Serving the North San Diego County communities of Carlsbad, La Costa, Oceanside, Ocean Hills, Vista, San Marcos, Leucadia and Encinitas in the State of California.
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Rev. Diana Swenson |
Rev. Diana is the Sr. Minister and co-founder of Crossroads Spiritual Center. This Center, and her ministry, is the culmination of a dream she has held for many years. The passion of Rev. Diana's entire life has been to help others realize their dreams. Since early childhood she has lived "New Thought" principles even before she had a name for them. These principles are the essence of her being.
Rev. Diana's formal studies began during her B.A. in an International Studies program where she kept encountering the works of world thinkers who embraced amazing ideas that she later realized were New Thought concepts. Even though she read many New Thought books, it wasn't until later that she discovered the works of Ernest Holmes, the great New Thought founder of Religious Science.
Upon her move to Carlsbad with her husband seven years ago, Rev. Diana located a New Thought Center teaching Holmes' Science of Mind and, after taking two years of basic courses, entered into and completed the Practitioner Course of Study and went on to complete the Ministerial Program. She became an Independent New Thought Minister in 2008 and co-founded Crossroads Spiritual Center.
Rev. Diana and her husband have raised three children and seen them all off to college and into wonderful careers and marriages. Their lives are based on solid New Thought spiritual principles. Rev. Diana worked for many years helping war-torn refugees relocate and reestablish their lives, careers and families in the United States. She also trained and worked as a Hospital Chaplain with both physically and mentally afflicted patients.
Crossroads Spiritual Center is a "new" Center physically, but, along with its staff of Ministers and Spiritual Leaders, incorporates into its existence decades of loving spirit, leadership, guidance, common sense and above all commitment to helping people come together in a supportive, loving way to help each other to realize their dreams and co-create their lives with Spirit. You are invited to join us in this endeavor.
Plus... A Special Invitation from Rev. Diana to YOU!
Please follow me at my weekly Blog at: RevDianaSwenson.com.
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Rev. Dr. Marie Lane |
Rev., Dr. Marie is the Co-Minister of Crossroads Spiritual Center.
New to the San Diego County area in 2009, she lived for 31 years in Oakhurst, a small mountain village near Yosemite National Park in central California where she was Co-Pastor of the Positive Living Center of Central California for over 10 years.
Rev. Marie is honored to have been a member of the first class of Emerson Theological Institute where she ultimately received her Doctorate in Divinity. She served several years as an instructor with Emerson Institute, served as Dean of Students and was a member of the Board of Regents. She was also the President of Epoch University at its inception.
Believing her purpose in life is to be a “catalyst for good,” Rev. Marie, who was widowed 10 years ago, was significantly involved in community service organizations in the mountain community that fulfilled her purpose of “being a catalyst for good.” She was the founder and president of the Wild Wonderful Women and friends, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing funding to other non-profit organizations that did good works, such as the women and children’s shelter, the Children's Museum of the Sierra, the area historical society and many more. The WWW &F also founded a vintage clothing museum, a chocolate festival, and a thrift shop. She was also President of the Chamber of Commerce and of all the Chambers in Madera County for several years creating positive financial benefits, prosperity and fun activities for the community.
Rev. Marie has extensive business experience, with over 24 years experience in the financial field, was the founding vice-president of a savings and loan, vice president for training, service, and business development of a commercial bank and has won several awards for business excellence. She was also an independent financial consultant completing a feasibility project for the concessionaire of Yosemite National Park which increased revenue by $5 Million annually for that park concessionaire. In addition, she has conducted financial audits and financial consulting to churches of several denominations to the financial benefit of those churches. Rev. Marie was also co-owner of a television production company in the mountain area.
All of Rev. Marie’s work experience and volunteer activities have been focused on helping others to reach their potential and grow in spirit, and on the importance of truly living the spiritual principles and thereby helping others to change their thinking so as to change their lives for the better.
Rev. Marie is a widow, has 4 grown children who live and work throughout the United States.
