Sunday Service Topics at Scottsdale Center for Spiritual Living
2026 Theme: Life by Design
January Theme: Principles of Life
What if your life isn’t meant to happen by default? What if it’s meant to be designed, with intention, awareness, and spiritual understanding?
In 2026, we invite you into a year-long exploration called Life by Design. Inspired by the timeless teachings of Ernest Holmes, ancient wisdom from all faith traditions and modern-day science, this journey is about learning how life actually works and how we can work with it consciously.
Throughout the year, we’ll build on the basics and explore the spiritual principles that shape our experiences. We’ll understand the creative power of thought and belief, and how each of us can move from reacting to life to intentionally designing and creating it. In addition to our Sunday gatherings, we’ll create opportunities to go a little deeper through Art of Life Circles. These are small, intimate gatherings where we reflect on the Sunday theme, share what’s meaningful, and practice together.
Whether you’re new to spiritual teaching or ready to deepen your practice and understanding, our Life by Design pathway offers practical wisdom, meaningful reflection, and a welcoming community where growth happens together.
Come curious. Come as you are. Come ready to design a life that reflects your deepest values.
We’ve been waiting for you!
Sunday, January 4th: Burning Bowl and Intention Setting: Meeting Emanuel with Rev Jill Clements
SOM 25-26.2. What is the of The Science of Mind? Why has this teaching transformed so many lives since its publication in the early 20th century? Today we’ll ask, what is this thing we call God? We’ll meet Emanuel, God within, and symbolically burn away anything unlike it and embrace our creative nature by declaring our intentions for the New Year.
Sunday, January 11th: Life’s Instruction Book – Living in the 4th Dimension with Rev Jill Clements
SOM 35-37.4, 52.4, love & law. The Science of Mind is a culmination of the best of the world’s spiritual truth revealed. It is said that, in Spirit, we live, move and have our being. Holmes reminds us that while we are One in Spirit, we do not know how much of this One we really are. We’ll learn how Spirit works as we walk through the four dimensions of consciousness to discover our own Divinity and the inner workings of this Universal system.
Sunday, January 18th: What Are We to Do? with Rev Jill Clements
The human race has not evolved to its current level of consciousness to simply be a puppet of some infinite intelligence. If that is true, what is our role in this universal symphony of life?
Sunday, January 25th: The Art of Mindful Creation with Rev Jill Clements
Understanding what God is, how It works as love and law and our part of the equation, today, we’ll complete our Principles of Life series with a deeper dive into how we can use It to design our life.
