HCSM Gathering Records'''

The Coming Together of Another Congregation of Record, and the Establishment of His Church at Skytop Mountain (HCSM) Office of Ministry and Trust in the Northeast Region.

A Special Gathering of Three Times Two--Wednesday April 4th, 2012

Nitsan-Parach and I traveled to Graterford Maximum Security Prison in Collegeview, Pennsylvania to visit former PCM in good standing from Pennsylvania; Alex Forbes. Alex was extremely grateful to see us for we are his first visitors since his arrival September 2011. Although we had never met Alex before a bond quickly formed in the four hours we spent together as we all had HHC in common.In this difficult situation Alex is spending his time reading a variety of spiritual books as well as his one book from Brother Gregory (Higher Liberty) that he says he read five times. Alex says that he has joined a couple of Bible Study groups and has attempted to talk about his understanding of Kingdom precepts to others. He was able to get one person to consider what he was talking about. Alex did tell us how much he appreciates receiving mail and being kept updated on the going-on of HHC. His address is Alex Forbes, KB 5406, Box 244, Graterford, PA 19426-0244. It was an interesting and sad experience for me to visit Alex in Graterford but grateful to have had it. We returned back home through New Jersey in order to visit Tina. We met at McDonald's and updated each other on our lives. We also were able to discuss our understandings of the function of a CoR. This conversation will continue after we both review The Free Church Report. It was great to see Tina again as we were reminded of the good time we had (first time we ever met)at the gathering at my home a few weeks back. And the nine hours in the car with Nitsan-Parach(at least 2 of which we were lost looking for cheap gas, ice cream, and me not understanding the British voice of his GPS) was a lot of laughs.

A Coming Together of Pennsylvania and the Northeast in New Jersey--Saturday June 16th, 2012

On this beautiful Saturday morning I met Nitsan-Parach,Tsuwts-Parach and 7 year old Malchi-Tzeddek at the New Paltz park-n-ride and drove 2 hours to Johnson Park in Piscataway, New Jersey. There we gathered with two members of the Pennsylvania group, Fred and Joe and Fred's two young children; Mathew age 4 and Jacob age 2. We also had the pleasure of seeing Tina again who had made all of the arrangements to meet at this park and her two young nephews. Everyone prepared food of their liking and we all shared a wonderful picnic lunch. While all of the children played together throwing rocks into a river and at the playground, we were able to get to know each other and discuss how we came to HHC. This was the first time Fred and Joe were meeting with others in person and really appreciated this face to face discussion. Our discussion eventually led to understanding what is a CoR and the possibility of forming a CoR which was an exciting thought for there was enough of us who seemed interested in that possibility becoming a reality. We already talked about meeting again at the end of July near my home in New Paltz to meet others from the Northeast who were unable to attend and to continue discussing a CoR combining both Pennslyvania and the Northeast.I have already requested to join the Pennslyvania group in order to keep in touch with those in my neighboring state. As I watched all of the children (strangers upon meeting) playing and having such fun together, I could not help to think that this "play" is true fellowship. If only we could behave more like little children in our relationships. For those of you who wanted to come and could not, we missed your presence. Thank you to Nitsan-Parach for driving; I did notice the strain in your eyes since the loss of your eyeglasses and I am sorry for that. (See Nitsan-Parach's Family Page for his write-up and pictures) (See Tsuwts-Parach's Family Page for her write-up and pictures)

A Gathering in New Paltz, NY for the Formation of a CoR in the Northeast--Sunday August 5th, 2012

On this incredibly hot day, Tina, Fred and Joe all drove together from New Jersey to my home in New Paltz to continue our discussion of forming a CoR in the Northeast. We shared lunch and quickly got down to work in making sure we had the correct understanding of what the roles and function of a CoR meant. Thanks to Scott H. (MoR of HCLH), we were able to look at his power point presentation of definitions of terms. We also shared parts of the "Free Church Report" as well as emails from Brother Gregory describing in detail a CoR. Since many others from this area had expressed an interest in forming a CoR and were unable to attend, with the help of Nitsan-Parach's telephone conference call number we all were able to talk together via telephone. We were fortunate to have Brother Gregory also join us on the call to answer some questions. After many hours of discussion, we finally came to a consensus of YES!, we all had the desire to take this step together in the building of the Kingdom and also came to a unanimous vote on who we would want to be MoR. It was a joyous moment to be in consensus and the request was put forth to the designated MoR. Everyone took turns expressing their heart to the prospective MoR. The response of the MoR was that he needed time before making a decision to confirm with that still voice inside (the Holy Spirit). Overall, it was a "downer" moment from our initial excitement but most of us felt like it was good that a person take their time before committing to a government office. Others (me) had hoped that the response would be more immediate as to reflect our own excitement. Anyway, as of this writing we still await a response but we all have agreed on a back-up plan should the response be "no" as well as setting up another date to meet. Next time it will be at Fred's home in New Jersey and the hope is that all who could not make it this time will be able to for the next. My sincere thanks go out to Tina, Joe, and Fred (who picked everyone up) for taking the time and making the effort to drive to New Paltz. Also, thank you to Claude in Vermont, Gordon in Conn., Micheal Davis (MoR of James River in North Dakota), Tsuwts-Parach and Nitsan-Parach for taking the time to join with all here in New York via telephone. I look forward to our individual growth as part of a CoR as well as our relationships.

A CoR Gathering in Stewartsville, N.J--Sunday September 9th, 2012

I travelled to Stewartsville, NJ today to the beautiful home of Fred and his wife and three young children where we also met up with Joe and Tina. This was one of our first official (I think) CoR meeting where Fred, Tina and Joe filled out their paperwork for the formation of the CoR. Nitsan-Parach(MoR) and Tsuwts-Parach gathered with us on a phone conference call from Summer Lake. We had a great discussion of the differences of the Scacred Purpose Trust,tithings and general free-will offerings to Brother Gregory. This CoR has decided to test the TSA regulations by bringing a silver coin with the appropriate Church paperwork on the plane when travelling to the Burning Bush Festival. We will be reporting back with the results and hopefully the silver coin in hand. We shared lunch prepared by Tina and dessert brought by me. As we had previously decided, we will be meeting monthly in person and weekly by phone. Our next gathering will take place again at Fred's home on October 20th. All others are welcomed to join us. I arrived back home feeling happy and hopeful with the relationships and bonds that are already beginning to develop between us and look forward to it's potential growth into "Kingdom" relationships.

HHC at Skytop Mountain CoR Phone Gathering--Sunday Oct 7th, 2012

On Sunday Oct. 7th His Holy Church at Skytop Mountain had their first "official" phone conference with MoR, Nitsan-Parach and 4 of the Elders; Tswuts-Parach, Joe, Fred, and Isabelle. Joe and I had recently returned from the Burning Bush Festival and were expressing feelings of culture shock we experienced at our return to our daily lives and were only wishing to be back at Summer Lake. This led to an informative and heart felt conversation about what this newly formed CoR will become through doing. We questioned; we elected our MoR, signed the paperwork, gave our SPT, now what? Each of expressed what was on our heart "to do" to further the precepts of Kingdom living, not only for us but for generations to come. We discovered that we all had similar ideas of "doing". We agreed to each spend some time getting in touch with that inner voice along with gathering information and coming together again on Oct 20th at Fred's home in NJ. It was a joyful conversation to know that each of us together and separately were so enthusiastic and hopeful towards becoming a well functioning and righteousness seeking CoR.

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