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Classes - Current Classes, Workshops & Events
Classes are offered in-person, and workshops, in-person or via Zoom.
HOW TO PRACTICALLY USE SPIRITUALITY - A FOUNDATION FOR LIVING CLASS
DATES: Tuesdays, September 16 to December 9, 2025 — 10 weeks (no class on 10/7, 10/21, or 11/25). Time: 6:30 - 9:00 pm
FACILITATOR: Rev. Dr. Margaret Palagye, assisted by Rev. Rita Biancosino
LOCATION: Rev. Dr. Margaret's Home
TUITION: $195 plus $15 for the workbook (purchase separately)
AUDIT: $125 (if you've previously taken the Foundations class)
BOOK: The Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes
A 10-week journey to integrate heart and mind, deepen your spiritual practice, and create a life of peace, clarity, and fulfillment.
Discover how spiritual principles and practices can help you see beyond present conditions and consciously shape your life.
In this class, we’ll delve into integrating our hearts and minds, exploring the Creative Process, and learning to apply core concepts in daily living. Guided by a clear curriculum, we’ll engage in deep meditations and experiential exercises designed to cultivate peace, clarity, and a more fulfilling life.
NEW MEMBER SUNDAY
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19TH
We are fillled with joy and gratitude when we celebrate new members. Our community is enriched by you, and you are welcome here! Please fill out a membership applicaiton to be included.
This Sacred New Member Induction Ceremony will take place during service on October 19th during our weekly Sunday service celebration.
ANNIVERSARY LUNCHEON - Celebrating 15 Years
DATE: Sunday, November 9, 2025
TIME: 12:00 noon - 3:00 pm
LOCATION: CCC Ballroom
COST: $50.00/person
You are invited to an unforgettable afternoon of fun, friendship, and festivity as we celebrate 15 incredible years together! Enjoy a delicious catered lunch, lively dancing, and sensational live music by the immensely talented Ginger Coyle and Daille Kettrell.
Let’s come together in joy and gratitude—because you are the heart of this amazing community. Join us for a heartfelt celebration as we commemorate 15 years of joy, connection, and growth. Let us gather in the spirit of community to honor our journey, celebrate our shared blessings, and look ahead with love and possibility.
“METAPHYSICS 101” WORKSHOP with Stephen Wise
The place where science & spirituality meet.
DATE: Sunday, December 14, 2025
TIME: 12:30 - 2:00 pm
WHERE: the CCC Living Room
FACILITATOR: Stephen Wise
COST: $20.00/person
Discover the harmony between timeless wisdom and modern understanding. Explore how universal laws provide clarity and direction for living a purposeful life. Journey into the mysteries of sacred geometry to experience the beauty of Divine Order, awakening a deeper awareness of Oneness and the empowering truth of the “I AM” principle.
Joyful Gathering welcomes our dear friend,
the accomplished, wise & wonderful musician
and metaphysician extraordinaire, Stephen Wise.
WOMEN’S GROUP
This program is taking a short pause. Please look for updates about its return in the new year!
LUNCH AROUND THE WORLD
Connect with, and enjoy the camaraderie of fellow community members on the 3rd Sunday of the month at 1:00 pm after the fellowship that follows service. Reserve your Seat in advance by the preceding Friday of each month’s date. Hosted by Laurel Guenther (laurel6960@yahoo.com).
OUR NEXT DATE : October 19th: Goodbeet (Vegan), 29 Haddon Avenue, Haddon Township, NJ 08108. Reserve your seat by October 17th. Hosted by Laurel Guenther.
OUR SPIRITUAL WEDNESDAY PROGRAM NOW INCLUDES FARREA’S SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE & MEDITATION, LIVING THE SCIENCE OF
MIND DISCUSSIONS, POWER OF EIGHT, MOVIE NIGHTS & SPECIAL TOPICS
SUCH AS LAW OF ATTRACTION, KABBALAH, & NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES,
AS WELL AS HEALING SOUNDS & MUSIC AMONG OTHER OFFERINGS
Join with like-minded community members and align weekly with clarity, peace and love.
Accreditation: Joyful Gathering Spiritual Center is an Affiliate Center of the Emerson Theological Institute, with headquarters in Oakhurst, California. Emerson Institute is accredited by the Accrediting Commission International for Schools, Colleges and Theological Seminaries, which has its executive offices in Beebe, Arkansas, and currently accredits 212 schools in six countries, including the United States.
This is a church-related accreditation. Students taking Emerson Institute classes must not assume that credits taken through it will be accepted by private schools, colleges, universities, businesses or governmental agencies. Prior to taking classes, students are advised to check with their school districts, businesses and other institutions to determine if Emerson Institute credits will be accepted. Emerson Institute is recognized by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education as being a church school teaching a specific belief system and is, therefore, permitted under the laws of California to offer degrees in religious studies and divinity.
