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MindBrainBody.org is sponsored and paid for through individual donations made to the First Meliorite Church, a congregation of the Universal Life Church [601 3rd Street, Modesto, California 95351]. The Universal Life Church received a Federal Tax ruling on March 1, 1974, affirming its status as possessing a Federal Tax Exemption. Consequently, each and every official congregation of Universal Life Church is also exempt from Federal and State Income Taxes.
Donations made to the Church are used for the educational, social and spiritual activities of our out-reach program and those of our extended community.
The Church will provide a receipt for each donation made. Such receipts should be retained so to justify deductions used when filing individual and corporate incomes taxes.
Nonprofit entities supported by Mind Brain Body, the Institute for Conscious Evolution and Human Development, and the First Meliorite Church
Launde Abbey
ABOUT LAUNDE ABBEY
Launde Abbey is set within 440 acres of beautiful Leicestershire - Rutland farmland estate, including 10 acres of landscaped gardens; yet it is only 30 minutes from the city life of Leicester in Britain. The Abbey consists of a Tudor - Elizabethan house and a converted Georgian stable block surrounded by beautiful and graceful gardens - radiating peace and stillness. At the heart of the Abbey is the stone Chapel, dating mainly from the 13th and 14th centuries, and which was a part of the original Augustinian Priory Church. It is a perfect place for heartfelt prayer, inner reflection, and communion with the God of your heart. The Abbey is staffed by a community practicing a regular pattern of prayer. The Abbey's prayer life consists of Morning Prayer, daily Eucharist, Evening Prayer and Night Prayer. Everyone is most welcome, irrespective of personal religious belief, to join in this cycle of prayer in our beautiful Chapel.As a residential Retreat House, Launde Abbey offers true Christian hospitality to all people. The Abbey is a rare oasis in an overly busy world, providing tranquility, community, support and an opportunity for honest inner work. Both individuals and groups have plenty of time to reflect upon the particulars of one's life and how to use them for spiritual growth in today's ever-changing world. Here is a place where people can come to safely learn about themselves and others. It is a place which many recognize as a 'sacred space' enabling people to attend to a personal retreat so to find meaning, grounding, a sense of the holy and encounter the God which lives within all hearts.
The accommodation at Launde is divided between the Main House with 22 bedrooms, the Old Diary with 3 bedrooms, and the newly (2007-2008) refurbished and enlarged Stables which has 19 en-suite bedrooms. The Brew house which contains an en-suite twin bedroom also has an attached lounge and kitchen making it ideal for longer individual retreats and sabbaticals giving the Abbey in total 45 bedrooms.
TIM BLEWETT
Tim Blewett is an Anglican Priest and has been Warden of Launde Abbey since 2004. Prior to this, he was Canon Residentiary of St. Asaph Cathedral in Wales with responsibility as: [1] Diocesan Officer for Ministry, [2] Advisor for Continuing Ministerial Education and [3] Diocesan Director of Ordinands. Between these posts, he was mobilizedby the British Army to serve as military chaplain in Iraq from December 2003 to June 2004. He also served in the British Army for October 1997 to May 1998 in Bosnia and Croatia, prior to becoming Canon of St. Asaph Cathedral. He has also served as a parish priest..jpg)
