I often write about the passage of time here in this (mostly) weekly message. And here I go again. Who can believe that it is April already? We are already two weeks into Spring and fast approaching Easter. My heart pounds the list of activities and responsibilities that await in the coming weeks whir through my head like a spinning top.

And then I think about Rev. James De Biasio's homily last weekend, about this VERY experience of the elusiveness of time. Heck, it doesn't even exist on the Spiritplane. And here on the Earthplane, we only have so much of it, because our physical existence does have a finite span. So our finite experience of this Earthlife is actually the very thing that makes this Earthlife so utterly precious and wholly sacred. 

"Think of the previous hour," said Rev. Jim. What a powerful suggestion. Had I honored the Sacred of the last hour? Or the last day or week? 

Fortunately, if we haven't, we certainly still can! From the grandest events in our lives, to the most benign of experiences, we can, in fact, honor the very precious and sacred nature of our individual life, and of the Life that exists everywhere on the Earthplane. 

And, of course our Spiritual Home is the PERFECT place to honor the Sacred in our lives. And April is the PERFECT month, with so many activities and opportunities, you will want to experience the Sacred in them all. 

Check below this for those activities coming up in the next week, and look for these in the weeks to follow:

DRUMROLL PLEASE -- another big announcement that we held the presses for today -- THE FELLOWSHIP HALL IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS! You heard me right. Thanks to the Herculean efforts of board member D'Lynne St. Pierre, who spearheaded the painting and re-envisioning of our Fellowship Hall, as well as ISD family members Rose Stafiej, Michelle Loy, Jan Kiefer, Olivia DuPont and Bernadette Moss, FELLOWSHIP HOUR IS BACK, EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY! Now remember, we recently announced our revised "Fellowship format."  It now belongs to ALL ISD family members as a weekly pot luck. Bring a favorite goodie to share after service. Its that's simple! If you bring it, we have it for Fellowship Hour! And if you want to help us make this new Fellowship format even more successful, you can volunteer to take a turn making the coffee and tea and setting/cleaning up. You can do that as many or as little times as you are available or want to participate -- to ongoing commitment necessary. Fellowship Hour truly is now what we to make of it. And it all starts THIS SUNDAY! 

Have you registered yet for our upcoming retreat called "Unleash Your Super Powers?" This year we will take a fascinating journey together to discover the "super hero" that is within all of us. 

So, time is precious. Moments are sacred. Let's take some sacred time and make some sacred moments together!

Rev. Rob Banaszak

Pastor, Institute for Spiritual Development, Washington, D.C.