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A time of need for 

A Place of Peace 

Please take the time to read on…

First of all - Please know that no matter what you hear, read, or think - we are not a building, we are not closed - 896 is in jeopardy but we are a community within the community for the community - a home for the soul and a bridge to Oneness.

We are only temporarily without walls.   Stay tuned for our house warming!!!!!!!

Our Intention and Our Vision

Our vision and mission for A Place of Peace is to provide a Sanctuary of Peace in the Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties – to be available and accessible to those in need of a Place to go for: assistance, connection, education, spiritual development, outreach – community.  We provide a place for people to come together for inspiration, creation and service – to raise consciousness toward balance and healing.  Balanced and harmonious individuals create stable families and stable families become viable members in their community and society as a whole.  It does take a village to change the world!  At A Place of Peace we begin one by one – one service at a time, one meditation, one lecture, one class….

We are a community within the community for the community – a “Place” to journey: emotionally, spiritually and personally - a home for the soul.

Our vision is to support and inspire Peace, Love, Harmony and Balance.

Our Need 

No one has ever been turned away for lack of ability to pay for services or events here. And that is how it should be.  My husband, Doug, and I have funded this vision for two years now with absolutely no regrets or hesitation. And please understand that if we had more to give we would do so - believing so completely in this vision. I only tell you this to tell you that we are not people of means – we just had some retirement money and a small inheritance that is now gone. Doug and I have simply run out of the funds needed to continue and our beautiful “Place of Peace” will be lost to us soon.

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Monday's Update - July 19th

For now, our Sanctuary is closed and it may take a little time to relocate - but we will!  We have not given up on our beautiful historical Victorian church site - you never know. We are working together toward recreating our home, fund raising, and looking into how we will stay together, meet in our circle, until that time.  We have folks researching all kinds of avenues for assistance until we get our feet back on the ground.  Stay faithful to your inward journey and know of the Peace you hold inside. All things work together for the good for those who Love!

I know we have loved the beautiful Historic Victorian Building on the corner of Main and Kalorama - our Sanctuary of Love and Peace.  So many wonderful events, such precious light, quiet surrender, gentle folks, and awesome experiences have filled our Sanctuary over these past couple of years here.  What a sweet moment in time.
Shannon, Reina and I will continue our work here with our clients but be as of now will be leaving by August 15th.   So, please take care of one another, send us light in our search, and stay tuned for notice of when and where we will all meet again!

Friday we locked our doors and took down our beautiful sanctuary at 896 E. Main and I was filled with such sadness.  Beyond our community losing its home, we had planned for months to welcome the Maitreya (Loving Kindness) Tour and when that could no longer be I was a bit heart broken.  As I left Friday, I felt dislocated from our community and exhausted from the happenings of the week just ended.

But, I was drawn to Santa Barbara, to the relocated Maitreya Tour, and it changed my world!  Today I am energized, faith filled, hope filled and at Peace moving forward in Love. 

As I entered, Center of the Heart, in Santa Barbara Friday night, I saw what could have been, what I felt was meant to be in our Sanctuary - and honestly the sadness was overwhelming. However, within minutes I was blessed with such peace.  The loving and kind energy in that space was awe-inspiring. And our folks were there waiting to serve as they had committed.  How sweet!  I was offered the position of welcoming people as they would come forward to release all blocks to love.  One by one I then found myself welcoming our folks, looking into the eyes of  those I hold so deeply in my heart and sending them on their path to Peace within.  With them I felt the presence of all who had ever walked through our doors as well.  The blessings in that room were tremendous - the love and kindness.  I was blessed with such peace in being given this honor.  Throughout the night I became more and more aware of our safety, our bond, and our future - our community of A Place of Peace.  I was released from the building I felt so inspired, and given vision to see us as a nomadic people of love finding our way - where ever that may be.  A Place of Peace is within us!  I saw that evidenced over the weekend, 30 miles away.   The Love, Respect and Kindness in what was to be here in our community was so strong - it reached us regardless of the miles.  I am truly grateful for all that was this weekend,  especially appreciative of the Maitreya Project Tour and Rev. Maryum Morse, Center of the Heart, who so quickly joined us in our adage  

"Together all things are possible!"

I love you all.  Thank you for the gift of your presence in my life!
For now it's time for us to live what we have said all along

A Place of Peace is within you!

I believe A Place of Peace is meant to be and I pray we will find our way, even in this economy.  Folks come to A Place of Peace to grow and evolve.  There are people who come to us broken to find a Love and Peace within our “Place” that touches their hearts and heals them. There are folks without jobs who come to find friendship and support in their dark times.  There are people who have left their spiritual traditions and have wandered without a spiritual home who have found us as an oasis. They are young and old...with and without.  The folks here have been from all walks of life and we have been very blessed in our journey alongside them - meeting one person at a time, one couple at a time, one family at a time. 

If you are able to support us on our journey –it is with great joy and gratitude we accept your contribution.  If you are not – blessings – please send us your good wishes.

If we close our doors tomorrow, I know we have been of consequence and I am grateful forever for this time and “Place.”  Thank you for coming into my life!  

We believe it’s not too late  to save this beautiuful historic site to be our landmark of Love and Peace in our community - with your help! 

