Universal Worship w/ Jabriel Hasan & Arhama Cathy Reynolds
The Astana, 112 E Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia
Saturdays, October 14th, November 11th, and December 16th, 2023
11:00 am – 12:15 pm Universal Worship Service / 12:30 – 2:00 pm Community Luncheon
Due to one of our Cherags having a death in the family, we have cancelled Universal Worship on Saturday, November 11th. We hope to see you in Richmond for Universal Worship on Saturday, December 16th.
Pre-registration is requested to help us know our numbers in advance of each service. All are welcome!
Increasingly, people are finding they need ceremonies that go deeper, ceremonies that resonate with the basic spirituality that underlies all religion, and so can be shared and understood by people of any religion, or even no religion at all. Spiritual ceremony in the Universal Worship is done by those who have been given special training and experience, and who are called Cherags, from the Persian word meaning lamp or light.
Cherags perform the Universal Worship, a ceremony offering our reverence and gratitude for the message of God as it has been given to humanity through all the religions. We honor the One Being in many different forms, the one light in all prophets, saints and masters of all religions and spiritual traditions, the one message in many scriptures.
The Universal Worship does not compete with any of the existing religions and is not a new religion; it offers teachings and guidance that enhance a fuller realization of any of the religions and of the essential unity of being that can be attained through any spiritual path.
Please join our Astana community and newly ordained Cherags Jabriel Hasan and Arhama who will lead each service.
UNIVERSAL WORSHIP THEMES FALL 2023
- October 14th—Thresholds: the Liminal Gift of Autumn
- November 11th—The Turning
- December 16th—Illuminated Souls
Universal Worship at the Astana will be in-person only to magnetize our local community presence in Richmond. After each service there will be a luncheon social, with a recommended donation of $12 to $20 for our shared meal.
BIOGRAPHIES
Jabriel Hasan is a graduate of Union Presbyterian Seminary and currently a student at the College of William and Mary studying counseling. He is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer and a former resident of Richmond Hill, an ecumenical Christian community and retreat center in Richmond, Virginia. He is also a founding member and officer of the Black Coalition of Change, a local community organization also in Richmond. As of spring 2023, Jabriel is an ordained Healing Cherag within the Inayatiyya.
Arhama Cathy Reynolds is an ordained Healing Cherag within the Inayatiyya. She is a certified spiritual director with an inter-spiritual and interfaith focus. She also is a lay Franciscan within the Third Order, Society of St. Francis (Anglican/Episcopal) Order. Arhama has served as a chaplain and a formation counselor, and is currently an assistant formation guardian. Arhama enjoys writing icons of angels, saints, and other inspired illuminated souls, and lives with her husband and rather rambunctious elderly parrot in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Speakers
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Jabriel HasanJabriel Hasan is a graduate of Union Presbyterian Seminary and currently a student at the College of William and Mary studying counseling. He is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer and a former resident of Richmond Hill, an ecumenical Christian community and retreat center in Richmond, Virginia. He is also a founding member and officer of the Black Coalition of Change, a local community organization also in Richmond. As of spring 2023, Jabriel is an ordained Healing Cherag within the Inayatiyya.
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Arhama Cathy ReynoldsArhama Cathy Reynolds is an ordained Healing Cherag within the Inayatiyya. She is a certified spiritual director with an inter-spiritual and interfaith focus. She also is a lay Franciscan within the Third Order, Society of St. Francis (Anglican/Episcopal) Order. Arhama has served as a chaplain and a formation counselor, and is currently an assistant formation guardian. Arhama enjoys writing icons of angels, saints, and other inspired illuminated souls, and lives with her husband and rather rambunctious elderly parrot in Williamsburg, Virginia.
