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January 22: Fobby Naghmey

Fobby H. Naghmi, was born in Lahore, Pakistan and came to the USA in 1972 at the age of 5. Growing up in the suburbs of Washington, DC, he was influenced by both American and Pakistani cultures. At the age of 21, Fobby had a spiritual experience that brought tremendous change in his life and in the manner he began to view life. Although never questioning any traditional religious teachings, he began seeking alternative views and found the spiritual teachings of many authors. At the age of 30, he found himself wanting to pray as he had seen his father pray, so he found the schedule of a local mosque and began praying in the traditional Muslim method. Today, Fobby leads a balanced life between spiritualism and Islamic teachings. He is currently a sales manager for Access National Mortgage.

January 29: Robert Ney

Robert was born on July 5, 1954 and has been a lifetime resident of Eastern Ohio. He has received two Honorary Doctorates (Rio Grande College and The College of Steubenville). In 1978 Bob served as a Teacher in Iran, followed by his political career in both the Ohio Legislature (1981-1982) and Ohio Senate (1984-1994). In 1994 he was elected as Ohio Congressman to the U.S. House of Representatives and served until 2006. During his tenure with the U.S. House, he was Chairman of the House Administration Committee, Chairman of the Sub Committee on Housing and Deputy Whip for the Republican Leadership. From 2008-2011 he worked for Talk Radio News Service. Currently he is self-employed. Bob has two adult children (Bobby and Kayla) and one beautiful granddaughter, Aaliyah. He currently resides in Newark, OH.

Following our Sunday service and fellowship meal and as part of our World Religion month, Bob Ney will speak on Buddhist spirituality which he has witnessed firsthand in India. Buddhism is concerned with the end of suffering through the enlightened understanding of reality, and it stresses the cultivation of wisdom and compassion. Meditation and breathing are a "key" to stability for people and these practices have been adopted in the West. This “Open Forum/Workshop” will focus on these practices and the theories of Buddhism in modern "stressful" society. Bob will also explore the overall spirituality in In-dia amongst many people from various religions and backgrounds. Bob generously gives his time and appreciates your free-will donation to the CSE for this event.

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We will be celebrating Black History Month in February! 
See join us and our exciting speakers, singers and performers!

Feburary 5: Rev. Marrice Coverson

The Reverend Marrice Coverson is the Founder of the Institute for Positive Living and the Executive Director of the Open Book Program, a citywide, after-school literacy initiative for adolescents. With more than 30 years of experience in the nonprofit field, Ms. Coverson has held a number of positions including Center Director of the Chicago Youth Centers, Elliott Donnelley Youth Center, and Director of the West Side Learning Center at Malcolm X College. Ms. Coverson has conducted workshops on Board Development and Self-Development in Illinois, Ohio, Maine and Texas.

Ms. Coverson holds a BA in Sociology from Mississippi Valley State University and a MA in Public Administration from Roosevelt University. She received training in Adlerian Treatment Concepts from the Alfred Adler Institute. Ms. Coverson is the Pastor of the Church of the Spirit in Chicago - the first female and African American to hold that position. Ms. Coverson is also the first African American since 1924 to hold a Trustee position on the Board of Directors of National Spiritualist Association (NSAC) of Church's Board of Directors. Ms Coverson is currently working on her Masters degree in Religious Studies at Chicago Theological Seminary.

February 12: Riley Temple

Riley K. Temple is a principal in the Washington, D.C. strategic consulting firm, Temple Strategies. Temple Strategies was previously known as Halprin Temple, a firm Mr. Temple founded in 1993. Mr. Temple has extensive experience in federal legislative, policy and regulatory matters. He represents telecommunications clients before Congress, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Executive Branch agencies.

Mr. Temple served as Assistant General Counsel at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Charles McC. Mathias (R-MD), Senior Counsel to RCA Global Communications in New York City, and Communications Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. During this period he was an Oliver Cromwell Cox lecturer at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.

Mr. Temple serves as Board President for the True Colors Theatre Company, a national black theater company based in Atlanta, GA, which he co-founded with Artistic Director Kenny Leon. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania and serves as its Secretary and served as Chair of its 2004 Presidential Search Committee.

Mr. Temple is a member of the Community and Friends Board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a Board member of the National Archives Foundation, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Hillwood Museum and Gardens Foundation and has been a member of the Federal Advisory Committee to the FCC on Diversity in the Digital Age and chaired its New Technologies Sub-Committee.

