World AWAKE, Inc.

To all our members and extended spiritual community, we are in gratitude for your presence and sharing time with us here at World AWAKE. Many are excited about entering into a new year filled with hope and a desire to gather more often virtually via Zoom, much like our amazing conference we had this past November. We have many new events to share in this newsletter.

This loving testimonial is just one of so many we received from the conference that encourages us further to share more time together, and we would like to share it with you from Rev. Dr. Katherine O’Connell, Founder of East-West Seminary.

To all our members and extended spiritual community, we are in gratitude for your presence and sharing time with us here at World AWAKE.

Many are excited about entering into a new year filled with hope and a desire to gather more often via Zoom. We heard your voice and have already scheduled many more gatherings, workshops, and special events. Please stay tuned!

Let’s connect, gather, share, learn and grow in 2022!

World AWAKE is wishing you, your family and friends the best and brightest of holidays! May the Spirit of the New Year be filled with love, joy, good health and abundant prosperity.

A New Year is a great time to restart, renew and reset our goals and intentions. Here at World AWAKE, we are preparing for some wonderful new events, gatherings, education, resources, and networking opportunities.

World AWAKE offers many benefits to support, empower, promote, and inspire our members. We pride ourselves on better assisting you in your clergy and spiritual care profession and communities.

World AWAKE is so delighted with joy and gratitude to announce our new reciprocal partner with “All Paths Divinity School“ in California. Rev. Debrah and Andre VanZyl, thank you for all you do for our Interfaith Community and dialogue.

Interfaith-Interspiritual Seminary offering Degree Programs, Educational Programs, Ordination, and Your Spiritual Community in an online, interactive environment. All Paths Divinity School (APDS) is the spiritual home for students looking to amplify their interfaith interspiritual journey. APDS is founded on awareness that strength and community are discovered by coming together in sacred service to the highest and best in us. Through this empowered connection of spiritual presence, we prepare our students to bring authentic change to themselves and the world.

World AWAKE is so excited and honored to be presenting our 2021 Virtual Conference this November.

Friday November 5th, 2021, Eastern Time 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Saturday November 6th, 2021, Eastern Time 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM

We are filled with gratitude to welcome, internationally known Author, Speaker and Shaman, Don Jose Ruiz as our Keynote on “The Medicine Bag: Shamanic Rituals & Ceremonies For Personal Transformation.” Author, Speaker, Pilgrimage Guide, Ani Williams, who is world renowned for more than two-dozen albums of original music based on Spiritual Traditions.

Our 2021 virtual conference is just around the corner and so many are saying how excited they are for this upcoming spiritual gathering via Zoom.

Friday November 5th, 2021, Eastern Time 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Saturday November 6th, 2021, Eastern Time 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM

This is a wonderful time to come together to nurture our spirits and feed our souls with sacred music, meditation, ancient wisdom, and spiritual practices. It will be interactive, experiential, and inspiring.

As Summer has come to its final days, many of us are returning to school, work and noticing the new season of Fall upon us.

We are very excited and looking forward to our upcoming 2021 Virtual Conference on November 5th and 6th, 2021.

Our gratitude to the Keynote Speakers, World AWAKE Members who asked to participate and several of our Reciprocal Partners that are joining us to present and share their wisdom.

World AWAKE has been very busy over the Summer and are excited to announce our full itinerary for the conference is now complete. You and all your friends are cordially invited to join this interactive and highly experiential 2021 Virtual conference on November 5th & 6th.

Our conference topics include Sacred Sound, Meditation, Feng Shui, Ho’oponopono, Jingle Dress Dance, Sacred Drumming, Zen Wisdom, Compassion Café for our luncheon, Rainbow Candle Lighting, Raffles, and so much more.

We hope you, your families and friends are enjoying the Summertime celebrations.

World AWAKE is celebrating the ordination class of 2021, those who have received their M.Div.’s and Ph.D.’s. Congratulations to everyone on your achievements and accepting the call. I am humbled to be a part of this celebration.

World AWAKE is so very delighted and blessed to have a new Board Member, Rev. Jacqui Griffin. We are in gratitude for her gracious service and wisdom she brings to our organization.

We hope you and all of your beloveds are doing well.

