new church life : january / february 2017
virtual reality , committing to continuing the New Century Edition beyond its current scope , and creating more core study materials such as an annotated Swedenborgian Bible . YouTube The Foundation ’ s increasingly popular offTheLeftEye YouTube channel , which is home to the weekly webcast Swedenborg and Life , reached 40,000 subscribers in October , following a month of record high views and minutes watched . That doubled the subscribers from a year before .
The Foundation reports that one of the most popular programs – Why Don ’ t Those Who ’ ve Died Communicate With Us More ? – went viral in mid- September . “ On a peak day we had 29,425 views and 287,901 minutes watched , and for the next week or so the channel continued to have unusually high viewership . The overall result was that September was the channel ’ s best month ever , with 373,461 views and 3.4 million minutes watched .”
Curtis Childs , who hosts these programs every Monday evening , also made appearances on two online shows in the fall which are aimed at spiritual seekers around the world .
One was the Dr . Julie Show : All Things Connected with Dr . Julie Snow . This is a platform for authors , teachers and business leaders to talk about social change , the power of consciousness , and emerging trends in health , science and spirituality . Curtis talked about Swedenborg ’ s greatest hope for the human race . The other was a two-part video interview on Wisdom From North , an Oslo-based webcast hosted on YouTube , where he talked about such topics as Swedenborg ’ s spiritual experiences , life on other planets , and how to deal with negative thoughts .
european assembly
A European Assembly is scheduled for August 4-7 , 2017 at the High Leigh Conference Centre , Hoddesdon , north of London . The theme is : From Where We Are – No matter where you are on your spiritual journey , the Lord leads you from that place .
In addition to the ministers serving in the United Kingdom and Europe , the list of speakers includes : the Rt . Rev . Brian W . Keith , the Rt . Rev . Peter M . Buss Jr ., the Rev . Dr . Ray and Star Silverman , the Rev . Chuck Blair , the Rev . John and Lori Odhner , the Rev . Michael Cowley , and the Rev . David Lindrooth . They will be sharing the theme with adults , young people and children .
The venue is described as spacious , set in 40 acres , with good links to public transportation . The program will include plenty of leisure time .
The cost for three nights is £ 225 , which converts to about $ 286 but may change slightly due to currency valuations .
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