive the lessons and messages from challenging situations they miraculously shift into the light.
I purify my intentions through the powers of love, compassion and forgiveness.
I am moved into action on behalf of all creation.
I am guided by angels and spiritual teachers.
I actively engage and communicate with my higher self.
I am a being of light, created with the intention of pure love.
I am capable of transforming anything into love.
I am a vessel of light and my cargo is love.
Love is born through the light within me.
I step into the land of the living as I cross the shores of my soul.

CoSL Sacred Circle Altar & Holiday Luncheon

 You cordially and especially invited to the Sacred Circle Altar with Holiday Potluck Luncheon immediately following on December 18, 2011 - Service begins at 9:45am - luncheon to immediately follow. We've got lots of "presents" for you and hopefully in return you can gain even more "presence". We've always got something fun and joyful up our sleeves! 

Church of Spiritual Light, 1939 Park Meadows Dr. #1, Ft. Myers, FL 33907

December 2011: True North

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love. – Rumi

What do you love? And who do you love? When are you the most present in your life? What experiences bring you joy and put you in flow? How often do your encounter this in your day to day life? These are all important questions to ask ourselves. For as we do, we find our True North. True North is where we live... as in what makes us come alive, feel energized, inspired and blissful.

On the medicine wheel, the cardinal direction of North is the aspect of the earth and physical manifestation, our body and the actions that we take. It is in these actions that we truly stand in our power and operate from our True North as we walk the earth walk. As we come to know ourselves better, we come to understand the entire creation. As we gain understanding through the wisdom of the earth, we align all the wills to create our life through our unique purpose and passion, not simply from passing fancy or addiction.

During the Winter Solstice and Christmas season we give birth to the seeds of radiant light within our being. There isn't a better time to consciously plant the seeds of our most cherished desires into our heart for safe keeping, as more clarity and new intentions reveal themselves. The ability to tap into angelic forces, ascended masters and beings of light are very strong at this time and they are all awaiting to be called upon.

It's time to receive the wisdom of your Higher Self. The suffering is at an end and the New Earth holds the seeds of much beauty. Find your passion and you'll find where True North lives within you.

Your “true north” cannot be redirected by external pressures.  ~ Bill George


Sunday Talks with Rev. Renee Bledsoe
December 04 - Direction, Pathways & Purpose
December 11 - Seek and Find, Ask and it is Given
December 18 - Sacred Circle Altar - Calling All Angels - followed by Holiday Potluck Luncheon
December 25 - 7pm Candlelight Ceremony/Meditation - Open House (No AM service)

December Affirmations
I am open to receiving guidance and direction from my higher self.
I am a being of light expressing love in the manifested world.
I create a world of beauty.
I walk in beauty.
I give my soul expression.
I am always creating through the loving intentions of my higher wisdom.
I deepen and strengthen my connection with the indwelling Spirit.
My love is my light.
I experience love in new ways.
I see the perfection of my path.
I am guided to my highest good through the process of life itself.
I am the intention of a loving creationary force for good.
I am the fulfillment of the desire for life.
I work with the cardinal directions for protection and creation.
I plant the seeds of realization for my highest good within my heart.
I awaken to my bliss.
I follow the pull of my grandest desires.
I trust that my joy will bring joy to the world.
I am a portal of light and I enlighten the world.
I call upon beings of light and angelic forces to guide and guard me.
I am created in the image of the Master of Light.
I shine my light on this earth, so that others may find their True North.
I merge with my higher self.
I am the light of the world.

Ritual Teachings from Ancient Atlantis

Welcome Seeker, Know Thyself! 
I want to share with you an ancient ritual that has a long oral tradition, passed from person to person, dating back to the lost civilization of Atlantis. I learned this ritual over 20 years ago and have followed these teachings ever since. It is by connecting to the earth in this sacred and powerful way that I first opened to the other earthly realms and could clearly see the tree nymph that nurtures the plant kingdom.  It is a magical journey like no other.


You will learn how to prepare your body to reach a higher level of vibration that will help you gain a closer connection to the earth.  You will learn how to follow the cycles of the year and perform ritual in a sacred way on the Winter Solstice, Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice and Fall Equinox.


For those who seek to embody the highest vibrations within their being, for those who resonate with the Christ consciousness, for those who wish to walk in the light of the divine, this ritual will show you how to embody that which what you wish to study so that it becomes part of your own vibration.


We will start in the winter when the Bear is in hibernation and the growing season is over, harvest has been celebrated and the earth has stilled her energy.  It is now when we will bury ourselves deep in the ground to begin storing energy for springs’ new growth.


Facilitator, Sunaria                                                        
Eva Sahlin Stulb                                                              
Serving the Light


Next Session: December 2012, Sunday - 3-5pm
Winter Solstice Ceremony
Location: Church of Spiritual Light, 1939 Park Meadows Dr. #1, Ft. Myers, FL 33907
$10 (donated to space)
For more information contact: Rev. Renee Bledsoe, 239-560-6314 or Eva Stulb at 239-848-5398

Men's Circle of Recovery

“What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.” - Louis L. Mann

It is our mission to offer men options to traditional 12-step programs. The Men's Circle of Recovery group encompass all parts of a sucessful recovery with the focus always on positive teachings. The approach is to recover the mind, body, and spirit through 12-step methods enhanced with spiritual, health and medicine wheel teachings. This group meets once a week for one hour. Our talking circle is the basis of the meeting. Through closeness with our Higher Power, there can be positive healing and addiction recovery. This is our program goal.... AHO! 

Location: Church of Spiritual Light, 1939 Park Meadows Dr. #1, Fort Myers, Fl 33907

Facilitator: Butch Bridenbaker 

Email: Hawkspirit@comcast.net 

Phone: 239-470-1448