February 2020

A General Council Opening for You!

Dear Urantia Fellowship Member,

Are you interested in serving as a movement leader on the Fellowship’s General Council?

There are a total of 36 seats on the General Council (GC) and 1 of those seats will open up this February 28th 2020. To be eligible, a person must be a member of the Fellowship, either as a Member-at-Large or a regional Urantia Society Member. In addition, the Fellowship's constitution requires that you must have read The Urantia Book in its entirety, at least one time, as the other prerequisite for service.

If you click the link below you'll find a lot more details about what it takes, and what it means to serve. We are looking for those who are ready to bring fresh ideas with the wisdom gained from experience to the table. 

Please consider joining. And if, after reading this and checking in with our Father, you feel you would like to join the long list of General Councilors who have served the Urantia movement faithfully for 65 years, you can find an Application for Organizational Service:

Thanks in advance for your consideration and your willingness to serve!

Registration is Now Open for the Peru Conference!

We are pleased to invite you to the 11th International Conference for Urantia Association International being held in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Urubamba, Cusco and hosted by the Urantia Association of Peru.

Register before 31st March 2020 for $120 discount!

Date: 22—25 April 2021
Location: Urubamba, Cusco-Peru
Theme: Towards Cosmic Citizenship… Your Time Has Come!
Event Conference Summary Link: ­­­­­https://cven­­­­­­­t.me/vvo7Qg
Event Registration Link: https://cvent.me/kMVko7

The program will incorporate a combination of plenary sessions that will be held at the conference center, and workshops that will be held at the nearby archaeological sites.

The most beautiful and famous sites of the Incas are found in the Sacred Valley. A bus service will be provided to transport us to some of these sites and the costs will be included in the conference package price. For those interested in pre- and/or post-conference activities, the trains that go to Machu Picchu (one of the new Seven Wonders of the World) depart from the Sacred Valley and are close to the venue. If you always wanted to go to Peru, then 2021 is the year to do it!

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Next year's Summer Study Session Will Focus on Machiventa’s 4,000th  Anniversary

by David Kulieke

The Education Committee of the Urantia Book Fellowship is excited to announce that the 2021 Summer Study Session’s theme will focus on the third epochal revelation on Urantia, Machiventa Melchizedek, in honor of the fact that 2021 will be the 4,000th anniversary of Machiventa's appearance. The committee cites the many rich sub-themes that attended Machiventa’s revelation, including evolutionary religions derived from Melchizedek teachings, the values and worship concepts therefrom, wisdom in education gained from Melchizedek missionaries, the preparation for fourth revelation, the Life and Teachings of Jesus, that Machiventa ably supplied, what we proponents of the fifth revelation, The Urantia Book, can learn from the third, and many others.

The committee looks forward to the opportunities SSS'21 will offer for in-depth study, spiritual experiences, social renewal, new kinds of entertainment and events, and perhaps some surprises.

Remember, there is no Summer Study Session this year because we have our Urantia Global Experience to attend July 28 to Aug 1. (see below for more information)

Bob Slagle

Just a note to let you know that Bob Slagle has gone on to the Mansion World adventure, having departed January 16 at 11:11 pm with his devoted companion Lily by his side.  Bob was 78.

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Larry Jones

Larry Jones from Santa Cruz made his transition on December 15, after several years of illness.

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Avi Dogim

Please join me in prayers for his family, and especially Lila, as they grieve for their loss over such a wonderful, gentle, and devoted person.

Love, Lara Amyx 

There Is No Death

by Anonymous

There is a plan far greater than the plan you know;
There is a landscape broader than the one you see.
There is a haven where storm-tossed souls may go--
You call it death--we, immortality.

You call it death--this seeming endless sleep;
We call it birth--the soul at last set free.
'Tis hampered not by time or space--you weep.
Why weep at death? 'Tis immortality.

Farewell, dear voyageur--'twill not be long.
Your work is done--now may peace rest with thee.
Your kindly thoughts and deeds--they will live on.
This is not death--'tis immortality.

Farewell, dear voyageur--the river winds and turns;
The cadence of your song wafts near to me,
And now you know the thing that all men learn:
There is no death--there's immortality.

Experiencing Interfaith Dialogue and Building Empathy Among Religionists: What Works?

by Stephanie (Stevie) Shaefer

Interfaith Empathy and Communication - What is Interfaith?

Jesus in the Urantia Book models personal religion – personal relationship with our “Heavenly Father Within” which is unique for each person. Thus, in this series interfaith is defined as each person with a personal relationship with God, regardless of their religion, in communication with all others. Building interfaith empathy is focusing on commonalities, rather than differences, talking less and listening more, and demonstrating sincere understanding. The “Tao of Communication” is caring more about the what the other person has to say, than what you have to say.

