Founder's Center for Spiritual Living

FOUNDER'S IS RE-OPENING!!! June 6th at 10am!! Come hear Dr. Arthur's message and music from our band!!... Both English and Spanish services will start on Sunday, June 6th at 10 am We will open with all safety protocols in place, so bring your mask! While we highly recommend that congregants get vaccinated prior to coming to service, it is not a requirement to attend. Just tell us your vaccination status as you enter the building so we can seat you properly. If you have any questions, please call our Church Office: 213-388-9733 Ext. 101 for English Ext. 118 for Spanish

https://founderslosangeles.org Please join Rev. Dr. Arthur Chang for a special message. We also invite you to be a part of Dr. Chang's daily radio messages, a daily dose of inspiring, motivational and healing talks. Please just go to the website listed above and they are on the home page. If you found this message nurturing your soul, we invite you to support Founder's Church and Rev. Dr. Arthur to continue to do this and so much more. There is a donate button on the home pa...ge of our website or, Make a donation through "Easytithe" Just text the amount of your donation to: 213-523-7270 If you are a first time donor, the site will walk you through a setup and you're ready to make a love offering whenever you want! Thank you See more

Join Dr. Arthur Chang of Founder's Church of Religious Science, the home of Science of Mind, share with you one of the most powerful spiritual laws this Sunday - May 2, beginning at 6 am pst - The Law of Circulation

04.25.21 - Guide For Reaching Your Star Dr. Arthur Chang - Founder's Church of Religious Science, Los Angeles. Please join Rev. Dr. Arthur Chang for a special message. We also invite you to be a part of Dr. Chang's daily radio messages, a daily does of inspiring, motivational and healing talks. Please just go to the website listed above and they are on the home page. If you found this message nurturing your soul, we invite you to support Founder's Church and Rev. Dr. Arthur... to continue to do this and so much more. There is a donate button on the home page of our website or, Make a donation through "Easytithe" Just text the amount of your donation to: 213-523-7270 If you are a first time donor, the site will walk you through a setup and you're ready to make a love offering whenever you want! Thank you See more

Please join Rev. Dr. Arthur Chang for a special message. We also invite you to be a part of Dr. Chang's daily radio messages, a daily does of inspiring, motivational and healing talks. Please just go to the website listed above and they are on the home page. If you found this message nurturing your soul, we invite you to support Founder's Church and Rev. Dr. Arthur to continue to do this and so much more. There is a donate button on the home page of our website or, Make a do...nation through "Easytithe" Just text the amount of your donation to: 213-523-7270 If you are a first time donor, the site will walk you through a setup and you're ready to make a love offering whenever you want! Thank you See more

THE SEASON TO SPRING FORWARD By Rev. Dr. Arthur Chang There is no denying that we have been through a difficult year with COVID-19. It has created havoc in many... areas of daily life that are both physical and psychological. However, like in all disasters, humans have been able to pick themselves up and renew their march toward creating heaven on earth. This is such a season. This is our springtime a time not to feel sorry for ourselves but to collect our strength by drawing upon our faith. We believe in the Presence of a Compassionate God and Its available Power to lead us from this challenge, not as good as ever, but, better than ever. It may be difficult to see the blessings of this horrific pandemic experience but it has changed our trajectory as a nation. This is an immense blessing. It has provided an opportunity for us to see more clearly the cancerous growth of tribalism, which, like a second wave of the pandemic, compounds the wounds to Wholeness. Springing forward, we will need Divine Guidance and Right Action to heal this psychic virus. In the meantime, we must get people back to work with a leadership that understands the spiritual component of the economy is to bring about a viable middle class even as we grapple with combating the plight of homelessness. There will be resistance to these changes, but the vision of spring is a vision of greater wholeness. This is not to say that we can snap our fingers or wave a wand for these changes to come about. Changing the hearts of folks who have garnered power will take much prayer, planning and doing. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe says, "Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willingness is not enough; we must do." Ernest Holmes said, it would not be normal to spend one’s whole time meditating and praying. The belief in the advisability of doing this is a mistaken idea that arises from one’s attempt to separate oneself from the world in which one lives. Meditation should stimulate the intellect to renewed and greater objective action. Thus, we should swing from prayer to performance, from meditation to action, from contemplation to accomplishment This is the season to dream new dreams. We must believe that we can rebuild our economy to be inclusive of all people. We can begin anew by working on the tribal hearts of those who refuse to awaken to the world’s need for a recognition of the oneness of all people. We must build the structure of one tribe, Homo Sapiens, upon the foundational message of love. This is our great opportunity and the only assured passport to the future. This is the dreamthe optimism that has come with this season to spring forward.

