On December 24th, many gathered together in the homes of MSIAers from around the world to watch “An MSIA Family Christmas Eve” webcast with our Beloved John Morton. All in all, we had 23 group gatherings in 5 countries worldwide.
We had three new viewing hosts this year, and reports from all our hosts were really amazing – lots of community, caring, and loving.
Here are highlights of sharings from viewing hosts — the joy and blessings abound.
If you’d like to host a gathering for upcoming broadcasts with John Morton in your area, please contact Debbie Roth at DebbieRoth@msia.org or 323-737-4055, x1179. They are a lot of fun, and we’re looking at ways to post group gatherings online in an easily-accessible way.
There were just 2 of us, both MSIA ministers.
We were just so happy to be able to participate in this broadcast -the first for both of us. We are such a small community and spread out. Plus most anyone else I would have invited had Christmas Eve plans with their own families.
Thanks to NOW productions and all those who helped make the online broadcast happen. It meant a lot to us. We love all of you!
~Elizabeth Partin, Virginia Beach, VA
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One of our beloved MSIA minister’s mother passed the week before Christmas Eve. She brought her brother, sister and nephew to the event so that they could be together. Her brother said that this had been his best Christmas Eve ever! My experience was that they received all that they needed from Spirit in the way of comfort and healing. (I am crying as I type). I invited my best friend and her husband. They felt the “family” that I talk about all the time.
I was limited in my preparation time due to prior commitments and had to let enough be enough. Of course it was all perfect – as it always is.
We have been combining the Christmas Eve seminar with an area MSIA celebration each year since shortly after we moved to our new house in Portland in 2008. It seems to be well loved in this community! I took the idea from the Upstate New York Rep, Kathy Winston, who held a Christmas Eve potluck in Nanuet, NY each year. When we started downloading the Christmas Eve Seminars in 1995(?) in Upstate New York, the potluck was preempted. Now we combine both in Portland, OR and I am thrilled to help bring that forward! I even bake the turkey that Kathy always did.
~Michelle Tiernan, Portland, Oregon
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The MSIA family Christmas Eve webcast hosted in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria experienced a high-turn out, approximately 70 MSIA students were in attendance. With a high vibe of the Travelers, Light and love engulfed the entire room. The webcast was another great opportunity and privilege created by the Holy Spirit and the Christ for a reach-out and out-flow of the Travelers energy and love to his votaries all over the world.
The webcast was wholesome, worthy of sharing, partaking, participating and experiencing by all MSIA students. Related to the experience described in the Holy Bible on the Pentecost Day when the Holy Spirit descended to the disciples in one accord and the Light and sound took precedence to the Glory of the most High God.
Every word issued forth by the Travelers via the webcast was like a bullet of love to our spiritual heart, reminding and amplifying us to our movement of spiritual inner awareness in line with manifesting the Christed Consciousness in this great season of the Cosmic Christ and we were so blessed beyond our wildest imagination!
Kudos! to the Travelers for always being there for us, and a ‘BIG THANKS’ to all the MSIA staff for their all round support. We love you all.
~Prince Iwuoha, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Africa
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There were 11 people at the John Morton live seminar. No unique stories. No new people. There were 9 ministers, one initiate, and one person who is not involved with MSIA, on the surface that is.
It is a blessed time together each year. We all look forward to it. We have become a comfortable spiritual family. All of us have family throughout the country, which makes it especially nice to share with our spiritual family at Christ-Mass. We talked, laughed, ate, and then went to a beautiful restaurant at almost 9,000 feet for dinner. We look forward to the seminar and our communion each year.
I have hosted the JM Christmas Eve seminar for a number of years now. I am not sure how many. Hosting is a great deal of work, and always worth it. I love it! I am blessed! We did experience technical difficulties approximately 30 minutes into the seminar, and we lost the signal several times. My husband was kind enough to monitor our connection throughout the seminar. He is not sure why this happened. He checked a number of times. I would appreciate any suggestions you might have on this.
I love you dear heart. Many blessings and an abundance of belly laughs throughout 2014. Hugs,
~MaryEllen Agolia, Alamagordo, New Mexico
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We had 3 people, no one new. I learned that people do well with verbal invitations rather than solely email. The personal approach seems to work.
~Elizabeth Frumin, Philadelphia, PA
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We had 11 people this year, including our family. It was great to see Ron & Tracy Bernstein, who happened to be in the Bay Area. It went very well and we had a lovely dinner afterwards.
~Eric & Lisa Babinet, San Francisco (South Bay area), CA
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We had four people that snuggled into their chairs for the wonderful Christmas Eve event. It was a lovely way to start out all our Christmas events as we all just hummed inside and out being together and in the energy of Spirit that was obviously present. As one person commented, “I was surprised at the power of the energy and how it lifted me, just from a telecast.” Life is good and the blessing were definitely present.
LL,
~David Rodgers, San Diego, CA
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It is so sweet to join with our Spiritual family from afar though the webcast. We are so grateful for the loving and care put into providing this wonderful gift to those of us outside of LA. The power and depth of the Traveler’s loving came through so clearly and we were both lifted and returned gently feeling the blessings of the Christ in and around us.
Love and Blessings of Upliftment to all of us in the New Year,
~Sindy and Bree Wilkinson, San Francisco (East Bay area), CA
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We had 15 people and one new person. Three were guests and not in MSIA but they come every year.
The most moving thing for me was the family members who came again this year even though they are not in MSIA.
I learned to send out the announcement and reminders early and to set the intention to create a sacred space for the gathering by calling in the Light and lighting candles and making sure my internet connection was working.
It was great to share the experience with so many in our community.
~Ann Folks, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Five people attended.
We watched on the new TV!! It was awesome…still need to get the sound up, but will learn that next.
Four of us stayed for a little Christmas Eve dinner.
A beautiful event.
Thanks
Love/Light
~Cleora Daily, Santa Barbara, CA
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It all went fabulously!
We had 15 people and everyone loved it!
Thank for all your support.
Much love and Light
~Charlie Verge, Boston, MA
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For Christmas Eve Seminar it was just myself and my husband… I baked Christmas cookies with the children before the seminar and then they went off to play while we tuned in. We had vegetarian chili for dinner – that was yummy! Another local MSIA minister said she was going to come, but she had accidentally mistaken another engagement.
I really love hosting, putting the light out there, and making the teachings available for whoever may be looking for them. I invited people online and called a few people, but everyone already had plans. For me, it’s like holding a beacon of light and those who are going to come will come, it may just take a while… who knows? A fellow minister used to say that perhaps there are other forms (like not physical) who are showing up and getting what they need out of the seminars, etc. So I’m always just open to being of service to the Light and holding a focus of light for Birmingham, AL.
~Sina Skates, Birmingham, Alabama
