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About For Purpose, Inc. Vision To provide a safe and sacred space that welcomes diversity, where the evolving spiritual nature of each unique individual is honored and supported with acceptance and love. To create a community where like-minded individuals and kindred spirits are
understood to be connected at a higher level, with a higher purpose, who come
together intentionally to implement this purpose, through personal healing
and transformation, for the highest good of all.
History From 1987 thru 1991, The Bridge, a corporation founded by Robert 'Buz' Myers, Eric Bloom, Dottie & Bob Santangelo, was the first 7-day intensive and was held in Hilton Head, SC. A number of our present-day community members came from this group. Prue Smith, editor of the first "On Time Newsletter" and editor of Buz' book, "Getting on Time with Your Life," was from The Bridge. In 1992 at the United Astrology Congress in Washington, DC, Buz met Vicki Greene. Together they formed the "On Time Community Intensive" as we know it today. In 1993 the first gathering (The New Phase) was at the Clarion in VA Beach and it began with a wedding between two members of our community. We also celebrated the Uranus/Neptune New Phase with the birth of SarahEl - an Angel Doll created by Karen Malfregeot. We put our hopes, wishes, dreams and prayers into SarahEl and then offered them all to Spirit. 1994 brought the "Angel Babies" made by Mary Rose and Becky Huff. These "Angel Babies" created quite a stir and were "adopted" out among the community members. Anna Solomon, one of our family members, gave birth to her son, Benjamin, at the same time as the wedding the year before. This was the Crescent Phase Year. In 1995, the Phase Groups made a quilt. Becky Huff took it home to be quilted together and she presented the finished quilt to the community in 1996. Pluto left Scorpio and was given a proper burial on the beach. David Mosley gave us our own song, "Become the Deliverer", and the Elder's Wheel was born. This was the First Quarter Phase Year. 1996 was an important year. We began our newsletter edited by David and Sandra Mosley. The Healer's Wheel began with Jayma Delaney as the facilitator. The first community meeting was held. When "Spirit" moved Jonnie-Ruth Kuhn, she moved Karen Malfregeot, and they volunteered to help with the 1997 Intensive. It was agreed that the conference would be moved to Florida for the next year. This was the Gibbous Phase Year. Joe Vaglio, the first Vice-President of FPI, died. At the first Full Phase Year in 1997, we moved to Deerfield Beach, FL. The Business Wheel was begun and "The On Time Community" officially stood on its own. Jan Ashton and Buz offered their corporation, "For Purpose, Inc." to us and we have been operating under this Corporation for the last 10 years. 1998, the Disseminating Phase Year, was again held at Deerfield Beach, FL. Our Light Calls were begun. We began our quest for tax exempt status and voted to move back to VA Beach after 2 years in Florida. One of our beloved members, Adina Walker, passed on to Spirit. The Third or Last Quarter Phase in 1999 moved us back to VA Beach and the Surfside Inn. We lost our beloved Damien O'Neal in March. Buz brought Reiki to all our members and Arthur Cataldo brought the Amana Huna Healing Technique on to the Wheel. The Balsamic Phase Year, 2000, brought many changes. Our beloved Buz passed over on March 12, 2000, and we became a community in mourning. At the Balsamic Conference we gathered to reconnect as family. Joey Crinita, a Canadian medium and good friend of Buz, joined us to ease our grief and help us transition to life without Buz as well as another precious member, Ann Cataldo, who died in June of 2000. We had obtained our tax exempt status with the help of Michael Delaney in January. Our community, even though heartbroken by the passing of Buz and Ann, voted to continue to the next New Phase. Likened to the Saturn Return time in our lives, in 2001 we set out into this New Cycle without Buz, the 'Father' of our community. It had been the desire of Buz that community members take the responsibility of keeping the Wheel turning.... And so it is. The year 2001 was a traumatic year for the whole country, mourning the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks by terrorists. Faithful members joined us as a community to begin a new trip around the Wheel with Joey Crinita as our main speaker. Our theme was "Bridge to a New Vision." This second New Phase Year saw many changes as we set out to create this New Cycle. Everyone had an opportunity to create a personal mask, then to model it before the whole community - a sight to behold! "Keep the Light Burning" was our theme for the Crescent Phase Year in 2002. Totems were created as an overall project - a symbol from which to take heart as we struggled as a group to continue as a community and plan our next conference. "Catch the Dream" was the theme for the First Quarter Phase Year in 2003. Our project was to create Dream Catchers - to catch our hopes and dreams for the continuance of our conference into the next year as well as to support each other as we experienced living in war time. The For Purpose logo was created by Jonnie-Ruth Kuhn, who 'caught her dream' about the design for the logo. In 2004, our theme was "Follow the Moon" for the Gibbous Phase Year. As with any good Gibbous Phase energy, there was a 'wobble' on the Wheel with unforeseen changes in the program. Yet 'following the moon' kept us together while we created pouches as a project and enjoyed the camaraderie of a community that was growing in strength and heart. The Healing Service was established following the guidelines Jonnie Ruth received from her 'vision'. Ann Bennett, another beloved member of the community, passed into Spirit. "Grace Full Journey," the theme for the Full Moon Phase in 2005, had the overall project of taking photographs of 'all our relations' at the conference and transferring the photos to tee-shirts or bags. Totems for each of the Phases were created by the Facilitators, which would then be passed on to the succeeding Facilitators as we walked the Wheel into the future. Karen Malfregeot stepped down from co-chairing the Intensive and Charlotte Abell joined Jonnie-Ruth Kuhn in coordinating the conference. "Sharing Sacred Space," our theme for the 2006 Disseminating Phase Year, tested the metal of several of our community members. Jonnie-Ruth's Florida home burned to the ground in January; Karen Malfregeot, President of FPI, was dealing with family health issues and was not able to attend; Linda Bress, our Vice-President, broke her foot a few days before the conference and couldn't attend; and Yaxki Welker broke her arm while at the conference! The energy from the Healing Service at our Sacred Space extended to all present as well as those of our family that could not attend in person. In keeping with the Feeling/Moving Body of the Disseminating Phase, magnificent rattles to shake and move with were created as an overall project. Our Vision Quest was packed into one night and introduced the Heartbeat of the Mother Earth through drumming as part of this sacred sharing time. Our 3d Quarter Phase theme for 2007, "The Journey Continues...." found us once again at the Surfside in VA Beach, surely a 'sacred space' created by the energy of the family of For Purpose to keep us on our journey into the New Time that is upon us! Our project was creating walking sticks to help us on the Journey. We had a fantastic drumming session led by the Facilitators, which spilled out onto the beach on a warm balmy summer-like evening. Nancy Gardner, while practicing her sword demonstration on the boardwalk, was reported by passers-by for brandishing a dangerous weapon. Police surrounded her but after hearing her explanation of how she was practicing for her demo later in the week, they wished her well with the advice to "continue practicing safe sword." Outstanding astrologer, Robert Blaschke, led our first post-conference workshop, which was quite successful as a fund-raising event. Joey Crinita was not able to attend; however, our dear friend, John Dumas, returned to help create the sacred space that we all enjoyed throughout the conference. Reflecting on how the community has grown since our second walk
around the Wheel from the New Phase in 2001, it was seen that our
"Bridge to a New Vision" was being manifested through
the efforts of all the participants who have graced our conferences
throughout the years. |
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