Inspirational Explorations
The Church of Truth – Community of Conscious Living has had an ongoing Wednesday evening program since January 2008. Previously known as Oneness Wednesday, this series was renamed Inspiration Exploration (IE) in the of Fall 2018.
The IE series is organized by a cooperative of coordinators and facilitators on topics related to community and conscious living. These topics include spiritual exploration, modes of meditation, environmental issues, and explorations in the arts: visual, verbal, musical, written, and others. The IE cooperative is always looking for proposals for single sessions or a series from members and friends of the Church.
Inspirational Exploration sessions are held on Zoom (7:30-8:45 pm) or live in the Church (7:30-8:45 pm), depending on the coordinators. For each month’s program, see the Lighthouse Newsletter (free subscription details below).
Sessions are by donation, or free if a donation creates hardship.
For further information, or to send in a proposal for facilitating a session or a series, contact Chris Bullock at chrisbullock@shaw.ca.
Inspirations Explorations
It has turned out that a full IE program is not possible for the foreseeable future. However the Poetry and Song Circle will continue, and various other events and presentations will be offered now and then, depending on proposals from the community, and on our ability to host events, given that our team is now much smaller. So please watch this space, send your proposals to chrisbullock@shaw.ca , and support our events when they turn up!
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Inspirational Explorations Archives
Click on a year to see previous Inspirational Explorations (previously known as Oneness Wednesdays) information.
Community Outreach
Half of the donations received at Oneness Wednesdays go toward Community Outreach.
2009
The Church of Truth, Community of Conscious Living evenly distributed Oneness Wednesday Outreach donations to six organizations: Our Place Society: Mental Health Retreat, The Maitreya Project: Education, The Stephen Lewis Foundation: Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, Victoria Branch, Results Canada Education Fund: Micro-credit, The Kapasseni Project, and The Cridge Centre for the Family: Supportive Housing. [Details].
2010
Donations from Oneness Wednesdays have been given to Canadian Red Cross: Japanese Tsunami Relief Fund , James Bay Community Project: Garden Restoration Project/ Food Garden and to Transition Victoria: Spring Ridge Commons, and Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers for Africa
2011
Recipients of donations for Oneness Wednesdays are the following: Victoria Society for Children with Autism, Spring Ridge Commons, James Bay Community Project: Kitchen and Herb Garden, and The White Lions Foundation (Africa).
2012
Oneness Wednesday donation recipients: KIVA Microfunds – is a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutes, Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world. Friends of the Spring Ridge Common – is a non-profit organization with the mission to preserve and protect Spring Ridge Commons as an urban food forest / permaculture garden / Community Learning + Gathering Space that is freely accessible to all. Spring Ridge Commons is Victoria’s oldest and largest public permaculture garden or community multi-layer food forest. The Power of Hope – is a non-profit organization that delivers arts-based experiential learning programs to teens from diverse cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds. In the USA and Canada, they offer programs for youth and adults who want to take an active role in creating a positive future, develop their leadership skills, build stronger communities and have a great time in the process! First Nation Lunch/Snack Program – is a fund administered by Gloria Cardinal, a Cree woman and Aboriginal education assistant in View Royal, to provide healthy snacks for some of the aboriginal students who are less fortunate than some of the other students.
2015
With the monies in the Oneness Wednesday account, the donations will go to the following: Canadian Red Cross ( International Relief Fund), Labyrinths of Greater Victoria, Autism Society of BC and Spring Ridge Commons.