As many are beginning to celebrate the Summer festivities with travels, graduations and weddings, there seems to be some relief in this pandemic and less restrictions. Many are excited to see their loved ones again.

World AWAKE is so excited to announce that those who may be interested in the work of Spiritual Care or desire a recognition from ACPE as “Practitioner” are welcomed. ACPE is"The Standard for Spiritual Care and Education". The syllabus for the “Monday” virtual gatherings is provided further down in this newsletter. This program will begin September 13th, 2021 through June 6th, 2022.

We are in hopes that you all are enjoying the spring weather and the upcoming Summer festivities. Many are excited as they are graduating from Seminary or completing a spiritual care training program.

Coming in September, we are extending to those who are members of World AWAKE another opportunity to receive “Practitioner” recognition from ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care and Education. Whether you are Clergy, Spiritual Care Professionals or students, you can participate. This will be held via Zoom, with Dr. P.T. Wilson. Stay tuned for the special discounts for our members and registration.

As the days get longer and with more sunshine, many are feeling the need to tend to their gardens and take more walks. We hope you are feeling the Spring energy and a sense of renewal.

Our members celebration gathering was fun and we thank you for your presence. The feedback was fantastic, let’s do this again next year. We are so glad you got to see the growth of World AWAKE and how we are here to support you.

World AWAKE extends a heartfelt thanks to Donna Thorman, Rev. Judi Painter and Thomas Pheiffer with NAMI-FaithNet for their virtual discussion and dialogue on mental health. It was insightful and helpful to hear the statistics, signs and symptoms to better help us in our respective communities.

We are very excited to announce the World AWAKE 2021 Conference and Retreat in November.

The Early Bird Registration has begun and all are welcomed to join us for this event.

The weekend of November 5th and 6th, 2021 you can explore ancient wisdom and spiritual practices with our keynote and guest speakers, experience meditations, spiritual wisdom circles, music and more.

In between these special presentations we will have raffles and our compassion cafe lunch to connect with our friends and share the opportunity to learn and be experiential at our gathering.

Please check our website for more details of what is included, and we look forward to seeing you at our 2021 World AWAKE Virtual Conference and Retreat. And please share this message with your friends and colleagues.

Below is the announcement of our Keynote Speaker and Guest Speaker for our November Virtual Conference and Retreat for 2021.

All are welcome to attend this conference in November.

Stay tuned for registration and further exciting details about our experiential virtual conference in our upcoming newsletters.

Please share this announcement with all your friends, family and colleagues.

The Board of Directors have been really busy with coordinating so many new upcoming events, classes and our exciting virtual conference/retreat for 2021. Next week, we will be sending out a “Save The Date” announcement and more information about our conference/retreat. Everyone will be invited to register and attend this very special and experiential event.

I want to extend a heartfelt gratitude to all our members of World AWAKE, Reciprocal partners and Business Affiliates who attended our “Members Celebration” on Thursday, February 25th. It was a delightful time to connect and celebrate one another. A gentle reminder to our members about the event for NAMI, March 23rd, 2021 beginning at 6:30 PM ET.

World AWAKE is so delighted to welcome “Morning Star Centers for Spiritual Living” as our reciprocal partners. Thank you for all you do.

World AWAKE wants to thank each of you for your presence in our spiritual community. As we venture further into this new year, our service and dedication remain resolute and steadfast. New members are joining us, reciprocal partnering is flourishing, and more gatherings are on the horizon.

Date: Thursday, February 25th, 2021

Time: 7:00 PM ET, 6:00 PM CT, 5:00 PM MT, 4:00 PM PT

World AWAKE wishes each one of you a New Year filled with good health, hope, peace and abundant blessings.

With the wonders of technology, we will be having newer online spiritual events, classes and new resources that helps serve you in your respected communities. Stay tuned for announcements to our World AWAKE 2021 online conference/retreat.

Good news for joining World AWAKE or renewing membership, we are offering the Early Bird Special again this year and will end on January 31st, 2021.

If you are Clergy, work in the allied health field, social working, alternative medicine or holistic practices please consider joining our international spiritual organization.

You are cordially invited to this special lecture series from our reciprocal partner “Chaplaincy Institute of Maine”, ChIME.

