Marya Wheeler – Chairperson
Email: marya.csltboard@gmail.com
Marya was born and lived for 21 years in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul in central Minnesota. She attended the United Methodist church as a child. At the age of 18 she went through treatment for alcoholism and has been clean since. Active in 12-step programs, she didn’t attend church until her youngest child asked, at age 4 years old, when she could go to church and wear black patent leather shoes. Her family attended the Unitarian Universalist church of Tucson for 13 years and made life-long friends. After her children were grown, she reclaimed her Sunday mornings and quit attending. A friend suggested CSL as an alternative church. A google search led her to CSLT where she discovered Science of Mind (SOM). Through an active spiritual practice based on SOM, daily meditation, tithing, service and therapy, she has, in the last 3 years, started her own business and found growing relief from a lifetime sense of despair stemming from childhood abuse. Interesting in that, yes, it’s a story and it’s one that is being healed through a combination of loving input from CSLT and trained professionals.
Sharon Whealy – Vice-Chairperson
Email: sharonrscp.cslt@gmail.com
Sharon Whealy found CSL-Santa Rosa in the fall of 2012 while she was a minister with the Church of Divine Man and co-director of its seminary, The Berkeley Psychic Institute. After years of teaching spiritual tools in meditation and clairvoyance, she found herself seeking a deeper communion with Spirit/God. The first time she walked into CSL Santa Rosa she knew she was home! She soon began taking classes, beginning with the Beyond Limits class. In 2015 Sharon moved to Bakersfield, CA to complete her BA at CSU-Bakersfield. She graduated with highest honors in 2017 earning a BA in both Sociology and Religious Studies. With her eye on the Ernest Holmes Consciousness Studies master’s program and ministry, she began the online practitioner program in 2017. She became a licensed practitioner in 2019. After a year of COVID, Spirit conspired to move Sharon to Tucson, AZ in June of 2021 to be nearer her family. She is happy to join the CSL-Tucson community and looks forward to serving the Center. She is also a member of 12-Step recovery and loves working with others to help discover the unlimited potential that is our Spirit given gift!
Janet Salese – Treasurer
Email: janetsmail2002@hotmail.com
Moving back to Arizona in 2002, Janet was introduced to New Thought teachings when she discovered the Unity Church of Prescott. She was so excited to find a home with warm and inviting individuals delivering a message she resonated with that she became very active in the congregation. At various times she was on the Fellowship and Usher/Greeters teams, was a Chaplain for two years, held every leadership position within Women of Unity and could always be found in Rev. Charli’s book discussions.
When she moved back to Tucson in 2009, she found that same welcoming, enriching atmosphere at CSLT. But it wasn’t until about 5 years ago that she had the time to become more active here, taking classes and volunteering. When asked why she was attending the Wednesday evening discussions at the office, her standard response was, “Because it’s Wednesday.” Janet is excited to see what ways she’ll be able to serve this CSLT community.
Morgana Campbell – Secretary
Email: mac.secretarycslt@gmail.com
Metaphysics is a bridge for Morgana. Her spiritual journey started with uncertainty, then atheism, paganism, New Thought, Christianity and finally a return to New Thought. She first found United Church of Religious Science because of a Yuma church holding A Course in Miracles classes. Miracles sounded good but what sold it was the redefinition of love and how God’s Love works in practice. New Thought’s metaphysics seemed like the way to reconcile Goddess worship and Christianity and called to the secret place in the heart where mystery lives. Gone was the condemnation of mainstream evangelicals, finally it’s time for the deep acceptance and the relief of knowing that as a child of God, nothing is needed to be loved. There’s no way to be unloved by God, that Ultimate Source works for all, regardless of personality. Finding this is finding the answer to the question, “What should I do for you, God?” From this, the next step was to find the ways to help more people reach this or some better place and so the call to serve was heard and she began taking classes and working toward the ministry. Only Source knows when that goal will be reached but we can all know that the journey is Right! Serving the CSLT Board just feels like the right next step. Thank you for the opportunity family.