10th National Colombian Urantia Book Conference, 2019

November 9 – 11, 2019

Dear student of The Urantia Book, we are sending you this invitation so that you can attend our 10th National Colombian Urantia Book Conference, which will take place this year in the city of Tolú, Colombia, from 09 to 11 November 2019.

The Urantia Colombia will be happy to have you in their city Tolú to share the insights of the revelation; we are counting for that reason on your registration too. It will be a great opportunity to participate in fellowship, while we enrich our lives with lectures and workshops in a pleasant environment surrounded by nature and tranquility close to the Caribbean beach. Help to share this invitation to all readers and friends and even to non-readers who might want to participate in this event.

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Dutch Speaking Urantia Book Readers Conference, 2019

November 3, 2019

Urantia Association of The Netherlands (UAISUN) is hosting its annual conference for Dutch speaking Urantia Book readers at the Estate Groot Kievitsdal which is situated in the beautiful forests of the Estate Pijnenburg between Hilversum and Baarn.

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Italian-French-Spanish Conference 2019

Conference Dates: October 24-27, 2019

We invite you to our Italian-French-Spanish conference for Urantia Book readers in Italy. This  will be the fifth Urantia Book readers’ conference in our country, Italy and will be held in northern Italy at the Hotel Europa in Desenzano del Garda in Lombardy, on the southwestern shore of Lake Garda.

The conference theme will be, “Spiritual Maturity” through character-strength and a unified personality realizing a life rich with enormous potential given to us by the Universal Father.

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Midwest Conference

 

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The Symposium on World Cultures

The Symposium on World Cultures is a unique event sponsored by the Urantia Foundation Education Committee and will take place April 11 to 15 in their Chicago offices.

This five-day meeting will bring together a dozen students from different corners of the world, sharing their presentation on the cultural landscape of their country related to religious and social development. Many aspects of past, present and future culture and their implications in regard to dissemination and progress of The Urantia Book will be shared.

Among the many presentations on the schedule, Line St-Pierre, President of the Association Urantia du Québec, was invited to represent Canada.

To know the live schedule of these multiple presentations and to consult the agenda, go to the Ustream site by following this link in the UPCOMING section:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/5XYGg5rDqWB

Presentations will be made in English and can be viewed offline if you can not watch them live.

Gaétan G.Charland
Study Group Chair

WHAT’S NEW!

-Greetings Brothers and Sisters!

To the Enlightened Spiritual Brotherhood

This year’s Remembrance Supper is just a couple of days away. We hope you plan on commemorating this important event, honoring the request of our Sovereign to ‘do this in remembrance of him.’ (UB 179:5.9)

We at TheChristExperiment are in complete solidarity with all lovers of Michael who willingly subject themselves to his will and choose to commune with him on this special evening. We commemorate this event as a united family, not only for Michael who chose us as his bestowal planet, but also for the Divine Minister and all her myriads of children who support us.

We do this for Machiventa Melchizedek, our vicegerent Prince, as he watchers over Michael’s home planet. We do this for the Four and Twenty who are tasked with the oversight of the rebellion-torn worlds, and for Lanaforge as he works to unite his system and realign it with the Paradise circuits.

We do this for the Archangels who selected our planet to establish their headquarters, the angels of the churches who direct us, and the Magisterial Sons who visit to see how we are progressing. We do this for the Teacher Sons who watch and plan for the time when we will be ready for their ministry.

We do this for all the Midwayers who care for us and our planet, and the Revelatory Commission that meticulously revealed all of this unknown reality. And, of course, we do this for our great unmatched ineffable Grand Father of All.

It would seem that no other ritual that we Urantians could engage in would draw to our planet more celestial interest than this commemoration. What could be more interesting than to witness the progress of Michael’s ministry on the “World of the Cross.” And what better evening than the anniversary of ‘the only ceremony or sacrament associated with Jesus’ whole life mission.’ (UB 179:5.4)

As you participate in the reenactment of the Remembrance Supper, keep these things in mind. Know that you will not be commemorating alone. We are promised that when two or more are gathered together in Jesus’ name, he is present by means of the Spirit of Truth. That is the guarantee. But let us not forget that he is also present when there is only one person if that person invites him.

So however you will be commemorating this year, whether in a group or alone, be sure to invite Michael to commune with you, and know with your eyes of faith that he is present. But also know that the entire universe of Nebadon is with us in spirit, and some will be with us in person.

To put you in the right frame of mind, please take a look at our Remembrance Supper Videos:

Alone in Gethsemane

Paper 179 – The Last SupperPaper

180 – The Farewell Discourse

Paper 181 – Final Admonitions

And have a wonderful evening!

Your Brothers at
TheChristExperiment.org

 

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Gathering at Wallowa Lake

September 6-9, 2018

Upcoming Mini Conference in Oregan

Urantian Communities Northwest (UCNOW) is excited to announce that we’re hosting a regional conference next summer in Oregon. UCNOW is a ‘super-regional’ non-affiliated organization that was formed to better serve and support The Urantia Book readership of Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Although our community focus is within that region, we are inviting our extended family to join us in a deepening of Relationships. We will gather at a retreat center in the remote northeastern corner of Oregon — beautifully situated at the base of the Wallowa Mountains. Together we’ll explore this natural wonderland while growing eternal relationships with each other and within our inner-spiritual lives.

