Charles Geddes is a founding member and current President on the Board of Directors for the Big Sky Retreat. His steady guidance and profound love for this annual event are evident through his years of dedication to those who volunteer and attend. In his 50+ years of ministry he served what are now Centers for Spiritual Living, (CSL) in Tucson, AZ, Southern California, and Florida. He received an honorary doctorate for his contributions to New Thought through CSL and the Affiliated New Thought Network (ANTN).
Charles says he went into ministry for all the wrong reasons - he wanted to prove himself and bring about a sense of worthiness within himself that he didn't feel. He wanted to overcome that feeling that he was an abhorrent person being a gay man. Now, he accepts his soul as the sum total of male and female.
He knows it was his destiny to be in ministry because of the feelings he gets in relationship and purposefulness sharing universal principles about the oneness from which we all have come. Charles says we are gifted to be part of the presence that created everything.
As a young man, Charles studied Edgar Cayce but it wasn't until he was bartending to make ends meet, did he find out from a fellow bartender about the Science of Mind. Before then, Charles was adverse to church because he felt worse afterwards than when he came in.
Once going to the Religious Science center, he was enthralled by Dr. Laura Holman and became an integral part of the center. An anonymous donor paid for Charles' first two years of classes. He continued classes and entered ministerial training. Before he completed, he was called to minister in Tucson, Arizona. He continued to trust and after 11 years, he became a staff minister in Inglewood California while working by day as an executive legal secretary - becoming grounded. After 11 years, he went to Ft. Lauderdale to co-pastor with Dr. Arlene Bump. After a couple of years, he created Bridges of Wellness for aftercare recovery and addiction. He reassessed where his heart was and created Bridges Spiritual Centers which existed over a decade.
Charles has been on the board of the wonderful Big Sky Retreat in Montana for 47 years. To get $50 off the registration, register before July 15th at BigSkyRetreat.com
Black Lives Matter, COVID, the insanity, divisiveness and rage propelled him. Knowing he couldn't ignore it anymore and because he wanted to spend the final portion of his life in the mountains, in 2021, Charles moved to Clancy, Montana and launched a new non-profit to honor his latest calling “Mind Your Own Becoming (M.Y.O.B).” It’s primary theme – “Standing for all lives that have not mattered” and addressing key social issues. Its goal is planting seeds for future generations to awaken to a world that honors equality, love, and regard for all, without exception.
To learn more, visit https://myobincorporated.org.