November 17th, 2018 was the day I gave notice to Arlington Metaphysical Chapel that I would no longer be serving there and that I was moving on to my on venture.  R.I.S.E. and the people who have became members, who have supported me, who found me and continued to work with me, have taught me a lot about the direction of where R.I.S.E. will be and is heading in the years to come.  Some things have been really successful, some not so much, but that is ok.  When you are trying to give people what they want, everyone may have different opinions and thoughts on what they are willing to participate in and what they expect of you. 

Classes for instance have taken quite a bit of little to no interest in their current form.  I am considering then to move into an online/Youtube/remote way of presenting the classes people may be interested in.  I also have several people who have their own offerings I may be working with to provide a sort of channel or remote class section for sign up and then through Zoom.com and our own Zoom setup, can provide teachers, from a distance, a way to setup schedules for a variety of services they may setup.  This is still in the works so may be seen sometime later in 2020.  I am also considering moving the Thursday night remote circles, to Wednesdays when possible and scheduling from 7:30 to 9 EST.  This would provide people a way to attend, hopefully more easily.  

So now what?

Well, I continue to think of new things and offerings for everyone.  Hopefully, I will receive further feedback and participation in what interests people want to pursue.  I will continue to work on content. Unfortunately a couple of health issues set me back and I may have to rethink some of those offerings I was to work on and get back to work.  If anything some of the these things will be on hold till further can be done.

I appreciate everyone who has helped me and want to continue doing what I can for everyone.  To have made it 1 year already is amazing.  To think that I can do what I do and have the opportunities I have had this past year are truly blessings and I appreciate everyone what has taken this ride.  May we all continue into the new year with many new and exciting things coming and may we all have a healthy and happy new beginning in 2020.

Blessings,

Steven