He is a past President and former Board member of Arena Stage and the Whitman-Walker Clinic. He has also served on the Boards of WETA, the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, the Ellington Fund of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, the Green Door, the Corcoran Board of Overseers, and the DC Commission on National & Community Service. Mr. Temple served as a member of the District of Columbia Bar's Task Force on Sexual Orientation and the Legal Workplace, and is a 1990 Graduate of Leadership Washington. He also served as Treasurer for the 1998 Jim Graham for Counsel Campaign. He is an emeritus Director of the Human Rights Campaign, and the Washington Theatre Awards Society (the "Helen Hayes Awards"). He is a former member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, where he served as a parish Verger and on the Vestry. Finally, he is a member of St. John's Church at Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C.

Feburary 19: Carl Edward Davis

Mr. Davis is a Certified Medium from Missouri where he is associated with the Fifth Spiritualist Church of St. Louis.  In 1991, he was inspired to go to China to study with the Buddhist Priests at the Shaolin Temple. While there, meditating on one of the three mountains, a small "ancient" looking monk appeared and told him of an instrument that heals by vibration and sound. [He further stated that over 6,000 years ago the wise ones of the earth had mastered the art of healing with vibrations created by instruments similar to the gongs that can still be found in temples throughout the orient.] However, the art of combining the harmonic energies of the instrument to heal had been lost. The ancient one offered to teach him this art if he would agree to create the instrument. He would be shown how to create the healing sound patterns that the instrument was capable of generating, and asked to serve as a teacher of this lost art in the western world.

"Healing Gong Concert" Friday February, 17th

Private Reading with Carl, Saturday, February 18th

February 26: Rev. Betty Hutt, Speaker

After membership in the Second Spiritualist Church from 1976-2001, Betty became an active Counselor, Healer, Medium, Lyceum Director, Event Coordinator, and Fundraiser, ultimately serving as Co-Pastor for 12 years.  In addition, she was elected as Vice President of the Pennsylvania State Spiritualist Association of Churches in 1988-1992. In 2007, Betty received her Ordination and NST.  Recently, she received a Charter for The Celestial Spiritualist Church at the 2008 NSAC Convention, and performed the duties as Pastor, Medium and Lecturer.

Betty has been a guest speaker on a number of radio stations, including an internet radio show called "One Moment in Time."    Her education includes attending University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, and Drexel University.  She also received the “Women of Color” award from the University of Pennsylvania for outstanding Leadership and Workmanship. Her interests include Tai Chi and Reiki.

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with Richard Brown, M.D.

Saturday, February 11, 2012 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Cost: $50 CSE members / $60 non-members

Low energy and accumulated stress interfere with using our latent gifts. Breathing is our most crucial source of energy and can be used to wash away stress. This session will be an introductory experience of ancient, gentle movement, breathing, and meditation to enhance your abilities.

These techniques have been used by warriors, monks, and healers for centuries. They are being rediscovered and studied by modern scientists. They have been used to heal military veterans, 9/11 responders, victims of disasters, war and other traumas, as well as to enhance spiritual practice of Taoist and Buddhist monks, Christian monks and Zen chaplains.

About Dr. Brown:

Dr. Richard Brown, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University, graduate of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (1977), gives over 200 lectures and courses every year.  Since 1998, Dr. Brown has taught full-day courses on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for the American Psychiatric Association and other conferences.  He coauthored over 90 scientific articles, books and chapters including, Stop Depression Now (1999), The Rhodiola Revolution (2004), "Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Psychiatry," in Psychiatry (Wiley & Sons 2003, 2007); "Alternative Treatments in Brain Injury" in Neuropsychiatry of Traumatic Brain Injury (American Psychiatric Press 2004 and 2009).  His most recent book, How to Use herbs, Nutrients, and Yoga in Mental health Care (WW Norton 2009), includes chapters on integrative treatments for people suffering from fatigue, stress, insomnia, anxiety, PTSD, depression, cognitive dysfunction, ADHD, schizophrenia, addictions, and medication side effects.

Dr. Brown developed a comprehensive neurophysiological theory of the effects of yoga breathing on the mind and body, particularly its benefits in anxiety, depression, and PTSD.  He is a certified teacher of Aikido (4th Dan) yoga, Qi Gong, and Open Focus Meditation.  Dr. Brown provides Breath - Body - Mind workshops for health care professionals, yoga teachers, research studies, people with medical illnesses such as cancer, and the general public.  Sponsored by Serving those Who Serve (www.STWS.org), his workshops are helping people overcome the emotional and physical effects of the September 11th World trade Center attacks.  His disaster relief programs have been used in Haiti, Sudan and Twanda.  Information, resources, lectures, and workshops on Integrative Psychiatry are available at:  www.haveahealthymind.com.