Title: 2018 Gathering at Wallowa Lake

Theme: Growing Eternal Relationships: Reaching In, Reaching Up, Reaching Out

Location: Wallowa Lake Camp ~ Joseph, Oregon

More Info:  Contact us at 6049706901

Personal Spiritual Growth:  Connecting Deeper with God 

Welcome to our third gathering, May 25-28th, 2018 where we will focus on conscious partnership with God so that we may more fully and successfully partner with Jesus in His request to proclaim the gospel.  Tom Choquette and Susan Cook are dedicated to providing a space for all of you to grow more deeply in spirit. It’s our pleasure to serve you by making this gathering happen. We invite anyone who feels that nudge to dance more fully with Spirit.

There is nothing more important in our earthly career than growing spiritually. While here, we get an incredible amount of help if we will accept it. You are invited to our gathering over Memorial Day weekend to delve in and explore deeply how to grow closer to our Father and grow more spiritually attuned.

We will be doing this in one of the most beautiful places on our planet.   We’ll be learning together on the Salish Sea, near an old growth forest where we’ll be able to commune with our Father and walk the beaches. The point of this gathering is connecting deeper with God while growing a stronger community!

117:6.8   We all too often forget that God is the greatest experience in human existence… When we search for God, we are searching for everything. When we find God, we have found everything. The search for God is the unstinted bestowal of love attended by amazing discoveries of new and greater love to be bestowed.

It is possible to find and personally know God during this life, we do not have to wait.

1:1.2   The affectionate dedication of the human will to the doing of the Father’s will is our choicest gift to God; in fact, such a consecration of creature will constitutes our only possible gift of true value to the Paradise Father.

We’ll talk about this, a lot. We’ll share our own experience and insights into how we can most effectively turn our will over to our Father.

117.4.14   When we consecrate our will to the doing of the Father’s will, when we give God all that we have, then does he make us more than we are.

What an incredible promise.  God will make us more than we are when we are aligned with him.  What does that look like and how can we better do this?  What guidelines and clues do we find in our revelation that will help us grow spiritually in our own unique, God inspired way?

We know it’s possible to personally know and grow with Spirit intimately entwined in our lives. The purpose of our upcoming gathering is to explore this fact.

Please join us as we grow into more beautiful beings and partner with Spirit so that we will more fully be lead into the heart of God and experience God our Father into our minds and hearts.

At the end of this invitation is a list of quotes that we will study in a small group format and then share with the larger group.

If you have any questions, please contact Susan Cook at solonia@juno.com or 816-716-0330

Fort Casey on beautiful Whidbey Island sits on the Salish Sea and is overlooked by the Olympic mountain range. The spectacular views are breathtaking. We are able to accept 50 registrations. The housing situation is this: 4 houses with 4 bedrooms with twin beds, one bathroom and a living and kitchen area. These houses are very comfortable. But – we have only four.

We have also secured a refurbished bunk house. This bunk house has two floors and Women and Men’s baths and showers on each floor. These are all shared. Each bedroom has two twin beds, a dresser and clothing rods to hang your clothes. They are quite comfortable. Each floor also has a sitting area and deck with a view of the sea.

Click on this link http://tsquest.org/registration-form/  (or copy and paste) to register, pay and secure your accommodations. Space is very limited.

Personal Spiritual Growth:  Connecting deeper with God

Memorial Day weekend, May 25-28th, 2018 at beautiful Fort Casey on Whidbey Island, Washington, USA. We do recommend you stay a day or two after the conference to enjoy the beauty of the area. Camping is plentiful.

You will fly into SeaTac (Seattle airport) take an island shuttle and we will pick you up. You can make reservations here https://www.seatacshuttle.com/reservations_1.php

Quotes to ponder:

196:3.34   The great challenge to God’s children is to achieve better communication with the divine Monitor that dwells within the human mind.

146:3.6   While you cannot observe the divine spirit at work in your minds, there is a practical method of discovering the degree to which you have yielded the control of your soul powers to the teaching and guidance of this indwelling spirit of the heavenly Father, and that is the degree of your love for all God’s children.

100:2.1   Spiritual development depends, first, on the maintenance of a living spiritual connection with true spiritual forces and, second, on the continuous bearing of spiritual fruit: yielding the ministry to one’s brothers and sisters of that which has been received from one’s spiritual benefactors.

100:4.6   It is not so important to love all people today as it is that each day you learn to love one more person. If each day or each week you achieve an understanding of one more person, and if this is the limit of your ability, then you are certainly socializing and truly spiritualizing your personality.

192:2.1   Devote your life to proving that love is the greatest thing in the world. It is the love of God that impels us to seek salvation. Love is the ancestor of all spiritual goodness, the essence of the true and the beautiful.

