Berwick Masonic Hall, 106 High Street, Berwick, Victoria, 3806.
	Services: Every second Sunday 2:30pm (see Schedule), with Healing and Absent Healing during Service. President: Rev. Mandi Stone. Phone (03) 9702 1662. Naming’s, weddings and funerals by appointment.
	Welcome to the Berwick Spiritualist Church website Spirit works with Simplicity and Truth								Spiritualism - What is it? It is a way of Life, and it combines Religion, Science and Philosophy. To give evidence of survival, of the human spirit after physical death, is a primary objective of spiritualism. Click here to read about The Seven Principles of Spiritualism.
	UP AND COMING EVENTS... The Next Church Service for 2012 will be held at 2.30pm on Sunday 27^th May. Speaker – Rev. Dr Ian Gordon, Platform –Lyn Hand. Healing will continue to be held on the first Wednesday after our Church Services. “Next Function” ANNIVERSARY - Berwick Spiritualist Church on 28^th October 2012
	The Jigsaw Puzzle Have you ever worked for hours on a complex jigsaw puzzle?  Maybe you were mesmerized in the process and sometimes felt a little perplexed.  You would feel elated when you correctly fitted a jigsaw piece and this in turn, would spur you on to do some more.  The whole jigsaw would take days, sometimes weeks to complete.                                                        The puzzle I would like to talk about is a picture of incredible beauty – it is a nature scene showing a beautiful  waterfall, a river, ferns, shrubs and majestic  trees reaching up into a clear blue sky.  It is a scene of complete tranquility and harmony. Every jigsaw piece is different, either in the colour, shade or shape.   Sometimes the difference is very subtle.  There is no doubt about the challenges you’ve undertaken in this project and now you’re hooked. Imagine that each puzzle piece represents a person; only each person has free will to direct their own lives, receiving guidance from their loved ones, guides and helpers in Spirit.  Each person is distinct from the next person, and has a niche in their world, whether or not it is clear to them. Some people will find their niche early in life, fitting in with their part of the puzzle, connected to the whole – interacting, growing and changing into the person they were meant to become.  Others will take longer, perhaps confused and indecisive, continuing their search……  but eventually they will find their place in the puzzle – a place to belong, to discover their true purpose and embrace who they are and where they are. Now imagine that you have almost completed your puzzle and there are only 3 more pieces remaining. There is a flurry to get the 3 last pieces into their rightful positions.  Then there is elation and untold joy when the entire puzzle is completed – a real sense of achievement, a mission accomplished.  Now every piece is connected and in harmony, as is every person who has persevered and found their true sense of belonging and their life’s purpose. The message here is for you not to lose heart, please recognize your true worth, realize your connection to Life and know that you are special simply because You Are.   Sooner……..or later you too, will find your niche in life’s jigsaw puzzle. Many Blessings, Janet.						[Painting inset: "Peace" Mandala by Dot Essex]

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