Grateful our prayers for CHANGE is answered, be mindful that making change work for ALL is OUR RESPONSIBILITY.Grateful our prayers for CHANGE is answered, be mindful that making change work for ALL is OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

Life's gift to us is change. Our gift to Life is guiding change. Thanks for remembering!Life's gift to us is change. Our gift to Life is guiding change. Thanks for remembering!

FOUNDER’S WEDNESDAY EVENING ZOOM SERVICE (Date: Nov. 4, 2020) Title: A NEW CONSCIOUSNESS FOR A NEW BEGINNING Description:... Each day is an opportunity for positive change to occur. To seize the moment this lesson will cover: 1. Forgiveness Heals the Past 2. Optimism: Your Covenant with God 3. Creativity: Your Miracle for Positive Change 4. Your Best Effort for Your Best Reward Join us on Zoom from 6:30 PM to 7:30PM. For your invitation please sent us your email address to [email protected] Look forward to seeing you! Dr. Arthur.

FINDING PURE PEACE IN TROUBLED TIMES By Rev. Dr. Arthur Chang There are nodal moments in life when a people will aspire toward what is best, or what is worst. I...t is true of individuals as it is true of communities. This Tuesday is such a moment for our American community. The nation is polarized and, consequently, is experiencing Jesus’ pronouncement that A house divided against itself cannot stand. (Mark 3:25) As we face this moment, let us be aware that the decision we make will determine our direction in the coming years. For our spiritual community, this is the time for us to evoke the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding which will guide our minds toward our best future. Our democracy is designed to make peaceful transitions. Although this is not guaranteed, we must maintain the consciousness that will keep this American dream alive and peace unruffled by the winds of fear. Now is the time to cultivate peace, not only for ourselves but for our entire community. PRAYER FOR PEACE AND DIVINE GUIDANCE: Today I speak my word for peace and Divine Guidance. I breathe in peace and breathe out peace for all our people. Right now, my mind is like a still pond without ripples of worry or anxiety. I am calm and accepting of my highest good. I affirm Divine Right Action knowing that we will, collectively, choose the government with the best intention for all the people. Today, in peace, I accept Divine Guidance in all that I think, say and do to be a healing force for good. All is well and I am grateful.

PRAYER FOR OUR COUNTRY By Ann Doherty Founder’s Church Spiritual Practitioner I pray for the good of our country and its wonderful people that we return to the values of honesty, honor, compassion, wisdom, harmony, stability, and respect and that this takes place peacefully.

LIVING TOWARD YOUR OPTIMISTIC FUTURE, By Rev. Dr. Arthur Chang. This Lesson underscores the creative power of optimism and how you can develop your own to be like that of the Universe Itself.

THE LAW OF BELIEF by Rev. Dr. Arthur Chang. This lesson deals with the two functions of the Law of Belief, the first for our survival and the second for access to the miraculous and creative realm for us to thrive and flourish. www.founderslosangeles.org

