THE CHURCH

The Church, Gloucester, MA, was founded in 1968 by Richard Emmanuel.

 
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THE EXPERIMENTAL CHURCH

Est 1968

THE POINT OF 56 YEARS OF EXPLORATION REMAINS:

 

REV. RICHARD EMMANUEL CONTINUES TO BE THE MINISTER OF A CHURCH THAT HAS ‘NO’ MEMBERS. STILL THERE IS THE QUESTION.

WHY ‘NO’ MEMBERS? HE STATES: HOW CAN ONE JOIN SOMETHING OTHER THAN ONE’S QUEST TO “KNOW THY SELF?” THE REVEREND REMINDS VISITORS TO HIS EXPERIMENTAL CHURCH THAT THOSE WORDS ARE THE WARNING INSCRIBED ABOVE THE PORTAL OF THE ANCIENT GREEK TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT . . . DELPHI, GREECE.

THE COMMAND IS AS VALID TODAY, AS IT WAS TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. SO, REV. EMMANUEL DOES NOT WASTE THE TIME OF OTHERS AND STATES NO MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE THERE ARE IN YOUR PRESENCE. . . ‘ONE‘ IS STILL ALL ALONE. . . AND HE CALLS THAT ALONENESS . . . “SACRED SPACE”

ON ISSUES OF “BELIEF” RICHARD CAUTIONS: BELIEF CREATES ITS OWN PREJUDICE. HE WARNS: EVEN THE NOTION “SCIENTIFIC ... TRUTH” CREATES ITS OWN RIGID CONSTELLATIONS OF CELESTIAL CONFIGURATION OF STARS, PLANETS, COMETS, GALAXIES, THE UNIVERSE, THE COSMOS . . . “WHATEVER?”

THE REAL QUESTIONS; “ARE YOU CONSCIOUS?” “DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU MUST CONSTRUCT YOUR OWN STORY OF “BEING?” . . . WOW! ... WHAT A MOST TERRIFYING STATE OF “PURE THOUGHT?”

BACK TO THE FUTURE. . . REV. RICHARD EMMANUEL UNDERSTANDS THAT OUR CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF HUMAN “SEXUAL IDENTITY” ARE OUR FINAL CLUES FOR OUR TRANSCENDENCE FROM “HUMAN SEXUAL GUILT.” WE APPROACH A LIBERATED STATE OF ‘BEING’ EMBRACING A KNOWN AND ANCIENT “GOD CONCEPT” . . . MONAD

RICHARD CALLS OUT FOR ONE’S REALIZATION . . . HE CALLS FORTH THE DIVINE WITHIN ... TO RELEASE THE SELF/ HOPE PROGRAMING / IDENTITY / CONTAINMENT AND ABOVE ALL . . .GET OVER IT!

THAT IS “BEING HUMAN!”

 
 
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FIRST FLOOR MEETING SPACE AT THE CHURCH

 
 
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