We believe in the power of affirmative prayer or spiritual mind treatment. You are a magnificent child of the most High – allow a practitioner to remind you of your Truth!
Practitioners are available for complimentary prayer after Sunday Services to pray with you, and our prayer ministry is always available for times of great personal need.
A practitioner is a servant of highly expanded spiritual consciousness and deep understanding, trained in the study of Science of Mind and in the art, science and skill of Spiritual Mind Treatment/Affirmative prayer. They are licensed to practice professionally and are bound by a high code of ethics to respect your privacy. A practitioner is dedicated to the cause of helping others and is trained to assess individuals in improving their life experiences and conditions. The practitioner gives Mental/ Spiritual guidance in supporting others in identifying the mental causes of issues.
A practitioner listens, questions, teaches truth principles, guides the process and does a healing treatment/affirmative prayer. Spiritual guidance at the spiritual level of awareness, focuses on making inner changes in order to manifest the desired outer results. All spiritual change is from the inside out.
Talk to a practitioner if you are in need of inspiration, in
need of healing in health issues, finances, relationships, career, or the celebration of a major event in your life. It is an honor and privilege for a practitioner to support you in any of these areas. You are a magnificent child of the most High – allow a practitioner to remind you of your Truth!
Practitioners are available for complimentary prayer after Sunday Services to pray with you. They are also available for private, individual spiritual guidance on a fee basis at other times. Feel free to call a practitioner and ask for their fee schedule and location. The fee is established at the time an appointment is made. The fee is not for prayer, but rather for the practitioner’s time, training, skill, and professional knowledge of spiritual principles and practices that can enhance one’s life.
The relationship between the practitioner and the client is one of utmost confidence, integrity, and trust. It is essential to the practitioner-client relationship that all information shared is kept in the strictest confidence.
David was raised in New Thought had a profound awakening at age 13, after which he dedicated his life to helping others.
He became a licensed Religious Science Practitioner in 1999 and graduated from the University of New Mexico with honors in Child Development and Family Relations. In 2004, David co-founded the New Thought Center for Spiritual Living and served as its Senior Minister for 15 years.
He was inducted into the Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Preachers at Morehouse College in 2009. A social justice activist, he has served on the Board of Directors for the Community of Welcoming Congregations, a Portland-based alliance with the mission of ‘providing a voice for LGBTQ and allied people of faith.’ Rev. David writes a monthly column – ‘Philosophy in Action’ – for Science of Mind magazine and received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the Centers for Spiritual Living in 2014. In 2015 Dr. David was inducted into the College of Bishops and Affirming Faith Leaders by the Fellowship of Affirming Ministries and in 2016 was recognized with a Force for Good Award from Unity of Sacramento.
He currently served as director of Strategic Alliances for the Centers for Spiritual Living, where he helps direct and coordinate partnerships between organizations in order to foster the creation of a world that works for all. Additionally Rev. David serves on the leadership councils for both the Centers for Spiritual Living and the Association for Global New Thought. Locally Rev. David was selected to serve on the Social Justice, Race and Equity Commission for the city of Brookhaven, Georgia.
Dr. David is the 4th senior leader of Spiritual Living Center of Atlanta in its proud 41-year history.
On page 315 of the Science of Mind textbook, Dr. Holmes writes: “Energy unconnected does nothing, it is only when it is used properly directed, that it accomplishes things.” We always have three choices: run away from our problems, stay and fight the problem, or properly direct the energy to transcend the problem. Spiritual Mind Treatment is the form of affirmative prayer I learned when I came out of desperation to this teaching in 1986.
I stayed because of how connected I felt to the message of Dr. Holmes, as it was presented by Dr. Kennedy Shultz. Volunteering and taking every class available became my favorite things to do. Becoming a Practitioner was a goal I achieved in 1996, which is when I felt called to ministry. After serving as Senior Minister in two pulpits, I retired from ministry in 2013, however, I will always remain an active Practitioner.