Opening the Inner Eye

An Introduction to Mysticism, Inside and Outside of the World's Religions

We are in hopes that you found warmth and connection amongst your loved ones during the Thanksgiving holiday. Many called on the phone, Skyped and used Zoom to have a moment with their beloveds.

For those this holiday season that are feeling the adversities and challenges, we extend our prayers and light a candle. May there be healing, comfort and hope to you and your loved ones.

On behalf of World AWAKE and our Board of Directors, we want to thank immensely, Rev. Susanna Stefanachi Macomb for her gracious service, spiritual wisdom and creativity on our Board of Directors. She has completed her 2-year term as our Executive Director of Global Outreach and InterWorship.

As we begin to slowly close out this year and honor the Thanksgiving season, we are so grateful that we had the technology to connect with you our wonderful spiritual community. A heartfelt thank you to those who contributed to the special events we hosted as we navigated these challenging times.

We are so honored and delighted to announce that ChIME “The Chaplaincy Institute of Maine” has become our reciprocal partner as of October 2020. With a heartfelt gratitude to Theo Kalikow, Interim Executive Director, Rev. Katie Payson, Dean of Students for sharing their gracious time with Rev. Susanna Macomb and I to form this partnership. Please read about their school, program, events and description further down in this newsletter.

We thank you for joining us for the many online special events we have hosted here at World AWAKE.

There is one more very special free online event before the year closes out and the holiday season commences. You are all cordially invited and the details are provided below.

On behalf of the Board of Directors and me, we are delighted by the response from our Members to the annual “Hot Chocolate Social” we had online. From Prayer to Prizes, what fun it was to put forth our wishes for the remainder of 2020 and into 2021.

As we turn the corner toward the Fall season, the days are becoming cooler and our leaves here in the Midwest are already changing colors.

We are in hopes that you all are navigating your way through these changing times and know we are here to connect. From all of us here at World AWAKE, we continue to send forth comforting prayers to you and your beloveds.

Our schedule, education, resources and leadership council are expanding.

A special announcement for those who are members of World AWAKE, we are expanding our education and resources, both online and onsite.

If you are seeking Continuing Education and wish to obtain your “Practitioner” recognition from ACPE (The Standard for Spiritual Care and Education) Dr. P. T. Wilson, who serves on the ACPE Practitioner Committee, will be offering ACPE Practitioner classes. I have been participating in these classes with Dr. Wilson since 2013 and highly recommend them to our community.

We are so grateful that you all are a part of our spiritual community.

During these unprecedented times, coming together and sharing time has been so tremendously helpful to so many. Thank you for your presence.

Two years ago this month, I felt a special calling to serve World AWAKE as your Board Chair. At the time I became a member, we were known as A World Alliance of Interfaith Clergy. Today, I humbly accept my Board of Directors vote of another 2 years to serve you.

On behalf of World AWAKE, we extend our love and prayers during these difficult and challenging times. We have heard from many of you expressing your appreciation to our gatherings online, outreach and the spiritual connections within the communities over the last several months. Our faith has remained resolute and will continue to offer spiritual online gatherings and connecting with our communities across the globe.

As our Founder, Rev. Carla Ivison has said, “We are Building Bridges to a Peaceful World Community.” I align with her vision, dream and wish for our world. It is my honor to walk that path, put it into action and celebrate it fully.

On behalf of World AWAKE, we extend our love and prayers during these difficult and challenging times. We have heard from many of you expressing your appreciation to our gatherings online, outreach and the spiritual connections within the communities over the last several months. Our faith has remained resolute and will continue to offer spiritual online gatherings and connecting with our communities across the globe.

As our Founder, Rev. Carla Ivison has said, “We are Building Bridges to a Peaceful World Community.” I align with her vision, dream and wish for our world. It is my honor to walk that path, put it into action and celebrate it fully.

We invite you to a special free online event hosted by World AWAKE.

Event: Guided Meditation and Automatic Writing
Author: Auriel Grace
Date: Thursday May 21st, 2020
Time: 8:00 PM ET/7:00 PM CT/ 5:00 PM PT

Auriel Grace is an Author, Metaphysical Teacher, Reiki Master, Radio Hostess and World AWAKE Member. She will guide us through meditation and automatic writing sessions. This is to assist and connect us with our higher selves, guides and angels.

