What if the “basics” are the breakthrough? We begin Science of Mind: Back to Basics with Chapter 1: The Thing Itself—a fresh look at Spirit, Life, and the power of understanding what’s actually true. And we’ll pair it with the Braiding Sweetgrass story of the squirrels and maple sugar—because sometimes nature is the best spiritual teacher. inspired. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THREE WAYS TO GIVE TO CSL WHITE ROCK: 1. Go to the Donate page of our website. You can put in any amount you want. You can also become a monthly intentional donor by choosing the recurring payment option. https://www.csl-whiterock.com/donate 2. GIVE by mail. You can send a cheque to our mailing address: CSL White Rock, 13313 20th Ave., Surrey, BC V4A 1Z3 3. GIVE by e-transfer. Go to your own bank online and find out where you can send an e-transfer. Send it to our email address: admin@csl-whiterock.com LOVE AND BLESSINGS TO ALL! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow CSL White Rock: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Subscribe to our YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCexa6rOsTVOVoeHaIlIuRgQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Gather with us every Sunday at 10:30 AM Pacific - details at : https://www.csl-whiterock.com/our-events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cslwhiterock/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cslwhiterock/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Donation: https://www.csl-whiterock.com/donate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Website: https://www.csl-whiterock.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can reach us at: 📧 - admin@csl-whiterock.com

Becoming Available to the Life That’s Available to You: Presence, Responsibility, and the Courage to Receive The start of a new year often comes with pressure to be more, do more, and figure everything out. But what if the invitation is simpler and braver than that? In this talk, we’ll explore what it truly means to become available: available to Presence instead of distraction, to Truth and alignment instead of performance, and to the life that’s already reaching for us. Clarity then comes from our availability, not our effort. Together, we’ll gently uncover the subtle ways we become unavailable—through fear, familiarity, and waiting for permission and how availability itself becomes a sacred act of faith. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THREE WAYS TO GIVE TO CSL WHITE ROCK: 1. Go to the Donate page of our website. You can put in any amount you want. You can also become a monthly intentional donor by choosing the recurring payment option. https://www.csl-whiterock.com/donate 2. GIVE by mail. You can send a cheque to our mailing address: CSL White Rock, 13313 20th Ave., Surrey, BC V4A 1Z3 3. GIVE by e-transfer. Go to your own bank online and find where you can send an e-transfer. Send it to our email address: admin@csl-whiterock.com LOVE AND BLESSINGS TO ALL! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow CSL White Rock: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Subscribe our YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCexa6rOsTVOVoeHaIlIuRgQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Gather with us every Sunday at 10:30 AM Pacific - details at : https://www.csl-whiterock.com/our-events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cslwhiterock/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cslwhiterock/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Donation: https://www.csl-whiterock.com/donate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Website: https://www.csl-whiterock.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can reach us at: 📧 - admin@csl-whiterock.com

Rev Tamara with our Spiritual Practitioners lead us through the dark night into the light with music by Nathen Aswell, Michelle Briggs, and Heidi McCurdy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THREE WAYS TO GIVE TO CSL WHITE ROCK: 1. Go to the Donate page of our website. You can put in any amount you want. You can also become a monthly intentional donor by choosing the recurring payment option. https://www.csl-whiterock.com/donate 2. GIVE by mail. You can send a cheque to our mailing address: CSL White Rock, 13313 20th Ave., Surrey, BC V4A 1Z3 3. GIVE by e-transfer. Go to your own bank online and find where you can send an e-transfer. Send it to our email address: admin@csl-whiterock.com LOVE AND BLESSINGS TO ALL! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow CSL White Rock: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Subscribe our YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCexa6rOsTVOVoeHaIlIuRgQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Gather with us every Sunday at 10:30 AM Pacific - details at : https://www.csl-whiterock.com/our-events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cslwhiterock/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cslwhiterock/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Donation: https://www.csl-whiterock.com/donate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Website: https://www.csl-whiterock.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can reach us at: 📧 - admin@csl-whiterock.com

