September was a special one. We had some incredible groups come through ceremony. We celebrated Ganesha's birthday! and marked the change of season together, then closed things out with a fall equinox despacho. It was a good reminder of how much it means to share these turning points with each other.
A big welcome to everyone who joined us this past month: Tiffany Chandler Sarah Lucas Denitsa Ivanova Sienna Beckman Eric Rhyne Lela Wild Monica Arras Julio Guerrero Misty Grubbs Johanna Wise Gregory Donihoo Serena Turner Patty Smith Destiny McElroy Rosa Blackfox Aran L Alessandra Coser Alisha Alexander Olga Bueno Valentinas Karkauskas Dawn R Rightmire Kelly Fox Karen Ramey Noemi Torres Tommy Flores Amy Leeman — 26 new faces. We're really glad you found us. 🙏
To everyone who keeps coming back, thank you. You're what makes this place feel like home.
Community Dinner Night is returning, with a new setup. We'll hold it right after Sunday Service, probably once a season while we figure out what works. The first one is on the 18th. We'll wrap up service at 6 and head to Dimassi's Mediterranean Buffet in Allen around 6:30. You can come to both, or just meet us at dinner.
October's ceremony is a little different. Instead of our usual two-night or one-night format, we're holding a single three-night ceremony starting the 22nd. Around that, we have Kambo on the 4th, Sunday Service every week, and the potluck on the 25th. We'll close the month with a Cacao & Sound Journey on the 30th, right around Samhain. That one is capped at 9, so grab a spot early.
📚 Book Club just started a new one: Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad Gita by Ram Dass. We meet every Thursday at 6:30 on Zoom and will be reading it through mid-November. You don't need to start from the beginning, so jump in whenever. Between books, we still meet on Thursdays just to hang out. The schedule and audiobook are in the Book Club space.
Looking ahead, November goes back to the normal two-night and one-night flow, and we have one more ceremony in December to finish the year strong. Grab a spot or get on the waitlist, and check the calendar for availability and registration.
Calendar's attached. Everything else lives here: https://community.twobirdschurch.com/calendar/
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Today's Sunday Service runs from 3 to 6pm in Anna, with the monthly potluck right after it 💛
The potluck goes from 6 to 8. If you're cooking, make enough to share and bring whatever spoon or tongs it needs. Coming empty-handed is fine too, since there's always plenty. It's a sober, family-friendly evening.
New faces are welcome at both. The afternoon begins with cacao, most of it goes to authentic sharing on the week's prompt, and we finish with ceremony music. The prompt is only a starting point, and you can share whatever is true for you or simply listen.
Service: https://community.twobirdschurch.com/calendar/sunday-service/?selected_date=2026-10-25
Potluck: https://community.twobirdschurch.com/calendar/potluck/?selected_date=2026-10-25
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We're holding a small Sapo/Kambo circle in Anna on Sunday, November 1st, from 1:00 to 2:30pm. Sunday Service follows at 3, so you can stay for both.
Sapo/Kambo is the dried secretion of the Phyllomedusa bicolor frog, put on a few small burns on the upper arm or ankle. You choose 1, 2 or 3 points, and first-timers start with one. Kambo carries real risks, so everyone is screened first: a medical form, a waiver and our free online prep course, all before your spot is confirmed.
We close with optional hapé and a short sharing circle. Circles stay small, so space is limited. RSVP by October 31st, and leave time for the screening. The donation for each session type is on the event page:
https://community.twobirdschurch.com/calendar/kambo/?selected_date=2026-11-01
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This song means a lot to me. So I had started cultivating a very strong desire to die early on in life. Around nine or ten i started a rich fantasy life of how I could accomplish this. It became my happy place. The house i grew up in was one of fighting and rage, my parents would use their words to rip each other's hearts out… or mine. It was also a house of depression. My mom introduced me to hopelessness, powerlessness and despair (along with a bunch of other things). Once as a small child she came into my room at night when i was suppose to be sleeping after they had a huge blow out fight, screaming at the top of their lungs, breaking stuff and she marched up to my bedroom and she sat at the bottom of my bed and told me how “Everyone would be Happier if She wasn't around and nobody loves her and she's leaving.” I was super stressed out as she started dumping her hopelessness on me and was out of my mind trying to help her and get her to believe i loved her and i wanted her to stay and not divorce my dad and leave me, but she wouldn't believe me and she just kept saying hopeless shit while i cried and we sat in the dark. I stared into the void she offered me and I opened my heart to it. So I had internalized everything she said as being my truth, and that everyone would be happier without me. That if i wasn't born then they wouldn't be in so much pain and fighting all the time and always “getting a divorce”. The house was so toxic and fucked up. I cultivated a lot of mental illness, a lot of toxic beliefs, psychotic Self hatred etc.. I didn't believe God wanted me or loved