Vance Blew, President,, was a founding board member of the Center for Spiritual Living Midtown Atlanta and served on the board for three years. He previously served on the Board of Trustees for the Northpoint Church of Religious Science in Alpharetta, GA and on the board of the First Church of Religious Science in San Jose, CA.
Vance is a VP of Mortgage Lending with Guaranteed Rate Affinity; he started in the Mortgage industry in 2004. Prior to that he spent 20 years working in Information Technology for a few firms in Illinois where he grew up, and then in the Bay Area in California. He moved to GA in 1998, he is married to Rev. Dr. John Karn, lives in Duluth GA, has 4 dogs and 16 birds, and loves to eat great Vegan food and travel.
Lynne Tompkins Brice, Secretary & Social Media and Membership Development Team, …. My husband Rick, and I came across an article about The Center for Religious Science in a Saturday edition of the AJC in 2004. We’d been alternating between attending Presbyterian services and camping out on the sofa on Sunday mornings for several years. Reverend Paul Gonyea was in his early years at the podium at the services held at Woodruff Arts Center. We have missed very few Sundays since then.
A few years later I sold my specialty food business and found myself with time on my hands and days without purpose. Things that I had learned on Sunday mornings began to make practical sense. I was, indeed, in charge of my days, in fact, my years. So I dusted off my bachelor of fine arts degree and started taking art classes again. And I told myself I could do this. Because all thought is creative, right?
Today I have more knowledge and confidence in the gift I inherited from my Mom and a steady flow of commissions keeps me in art supplies and travel. It’s my new personal experience and thanks to this teaching, I give it to myself every day. CSL Midtown is my spiritual home. I look forward to coming each week to spend time with friends and get a new wrinkle or two in my brain. I’m hoping to be able to be an integral part of building a strong community of members on purpose here.
Chip Henneman: “We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” ~Walt Disney
This quote from Walt Disney sums up that way I have lived my life. I have always been curious about the world around me and the world within me. I was raised Catholic but there was always something missing for me. I came across Unity several years ago and while listening to one of the programs on Unity Radio, the guest was Rev. Dr. John Waterhouse (CSL Asheville), and he was being interviewed about his book, “Five Steps to Freedom: An Introduction to Spiritual Mind Treatment”, I immediately got the book and found that missing piece, writings of Dr. Ernest Holmes.
I was born and raised in Utah and still call it home. I love being out in nature, or just watching nature outside my window. I am a World War II historian with an extensive collection of memorabilia and items from that period. In 1989 I started the World War II Era Preservation Society, and do educational displays and talks throughout the community, sharing the stories of veterans and individuals who lived during through that time. The ultimate goal is to build a museum so these items and stories can be preserved for future generations. And when not working, being out in nature, or something with the Preservation Society, I can be found at home reading with a couple of my cats curled up on me or next me.
Mya Fuller is a licensed Practitioner and member of the Board of Trustees at CSL. As co-lead of the Practitioner Team, she helps steward the spiritual care of the community. She also serves as a speaker
coordinator and co-facilitates the weekly Science of Mind Study Group. A devoted wife, mother, and lover of wisdom, Mya brings humor, heart, and spiritual depth to all she does—whether in sacred service or over a good cup of coffee and conversation.
- Born and raised in St. Petersburg, FL.
- Graduated from the University of South Florida with a Masters in Mathematics Education.
- Worked in Pinellas County School System for more than 60 years: (as a school food service manager, 30 years as a middle school teacher, and 21 years as ABE/GED teacher).
- In early 1968 began taking Science of Mind classes after weekly gatherings, for discussion, with friends and experiencing life changes and greater prosperity.
- Became a licensed Practitioner for the Church of Religious Science in approximately 1997.
Judy Aehle, RScP, began attending the Atlanta Church of Religious Science in the early 1980’s when Dr. Kennedy Shultz was the minister. After taking classes under Dr. Shultz she received her Practitioner License and Ministerial License in the mid 1990’s. From her own personal experience she knows that the teaching of Religious Science can truly transform lives. She currently lives in the Candler Park neighborhood in Atlanta with her husband, Andy Weiskoff. She is retired from a career in education administration. She now spends her time traveling, attending yoga classes, reading, meditating, gardening and playing mahjong. Life is good!