This Sunday at CSL White Rock, we explored Advent Week 3: Joy—not as forced cheer, but as a softening… a shift from rigidity to grace. If you’ve been feeling stretched thin or weighed down by expectations (your own or others’), this talk offers a simple, practical reset: the G.O.D. pause — Guiding Our Direction. Three breaths. Hand on heart. And one powerful question: What would grace do next? You’ll also hear a beautiful story from Mark Nepo about a “locked gate” that wasn’t really locked—and how widening our view can reveal an open way forward. And in the heart of the service, we sing Karen Drucker’s “Your Prayer Is My Prayer” as a shared blessing—reminding us that none of us walks alone. If this message supports you, please like, subscribe, and share it with someone who could use a little gentleness and light this week. With love, Rev T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THREE WAYS TO GIVE TO CSL WHITE ROCK: 1. Go to the Donate page of our website. You can put in any amount you want. You can also become a monthly intentional donor by choosing the recurring payment option. https://www.csl-whiterock.com/donate 2. GIVE by mail. You can send a cheque to our mailing address: CSL White Rock, 13313 20th Ave., Surrey, BC V4A 1Z3 3. GIVE by e-transfer. Go to your bank's website and find out where you can send an e-transfer. Send it to our email address: admin@csl-whiterock.com LOVE AND BLESSINGS TO ALL! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow CSL White Rock: ✅ Subscribe to our YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCexa6rOsTVOVoeHaIlIuRgQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Gather with us every Sunday at 10:30 AM Pacific - details at : https://www.csl-whiterock.com/our-events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cslwhiterock/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cslwhiterock/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Donation: https://www.csl-whiterock.com/donate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Website: https://www.csl-whiterock.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can reach us at: 📧 - admin@csl-whiterock.com

Surrendering into Newness This Sunday we continued our December journey with a talk called “Surrendering into Newness.” We explored what it really means, in a Science of Mind way, to let an old “skin” fall away so something truer can emerge. I shared about turning 60 and looking back at the “rings” of my life, like the rings of a tree. Some seasons were lush and full, others tight and difficult, but every ring holds wisdom. The invitation now is not to drag old December patterns into this next ring – the over-doing, people-pleasing, and pretending – but to bless those chapters and choose differently. We also lit our Advent candles for Hope and Peace, remembering that peace isn’t when everything around us is calm; peace is knowing we are held even when life is messy. Your homework this week is simple: choose one old December story you’re ready to retire. Please write it down. Each evening, take a breath, imagine lighting a candle, and affirm: “I willingly release the old and surrender into newness.” Then ask, “Where is Peace inviting me to loosen my grip today?” and listen gently for the answer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THREE WAYS TO GIVE TO CSL WHITE ROCK: 1. Go to the Donate page of our website. You can put in any amount you want. You can also become a monthly intentional donor by choosing the recurring payment option. https://www.csl-whiterock.com/donate 2. GIVE by mail. You can send a cheque to our mailing address: CSL White Rock, 13313 20th Ave., Surrey, BC V4A 1Z3 3. GIVE by e-transfer. Go to your own bank online and find where you can send an e-transfer. Send it to our email address: admin@csl-whiterock.com LOVE AND BLESSINGS TO ALL! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow CSL White Rock: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Subscribe our YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCexa6rOsTVOVoeHaIlIuRgQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Gather with us every Sunday at 10:30 AM Pacific - details at : https://www.csl-whiterock.com/our-events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cslwhiterock/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cslwhiterock/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Donation: https://www.csl-whiterock.com/donate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Website: https://www.csl-whiterock.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can reach us at: 📧 - admin@csl-whiterock.com