So many contributions have already come to us...thank you so very much!  We still need so much more. Everything, large or small, helps us create anew!  Bless you for your support.

Our Pay Pal link is below - at the very bottom, our phone number and address are listed below, and your donation is tax deductable.  Together with love and peace all things are  possible.

Thank you. To learn more about us please browse our site.

A Place of Peace is within you - Teri

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May I introduce myself ~ I am Teri Kierbel, Founder, resident Counselor and Interfaith Minister. The vision for A Place of Peace was born in my heart and mind years ago. I have been counseling and ministering for over 20 years in preparation for this time. My husband, Doug Kierbel, joins me in this vision. We formed a Board of Directors, invited fellow practitioners to join us, and we acquired a beautiful old Victorian Rose church building on Main Street for our home.   We are truly excited to be a part of the Ventura community. Please browse our site and contact us if you have any thoughts, questions or information. We welcome you, anytime, to come grow with us! Thank you for taking the time to meet us. A Place of Peace is a Community within the Community for the Community on Main Street, in downtown Ventura. We always have something going on - browse our site to find out more of what we are doing. Currently we offer Counseling for; Individuals, Relationships and Groups, Pre-Marital Counseling as well as Couple's Counseling, Reiki, Reiki Workshops and Classes, Reflexology, Peace and Purification Retreats, Wellness Programs, Massage Therapy, Seminars, Yoga, Quigong, Far infrared Sauna, Spa, A Course in Miracles Study Groups, Ministry, Weddings, and more. A Place of Peace is a Community of love and peace dedicated to becoming a visible, viable, and constant presence of love and hope in our community, to opening hearts and minds that we might extend outward, through and beyond; individuals, families, community, and country toward healing, peace, joy and power in the universe.

************************** All events except ACIM and private sessions with our practitioners are postponed until resolution. Please be sure you are on our mailing list so we might contact you with new developments or a new location. Thursdays    ***Will continue until Aug. 15th*** Every Thursday 12:30 PM & 6:30 PM A Course in Miracles  with Teri      Study/Process/Meditation Group. We share our journey with the lessons: our questions, answers and thoughts, applications in our lives, as well as the struggles.  We support each other’s walk as we deepen our understanding and application of ACIM   We come together to learn there is only love or fear and we reach for Love....The opposite of Love is Fear but what is all encompassing can have no opposite.        Love Donations Appreciated  Fridays Canceled until resolution July 23 – 7PM Reflective Cinema/Screening   Hollywood Producer Tom Shadyac “I am”  The story of a successful Hollywood director, Tom Shadyac, who experienced a life threatening head injury, and his ensuing journey to try and answer two very basic questions “What’s wrong with our world?” and “What can we do about it?” Tom visits some of today’s great minds, including authors, poets, teachers, religious leaders, and scientists searching for the fundamental endemic problem that causes all of the other problems, while simultaneously reflecting on his own life choices of excess, greed and eventual healing. The film also explores the magic, and mystery of the human heart, and our true nature as beings. Discussion immediately following screening, lead by Hollywood Producer and Director, Tom Shadyac. Saturday Canceled until resolution July 10  12:30 Reiki Meditation & healing Circle      Practitioners only Pay Pal at the very bottom - Please consider Click here to learn more Letters and Emails from Friends Dear friends and family:    As I sit watching the morning news, I am saddened by all the hurt and loss experienced world-wide. There are struggles all around us, and I know each of you have faced new struggles during these difficult times.  It is these struggles that make it even more important to find a support mechanism that provides the means to stay positive and to not fall victim to these hard times.  A support mechanism that fosters goodwill and kindness. I was fortunate to find such a support mechanism.  As many of you know, this past year has been one of great mourning for me – I am an attorney who lost my job I am losing my home; I lost any means by which to financially support my family; many close relationships of mine have been strained; and I have often felt like giving up.  It was a day where I had given up having the ability to even get myself out of bed when my mom decided we needed some spiritual guidance.  She made me get out of bed and go with her to A Place of Peace here in Ventura.  I was definitely skeptical, but went with my mom that morning.  My mom and I sat there that morning, and I cried through the entire service.  I cried because the songs, Reverend Teri Kierbel’s message, the guided meditation, and the kind words and gestures of each of the people there resonated with me.  I realized that I did not need to be alone.  I am part of this community within the community for the community.              Teri Kierbel and A Place of Peace helped me realize so much about myself and the lessons of life. In addition to the meditation and spiritual services, I have benefited greatly from the counseling services Teri offers.  And while I lack the money to pay for services, Teri has continued to work with me through my roadblocks to leading a healthy and prosperous life.  My story is not unique.  Teri Kierbel and A Place of Peace does not turn anyone away for a lack of ability to pay for services, including workshops and lectures.             Unfortunately, A Place of Peace is not immune to the current economy.   Given that many of the people that come through A Place of Peace’s doors are out of work and struggling to stay afloat, A Place of Peace is unable to sustain itself and is losing its physical location.  As a result, most of the services A Place of Peace offers to me and anyone within this community are cancelled until resolution.             If you are able to make a tax-deductible donation to help save this beautiful place,please do so.  If not, please send your warm thoughts our way.  Together we can pull together and get through these difficult times.  Thank you for reading my message. Much love, Autumn Mesa