To Register: 1) email TheCSE@TheCSE.org or call 703-645-8060 and leave your information, and 2) send your check to The CSE, PO Box 6535, Falls Church, VA 22040-6535. No refunds.

OR you may use PayPal below. (no PayPal account needed)

Please select Member or Non-Member

Member $50.00 USD Non-Member $60.00 USD

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Mark your calendar for this upcoming workshop

with James Kinnear

Saturday, March 10, 2012, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $60 members / $75 non-members

with Carl Davis

Friday, February 17th, 7:30 -9 :00 p.m.

Cost: $15 CSE members / $25 non-members

Join us for a special and unique evening as Carl Davis performs on a unique set of gongs creating healing sounds and vibrations to stimulate the physical and psychological healing and relaxation. Experience the healing sound and vibrations of the Gongs that are said to induce a meditative state.

On February 19th, Carl Davis will be our speaker and perform a healing meditation during our Sunday morning devotional service.

About Carl: Carl Edward Davis Is a Certified Medium from Missouri where he is associated with the Fifth Spiritualist Church of St. Louis.  In 1991, he was inspired to go to China to study with the Buddhist Priests at the Shaolin Temple. While there, meditating on one of the three mountains, a small "ancient" looking monk appeared and told him of an instrument that heals by vibration and sound. [He further stated that over 6,000 years ago the wise ones of the earth had mastered the art of healing with vibrations created by instruments similar to the gongs that can still be found in temples throughout the orient.] However, the art of combining the harmonic energies of the instrument to heal had been lost. The ancient one offered to teach him this art if he would agree to create the instrument. He would be shown how to create the healing sound patterns that the instrument was capable of generating, and asked to serve as a teacher of this lost art in the western world.

To Register: 1) email TheCSE@TheCSE.org or call 703-645-8060 and leave your information, and 2) send your check to The CSE, PO Box 6535, Falls Church, VA 22040-6535. No refunds.

OR you may use PayPal below. (no PayPal account needed)

Please select Member or Non-Member

Member $15.00 USD Non-Member $25.00 USD

Private Readings

with Carl Davis

Saturday, February 18, 2011
starting at 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

1/2 hour reading: $50
1 hour reading: $90

To Schedule an appointment:

 Email TheCSE@TheCSE.org or call 703-645-8060 and leave your information (Name, contact number, preferred time of appointment and which medium). Our Executive Coordinator will  get back to on your scheduled time.

Note: You will pay Carl directly in cash. Please arrive on-time for your appointment. If you cannot make your appointment, please call the day before to allow those on a waiting to be scheduled.

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR
CSE's Most Popular Fundraiser
Event of The Year!

A TRADITIONAL VICTORIAN SÉANCE

Saturday, March 31, 2011
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Cost: $60 members / $75 non-members

CSE turns back time to recreate a traditional Victorian-Style séance to commemorate the anniversary of Modern Spiritualism. Relive yesteryear with live period music and truly delicious samples of food from the Victorian era.

The earliest days of Modern Spiritualism often centered around the séance table. Since that time, tradition holds that mental mediumship takes place in a home circle, while physical mediumship takes place in a séance circle. The Founders of Spiritualism explored the séance as a means of deep and profound transformation and revelation. They came from every religious denomination, united in their search for enlightenment, and preparing the world for the emergence of the Fox Sisters’ astonishing communications with Spirit.

Join us in recreating this tradition. Spiritualist Mediums will sit at every table to bring messages from the Spirit World to each participant. Mediums will dress in Victorian costume, we invite you to dress to recreate the atmosphere.  click here for dress ideas.

This event features:

• Spirit messages at each table

• Victorian-era musical entertainment

• Victorian-style refreshments, sweets after the séance

• Door prizes

Mediums and attendees will be given a number at the registration door, and will sit at the corresponding table number. Unfortunately, we cannot reserve a particular medium or table for you.

For costume ideas try one of these places:

Quick Costume ideas!

• I put together some quick costume ideas for men & women. Click here for PDF file.

Rentals

• Economy Party Supplies in Falls Church

• Creative Costumes in Silver Spring, MD

• Gene's Costumes in Kessington, MD

• Backstage, Inc. in Washington, DC

Purchase:

• Recollections.biz

• ushist.com

• Premierclothing.com

• Riverjunction.com

• gentlemansemporium.com

with Rev. Anne Gehman

Mark Your Calendars!

March 20, March 27, April 3, April 10, April 17 and April 24
(6 Tuesday nights)
7:30 – 9:30 P.M.
Cost: $240

"The Help"