Sangha Mentors

Rev. Anne Blanchard is a Trustee on the Awakening Together Member Board. She grew up in a family where EST training was a part of daily life. Many years later, in 2016, she began attending the Center for Conscious Living in Moorestown, New Jersey, where she refamiliarized herself with various New Thought and nondual teachings. Anne jumped with both feet into sincere and dedicated full-time spiritual practice when she joined Awakening Together on an India Pilgrimage in 2017. Anne teaches regularly in the Awakening Together Sanctuary and guides Being Aware of Awareness Meditation on Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week.

 

Rev. Abigail Edwards is an ordained minister through Awakening Together since 2021, deeply committed to the path of spiritual mentoring and service. Her spiritual journey began with a profound encounter with Ram Dass’s “Be Here Now,” leading her to explore various spiritual traditions, including Zen Buddhism, A Course in Miracles, and Native American teachings. Abigail’s dedication to spiritual growth is reflected in her extensive training in a myriad of healing modalities as well as her practice as a death doula, where she offers compassionate support to those transitioning from this life.

With a background in Integrative Breathwork, Hatha Yoga, and various holistic healing practices, Abigail embodies a grounded and well-rounded approach to spiritual mentoring. Her teachings are centered in love, presence, and the understanding that healing occurs when we embrace our true nature. Abigail’s passion for guiding others is fueled by her deep conviction that only Love is Real, a belief she imparts to those she mentors.

As a spiritual mentor, Abigail offers a compassionate, non-judgmental presence, helping others navigate their spiritual paths with clarity and courage. Her approach lives in her commitment to living a life of service and her gentle, yet profound, approach to life.

Rev. Karen Worth’s message is about recognizing mind’s identity isn’t the truth of what we are.  And recognizing the happiness we experience doesn’t come from the world, it comes from the truth of what we are.
She is an Awakening Together Ordained Minister, and a Community Miracles Center Ordained Minister.  She has studied at AHAM meditation and retreat center as well as at Vippasana Retreat Centers.
Some of the teachings and teachers that have joined Karen on this life journey in the order of their appearance are ACIM, Vipassana Meditation, Regina Dawn Akers, Michael Langford, Sri Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi, AHAM Meditation Center.
You can find some of her meditations on Awakening Together’s website and also on the YouTube channel Words of the Sages.
You can see an interview of Karen on YouTube.
Karen spends time exploring the nature of Self, the nature of the script/dream, and placing her head at the feet of the Guru Self.  Sri Bhagavan used the words ‘nadi aham’, which means both “Turning back home” and “attending to ‘I-I’”
She currently meets with small groups of students. And she is making contemplation/meditations on ACIM Manual for Teachers.

Rev. Meg Reinhart is a devoted non-dual spiritual minister, deeply committed to living and sharing the truth. Inspired by the principles of Awakening Together, she offers guidance and support through Sanga’s, helping individuals explore their true nature and connect with their inner peace.

Her approach is grounded in creating a nurturing and supportive environment, where the emphasis is on oneness, love, and the shared journey of awakening. Meg believes in the power of authentic connection and spiritual growth, providing mentorship that is both heartfelt and transformative.

Meg’s mission is to foster deeper spiritual awareness and harmony, helping others navigate their paths with clarity and compassion. Her work is a testament to the idea that true spiritual leaders, like those she admires, are not perfect beings but rather individuals who embrace their humanity while striving to live in alignment with higher truths.

Rev. Melody Brauninger has been graced with a smattering of mystical experiences throughout her life beginning with early childhood. She honors these as divine phone calls from the Beloved reminding her to come Home. She was a seeker most of her life, studying metaphysics in adolescence, trying different churches, pursuing a family and career, alcohol, relationships, “helping others,” and so on, attempting to find true happiness, until a revelation in 2015 which led her to A Course In Miracles. In 2018 Melody was led to Awakening Together and is continually awed by the perfection of each path. Her only true desire now is perfect devotion to the Beloved, and she is profoundly grateful to have the Mighty Companions who comprise Awakening Together.

Rev. Susan Telford is an Awakening Together minister, spiritual coach and mentor in private practice. She is the founder of Slowing Down to the Speed of Grace™ and The Seventh Sense™ Symposium,  programs for spiritually awakening women. Susan is the author of An Endless Namaste: Poems of Awakening. 

