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Have You Seen The Latest ISD Newsletter ?

July 17, 2025
ISD Newsletter 07/17/25

Come Join the Fun! This is our Summer Picnic date as well, following the Service at 12pm. SUNY College Camp is ours until late afternoon.
There will be Free Psychic Readings and Healing sessions lasting until 2pm with ISD sanctioned healers & readers.

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July 3, 2025
ISD Newsletter 07/03/25

"Here You Are"
Written by Rev. Renee Ranke
Here You Are
Past loves, past dreams, past joys and past sorrows
All building blocks
All steppingstones
Who we were is what has led us to who we are now
Plans that we so carefully laid, may have changed
Dreams that we envisioned may no longer seem important
Prayers that we whispered may have been answered differently than expected
But know that we are each exactly where we belong
Exactly where our souls have led us
Those building blocks have constructed what you need
Those steppingstones have paved your path to becoming who you truly are
And here you are
That beautiful, wonderful, Divine you that IS in this moment
Let us give thanks to the footprints of the past, the magical mists of tomorrow and together let us embrace the firmness of who we each are Today

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June 12, 2025
ISD News 06/12/25

Thank you, Cynthia Marsh, our June/July featured artist in the Lotus Center for presenting an engaging talk last Saturday and generating lots of discussion about her first UFO sighting as a child, and the resulting intuitive connections that led to her artwork.  Forty-two people attended and toured our new space at the Lotus Center. Karla Sikora provided an immersive sound bath experience with the crystal healing bowls before the talk, and John Houshmand treated us to beautiful guitar music during the wine and cheese reception.

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Latest Book Reviews with Carol Callahan

July 30, 2025
July 2025 Lending Library Featured Book

Heaven is Beautiful : How Dying Taught Me That Death Is Just a Beginning was written by Peter Baldwin Panagore. His story is an account of his near death experience while hiking in Alberta Canada when he was 21 years old. He was ice climbing the Lower Weeping Wall on Cirrus Mountain, Banff National Park. Several climbing mistakes resulted in Peter and his partner being stranded on the ice wall over night and experiencing hypothermia. Peter was well versed in the stages of hypothermia and was aware of his increasing confusion, clumsiness and sleepiness as the hypothermia increased. Peter struggled to stay awake but he was unable to and he slipped into death. He died on the side of the mountain and experienced forgiveness, unconditional love and bliss.

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May 31, 2025
June 2025 Lending Library Featured Book

In "I Am The Word", Paul Selig, writer and medium, offers readers a profound journey into the realms of spiritual awakening and personal transformation. As a channel for higher wisdom, Selig’s program is dispensed by beings of higher intelligence , sometimes called guides or Ascended Masters. Selig invites us to explore the interconnectedness of all life and the divine energy that flows through it.

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April 30, 2025
May 2025 Lending Library Featured Book

Book Review: New Children and Near-Experiences by P. M. H. Atwater, L.H.D. In New Children and Near-Death Experiences, P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D., shares the findings of her remarkable study of 277 individuals who experienced near-death states as children. Some were interviewed while still young; others had grown into teens or adults. Atwater's work reveals how profoundly […]

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