Avon will teach you how to rely on and believe in your unlimited potential!
As a Life Mastery Coach, Wedding Officiant and Interfaith Minster, Avon enjoys helping individuals live the life they have imagined. She is also a Financial Advisor Representative and spiritual financial coach helping people get a better idea about money.
Ursula answers the call to assist clients with the human longing for peace, clarity, and wellness as a part of her life’s purpose.
Ursula loves helping people bring emotional, physical and spiritual balance to their lives.
Ursula Lentine has facilitated over 4000 individual healing sessions and worked with 1000’s of people in groups. She is a licensed Minister with Centers for Spiritual Living, a Level 3 Practitioner of Internal Family Systems, Certified Associate Pranic Healer and Pranic Healing teacher. She has facilitated a weekly group meditation since 2008.
Reverend Susan Zoller, graduate of LSU and GSU, is an award-winning former Biology, Chemistry and Physics teacher. In Science of Mind, she found the combination of religion and physics and studied with Dr. Kennedy Shultz, founder of SLCA. Formerly the minister of the Maui CSL, Susan has been on staff at SLCA for 13 years. Discovering SOM was one of the greatest experiences of her life.
Jean can help you use spiritual principles to achieve a happy and whole life.
Jean Bell is a licensed practitioner, and author of the metaphysical children’s book, Brookie’s Adventure. Jean knows that all individuals are divine godlings and loves helping others to discover this truth for themselves!
Shasta can assist you in releasing false beliefs that bring about positive change in your life.
Shasta has a passion for all spiritual paths. A teacher, singer, dancer, and business owner, she enjoys connecting others with their highest creative self through open honest dialogue and spiritual mind treatment.
From the moment the words of Ernest Holmes’ classic, The Science of Mind, clicked within me and helped illuminate a path to the Divine Presence within—I knew that becoming a Licensed Spiritual Practitioner was the path for me.
As Holmes writes in The Science of Mind, “To suppose that the Creative Intelligence of the Universe would create man in bondage and leave him bound would be to dishonor the Creative Power which we call God” (25). No one is immune or exempt from the opportunities that life uniquely disguises as “problems” or “challenges.” Holmes affirms what we deeply know—that this Creative Intelligence which created us also equipped us with the tools to not only get out of bondage but to flourish, prosper and succeed. This teaching has provided me with practical ways to address the myriad of opportunities to prove the principle, and how it constantly works
As a Licensed Spiritual Practitioner, I see my role as a midwife of spiritual consciousness—to assist in uncovering a limiting idea or notion and bringing forth a new thought or new awareness that leads to transformation.
Let’s do it together!
Being a Practitioner is my commitment to aligning myself to the universal principles and to increasing awareness of the infinite power and presence of God in all things.
It enables me to deepen a client’s personal and professional spiritual understanding and evolution.
My life’s work is active service as a Human Performance Coach, Transformational Trainer, Workshop Facilitator, Inspirational Speaker and Small Business Consultant.
Although I was raised as a metaphysician by my grandparents, it wasn’t until the year 2011 that I officially received my practitioner license under the tutelage of Rev. S. Pierce. My gift is teaching. I’ve taught classes such as Prosperity Plus, Practical Mysticism, Beyond Limits, etc. Presently, I am hosting a you tube channel geared towards spiritual growth, and I provide private coaching sessions. It is a pleasure serving at SCLA.
Gina understands the importance of living a whole, well-balanced life and loving yourself unconditionally and keeping it absolutely REAL and practical. It is this understanding that fuels her work with individuals. She has been a yoga and meditation practitioner for over 30 years, is a licensed spiritual practitioner and an internationally certified Kundalini Yoga instructor. Her training, coupled with her MBA and master’s degree in Teaching, has allowed her to create and teach courses in various practices across the U.S. for more than a decade.