“A Different Kind of December: Rest, Boundaries & True Belonging.” If you’re entering the season feeling tired, overwhelmed, or a little tender, this message offers a gentler way: treating rest as a spiritual practice, saying loving no’s that honour your wellbeing, and leaning into real community where you don’t have to pretend you’re fine. Drawing from Science of Mind and real-life stories, Rev. Tamara invites you to make this December kinder to your soul. 💛~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THREE WAYS TO GIVE TO CSL WHITE ROCK: 1. Go to the Donate page of our website. You can put in any amount you want. You can also become a monthly intentional donor by choosing the recurring payment option. https://www.csl-whiterock.com/donate 2. GIVE by mail. You can send a cheque to our mailing address: CSL White Rock, 13313 20th Ave., Surrey, BC V4A 1Z3 3. GIVE by e-transfer. Go to your own bank online and find where you can send an e-transfer. Send it to our email address: admin@csl-whiterock.com LOVE AND BLESSINGS TO ALL! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow CSL White Rock: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Subscribe our YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCexa6rOsTVOVoeHaIlIuRgQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Gather with us every Sunday at 10:30 AM Pacific - details at : https://www.csl-whiterock.com/our-events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cslwhiterock/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cslwhiterock/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Donation: https://www.csl-whiterock.com/donate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Website: https://www.csl-whiterock.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can reach us at: 📧 - admin@csl-whiterock.com

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times When life grows cold, and the world feels harsh, our souls whisper an invitation: slow down, draw inward, and let the quiet rebuild us. This talk explores the sacred art of “wintering”- those necessary seasons of rest, reflection, and retreat that help us heal, deepen, and rise again with new strength. Together, we’ll explore how to honour our inner seasons, the falling apart, trusting the stillness, and discovering the hidden wisdom waiting in the hush between chapters. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THREE WAYS TO GIVE TO CSL WHITE ROCK: 1. Go to the Donate page of our website. You can put in any amount you want. You can also become a monthly intentional donor by choosing the recurring payment option. https://www.csl-whiterock.com/donate 2. GIVE by mail. You can send a cheque to our mailing address: CSL White Rock, 13313 20th Ave., Surrey, BC V4A 1Z3 3. GIVE by e-transfer. Go to your own bank online and find where you can send an e-transfer. Send it to our email address: admin@csl-whiterock.com LOVE AND BLESSINGS TO ALL! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow CSL White Rock: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Subscribe our YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCexa6rOsTVOVoeHaIlIuRgQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Gather with us every Sunday at 10:30 AM Pacific - details at : https://www.csl-whiterock.com/our-events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cslwhiterock/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cslwhiterock/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Donation: https://www.csl-whiterock.com/donate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Website: https://www.csl-whiterock.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can reach us at: 📧 - admin@csl-whiterock.com

Is it really My “Truth”? The last several years have found many of us frequently using the phrase “My Truth”. What do we mean by it, and what are the consequences of using that phraseology? Is it useful? Helpful in moving us forward as spiritual beings? Does it bring us closer together or set up more walls? How can we make the distinctions about “our Truths” that assist us in being clear, powerful AND compassionate? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THREE WAYS TO GIVE TO CSL WHITE ROCK: 1. Go to the Donate page of our website. You can put in any amount you want. You can also become a monthly intentional donor by choosing the recurring payment option. https://www.csl-whiterock.com/donate 2. GIVE by mail. You can send a cheque to our mailing address: CSL White Rock, 13313 20th Ave., Surrey, BC V4A 1Z3 3. GIVE by e-transfer. Go to your own bank online and find where you can send an e-transfer. Send it to our email address: admin@csl-whiterock.com LOVE AND BLESSINGS TO ALL! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow CSL White Rock: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Subscribe our YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCexa6rOsTVOVoeHaIlIuRgQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Gather with us every Sunday at 10:30 AM Pacific - details at : https://www.csl-whiterock.com/our-events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cslwhiterock/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cslwhiterock/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Donation: https://www.csl-whiterock.com/donate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✅ Website: https://www.csl-whiterock.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can reach us at: 📧 - admin@csl-whiterock.com