Community Calendar

Learn from our outdoor experts about skills, locations, and everything else you'll need to have a wild adventure. With topics ranging from fly-fishing to car-camping and bike repair, and everything in between, there's a free class for everyone. Join us every Tuesday at 6pm in the store to learn together!

Subjects covered: Fishing, Hiking, Biking, Camping, Outdoor Cooking, Snow Sports, Gear Repair, Local Destinations. A new class every week!

Please sign up with the "Classes and Events" section of our website so we know how many people to expect.

FREE ADMISSION – 1757 Ashland St., Ashland, OR. One mile west of I-5 Exit 14

The Four Directional Model of Energy Management was originally called The Four Directional Model of Maintaining Energetic Health; I also call it “The Energy of Being.” It was created as a response to my acupuncture practice.

I wanted to give my clients a simple system that they could use to clear themselves energetically and uphold and maintain the work I was facilitating with them. Also, I myself was in a deep healing process and was asking for a direct transmission of the information I needed in order to heal myself.

The Four Directional Model is what arose out of this inquiry. By asking the question and then listening and witnessing through the community I lived in, conversations I had, and experiences I was in, I received the information that I asked for.

The Four Directional Model is a holistic, or holonomic model—that is, a model that in its small scope also encompasses the whole. I ask people to receive this model, and to incorporate the parts that resonate with them into their lives and practices. I believe it has the ability to increase health, harmony and happiness within and without, both for the individual and in relationships.

I will also talk about acupuncture and the meridians and how it can contribute to improving health in the mind, body and spirit.

Heather Bakner, L.AC. RMT is a licensed acupuncturist and massage therapist, with 20 years of experience working with clients to improve their health and well being. She not only practices Traditional Chinese Medicine but also Esoteric Acupuncture, which combines sacred geometry and metaphysical theory with the needling sequences. Her company, Sacred Spaces Healing Arts, is dedicated to improving the health and lives of her clients. She currently practices at Light Touch Chiropractic in Ashland.

Presenter’s Website: http://www.sacredspaceshealingarts.com

RVML’s Full Events Calendar: https://rvml.org/events

Join Peter Finkle of Walk Ashland History Tours for little known stories (until now) to help expand our appreciation for the Butler-Perozzi fountain. We so easily take something like the fountain in Lithia Park for granted. To put it in context, we will time-travel from the 1400s to the 1600s, then to the late 1800s and early 1900s. The fountain's tale touches European royalty, 500-year-old vineyards, and an early 1900s Ashland creamery. We will also outline the current restoration plan and provide a campaign update from members of the Restoration Steering Committee.

All are invited to our Bible study each Thursday 5:30-7 pm by phone or zoom hosted by Gold Hill United Methodist Church's own Pastor Steven Berry on behalf of the Crater Lake District of the United Methodist Church for eight years. Please email pastor.steven@earthlink.net for the Bible study phone number and link. We look forward to meeting you.

You are also invited to enjoy cheerful traditional worship, hymn singing, delightful piano music, Bible scripture, messages that are valuable to life and warm fellowship. Please enjoy refreshments with us before the service.

Each first Sunday you are also invited to our Communion Table, which is an open table.

Since the 1870s we remain a long-time community church which strives to have Open Hearts, Open Minds and Open Doors.

Gold Hill United Methodist Church, 416 Dardanelles St., Gold Hill OR 97525

goldhillunitedmethodistchurch.com

Weekend Schedule:

Friday, December 8 (5:00 - 6:30 pm)
Saturday, December 9 (10 am – noon and 2 – 4 pm)
Sunday, December 10 (8:30 - 9:30 am and 10:00 am - noon PT)

Join us for a weekend of Dharma talks and guided practice exploring the "Seven Point Cause-Effect Method," a time-honored, organic process for nurturing bodhicitta, the Brave Heart of Awakening.

The Method is this:
• Opening to kinship
• Honoring kindness
• Returning gratitude
• Touching into affection
• Kindling compassion
• Exceptional resolve
• Brave heart of awakening

Supported by integrative practice, the Buddha's contemplative technology (comprised of the depth practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating), we will develop an accurate understanding of the method; discuss our doubts and aspirations with respect to its practice and efficacy; and engage in experiential analysis to plumb the depths of the Brave Heart of Awakening as it is, here and now, and yet to be.
Practitioners will receive supplementary resources and will have ample opportunity to listen, contemplate, and meditate throughout our time together.