As a Science of Mind Practitioner, I have the honor of sharing my core beliefs about my innate Spiritual Truth. The Science of Mind Teaching has been instrumental in the deepening of my understanding of myself as a Spiritual Being. As a Practitioner of Science of Mind I stay focused on KNOWING that a power greater than myself (whom I chose to call GOD) is my source of ALL Good! That One Power desires to work through me.
As a Nutritional Awareness Consultant, I encourage and empower individuals to seek a higher level of health through education
and awareness of personal food choices. The journey to more abundant health can be achieved one nourishing bite at a time!
My responsibility is to stay focused on GOD and that which is mine to do. I serve the world by remembering who I am, what I am, and why I am. I am a light in the world, clothed in human form, to share God’s message of Oneness and Love!
Tony is committed to assisting the seeker to gain a greater awareness of Truth. He believes in a holistic approach to healing by connecting mind, body and spirit. Tony is a licensed clinical therapist helping teenage males work through maladaptive behaviors, trauma, and abuse. His passion for encouraging others will guide you to a greater expression of your Divine Nature.
I love supporting others, endeavoring them to heal through the creative power of mind and prayer to uncover the truth. I live, practice and demonstrate spiritual truths, helping others use the art and skill of affirmative prayer to break old patterns that no longer work or serve them, showing them how to move through life experiencing wholeness as joy, health, prosperity and overall success.
Detra Johnson, RScP; has served Centers for Spiritual Living as a strong and visible volunteer leader at the local, and international level. I am so proud to integrate my corporate experience with my ministry of supporting others and teaching spiritual principles. Detra combines her Practitioner consciousness with her business experience and offers what she calls “Prac-ness” to purposeful living.
I believe the greatest gift we can give is to know someone as whole, complete and perfect. As we treat for someone, we are knowing their perfection and empowering them to see that for themselves. What a privilege to make that possible for someone. The gift given becomes a gift to the giver as well as the recipient. Is there a better endeavor?
I’m a clear healing consciousness helping awaken everyone’s divine power. A lifelong learner with advanced degrees and a distinguished college career, “Dr. Baji” is a partial identity. Studying metaphysics 20+ years, I’m a forever young, ever-evolving spiritual being. Licensed in 2006, I serve as CSL Regional Rep for AL, FL, GA. Personal interests: tai chi, poetry, cooking. I’m mother, Nana, loving mate, committed to creating peace, starting with me. An exciting adventure!
One of my greatest discoveries in life is that for every challenge I face, there is always a spiritual solution. Regardless of past regrets, current circumstances or future fears, my life can be healed and transformed through the power of affirmative prayer. I know this to be true because I have proved it time and time again.
As a spiritual practitioner, I offer guidance and support to assist clients in realizing their own spiritual perfection. The possibilities are endless!
Naana can support revisioning thought patterns and experiences that block you from living your birthright of joy, love and peace.
Naana uncovered at a young age that her intuition was to be her companion and inerrant guide on this life journey. She is committed to living a purposeful life that supports her deepening awareness of connection to the Divine and the world around her. She is a writer, a teacher of practical metaphysics. In her spare time, she reads, meditates and expresses her creativity through choreography and sewing home décor and fashion.
A Licensed Practitioner since 1999, Victoria offers spiritual counseling to her clients. Assisting them in realizing and demonstrating their inherent greatness; their “I AM Consciousness,” and how to use it for themselves and the greater good of all.
Other avenues in which Spirit expresses itself through and as Victoria are meditation facilitator for CSL and the criminal justice system, CSL instructor, motivational speaker, entertainer, and social justice activist.
Karen is passionate about prosperity and assisting people in expanding their individual expression to their next highest Self!
Karen is a conscious business leader and entrepreneur. She was on the SLCA Board of Trustees from 2011-2014 and served as Treasurer while SLCA bought and renovated our first home here at Northeast Expressway. She loves sharing the gift of Affirmative Prayer to assist people in major life changes and shifts.
Janet gratefully shares her insight to help others live joyfully and peacefully.
