Sunday Services (Hybrid) • Rev. Stanley Maszczak (Lecturer), Susan Bauer (Presider) + Daylight Saving Time Begins

Hybrid Sunday Services

• In Person at the Chapel in Newport News, VA

• Live on Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7575999150?pwd=UDZGUnEzdkVKOUF5ckl1OHhCSkFkdz09

(Meeting ID: 757 599 9150 / Passcode: 23601)

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10:30 AM - In Person - Doors Open

• The sanctuary will open for spiritual healing and individual meditation, with meditation music playing. If you would like a healing touch, prayer, or simply an exchange of words, please meet one of our healers at the front of the sanctuary to share in your request. They will share a brief healing session with you there, or use our Healing Room if you prefer.

• Coffee, Assorted Hot Teas, and Hot Cocoa are available before and after service, in the coffee area through the door at the rear of the sanctuary. Head to this are to catch up with friends and make new ones before services! 🙂

10:30 AM - Virtual - Zoom room opens

• The main Zoom room displays sanctuary and healing/meditation music

• You're welcome to sit in the main Zoom room and enjoy the healing, meditative music and energy, or join the Breakout room to chat with those waiting prior to service—catch up with friends or make new ones!

• Healing: Raise your hand on Zoom if you'd like to receive healing — if a virtual healer is available, we'll send you into the breakout room with them. Please don't join the "Healing" breakout room unless it's your turn.

• Please remain muted in the main room during the pre-service meditation/healing time. You can opt to join the Breakout Room if you'd like to unmute and chat with fellow attendees there before 11 AM.

11:00 AM - Worship Service Begins

• Announcements, music, prayers, meditation, metaphysical lecture, and more

About This Week's Lecturer

Rev. Stanley Maszczak (he/they) is an ordained minister with the Chapel, as well as a military retiree, transpersonal coach, and seminary student whose work is shaped by his journey out of Christian fundamentalism as a gay and gender-nonconforming person. He served over 20 years in the U.S. Army Reserve—through both the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” era and its repeal—in military police, public affairs, and broadcast operations, later supporting Equal Opportunity and Harassment Prevention programs.

Stanley joined the Metaphysical Chapel of Life in 2018, served on the board of directors, and currently supports the community as a minister and our newsletter editor. As a lifelong learner, he has a B.A. in American Studies and a Bachelor of Metaphysical Science, and is completing his Certificate in Spirituality and Social Change—the first step toward a Master of Divinity at the Pacific School of Religion. His ministry centers spiritual growth, inclusive community, and the integration of lived experience with metaphysical and transpersonal practice.

About our Sunday Service Podium Volunteers: We differ from the other churches in that there is no one single leader at our Chapel. Different voices are heard each Sunday—both lecturers and presiders. We provide an opportunity for people to share their light—not merely an opportunity for our congregation to sit and passively and listen to what one person has to say.

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM (Approximately) - Message Service

This is the part of the service where our message bearers will provide a personal message for each of us. During this part of the service everyone will be offered a message in turn. We ask that attendees on Zoom Please keep your microphone muted until the message bearer calls on you and asks if you would like a message. This will prevent your background noise from interrupting the service. When they call on you, please un-mute your microphone and state your first name. If you would prefer not to receive a message, just say pass, or not at this time. The message bearers use your first name as a means to connect with your higher-self, your spirit guides or even a friend or family members who are now on the other side and they will share with you what they receive.

More about us:

MChapelOfLife.org/about