Newsletter – Winter 2025

 “LET’S WALK THIS SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TOGETHER”

From the Pastor’s Desk…

Winter quarter is upon us very soon! It is a time to turn within. As you co-create your perfect
visions for 2026, remember we can’t work on the energies of specific outcomes for other
people as much as we can for ourselves. Ask yourself, how would I FEEL if everything were in a
perfect state of harmony, peace and joy? Tap into that energy. Place it inside your being with
gratitude.

As we slow down a bit without classes and extra activities because of the risk of weather
cancellations interfering with us, our Thursday classes will be ON HOLD until spring quarter in
March. See page 2 for 2 classes in Dec. which are extended from Fall quarter. We as teachers
are open to ideas for classes you’d like to see in the new year. Share them with us!

Psychic Saturday will be held on Dec. 6 th at 11 AM, but then we will not hold one in January
and February will be pending. Afterwards, at 1:30, we will be decorating for Christmas. Please
come help us get ready for the upcoming Christmas season!

Remember, if you are ill this winter, please don’t come to church. Let us know and we will
include you in our healing prayers, but we do have older members and family members for
whom church members are caregivers who are really vulnerable this time of year to flu and/or
Covid.

If you are ever unsure about weather conditions and whether the church will be closed after or
during a snowstorm, you can text Rev. Laura at 248-521-0505 or look at the church Facebook
page. We as a Board try to make those decisions as early as possible to help keep everyone
safe on the roads. Some of our regular members and friends live in rural areas and might be
quite a distance from Bay City. We consider everyone’s best interest before we cancel.

One thing we do hold every January is our annual NEW YEAR’S ALL MESSAGE SERVICE! This
year it will be Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 7 PM. Different message modalities will be
shared with the congregation as well as Rev. Sandra’s annual Meditation for great things to
come into our lives in the new year. We also have a burning bowl ceremony for all the things
you wish to release from the last year. 2026 is a 1 year in numerology. NEW BEGINNINGS! It’s
a perfect time to let go of the old and welcome in new and beautiful things for your life. A
TICKET is required for this event and seating is limited. Donation: $15.00

Our second collections for the Bay City Family Homeless Shelter Thanksgiving dinners, matched
by the church, brought the shelter a tithe of $1354. Thank you to all who donated! We tithe to
the larger organizations who help families the most.

Namaste.

THURSDAY CLASSES ON HOLD UNTIL MARCH Except for these two: Rev. Laura’s last students
who need their Personal Destiny Profiles done from the Runes class will meet Thursday, Dec. 4 th
at 6:30 to get them completed. Rev. Sandra’s students who are in fall quarter’s Numerology
class will meet one more time on Thursday, Dec. 11 th .

STILL LOOKING FOR MARKETING HELP! Any Social Media experts out there? Our Treasurer,
Scott, is looking for someone who has an interest in helping to market what our church has to
offer on internet based platforms. We have Facebook and Next Door pages. You and he would
work together until whoever volunteers can function independently. Please let us know if you
have an interest!

DIVINE STUDIES CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS Have you ever thought about becoming a
Minister, Medium or Healer? Maybe a Teacher of Divine Spiritual Metaphysics? Or even just
taking in depth classes to deepen your own understanding of our philosophy? There is open
enrollment for our certification programs! Students can begin at any time. If you would like a
handbook for the classes and programs please email our Registrar, Rev. Sandra Spyker. Her
email is sjsteger1@gmail.com You can also email Rev. Laura at percheronhitch6@yahoo.com
Our programs include Minister, Celebrant Minister (for those more interested in a Ministry
outside of the church setting) Energy Worker (Healing modalities), Teacher and Mediumship.
The first year, all students have 10 required “Core Classes” or Basic Unfoldment classes. We
are also accepting Ordination by Sanction/transfer of certificate applications. All of this can be
discussed with Rev Spyker. This might be the perfect opportunity to begin working on your
path to getting the education you need for certifications from our church. We will need
certified workers for the continued success of our mission to serve our community with a
metaphysically based philosophy, including sharing of our spiritual gifts of healing, mediumship,
teaching and preaching. We also accept Retreat students who simply wish to take Seminary
level classes for their own enjoyment. These classes are intensive! They are in depth, serious
classes to prepare students for the Ministry in whatever form you wish it to take.
Our Scholarship Fund, donated in memory of Roger W. Schlack, is available for to our Seminary
Students. The guidelines voted on by the membership are as follows: The first class must be
paid in full by the student. Subsequent classes are 50% covered by scholarship funding.
Also, consider donating to this fund so the next generations of church workers can get their
certifications and carry on the legacy of the last 76 years as Bay City’s only Divine Spiritual
Metaphysical church. We make it our mission to empower people in our services with tools
and insights from their own Guides so that they, too, can realize their own potential as
Lightworkers and Ministers.