117:6.10    All true love is from God, and we receive the divine affection as we ourselves bestow this love upon each other. Love is dynamic. It can never be captured; it is alive, free, thrilling, and always moving. We can never take the love of the Father and imprison it within our heart. The Father’s love can become real to us only by passing through our personality as we in turn bestows this love upon our all people.

195:10.1   What is now most needed is Jesus.  The world needs to see Jesus living again on earth in the experience of spirit‑born mortals who effectively reveal the Master to all.

196:1.3   To “follow Jesus” means to personally share his religious faith and to enter into the spirit of the Master’s life of unselfish service for humankind.

196:1.3   Of all human knowledge, that which is of greatest value is to know the religious life of Jesus and how he lived it.

178:1.11   Let all humankind benefit from the overflow of your loving spiritual ministry, enlightening intellectual communion, and uplifting social service; but none of these humanitarian labors, nor all of them, should be permitted to take the place of proclaiming the gospel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Conference 2018 Update

Urantia Association’s International Conference in The Netherlands 12—15 April 2018

Jesus as a Teacher: Are You Ready to Live His Teachings in the 21st Century?

How did Jesus develop as a true teacher? What methods did he apply, both then and now? And what are the most important lessons he wanted to teach us so that we, as we can read in Paper 195, can develop ourselves as new leaders? That is as spiritual men and women, fully trusting in the teaching of Jesus.

But paganized and socialized Christianity stands in need of new contact with the uncompromised teachings of Jesus; it languishes for lack of a new vision of the Master’s life on earth. A new and fuller revelation of the religion of Jesus is destined to conquer an empire of materialistic secularism and to overthrow a world sway of mechanistic naturalism. Urantia is now quivering on the very brink of one of its most amazing and enthralling epochs of social readjustment, moral quickening, and spiritual enlightenment.[Paper 195:9.2, page 2082.7]

Religion does need new leaders, spiritual men and women who will dare to depend solely on Jesus and his incomparable teachings. If Christianity persists in neglecting its spiritual mission while it continues to busy itself with social and material problems, the spiritual renaissance must await the coming of these new teachers of Jesus’ religion who will be exclusively devoted to the spiritual regeneration of men. And then will these spirit-born souls quickly supply the leadership and inspiration requisite for the social, moral, economic, and political reorganization of the world. .[Paper 195:9.4, page 2082.9]

The program will provide space for seven plenary speakers, readers of The Urantia Book who have studied the book for many years and who can help us to better understand this Fifth Revelation. The emphasis of the program will be based on learning through experience and exchanges in small groups.

The language spoken during the conference will be English, but we are offering simultaneous translations for Spanish (by Serapis Murillo) and French (by Christopher Moseley.)

During the coming months, the program will be further developed and we will keep you posted on this website.

A Renewed Intention

We have been challenged to set up this conference in a completely different way. More speakers will appear before you with a short presentation (10 to 15 minutes.) After each presentation participants sit together in small groups (that have been assigned in advance) to engage themselves in the subject addressed by the speaker, the so-called break-out sessions.

Fixed Groups

We have designed this conference based on The Group Dynamic Model suggested to us by David Linthicum. Participants are assigned to a group by the conference organizers and will stay together every day of the conference. These permanent groups consist of about eight people. The reason for this method is for everyone to achieve a deeper study and insight into The Urantia Book.

For those who have special reasons for wanting to the same group with a particular person, they can contact the conference organizers.

In-Depth Study

The presenters provide assignments—cross references and/or questions for group discussion—which are intended to lead to new and deeper understandings and experiences in order to connect the advanced concepts of The Urantia Book with everyday life. Each group works on the same assignments, this being in accordance with a study technique developed by George Michelson Dupont from France.

Maximum Participation

By combining the model of fixed groups with the method of in-depth study, all attendees are invited to participate in the process and all will have equal possibility to express their individual thoughts and to give their input.

Workshops

On Saturday afternoon there will be rotating workshops. Participants may indicate in advance which workshops they wish to attend. Workshops and workshop leaders are expected to be presented on the website by the end of the year; thereafter participants may register for their choice. Workshop placement is limited, so keep an eye on it!

Social Contacts

Between presentations and group work, much space has been left for socializing and networking to meet old and new friends and acquaintances. There are a number of other possibilities like walking along the bulb fields, working-out in the gym, taking a dip in the swimming pool or just relaxing before the next session starts.

Entertainment

On both Friday and Saturday night performances have been scheduled by professional artists. On Friday evening Iris Kroes entertains us with a harp and vocal performance. Saturday Pato Banton and Antoinette Hall will treat us to their special performance.

If you’re planning to go to Urantia Association’s International Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands next year, we urge you to book your accommodation in the hotel now! A lot of activities take place in the region surrounding the conference venue at that time of the year, so it is very important to book your accommodation early to insure you secure a room.

All information for the conference can be found on our website: www.uai2018.org. On this website you can also register for the conference and book your room.

We hope to meet you next year in Amsterdam.

Jaap Terra and, President of the Urantia Association of the Netherlands (UAISUN)
Karen Huigsloot, Conference Program Committee
E-mail: info@urantia.nl