The tides are turning at Sacred Center
You’ve heard me talk about Sacred Center before and how much I LOVE this spiritual center and going there has made a significant impact on my life.
Well this is in part because I adore Rev. August Gold who is spiritual yet admirably grounded, incredibly funny and fiercely loving.
So it breaks my heart to have found out yesterday that she (and her partner Carol) will be leaving Sacred Center. She’s going outside the church walls to bring the spiritual message to folks who won’t enter the church to hear it. She says while she was called by Spirit to found the church, she won’t be the one to grow it. And so long as she remains the face of the church, and it’s basically her, it cannot grow.
I’ll be honest, I’m kind of heart broken and may have cried a bit yesterday when this news was shared. I’m still in a bit of shock and disbelief.
While I’m happy she’ll be bringing the message to a broader audience who needs it (a journey I myself feel called to as well with transformational and spiritual work), I still wish she would do both and continue to lead at Sacred Center as well.
I’m also really wondering (and concerned to be honest) what’s going to happen at the church moving forward as I really believe a significant amount of people come there specifically because of her. Will the new head spiritual director be able to step it up to the same level? I hope she can.
I’m finding myself being a bit cynical and expecting it won’t thrive and the new lead won’t be able to fill Rev. Gold’s shoes. Only in this moment do I realize that that’s just my own ‘story’ (or racket for you landmark folk) and I need to get off it. Something can only make a difference for you if you empower it to do so. If you’re not open to it, the greatest miracle in the world won’t provide a penny’s worth of value. So I’m going to choose to be open to this new change and the possibility of it being amazing and inspiring.
For anyone who attends Sacred Center – what are your thoughts on this change? How are you dealing with your feelings/emotions around it?
Or if you’re not involved with Sacred Center – have you had (or where are you having) an experience like this where something you loved suddenly changed drastically? What did you do and what did/could you do (or not do) to empower the situation?
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Jaclyn, I was looking up August Gold’s site on the web and your comment was the first entry on the page. Have you been back to Sacred Center since August and Carol left? Elyse Welsh was the interim minister and we now have Dr. Rev. Jane Galloway. We will have a 10th anniversary and 9/11 remembrance service this Sunday at 2 pm at 86th Street and West End Avenue. Come check it out. I’m now on the Board and in the gospel choir so say hi if you come. Blessings on your spiritual path.