"AMC" The Arlington Metaphysical Chapel was founded in 1981 by F. Reed Brown as a result of a study group held at Rev. Brown's home on Military Road. The church building was originally the Bon Air Baptist Church. In 1949 it was sold to the Odd Fellows Lodge which then sold the building to the AMC Congregation.

The bulding was restored to its original interior design, removing dropped ceilings, restoring the candelered ceiling in the main sanctuary, as well as adding central air conditioning and lighting. A Rogers 834 Organ and Model B Steinway Grand Piano were purchased to aid in the ministry of music. In subsequent years the homes on both sides of the Chapel were purchased for various uses such as Sunday School classrooms, choir room and offices. Stained glass windows were donated by Mrs. Helen Saul and Rev. Pearl Kerwin.

The first carpet came out of the old Arlington County Courthouse and served well for a number of years. Parquet floors and new carpet were then installed a few years later. Beautiful gardens, with a fountain, have been developed encompassing the three properties which are available for meditation or simply observing the beauty of nature. The Chapel began with 105 charter members and continues to grow. Our mailing list as of this date is over 3,000 people.

Ministers, Deacons, Mediums & Healers - Renewal forms will be sent to you directly from the UMC Education Department. If you do not receive your renewal papers by February 15, call the Roanoke Office at 540-562-4889 and inquire as to your status, etc. Remember you are responsible for returning these forms by return mail in order to maintain your status with the Association.

Interested in becoming a Minister, Deacon, Medium or Healer? Ask Rev. Allyson Jones, AMC Board Secretary, for a master application for the educational programs. Master applications must be returned to the AMC office for the local board approval before they are forwarded to Roanoke. You must be a member of a UMC affiliated church for one year before making application for any of the above.

Membership Dues - $12 Individual, $18 Family.

$12 Individual, $18 Family. Remember, the Chapel is ruled, governed and owned by you the members; therefore, it is most important that you maintain your status as a voting member in good standing in order to help guide and assist the Chapel in its growth. A member is one who has attended the required orientation meetings, filled out membership request application, been approved by the Board of Trustees, and taken in publicly at a church service.

How do I become a member?
A member of the Arlington Metaphysical Chapel is one who has attended the required orientation meetings, filled out an "Application for Membership," been approved by the Board of Trustees, and been taken in publicly at a church service.

Membership Orientation classes are scheduled several times a year. Persons interested in becoming a member of AMC attend two Sunday sessions from 9:30 - 10-45 am. These informative classes include information about:

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Induction into Membership
New members will be received into membership of AMC at the 11 am Service on a Sunday after the completion of the orientation classes and the approval by the Board of Trustees.

When are the next orientation classes?
Classes are conducted several times during the year by Rev. F. Reed Brown. Check the newsletter of the updates on this website for the specific Sundays.

What are the membership dues?
The yearly dues are $12 per inindividual or $18 per family, payable at the beginning of each year. The Chapel is ruled, governed and owned by its members; therefore, it is most important that members maintain their status as voting members in good standing by paying their annual dues in order to help guide and assist the Chapel in its growth.

Where can I find more information about membership?
A brochure about membership at AMC is available in the chapel's narthex. You can also speak to one of the chapel ministers or a member of the AMC Board of Trustees.

Do I have to be an AMC member to participate in events and committees at the chapel?
You do not have to be a member of AMC to benefit from its classes and many services that it offers.

The chapel emanates the vibrations of the mystical Christ, which says, "Come unto me all ye that are heavy laden and I will give you rest." Many of the ministers and workers of AMC have labored hard and long, with little or no thought of remuneration. Why? Because they believe, practice and have witnessed the results of the Chapel's teachings! They want to give back some of what they have received.

Giving comes in many forms; tithing, special gifts, regular financial support, ushering, healing, teaching, cleaning, cooking, chairing a committee, participating on a committee, visiting the shut-ins, prayer circle and many others.

What is Divine Metaphysics?

Divine Metaphysics is a Science, Philosophy and Religion which accepts the existence of an infinite intelligence.

It practices and teaches the spiritual truths recorded in the Holy Bible and other Sacred Scriptures, and as
revealed in the life and teaching of Jesus the Christ and other Holy Avatars of God.

Paramount among the spiritual truths is the fact that life is continuous.

The change called death is merely a
rebirth into a world of higher vibration.This truth is proven through communication, by means of mental and physical mediumship, with loved ones and teachers who live in the spirit world.

Other truths are contained in the Declaration of Principles as accepted by the United Metaphysical Churches and can be found under the section, "This we believe."

One of the truths of Divine Metaphysics is to teach these truths pertaining to man's spiritual and
physical welfare. However, the practice and promulgation of these truths do not make Divine Metaphysics a creed because each individual is encouraged to worship God according to the dictates of his or her own conscience.

Some of what Divine Metaphysics teaches and does are contained in the following points:

Individuals are morally responsible for themselves.

Man is a threefold being - body, soul and spirit.

Man is just as much spirit now as he ever will be, except that he is encased in a physical body.

We reap as we sow and, life being continuous, we carry into the next world all positive and negative actions taken on the earth plane.

An understanding of God's Natural Universal Laws teaches an individual how to love, here and hereafter.