This teaching is open to everyone.

Redding Writers Forum, established in 1981, is a supportive group made up of writers at any level and of any genre. At our monthly meetings we offer programs on various aspects concerning the craft of writing, along with two chances per year to read some of your work.

Note: If you are a published author, we are holding an Authors Fair in downtown Redding on November 11th. Deadline to sign up is October 15th. Applications and more information available on our website.

Weekend Schedule:

Friday, December 8 (5:00 - 6:30 pm)
Saturday, December 9 (10 am – noon and 2 – 4 pm)
Sunday, December 10 (8:30 - 9:30 am and 10:00 am - noon PT)

Join us for a weekend of Dharma talks and guided practice exploring the "Seven Point Cause-Effect Method," a time-honored, organic process for nurturing bodhicitta, the Brave Heart of Awakening.

The Method is this:
• Opening to kinship
• Honoring kindness
• Returning gratitude
• Touching into affection
• Kindling compassion
• Exceptional resolve
• Brave heart of awakening

Supported by integrative practice, the Buddha's contemplative technology (comprised of the depth practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating), we will develop an accurate understanding of the method; discuss our doubts and aspirations with respect to its practice and efficacy; and engage in experiential analysis to plumb the depths of the Brave Heart of Awakening as it is, here and now, and yet to be.
Practitioners will receive supplementary resources and will have ample opportunity to listen, contemplate, and meditate throughout our time together.

This teaching is open to everyone.

Weekend Schedule:

Friday, December 8 (5:00 - 6:30 pm)
Saturday, December 9 (10 am – noon and 2 – 4 pm)
Sunday, December 10 (8:30 - 9:30 am and 10:00 am - noon PT)

Join us for a weekend of Dharma talks and guided practice exploring the "Seven Point Cause-Effect Method," a time-honored, organic process for nurturing bodhicitta, the Brave Heart of Awakening.

The Method is this:
• Opening to kinship
• Honoring kindness
• Returning gratitude
• Touching into affection
• Kindling compassion
• Exceptional resolve
• Brave heart of awakening

Supported by integrative practice, the Buddha's contemplative technology (comprised of the depth practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating), we will develop an accurate understanding of the method; discuss our doubts and aspirations with respect to its practice and efficacy; and engage in experiential analysis to plumb the depths of the Brave Heart of Awakening as it is, here and now, and yet to be.
Practitioners will receive supplementary resources and will have ample opportunity to listen, contemplate, and meditate throughout our time together.

This teaching is open to everyone.

Learn from our outdoor experts about skills, locations, and everything else you'll need to have a wild adventure. With topics ranging from fly-fishing to car-camping and bike repair, and everything in between, there's a free class for everyone. Join us every Tuesday at 6pm in the store to learn together!

Subjects covered: Fishing, Hiking, Biking, Camping, Outdoor Cooking, Snow Sports, Gear Repair, Local Destinations. A new class every week!

Please sign up with the "Classes and Events" section of our website so we know how many people to expect.

FREE ADMISSION – 1757 Ashland St., Ashland, OR. One mile west of I-5 Exit 14

Is “evil” winning the battle? Is unfathomable corruption here to stay? Or is “the arc of the moral universe” bending toward justice?

We are entering an era marked by economic collapse, genocidal wars, climate catastrophe, and planned epidemics. What sort of God, if there is one, allows such extremes of tragic suffering and cataclysmic destruction?

This talk focuses on practical ways to cope with “the problem of evil” during the darkest of times, especially for those interested in God-centered spirituality. We’ll draw strength from ancient and modern wisdom about the origin, nature, and types of evil, and look forward to solutions now on the table, including radical reform of the United Nations and futuristic revelations pertinent to the needs of the post-collapse era.

Byron Belitsos is the author of the new book; Truths About Evil, Sin, and the Demonic (Wipf & Stock, 2023). He holds a BA (Honors) in history of ideas from the University of Chicago and an MA in systematic theology from Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

For several decades, Mr. Belitsos has been an independent scholar and an award-winning book publisher, editor, and author. His previous acclaimed books include Your Evolving Soul (2017), Healing a Broken World (2014), A Return to Healing (2009), and One World Democracy (2005).

A student of The Urantia Book for over four decades, Mr. Belitsos was also an inaugural member of Ken Wilber’s Integral Institute.

RVML’s Full Events Calendar: https://rvml.org/events