A New Thought student for more than three decades, she became a Practitioner in 2012. Janet is a retired Legal Administrator and volunteers as a CASA. She is devoted to daily spiritual practice and continuously learning more about our inherent divinity.
My desire is to reveal to others that we ALL have the power within our Being. As we practice going within and listening to that intuitive voice that gives us direct access to ALL knowledge and wisdom, we become powerful, to be and have all that we desire. I declare, “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known GOD”! My truism is “Spirit leads, Mind follows, and Body belongs.” I, Rev. Al will assist you in knowing the truth of your Being, “Your Innermost Self” in Spiritual Mind Treatment also known as Affirmative Prayer.
As a retired substance abuse counselor, registered nurse, nurse administrator, and university professor, I have varied and comprehensive lived experiences. I have counselled underachieving children, incarcerated offenders, those with mental disorders, and adults and adolescents with substance addictions. My spiritual pathways have taken me in many, diverse directions as well. My personal religious paths range from Catholicism to Religious Science and include the study of many other religious paths. I offer spiritual guidance and counseling as a Certified Spiritual Practitioner and as a Certified Life Coach. I am excited about being a contributor to and member of the Spiritual Living Center of Atlanta community. I look forward to continuing along my spiritual path with you. My goal is to walk with you through the darkness as you remember your light.
Jonni has been an active member of SLCA since 2008, where She has attended on & off since the 1980’s. Jonni has volunteered in most areas of the center on a regular basis. Jonni is a Feng Shui Practitioner and a Level II Reiki Practitioner. Jonni considers herself a passionate helpful person.
As a licensed Spiritual Practitioner, Jonni can know the truth for you, using the scientific method of prayer called Spiritual Mind Treatment.
Idella can help you to thrive in the joys and fulfillment of the life you deserve. Idella is an athlete, fitness/life coach, singer and Spiritual Practitioner. She empowers others to live a happier, healthier, fit, prosperous life based in “self-love and self-worth” and a deeper spiritual connection with God.
Katherine walks in Beauty, Love, and Peace, the Sacred Essence of the Divine, in her passion – Nature. She has been a follower of SOM since 1999 and a Practitioner since 2014. She is co-facilitator of Adult Study on Sunday morning and started Support for Cancer Survivors and Thrivers. She leads others in Shinrin Yoku or Forest Bathing teaching others in nature how to co-partner to do our part to heal the planet. She is retired from Landscaping. Her greatest passion is writing and storytelling.
I am truly grateful to be a Certified licensed Practitioner of Science of Mind with Center for Spiritual Living. What brought me here was an emptiness that I had developed form other religious teachings. Science of Mind is a philosophy that can work for anyone no matter your creed, religion or lack of religion sexual orientation or political views. We believe in one love one Spirit.
I appreciate focusing my attention on daily spiritual practices, including prayer, tai chi, contemplative and philosophical readings, relationships and creativity. Presence is Perfect and I choose to cultivate this primary relationship in all my endeavors. I thoughtfully choose, and seek to be more aware, tending skills upon which I am building strength, clarity, purpose, love, harmony, and joy. I am growing my spiritual life as a Religious Science Practitioner and enjoy sharing my wisdom, and love-for-life with each of you and the body of our community.
SLCA Care Ministry Service & Support Our care team is made up of SLCA practitioners, ministers and members. We are available for your support and offer service in the following areas:
SLCA Care Ministry Treatment Team
We offer prayer/treatment to those who are experiencing difficult issues. Please know the SLCA Care Ministry Treatment Team is here to support you. The treatment team is comprised of practitioners and ministers.
SLCA Care Ministry Visiting Team
If you are going into the hospital, are in the hospital, or at home with an illness or injury, please let us know. The SLCA Care Ministry Visiting Team would be more than pleased to visit you. This team is comprised of SLCA practitioners, ministers and members.
Both services are complimentary.
Please phone us at 404-417-0008, or email us at info@slc-atlanta.org