New Foundations Ministry
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The purpose of a New Foundations ministry is to provide the highest and most beneficial ways to appease human needs; this would involve appeasing human needs on the human and spiritual dimensions. It would include ways to improve one's human life but also ways to realize a higher or more complete (and spiritual) dimension to human existence.
The needs which are addressed in this ministry fall into four major areas:
1. The need to belong: Everyone has the need to belong to, and connect with, a group which they call their own; to feel as if one is a part of something larger than himself. This would be a place where a person could come back to, a place where he could connect to others in a meaningful way. This could be one's local bar (as in Cheers), one's coffee shop or social group , one's church, community center, sports team, or it could be a group of people dedicated to their own upliftment and the upliftment of others.
2. The need to come into one's own sense of power, and have the freedom and means to shape one's own life.
3. The need to live a fuller, more alive, more joyous life.
4. The need to realize one's true self, and one's soul's longing, and realize the truth of one's life and human existence.
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Aspects of a NF Ministry
After receiving training and certification a NF minister will be qualified to engage in the following areas:
I. Formation of New Foundation Groups
New Foundations Group
This is the primary NF group that everyone in the community must participate in. This group affords the participants a way to study and master the principles of NF.
Additional Groups
-- NF Group for Meditation, to deepen one's practice of meditation
-- NF Study Group to master the teachings of New Thought
-- NF Group for Financial Success and Abundance (Mastermind group)
-- NF Business Group, to form uplifting business ventures
-- NF Sacred Action Group, to do uplifting community service
-- NF Group for Recovery
-- NF Group for Jewish Seekers
-- NF Group for Christian Seekers
-- NF Group for Fun and Joyous Activities
-- NF Group for the Creation of an Infinite Energy "Device"
Although each group has a particular theme and interest, they are all rooted in the commonality of everyone in the group being on the same "life path," which is a commitment to their own spiritual and human development, and being integrally involved with the teachings and practices of New Foundations.
II. Weekly Service
Setting up a congregation. This would involve having a weekly gathering (of all the groups in an area) to celebrate life and deepen one's understanding of NF. Service would include a) group meditation, b) talk on a subject related to NF, c) celebration and fun activity (which might include group choral singing and group chanting), and d) an opportunity to deepen person to person connections. Ideally, the service would be followed by food and drinks, where everyone would get a chance to eat a meal together.
III. Retreats and other Gatherings
Integral involvement with the greater NF community, and all one's fellow NF ministers. This would be a way to deepen one's understanding of NF, and connect more deeply with others involved in NF.
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