World AWAKE continues to send forth our warmth, prayers and comforting thoughts to you and your beloveds.

As we continue to navigate through these times, there have been many who have shared the realization that they are arriving in a new way of life. A new paradigm and shift in perception, determining what is important and setting new priorities.

Some of you have shared how you are learning more self-care, enjoying time for meditation or reading books. Also many of you have attended our spiritual gatherings on Zoom that helped us to connect and uplift each other.

On behalf of World AWAKE, we are sending forth love and light to you all during this unprecedent time.

For those of you who have lost a loved one to this virus, we send warmth and heartfelt sympathies. A candle has been lit for your beloved and prayers are flowing with continuance.

We extend our prayers, uplifting thoughts and warmth to all that are experiencing anxiety, grief or confusion at this time. In light of these experiences, some have felt a time to be silent and meditate while others needed a place to gather and feel connected.

World AWAKE invites you and your friends around the world to a loving and spirited evening via Zoom.

Rev. Judi Painter will be sharing a beautiful presentation on Angels that will be accompanied with music. This 25-minute viewing will connect us with the different angels and explore how we can focus on certain ones each day of the week.

During this time of unrest says Rev. Judi, discernment and simply not knowing what our futures will be like, the Divine Spirit has given us a FREE GIFT. On Thursday, April 14th, don’t miss out on this very special gift of Love.

World AWAKE invites you to a special evening to connect and allow our hearts to be uplifted! We will open with a reading by Rev. Susanna Stefanachi Macomb.

Next, let's experience Rev. Linda Goodman with her gift of Meditation and Sound Bath from the “Tree of Life Interfaith Temple” sanctuary in New Hampshire.

Allow the raising of vibration and consciousness here and around the world.

On behalf of all of us at World AWAKE, we hope you all have had a wonderful holiday season. Many of us consider a new year as a fresh start or new beginnings; while others are setting new goals and expanding their horizons.

World AWAKE is beginning the year welcoming our new Board of Director Maryann Locaparra. She will be our Director of “New Thought Ambassador.”

We are also growing and expanding through our education, Zoom members discussions, business associates, reciprocal partners, magazine contributors, resources and more.

We are looking forward to the planning of our 2021 retreat/conference. Everyone is welcome to this retreat, stay tuned for more details.

Also, we are excited about the “Early Bird” special to join or renew for $50.00 as Clergy Fellow or Spiritual Care Professional. $20.00 for students for Spiritual Care Professional or Clergy.

May this new year be of abundant prosperity and vibrant health.

We hope your New Year is already exceeding your desires and expectations. World AWAKE is so excited and delighted about all that is happening and unfolding.

It is with great pleasure to announce our new Board Treasurer, Rev. Patricia Cassinelli. We invite you to take a moment and read her professional background and previous service to World AWAKE within this newsletter. Thank you Rev. Patricia for all you are and do.

World AWAKE is proud to introduce our new reciprocal partner “Raising The Vibration.” They are a non-profit organization that was founded by Ordained Minister, Actress and Radio Hostess Rev. Sheena Metal. We have more information about Raising the Vibration further in this newsletter.

The 2021 retreat committee is formed. We have Rev. Teal Gray, Rev. Chris Moses and Rev. Sheryl Martin leading the committee. We will be meeting via Zoom this month to discuss retreat plans and I will be flying to Texas in April to visit the location we have voted on to explore as our next retreat. Stay tuned for pictures and more information.

We want to remind everyone that you all are invited to our retreat in 2021. Please feel free to bring your friends, family and business colleagues.

And may you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day with your friends and family.

On behalf of all of us at World AWAKE, we hope you all have had a wonderful holiday season. Many of us consider a new year as a fresh start or new beginnings; while others are setting new goals and expanding their horizons.

World AWAKE is beginning the year welcoming our new Board of Director Maryann Locaparra. She will be our Director of “New Thought Ambassador.”

We are also growing and expanding through our education, Zoom members discussions, business associates, reciprocal partners, magazine contributors, resources and more.

We are looking forward to the planning of our 2021 retreat/conference. Everyone is welcome to this retreat, stay tuned for more details.

Also, we are excited about the “Early Bird” special to join or renew for $50.00 as Clergy Fellow or Spiritual Care Professional. $20.00 for students for Spiritual Care Professional or Clergy.

