CHURCH OF SPIRITUAL LIGHT ANNOUNCES OPENING SERVICES

FORT MYERS, FL- April 9, 2008 - We are pleased to announce the opening of Church of Spiritual Light, a new church that will have it's first service on Sunday, April 13, 2008 from 10-11 am. The services will be hosted at Center To Self Reliance in Fort Myers, Florida. All are welcome.

Church of Spiritual Light, co-founded by David Essel and Renee Bledsoe, is an all faith, spiritual community that was created to provide a place where people who wish to connect with the divinity within themselves, within others and All That Is can gather together and celebrate the sacredness of life through pure spiritual connection, meditation, ritual, prayer and song.

The Sunday Service is led by David Essel, Renee Bledsoe and Joanna Salerno. There will be guest speakers and musicians from time to time, as well as active participation from a different member of the community each week. This promises to be a joyful, fun, inspiring, sacred and powerful healing and empowerment ceremony.

Church of Spiritual Light honors the tenants of all faith, inter-spirituality and inter-denominational gatherings in a worship setting that goes beyond mere religious tolerance and “new age” eclecticism. The exploration of any and all religions and individual pathways that lead to deep spiritual connections are encouraged and honored. Numerous texts, both sacred and "secular", ancient and modern are drawn upon. The contribution of diverse religions and philosophies are recognized for the energies they anchor on the planet and embed into the mass consciousness. Rituals and practices from around the world are integrated into the ceremonies.

As the world's ability to mass communicate has increased, more and more people are experiencing higher consciousness, spiritual awakenings and greater levels of awareness than ever before. As Ekhart Tolle says, "Humanity now, perhaps more than in any previous time, has an opportunity to create a new, saner, more loving world. This will involve a radical inner leap from the current egoic consciousness to an entirely new one."

Church of Spiritual Light was created to foster and support the continuation of this process in our human evolution through the universal powers of Love and Compassion.

You are invited to join in the celebration each Sunday morning from 10 to 11 am. For more information you may visit the website at www.ChurchOfSpiritualLight.org.