Morning Workshop Series 

Every year we offer a morning workshop series led by some of our attending ministers. Here is a taste of what we offer: 

Being the Change without Losing Your Joy 

This week we are focusing on naming the skills, values, and actions that bring us joy. By unearthing our passions and gifts, we learn how to joyfully advocate for justice, peace, and liberation. Guided by the book, The Lightmaker’s Manifesto, by Karen Walrond, we learn how to become makers of light. Using interactive exercises, we’ll be exploring the following questions and discovering our own answers:  

Monday: Part 1- Clearing  

Facilitated by: Rev. Abigail Schairer and Rev. David Robinson 

Can you keep facing the challenges of the world without burning out? What if your joy could fuel your advocacy in the world? 

Tuesday: Part 2- Tinder 

Facilitated by: Rev. Bonnie Barnard 

Since each one of us is a unique emanation of God, what makes YOU unique? Discover your Light Signature through a combination of loves, interests, skills, and desires. A fun morning of guided self-introspection with a partner. 

Wednesday: Part 3- Spark 

Facilitated by: Rev. Abigail Schairer 

Do you have a life mission? We’ll be creating a “Spark” Statement using multiple modalities to tune into it.  

Thursday: Part 4- Fire and Light 

Facilitated by: Rev. David Robinson 

How do you catch your breath long enough to make mindful decisions, rooted in self-care? Who is in your star collective? 

Friday: Part 5- Spreading the Light 

Facilitated by: Rev. Abigail Schairer and Rev. David Robinson 

We’ll be creating a SPIRE (Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual, Relational, and Emotional) tracker so you can take what you learned out into the world and apply it to your life right now.  

Seabeck Education Teaching Team: 

Rev. Bonnie Barnard 

Rev. Bonnie Barnard is a seasoned spiritual leader with deep roots in Divine Love, first experienced in her Seattle backyard at age five. Despite her family’s non-religious background, she independently pursued her calling, eventually earning a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies and a Doctorate of Divinity. Bonnie is an accomplished author and spiritual director, known for her works such as Qualities of God: Qualities of Being, Affirmative Prayer: Become Your Own Prayer Answered and A Year of Go(o)d: Daily Lessons for the Mystic in Training. In 2015, she co-founded ImpulsUS, a contemplative spiritual community in Scottsdale, Arizona, dedicated to collective spiritual practice and divine inspiration. She currently is working with a visioning group in creating Spiritual Center Spokane, a group of individuals committed to living from Spirit. She serves individual clients, teaches virtual classes and delivers inspirational messages from her sacred sanctuary in Spokane, Washington.  

Rev. Abigail Schairer 

A vibrant visionary, dynamic speaker, and compassionate spiritual leader who joined the Center for Spiritual Living, Seattle in July 2018, Rev. Abigail Schairer is on a mission: to empower and awaken people to experience their own spiritual magnificence. 

Rev. Abigail began in Science of Mind in 2000, became a practitioner in 2004, launched SisterSpirit Women’s Retreat in 2008, and became a minister in 2011. She founded Center for Spiritual Living, Peninsula in 2012 and in 2018 was featured on the cover of the August issue of the Science of Mind Magazine.  Rev. Abigail believes we are here to fulfill the life God intended us to have – one of absolute joy, complete abundance, and freedom. 

She lives in Lynnwood, surrounded by many spiritual books, gardening tools, her cat, Kitty, and her beloved wife, Geena.  

Rev. David Robinson 

Rev. David has been serving as the Senior Minister at CSL Olympia for 7 years. He began his Religious Science involvement in 1988 with a center in Bellevue before coming to CSL Seattle in 1992, serving in multiple capacities. Rev. David licensed as a minister in 2010 and served at three other communities before finding his home in Olympia. In addition, Rev. David has co-chaired the CSL Global Themes team and taught online classes for the Home Office. Rev. David’s joy is teaching and supporting people in a deeper knowing of the Oneness within. Other ways he has fun are cooking, gardening, and cruising quickly in his Miata.