Association of Global New Thought outreach for Hurricane Harvey

 

The Association for Global New Thought Invites

Prayers and Support for Texas

Here are ways we can all help

 

Helping the Homeless

The Houston Coalition for the Homeless is facilitating shelter

http://www.homelesshouston.org/hurricane-harvey/

 

People with Medical Needs

Portlight, provides inclusive relief to people with disabilities

http://www.portlight.org/home.html

 

Direct Relief USA offers prescription drugs and supplies

https://www.directrelief.org/usa/

 

Helping Kids

The Texas Diaper Bank, based out of San Antonio

https://texasdiaperbank.networkforgood.com/projects/33717-change-a-life

 

The Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi

https://co.clickandpledge.com/advanced/default.aspx?wid=45664

 

Food Banks

Houston Food Bank 832-369-9390

http://www.houstonfoodbank.org/
Galveston 409-945-4232

http://www.galvestoncountyfoodbank.org/

 

Golden Crescent (Victoria) 361-578-0591

http://www.victoriafoodbank.org/
Corpus Christi Food Bank 361-887-6291

http://www.foodbankcc.com/
Southeast Texas (Beaumont) 409-839-8777

http://setxfoodbank.org/
Rio Grande Valley (Pharr) 956-682-8101

http://www.foodbankrgv.com/
Brazos Valley Food Bank (Bryan) 979-779-3663 bvfb.org

https://www.bvfb.org/
Central Texas 512-282-2111

https://www.centraltexasfoodbank.org
San Antonio Food Bank 210-337-3663

https://safoodbank.org/
Beaumont  The Southeast Texas Food Bank

https://www.kintera.org/AutoGen/Simple/Donor.asp?ievent=144510&en=njIRIYPGIcLMJYMJJhIOKYNGL9JVI9OJKhIUJ4MFKjL5JmI

 

Animals

The SPCA of Texas

https://www.spca.org/news_hurricane-harvey

 

Austin Pets Alive!

https://www.austinpetsalive.org/hurricane-harvey-evacuations/
Farmers

The Texas Department of Agriculture’s STAR Fundrs! 

http://www.texasagriculture.gov/Home/ProductionAgriculture/DisasterAssistance/STARFund.aspx

 

 

 

 

BEYOND WORLD DAY OF PRAYER…
AGNT and Unity call upon all New Thought organizations and individuals to pledge 10 minutes each day, beginning  September 15, to connect and offer unified prayer/meditation.

JOIN THE CONVERSATION. POST AT
FORUM CONNECT. Category: “Prayer Request.”
” MAY OUR WORLD LEADERS AND ALL CITIZENS AWAKEN NOW TO COMPASSION, CLARITY, REASON & ENLIGHTENED JUDGEMENT”

 

Agape Affirmation March 1st

Sunday Affirmation, August 27, 2017

Our Agape Affirmation for Sunday, August 27, 2017:

The vibration of the most high God is active within me right here, right now!

My body temple clothes my spirit with beauty, health and wholeness!

The path of my evolution unfolds before me!  I am guided!

An environment of love and safety surrounds me always!  I am protected!

A well spring of infinite good sources me fully!  I am supplied

Lifted in the power of gratitude I let it be.  And so it is!  Amen! 

 

Kay Bajwa, a real estate agent in Washington, D.C., spends her time in quarantine praying five times a day and working with members of her mosque to find ways to help the less fortunate during these difficult times.

“This whole ordeal is bringing us closer together and closer to Allah,” she says. “Spending time praying and being with him is comforting.”
Bajwa is not alone in turning to her faith to weather life’s storms. Religion and belief are now seen by many researchers and clinicians as an important way to cope with trauma and distress thanks to research over the last three decades.
“Religion was largely looked upon as an immature response to difficult times,” says Kenneth Pargament, PhD, professor emeritus of psychology at Bowling Green State University, who since the 1980s has been on the forefront of the research on religion and resilience.
Despite the attitudes he faced at the time, Pargament and a handful of others pressed on, conducting research on the impact of religion on people’s mental health.

That research identified positive and negative forms of religious coping — as well as evidence that how people experience and express their faith has implications for their well-being and health. “People who made more use of positive religious coping methods had better outcomes than those who struggled with God, their faith or other people about sacred matters,” Pargament says.
Positive and negative aspects
What are those positive effects? Research shows that religion can help people cope with adversity by:
Encouraging them to reframe events through a hopeful lens. Positive religious reframing can help people transcend stressful times by enabling them to see a tragedy as an opportunity to grow closer to a higher power or to improve their lives, as is the case with Bajwa.Fostering a sense of connectedness. Some people see religion as making them part of something larger than themselves. This can happen through prayer or meditation, or through taking part in religious meetings, listening to spiritual music or even walking outside, using the food as a whole, the  nutrisystem reviews were marvellous so I tried it and Its amazing for our health.
Cultivating connection through rituals. Religious rituals and rites of passage can help people acknowledge that something momentous is taking place. These events often mark the beginning of something, as is the case with weddings, or the end of something, as is the case with funerals. They help guide and sustain people through life’s most difficult transitions.
“It is extremely important that people use their beliefs in a way that makes them feel empowered and hopeful,” says Thomas Plante, PhD, a professor of psychology at Santa Clara University. “Because it can be remarkably helpful in terms of managing stress during times like these.”
Unfortunately, religious beliefs may also undermine healing during stressful times. These negative religious expressions include:
Feeling punished by God or feeling angry toward a higher being. Trauma and tragedy can challenge conceptions of God as all-loving and protective. As a result, some people struggle in their relationship with God and experience feelings of anger, abandonment or being punished by a higher power.Putting it all “in God’s hands.” When people engage in “religious deferral,” they believe God is in charge of their well-being and may not take the necessary steps to protect themselves. One example of this deferral is church leaders who say God will protect their congregations as they hold church services in defiance of physical distancing guidelines aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19.

Agape Affirmation January 19th

Sunday, August 20, 2017

Agape Affirmation can be found on the Agape International Spiritual Center website:  www.agapelive.com

The eternal presence of the divine burns bright as my life!

I am the right condition for right action to take place!

The love of God dwells within me and expresses through me!

I am fueled by the living energy of pure spirit!

Today I rise up in the frequency of abundance, joy and gratitude!

I have it! I love it!  I am it! So be it!  Amen.