A gratitude reel from Twinkle for all the amazing women she’s worked with over the years!
Category Archives: Twinkle’s Musings
19 years ago
Four Years
It has been four years since my sister took this picture. Four years since we were called to the hospital. Four years since we prayed in desperation to Gods that not all of us believe in. Four years since we asked everyone we knew to pray with us. And, by “pray”- I mean beg, bargain and plead to any and all unseen forces that may take pity upon us and change this tragic course that was unfolding swiftly in dazed slow motion. Four years since we waited vigil by his bedside for four days for good news that would never come. Four years since we had to say goodbye to this earth angel. Four years since all our lives were devastated by the loss of Riley. Four years and the anguish still accompanies this week like an unrelenting shadow even in the noontime sun. Four years.
#WhenYourSonDies
#CherishYourLovedOnes
#EveryMomentCounts
#LifeIsPrecious
#YouHavingLivedChangedEverything
#YouHavingDiedChangedEverything
#FSeptember
#Grief
#GriefSpeaksOut
#LivingLifeAsAPrayer
Riley Dai June 9th, 1997-September 20th, 2019
August notes
August has continued to see lots and lots (loads and loads) of rain! Tuesday evening vespers services (Contemplative Services) have grown a bit of a following and it is a delight to watch this small ministry grow. Soon Twinkle will be returning to her regular contract with the Waterville Universalist church where she leads services twice per month September thru June. She is also going to be launching a new Empowering Women Maine Salon Style Gatherings. (more on that in future posts).
Twinkle took this photo one evening. She says, “While on Kineo this beach has the best vantage point for the most gorgeous sunsets!” She and her friends have spent quite a bit of time on-Island as they prepare for the next phases of Melusine’s Haven. Stay tuned for more exciting news to come for Melusine’s Haven as well for new Twinkle’s Place new location plans.
July notes
So far at the lake it has been rainy much of July. Even so, have managed some time on the boat and over to Kineo. Twinkle is delighted to support a Melusine’s Haven being established there and hope to soon have clearing begun and the driveway put in. This picture is the back of Kineo Mountain as viewed from Pebble Beach, just down the road from Melusine’s Haven.
Twinkle’s services at the Historic Log Chapel have been well received. She has one more Sunday service this month and will continue to offer her Tuesday evening Contemplative Services throughout the summer.
#LivingLifeAsAPrayer
Our Favorite Things Service June 25th in Waterville, Maine
Join Us this Sunday, June 25th ! in person + online 10:00AM Eastern.
69 Silver Street, Waterville, Maine
Theme: “Our Favorite Things”
This service will explore what we like most about our lives and our communities, about what our spiritual communities offer to us, and also about the sources of our Faith.
We will come to understand why the things in our lives that matter to us, matter to us.
And, we will look at examples in psychology, history, symbolism and synchronicity that help explain why humans assign value and honor with ritual that which is most important to us, personally and in the groups we are part of.
www.uucwaterville.com (link to Online Service)
#LivingLifeAsAPrayer
#InterfaithService
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#whythingsmatter
#ourfavoritethings
Birthday Wishes to Heaven
Sunday, January 22nd, 2023: “The Operator’s Manual for Planet Earth”
Theme: “The Operator’s Manual for Planet Earth”: This out-of-the-box service contemplates Earth as a classroom and presents The Matos Mantras as channeled by D. Trinidad Hunt.
Worship Leader: Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning
Thought for contemplation :
“When a spirit inhabits a physical body a state of amnesia sets in.” – D. Trinidad Hunt
Join us in-person or online at the Universalist Church in Waterville Maine.
69 Silver St, Waterville, ME 04901
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88049341762?pwd=bzZTMjUwQjcrMDFzdWo5VWtqYVBJQT09
ALSO:
Wednesday, January 25th, 2022 – 3:00PM
***Contemplative service – online only:
email to RSVP for link: TwinkleManning@gmail.com
New Year’s Blessings 2023
May this New Year be filled with blessings of creativity and love <3
May we all find ways to nourish our spirits and nurture each other’s gifts and dreams.
Replay: Blue Christmas Service
“It is possible, practical and incumbent to hold these two truths:
~ Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning
– The holidays are wonderful, merry and bright.
– The holidays are hard, dark and dreary.
For some, it’s one or the other.
For most, it’s both.”
“For those who are hurting, lonely or sad this time of year, and for those who wish to support those who are, this service is for you. A time and place to hold grief sacred during the holiday season. Whether it is your Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa or Solstice and Yule, the holiday season, while filled with light, can create palpable darkness. Together may we offer comfort and solace.”
Order of Worship for the Service:
This service was recorded at the Universalist Church in Waterville, Maine on December 18th – where Twinkle is the contract minister serving the congregation in worship leadership twice a month until June 2023. Interfaith services such as this are Twinkle’s trademark in a landscape of religious and spiritual diversity. Check Twinkle’s Place Upcoming Events and Gatherings page for information about 2023 Services, Retreats, Workshops and more.
For many years Twinkle has hosted Blue Christmas gatherings during the holiday season. In 2020 she published a Blue Christmas Reflection Book.
For additional Reflection and Blessing books, visit: http://matrikapress.com/blessing-books/