USING THE LAW OF COMPENSATION By Rev. Dr. Arthur Chang The Law of Compensation says, You get back as you give and Don’t work as you are being paid. Work as y...ou would like to be paid and in time you will be paid more than you work. Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his essay on the Law of Compensation said, Each person is compensated in like manner for that which he or she has contributed. Further, Emerson said, The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. Emerson’s advice seems to suggest that happiness is not a goal within itself but a byproduct of doing what you love. The Law of Compensation is a variant of the Law of Sowing and Reaping, which says, You will always be compensated for your efforts and for your contribution, whatever it is, however much or however little. The question may well be, What are you willing to give for what you wish to receive? Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant gave total commitment making their talents as great as they could and Life rewarded or compensated them. Long before they were paid for what they were worth, they were producing far more than they were being paid. Life caught up and overcompensated them. INCREASE YOUR VALUE The Law of Compensation demands we increase our value. You will not do this by focusing on your happiness but on your purposeyour goal. Life is fun when you work at what you love. However, what you love will not be fun exclusively. The Law of Compensation requires fun be balanced with seriousness and hard work. High rewards are balanced by high risks. It takes courage and faith to work at this lofty level. At such times we will be inspired by Ralph Waldo Emerson’s observation, Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. As children, the whole family worked in my father’s restaurant doing what was appropriate for our age and the level of our maturity. Papa’s guiding principle was, If you eat you must work, and if you work you must eat. My father was teaching me the Law of Compensation. As a migrant from China, he knew nothing about Christianity and of Jesus’ teaching, The laborer is worthy of his hire. (Matthew 10:10) Undoubtedly, every culture arrives at the principle of compensation by experience. Work is the way in which we increase our value. The Law of Compensation further states, You can never be compensated in the long term for more than you put in. The income you earn today is your compensation for what you have done in the past. If you want to increase your compensation, you must increase the value of your contribution. J. K. Rawlings, the author of Harry Potter, was jobless and consequently, poor. She was on the dole. A single mother with a burning passion for writing, she wrote the Harry Potter novel series and, at first, could not get them published. When she did, it made her a billionaire. The Law of Compensation says, Increase your value. Look at what ways you can, and do it. Believe you can and you will find the way. The Law of Compensation will reward your best effort by compensating you beyond your wildest dreams.

THE LAW OF CIRCULATION, By Rev. Dr. Arthur Chang. This lesson emphasizes the importance of giving what you would like to receive.

THE LAW OF SUCCESS by Rev. Dr. Arthur Chang. This lesson if for those who desire, not only to survive, but to thrive and flourish.

FIVE STEPS TO POSITIVE LIVINGStep 1 of 5 By Rev. Dr. Arthur Chang FIVE STEPS TO POSITIVE LIVING 1. Be Strong in Spirit ... 2. Be Courageous in Action 3. Be A Gentle Heart 4. Discover Your Hidden Talents 5. Be a Source of Healing BE STRONG IN SPIRIT Recent reports show depression is one of the greatest mental health challenges facing Americans today. It may affect you or someone you love. The biggest increase is among men ages 45 to 64, and suicide is rising among mid-life women, too. Young peoplefrom teens to college studentsare another group that appears to be greatly affected by the growing challenges to mental health in America. There are many types of mental health challenges, including anxiety, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, and bi-polar disorder. To be positive about our lives in the face of all this, we need to establish a relationship with the Sacred Source of the universe itselfGod. This will help counteract the negativity that challenges our mental health. The psalmist showed us the way by telling God You are the Strength of my life. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. (Psalm 73:26) Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. (Psalm 105:4) The first quote is a direct communion while the second is advice to the reader. Strength in Spirit is not simply from the Power of the Law of Mind in Action; it is from the Presence. Ernest Holmes’ complete term for the Science of Mind is The Science of Mind and Spirit. While Law is the medium for our creative power, to be strong in Spirit means to be strong in our relationship with God. It is like the strength of love we develop with our mother or father or both. God is love. However, to say it and to feel it are not the same. We will develop great strength by feeling God’s love in our hearts. For New Thought theologian, Thomas Troward, Moses represents the Law, and Jesus represents the Love of God. When Jesus said, I do not come to destroy the Law; I have come to fulfill the Law, it implies the best way for us to use the Law is to have it filtered through love. Holmes says, Love works through Law. It does, but thought can work through Law without the filter of Love. When this occurs, it is not, in the sense that Jesus meant, fulfilling the Law. Law implies doing the father’s will because He is the deity. God, the boss, will promote you, so you do what he says because he is checking up on you. Love implies doing the father’s will because you Love God. God, the parent, will support you with his love. You do the will (do good) because of your love. It is feeling the relationship. It is relational. For Jesus, from the outset, it was declared, This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased. So it is for us also. Furthermore, Jesus taught this was not unique to him; we are all sons and daughters of God. He said, The kingdom of God is within you, and Our Father which is in heaven. Feeling God’s love will make us strong in Spirit. This is the first of my five steps to positive living.

THE LAW OF CREATIVE ATTENTION, By Rev. Dr. Arthur Chang, This lesson emphasizes that your Attention is your life, your awareness, your focus. You can uses this Law to make you thrive and flourish in the world.