me. That was a major issue for me. My mom would try to rebuke demons out of me. And she punished me all the time because that's what God wants it says it in the Bible. I need to be punished. i didn't get the gift of speaking in tongue's when i asked for it as a kid so i felt rejected by God. I wasn't a chosen one. So naturally I became an addict at 16. Meth saved my life. It gave me a reason to keep living. i made it to 21 and i was descending hard and fast into oblivion i was in really bad condition. i was laying in my bed in the middle of the night in terror, bc i saw a black void of a being standing at the bottom of my bed and the darkness was all consuming and i felt like death was with me and then a portal opened above me and there was light and love radiating and i had never felt anything like that before i was stunned and in awe and i believed it was God bc it was out of this world beautiful and i heard really peacefully and kind in my heart that “I can pursue It or pursue death” and i said I choose You. I wrote this song that night and i sang it for hours. “Majestic Father this is your daughter, please save me from this slaughter, I've been drowning in these dirty waters for so long, holiest of holies Lord king of all time True Beauty dwells with you and through me let it shine.” I finally felt that God wanted me and Loved me bc of that experience. It changed the course of my life. I proceeded to get off drugs and become extremely devoted to my relationship with God and healing my spiritual and psychological state. Because of my upbringing I had assumed God was Christian, so i explored my personal relationship through that belief for 13 years. Its been an EXTREMELY LONG journey. My relationship with God eventually lead me OUT of that Religion. It was one of my favorite Liberations!! My God IS WAY better then the Christian God…just sayin. I couldn't reconcile the Bible to Love, Goodness, kindness, mercy, compassion, peace, wisdom, truth, beauty and joy. I couldn't reconcile the love I encountered to what's in the Bible and the Christian religion. My relationship with Higher Self has been a monumentally important part of my healing. I believe connecting with my heart led me out of all my darkness. I'm celebrating the emergence from my darkness like the lotus flower and how far I've come in my healing. Divine Mother has shown up in my dreams to help me process my past. In this song I'm singing about how she dragged me from my nightmare into the light of truth and compassion. The dream was very profound for me as she was helping me realize the hard truth that I had no healthy connections with anyone… my entire life… and I had to move on. I was trying to fight her as she dragged me out of the grave. I didn't want to be in the light and I looked up at her and her eyes were filled with compassion and mercy and wisdom and I surrendered to her…. I couldn't fight that. She was too powerful and beautiful. Divine Mothers, a lovely lady. So I sing this song when I need to get in alignment with my heart, release ego control, connect with higher self, surrender to wisdom and sing to remember my connection to the divine and my gratitude for helping me grow and make a beautiful life out of the darkness I came from. -Christina Titus
Sunday Service starts at 3 today in Anna, and tonight we're staying together for dinner 💛
When service ends at 6, we'll drive over to Dimassi's Mediterranean Buffet in Allen and sit down to eat around 6:30. It's the first Community Dinner Night in its new form, and if you can only make one part of the day, dinner is an easy way to meet people. It's a buffet, and you pay for your own plate.
First Sunday with us? Arrive at 3 for cacao. After that, everyone is invited to share on the week's prompt, and the afternoon ends with ceremony music. Directions are on the calendar: https://community.twobirdschurch.com/calendar/sunday-service/?selected_date=2026-10-18
One week from today, the potluck follows service from 6 to 8. Bring a dish if you can.
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Hello all! My dance company is having our annual concert on Nov 14 at the Addison Performing Arts Center with shows at 2pm & 7pm, would love love love anyone who is available & interested to come out and see me dance and support the local arts! Also if anyone needs comp (free) tickets I can get those for you 😉
The concert is in the style of contemporary/modern dance & is themed around connection, group dynamics, and the forces that kind of push people apart or pull them together.
Tickets:
https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/fullcircledance/a-collective-breath
Thank you to our church family who made it out to our reception! It was a pleasure to have you guys there and watch you really light up the room and authentically share. A night to remember ❤️
Join us today from 3–6 here in Anna for Sunday service! 💛
We open with cacao, share in circle on this week's prompt, and close with meditation, music or movement. New here? Details and directions: https://community.twobirdschurch.com/calendar/sunday-service/
Next Sunday, the 18th, is Community Dinner Night. We'll wrap service at 6 and head to Dimassi's Mediterranean Buffet in Allen around 6:30. Come to both, or just meet us at dinner. Everyone covers their own meal.
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I had a very beautiful experience while listening to this song. Just wanted to share.
https://youtu.be/03kW4GnW-es?is=LlzD6KpRTOY2gUpB
Om Shanti my friends.