Sunday Service Topics at Scottsdale Center for Spiritual Living
2026 Theme: Life by Design
August Theme: Sizzling Summer Movies - It’s All Relative!
This month, we’re designing our relationships, as we once again jump into our Sizzling Summer Movies with It’s All Relative! Relationships are the spice of life, whether they’re romantic, a friendship, in our business, our professional relationships, families and even ourselves, who we spend the absolute most time with!
By our beliefs and actions, we teach others how to treat us in all our relationships so it’s important to understand what those beliefs and actions are and wrangle them into alignment with this Life we are Designing.
Our movie Sundays have become a summer tradition, and this year I’ve selected movies that represent different types of relationships. We’ll explore dysfunctional families, how we see ourselves, the ultimate relationship hack and finally healthy boundaries and self-worth.
Each week, our message will focus on one area of relationships followed by a showing of the day’s film. We’ll provide the popcorn, you’re welcome to bring lunch, drinks or snacks for yourself or to share. These are always cool and fun ways to spend a hot August afternoon as we dive in to, It’s All Relative!
Sunday, August 2nd: Upgrading the Family Script with Rev Jill Clements
As we begin this year’s movie series, we’ll start with the movie, Like Father. Family can be the source of our greatest joy and our deepest pain. This week we’ll explore the family dynamic and discover how spiritual principles empower us to rewrite the family script. When we change our consciousness, we can use our Life Design principles to heal, restore and find balance and more joy in our family relationships.
Sunday, August 9th: Reclaiming Your Remarkable Brilliance with Rev Jill Clements
The longest relationship you'll ever have is the one with yourself. In our film today, Remarkably Bright Creatures, we meet a woman whose grief and isolation have convinced her she's alone. Together we'll explore how our hidden beliefs shape the way we see ourselves and how, through spiritual practice, we can reclaim our inherent worth, reconnect with others, and rediscover the remarkable light that has always been within us. Live Music with Sally Jo Bannow
Sunday, August 16th: The Ultimate Relationship Hack with Rev Jill Clements
If you could travel back in time, what would you change? Would you “fix” something that appears broken in your life today – a relationship, an experience or event? Our Movie this week is About Time and offers a delightful twist on time travel while inviting us to reconsider our past. What if the ultimate relationship hack is a shift in perspective?
Sunday, August 23rd: Fashioning a New Future with Rev Jill Clements
Our movie series concludes with The Devil Wears Prada, a story that explores ambition, identity, and the courage to honor your authentic self. We'll examine how healthy boundaries, self-worth, and intentional choices allow us to create relationships that reflect who we are becoming instead of who we've been. Living a Life by Design means teaching others how to treat us since we’re no longer living by the default patterns of the past.
Sunday, August 30th, The Beauty and Challenge of Interbeing with Guest Speaker, Rachel Sartori, RScP
If I shout from the mountain tops that “I am here,” but no one hears me, do I exist? Does my voice matter? Science of Mind teaches that Life is a Unified Whole - there is only One. Yet we dance in and out of knowing this, always searching to be known, heard, for confirmation that we exist, we matter and we belong in the One. This week we will continue to explore our relationships through the concept of interbeing - that we are indeed individuals AND we cannot exist in our fullness without one another. Live music with Les Koel.
