Resources for Spiritual and Community Empowerment

Resources for Spiritual and Community Empowerment

The NASSAU GUARDIAN, Thursday, February 5, 1999

Arleen Schmaltz and Charles Betterton, co-founders of Center Space (the Centre for Spiritual, Personal and Community Empowerment) and the University for Successful Living, are conducting several workshops in The Bahamas during the week of February 5 - 12. They are visiting the country to explore possible sites and meet with potential co-creators of a Center Space facility in The Bahamas.

On Sunday, February 8, Ms Schmaltz will be speaking at Unity Church of The Bahamas morning Service. That evening Arleen and Charles will facilitate their work- shop on Partnership Agreement With the Lord, also· at Unity Church from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and will also facilitate the workshop “Developing Spiritually Centered New Year's Resolutions” - February 10th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Unity Church, East Avenue, Centerville (one building north of Centerville food store).

Ms. Schmaltz is a Licensed Unity Teacher, a Lay Minister and Acting Associate Pastor at Unity Church of Anderson, Indiana. She also serves as the Project Coordinator for EAGLES, a Limited Liability Company involved in Empowerment, Achievement, Growth, Leadership, Enlightenment and Success, Arleen. has created a number of spiritually oriented seminars and workshops, two meditation and relaxation tapes, and she is currently working on her first book, Getting To Know You! Arleen is a member of the USL speakers association and a graduate of Toastmasters International.

Charles Betterton, co-founder and President of Center Space and the University for Successful Living has over twenty-five years of administrative experience in community, organizational and economic.. development including twelve years with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development· and ten years as Executive Director of non-profit organizations involved in spiritual, personal, organizational and community development. He has a Masters degree in Community Economic Development and is the author of Personal and Professional Success Techniques Seminar, Motivision: 21 Steps to Successful Living, The Ultimate Life Empowerment Planning System, and Developing a Partnership Agreement with the Lord.

The shared mission statement for Center Space, the University for Successful Living and EAGLES is to help individuals, families, organizations and communities to realize more of their God-given potential by helping them see, believe and achieve all they can be, do and have.

This spiritual, personal, organizational and community empowerment is fostered through an international network of locally initiated programs and facilities designed to provide whatever type and level of resources are determined to be most appropriate for local situations.

Charles and Arleen will be meeting with individuals and organizations who are interested in exploring how these resources for spiritual, personal and community development and empowerment might be provided through a Center for Successful Living in the Bahamas.