All men are brothers and God is their Father. Therefore, all men are divine because they have the spark of God within them.
They all have potentialities of God if they choose to develop them.

Heaven and hell are states of mental consciousness and not literal abodes.




Definitions

The following definitions are presented to help you understand some of the terms used in Divine Metaphysics.

Divine Metaphysics is a Science, Philosophy and Religion based on the fact that life is continuous and that the phenomena of Nature is the expression of Infinite Intelligence. These facts are demonstrated through communication by means of mediumship, with those who live in the spirit world.

Divine Metaphysics found in the Bible
Genesis 15: 12 - Abraham goes into a trance
Genesis 16: 7-11 - The angel of the Lord appears to Hagar in the wilderness and comforts her.
Exodus 3: 2-10 - An angel speaks to Moses out of the burning bush.
1 Samuel 9: 10-20 - Samuel is consulted by Saul as a seer.
1 Samuel 28: 6-20 - Saul consults a medium and asks to talk to the spirit of Samuel.
Matthew 17: 3-5 - The Apostles hear the voices of Moses and Elias on the mount.
Mark 16: 18 - They shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.
John 2: 1-11 - Making wine from water at the marriage feast.
Acts 3: 1-8 - Peter cures the lame man.
Acts 9: 4-7 - And the man which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no man.
Romans 8: 26 - Paul has a clear understanding of spiritual agencies.

A Divine Metaphysician is one who believes, as the basis of his or her own religion, in communication between this and the spirit world. In addition, he or she endeavors to mold his or her character and conduct in accordance with the higher teachings derived from such communion.

A Medium is a person whose organism is sensitive to vibrations from the spirit world. It is through this
instrumentality that intelligences in the spirit world are able to convey messages and produce the psychic phenomena of Divine Metaphysics.

A Spiritual Healer is a person who is able to impart vital curative force to pathological conditions through his or her own inherent power or through his or her mediumship.
Psychic Phenomena are the subjective experience of vibrations and/or communications manifest from
intelligences in the world of spirit. The types of phenomena on which Divine Metaphysics is based
include Mental and Physical phenomena.

Mental Phenomena use mental energy to produce forms of mediumship such as Clairvoyance, Psychometry, Gift of Tongues, and Inspirational and Trance Speaking. Physical Phenomena use physical energy to produce forms of mediumship such as Trumpet, Direct Voice, Rappings, Telekinesis, Independent Writings and Drawing, Levitation, Transfiguration and Materialization which includes Etherialization, Precipitation, Apport, Skotography and Spirit Photography.

Psychic refers to anything pertaining to the human soul or mind especially super or extrasensory
functions.

Esoteric refers to that which is understood by or meant for a select few persons




What is spiritual healing?

Spiritual Healing is one of the special phases of mediumship and of Divine Metaphysics which uses the
understanding and power of the Natural Universal Laws to impart vital and curative forces to pathological conditions. It is recognized in the New Testament and has been a tenet of both ancient and modern religions.

A human being is made up of three parts: body, mind and spirit. And, it is the energy of the mind which controls the spirit. And, it is the energy of the mind which controls the condition of these parts. Constructive mental thoughts create healthy conditions. Destructive mental thoughts create disease condition.

It is a fact, stated in the Bible, that the normal condition of an individual is to be perfect and healthy in body, soul and spirit. This is the condition which God has made available for everyone. Therefore, there is always a limitless supply of Divine Healing Energy to help a person achieve perfect health. This Divine Energy and the Natural Universal Laws which control it are what a Spiritual Healer uses with the direction and guidance of higher spirit forces, to help an individual during a healing.

Spiritual Healers work in many different ways, but whichever methods they use, all contain common attributes. The healers enter into their own silence and meditation to raise their consciousness to the spiritual plane, request spiritual direction and guidance, and tap into the limitless storehouse of God-supply. They visualize the person receiving healing and request the cooperation of the unseen forces to direct the healing energy to that individual. The healers also visualize the person in perfect health affirming the presence of infinite intelligence; and giving thanks for an influx of peace, harmony and balance. In addition, the healers mentally direct to the individual instructions to attune their own mental energies along positive and
constructive pathways.

Although healers can assist an individual by directing healing energies, the success of a healing depends on the faith and desire of the person to use his or her own mental energy positively.

And finally, the individual desiring healing need only attune his or her own mind to Spirit so that the
forces can operate successfully.




Declaration of Principles

1. We believe in God as Infinite Intelligence.

2. We believe that the phenomena of Nature, both physical and spiritual, are the expression of Infinite Intelligence.

3. We affirm that a correct understanding of such expression and living in accordance therewith, constitute a true religion.

4. We believe in personal responsibility & that we create our own happiness or unhappiness as we live in harmony or discord with natural physical and spitual laws.

5. We affirm that the existence and personal identity of the individual continues after leaving the physical world.

6. We affirm that communication with Spirit is a natural experience & is proven through mediumship.

7. We affirm that spiritual gifts, including prophecy and healing contained in the Bible & other Sacred Texts are divine attributes proven through mediumship.

8. We We believe that the highest morality is contained in the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

9. We affirm that the doorway to reformation is never closed to any human soul here or hereafter.

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.

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