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Regarding the upcoming conference July 28th through August 1st in Vancouver, Canada we ask:

What's different about this Urantia “Experience” versus a Urantia “Conference”?

Answer: This is an Experiment. Rather than presenting to you, we want you to be a part of the experience. Rather than being a passive attendee, we want you to be actively engaged in focused discussions aimed directly at working with God the Supreme to improve civilization. 

Come prepared to contribute to the advancement of civilization and to share your vision of how to move the planet along towards light and life.

There will be an emphasis on worshipful problem solving.

We want it to be less about “Me” and more about “We” and more about “us” collectively than “we and they” separately. More about unity and less about division. 

In addition to focus discussions on improvements to civilization, there will be presentations from farseeing individuals who are already trying to advance civilization. These people (and we are still looking for more) will be presenting their ideas, sharing their efforts and looking for input on their individual projects. 

We want you to come away with the feeling that together we can contribute to advancing the revelation and civilization. 

So don't hesitate! This is going to be an amazing conference!
Sign up now: 
Experience - Urantia Global Experience

Diane Labrecque!

Diane Labrecque is alive with her love of Jesus! Her lifetime of seeking has connected her with extraordinary individuals, led her to significant discoveries, and inspires her to offer annual trips to the homeland of Jesus. Find out why Diane considers herself a lifetime member of Team Jesus.

Spirit of Truth #18 Diane Labrecque - Click Here

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Mohini Summers Spirit of Truth #20

https://youtu.be/mI9Vi9i0Lhk

Mohini Summers joins Derek in today’s discussion. Mohini has practiced Buddhism, walked with the Hare Krishna community, served in the military, and writes poetry. She has taught yoga and is currently exploring the mind control systems that can invisibly and pervasively weaken our free will. Mohini is on a mission to manifest supreme values that unify people. She believes that the insidious conditioning we receive throughout our lives has its origins in the Lucifer rebellion and offers us a way to intercept and counteract that conditioning using three questions that affirm life.

Click to Listen to Mohini Summers with Derek Samaras

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Austin Reissner - Speaks about The Book of Mormon

Austin Reissner grew up with modern revelation, and that awareness primed him to look for the next revelation. In this conversation, Austin shares how the Urantia Book fulfills many of the prophecies in The Book of Mormon. Listen to hear how this gamer, father, and all-around action figure strives to be authentic and promote peace.

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Hosted by: Derek Samaras

Music by: Jeremy Daigle

Graphics by: Gary Tonge, John Carlo Pellicciotta

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The Gardens of Eden 

- Life and Times of Adam and Eve

by Rick Warren

Finally! The Gardens of Eden - Life and Times of Adam and Eve is available in ebook and print. My first book, Resurrection Hall, is intended for UB readers. The second book, Battlefield Guardians, is aimed at non-readers. The Eden story is written for both. The name Earth was used, but at book's end attribution is given to Papers 73-76. With the link: urantia.org

I feel an obligation to make this story widely known. That humanity deserves to have the truth about "original sin." And more especially about our composite origin. But 98% of humans are intimidated by the size and complexity of our million word revelation. The Gardens of Eden is my attempt at easier, broader access to the UB's astonishing revealed history of the most beautiful place on Earth, the beings who created it, destroyed it, and went on to create a second Garden. Even today we benefit from Adam and Eve's incarnation. If only the world knew them and their real story.

So I'm very interested to know if you think this is a book you would recommend to readers and non-readers. <3 Rick

Print & ebook Click Here

All books, translations:

Copies also available at CosmicCreations

Urantia Book Fellowship Calendar of Events 

The Fellowship website has a Calendar of Events where you may post notices of face-to-face Urantia meetings, retreats, broadcasts, etc.  To access the calendar click on CONNECT WITH OTHERS on the homepage.

If you would like to post an event click on the “click here” link at the top of the calendar page. Fill out the form and submit it at least one week in advance of the event.

Registration on the website is required to use this feature.

You may submit Urantia organization sponsored events on the Fellowship's website Calendar of Events through a link at the top of the calendar, or this link:

https://urantiabook.org/Calendar-Event-Submission-Form

To see your event once it is listed, here is the Urantia Book Fellowship Calendar of Events link:  https://urantiabook.org/events



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You can hardly realize by what narrow margins your prehuman ancestors missed extinction from time to time. Had the ancestral frog of all humanity jumped two inches less on a certain occasion, the whole course of evolution would have been markedly changed. 62:3.9


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