Susan has facilitated Gentle Healing, years 1, 2 and 3 and has a class on alternate Sundays in the Sanctuary called Contemplating Poetry using Lectio Divina. She is currently one of the facilitators of the Ministerial Preparation Program. 

Learn more about Susan’s work at www.susantelford.com.

Rev. William (Billy) Sintiris is an Awakened Together minister, known for his transformative presence at the Sunday Weekly Gathering and as the host of “A Lot to Say About Nothing” on Wednesday evenings. His journey, marked by overcoming fears of insufficiency and uniqueness, has shaped him into a beacon of guidance and strength.Since his recovery began on February 18, 1993, Billy has embraced absolute surrender, evolving from recognizing the problem to understanding it has already been solved. His path from “There is a God and you’re not it” to “Be still and know You are God” reflects his deep spiritual evolution.Wherever you are on your path, Billy’s compassion and empathy will meet you there. He guides you to your inner mentor, leading you to absolute surrender where life unfolds naturally. Through his firsthand experience, he navigates beyond fears of perfection, self-loathing, and low self-esteem, helping balance masculine and feminine energies, and transcend addictions of all forms.Billy’s approach integrates dualistic purification with the oneness of non-dual consciousness. He will guide you through resistance to awaken your willingness, where everything is possible. Embrace the challenge, and discover a mentor who doesn’t just teach but transforms.

Rev. David Hemphill was a Founding Trustee for Awakening Together at age 16 and became an ordained minister after completing the first MPP curriculum in May 2015 at 18 years old. After ordination, David left the board to later work many different careers as a school teacher, interpreter, entrepreneur, business executive, and now currently is in school to be an attorney.
With David you can expect to sit directly with what is here now, and see as clearly as possible what is happening in this very moment. He is committed to radical honesty and to genuinely and truly walking the path life gives, even if the path is seemingly incorrect, inefficient, or otherwise imperfect. He enjoys inquiry and contemplative practices, with a strong emphasis on direct experience and “living the realization,” leaving little regard for theories, meta-physics, and conclusions.
Rev. Saina Fernandez is an Ordained Minister through Awakening Together since June of 2020. She was honored to be the Awakening Together Sanctuary Director for 5 years from 2018-2023. Additionally, she is trained to be a spiritual mentor through Awakening Together and the Spiritual Mentoring Workshop. Her desire and passion is to be a living embodiment and testimony to the vision that Regina Dawn Akers had where wherever we are on the spiritual journey we can reach our hand back to help lift another up and help them to rise higher in Consciousness. Saina feels called to be of service to those whom Spirit brings that are hungering for Truth but just need a gentle hand to (virtually) hold, encouragement along the way, and the spark to help them remember the Truth of themselves and that the Mystery is indeed always and already available to help nourish us, move us forward, and help us have that breakthrough that can remove the obstacles to Love’s Presence. She also has a website that is in service to the Awakening process called www.centeredinbliss.com. There you can also connect and learn more about her offerings on one-on-one personalized meditation programs based on the Radiance Sutras in order to help you to reignite your passion and desire to meditate and/or deepen your already existing meditation practice.

Rev. Dianne Scott offers a broad-based, compassionate presence supporting others to walk their paths experientially with curiosity and authenticity.  Her own continuing spiritual journey has been a passion of the heart with wisdom at the lead. 

There are many spiritual teachers and teachings that have crossed Dianne’s path along the way with just a few that stand out. She has developed a great deal of appreciation for the deep dive into The Work of Byron Katie and Douglas Harding’s Headless Way. A Course of Miracles was reinforced through the Teachers of God Foundation. Dianne was also introduced to Awakening Together’s Gentle Healing curriculum around the same time and was guided to explore Awakening Together more. It has become her new spiritual home and community. 

Rev. Dianne’s greatest realization is the depth and clarity that is available when she let go of all the teachings that got her to where she was ready to totally trust her own inner wisdom, the teacher we all have within. 

The Centering Prayer and Global Dyad practice with intuitive writing is the core of Dianne’s daily devotional practice.

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