May this new year be of abundant prosperity and vibrant health.

November is the spirit of giving thanks and Thanksgiving. I am in deep gratitude to our Board of Directors who so graciously served 2019 with amazing reverence and perseverance.

To our leadership Council, we are in gratitude to your service and spiritual dedication.

On behalf of World AWAKE and our amazing Board of Directors, we are so grateful to each one of you. Those in membership, Facebook followers and extended friends around the world coming together as a community was the vision of our founder Carla Ivison.

World AWAKE’s members, reciprocal partners and business associates “Hot Chocolate Social” via Zoom was a great example of this spirited connection of building bridges.

Our gratitude to all our amazing facilitators in 2019 who have taught many classes online for our members and extended community.

The blessing of surprising several of our members with their Zoom Pro Licenses to teach was a joy to see.

The modern and newly rebuilt website by Mike Schienle with Custom Visuals, LLC, we are all truly grateful for your technical wisdom.

Obtaining the new domain name of World AWAKE, Inc. was another milestone moment in 2019 that we are grateful for.

An excited and heartfelt gratitude to our newly formed 2021 Retreat Committee with Rev. Teal Gray and Rev. Chris Moses.

Stay tuned World AWAKE is working on exciting new ventures for 2020.

World AWAKE’s first annual members “Hot Chocolate Social” was phenomenal. We had a wonderful turnout and thank you all who attended and participated in this event. It was decided by our members to do more gatherings and another annual gathering in 2020.

I would like to extend a heartfelt gratitude to Rev. Teal Gray at The Lavender Crow, Cynthia McCarthy at Spirit on the Spot and Toi Bartone at Nature's Way Holistic Emporium for their generous gift baskets that were given to three lucky winners at our annual gathering.

Also, we announced our new and exciting ventures at the online gathering. Our 2021 conference/retreat committee has been formed. Soon we will have a save the date, location and a theme.

Education and knowledge are great resources. Whether it is for personal or a professional setting, it is helpful to everyday living.

World AWAKE is proud to share new online certificate courses, continuing education and specialty training that supports your spiritual practice.

Those who work in Ministry, Spiritual Care and Mental Health, there is now Clinical Pastoral Training online with Rev. Lori Whittemore.

All Faiths Seminary International is offering new Certificate Courses online that everyone is welcome to register. In addition, it is an elective for all the Alums and students to AFSI.

You are all cordially invited to participate online with Author, Minister and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Rev. Connie Habash in a one-day session on “Spiritual People Have Anxiety, Too!”

World AWAKE and its Board of Directors have been busy working through the Summer to bring forth more new exciting events, activities and adventures.

Our retreat committee has been formed, the first annual members “October Hot Chocolate Social Gathering” via Zoom has been scheduled and we are preparing for new experiences in 2020.

I want to give gratitude to Rev. Christine Moses for an amazing Zoom workshop on how to form Sacred Circles. She was one of our members who was awarded a Zoom-Pro license earlier this year. Bravo Rev. Chris!

World AWAKE sends out congratulations to many of you who are going through ordination, graduating this month and witnessing loved ones getting married.

Several of you learned last month that World AWAKE is delighted to be collaborating with All Faiths Seminary International.

Many of AFSI’s ministers and students are becoming members of World AWAKE and sharing with us their amazing gifts and talents. Some will be teaching classes and others are offering electives. You are cordially invited to take any of the classes, workshops and events being offered.

World AWAKE, Inc. and All Faiths Seminary International have become collaborative and reciprocal partners as of April 16th, 2019.

We will be announcing many new classes/electives that will be offered from All Faiths Seminary teachers, as they become members of World AWAKE. Everyone is welcomed to take these classes.

We are in hopes that Spring has brought you abundant, radiant joy and happiness.

World AWAKE is so grateful to our members that have facilitated several online classes and workshops to expand our spiritual learning and development. From Clinical Pastoral Education, Sacred Wisdom to The Lord's Prayer in Aramaic; we are offering our members and communities around the world a wonderful spiritual platform. ...

We are so very excited to announce the new website name that reflects our organization's official and legal name.

World AWAKE, Inc. is a proud organization that is a home for Interfaith Ministers and Spiritual Care Professionals and respective students. ...