Trudi Cooper on IC-26 Urantia Conference

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Welcome to Urantia Radio where
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The Urantia Book.
OK, so Trudi Cooper is with us.

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Trudy, just for kicks, how long
have you been reading the Rancho

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book?
Oh my, I'm gone.

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I'm 50 years. 50 years, you're
in the the, what is it, the Mile

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High Club?
You know, like when you go to

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the airport, you get privileges.
Yeah, 50 years.

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Well, I'm not that far behind
you.

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Trudy's a big part of IC 26,
which is going on this July in

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Monterey, CA and not too far
from Monterey.

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And tell us what this conference
is about and your involvement.

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And what is expected at at this
year's international conference?

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OK, well I am chair and my Co
chair April Helen loves you is

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is my Boone companion in
planning this and.

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You know, I used to live in
Monterey and I know that area.

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It's not far from Carmel and
there's a road, I think it's

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called 17 Mile Rd. or something.
And it's one of the most

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beautiful spots in the United
States.

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If it's not foggy.
So your, your timing is perfect

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because July, that June gloom
kind of goes away and it's more

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sunshine and it's a it's a very
spiritual area.

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There's no question about that.
And So what is the theme is Tell

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me again, the theme is what?
Angelic.

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Influence.
Emergence.

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Emergence.
Yes, emergence.

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OK, so.
As we were there sorry we

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learned that it was built or
designed by an architect Julia

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Morgan and Asilomar means refuge
by the sea and and the con

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center is about a 5 minute walk
to the most beautiful beach so.

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Yeah, no question.
That'll certainly set the mood.

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So who are some of the people
that are coming and what are

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they going to be talking about?
Okay, well, I can go through the

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days.
On the first day on Monday is

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about the father, dedicated to
the Father and it's about

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personal emergence.
And our first speaker is Anna

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Zevin, coming from the
Netherlands to talk about

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connection with our thought
adjusters.

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And in the afternoon, Felipe
Arigoriaga from Chile, we'll

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talk about his personal
spiritual journey.

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And of course, we'll have
workshops in the morning, in the

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evening.
And that night, Umm Pacho Banpan

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is going to give us a concert.
So I don't know if you've ever

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seen heard Pato.
Oh who hasn't heard of Pato Ban?

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My gosh, he is a legend.
He was one of my first

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interviews, him and Antoinette
and they set the world on fire.

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And, and I love what they do.
They've been probably one of the

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most influential, wouldn't you
say?

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I mean, they go around and they
do these concerts and then they

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and they say, hey, let's talk
about the tarantula book.

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And it drives the the people
crazy.

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And I mean, in a good way.
They just love his energy and

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hers too.
She's been, you know, I haven't

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talked to him in a long time,
but boy, that'll be a worth

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trip.
Oh, I know, I know.

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They put on a party too.
Everybody's dancing and just joy

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with the message of love.
So it was going to start with a

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bang like that.
And then the next day is

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dedicated to the spirit of truth
in Jesus.

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And our plenary speakers are
Diane Labrecque from Montreal.

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We'll talk about Team Jesus and
the spirit of truth.

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And then we'll have a panel
discussion in the afternoon

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about modern ways to spread the
teachings.

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You know how as we move in this
new age of technology, you know

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what are the most ways to reach
people, especially young people?

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So and then evening we'll have a
social at the BBQ pit with light

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jazz and then on Wednesday as
dedicated to the to the mother

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spirit and it will be emerging
into light of life say from

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emergency to emerge and see you
will clever discover.

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Yeah you know I live in such
full times that we're you know

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we have to the cocoon has to
open and we'll see what happens.

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But we Antoine will be our our
morning speaker.

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She's going to give a
performance and play some music

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and bring us into a deep state
of meditation with the mother

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spirit.
And then in the afternoon, Gary

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Culligan is coming from Ireland.
He's going to give a rousing

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mention of his topic is called
taking the Kingdom by his troll

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assault.
So we'll have our come to Jesus

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moment and set be set off on our
mission.

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And then that evening 0.
Go ahead.

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No, no, go ahead, please.
Well, that, and I'm not going to

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have many details here because
it's a surprise, but we're

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working with the Reversion
directors to create a musical

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comical tragedy about Adam and
Eve.

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Now that's the worst, the price
of a ticket right there.

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I would love to see that.
That'll be, I think.

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It will be fun.
Yeah.

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Yeah.
And then that evening is the

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gala, the King 20s theme.
So be sure to pack your zoot

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suit and fedora.
And the Light and Life Band will

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be playing 20s music.
And we'll you know this.

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Is July right?
So this is like right after 4th

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of July.
Give me the specifics on the

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date and what packages are
available for people who want to

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come.
OK, well the dates of the

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concert, July 12th through 16
and I'm happy and sad to

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announce that we've already,
we've sold out all of the hotel

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rooms at a still Amar.
So dates are still available,

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you know, but you have to say
off campus.

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Well, you're not that far from
Monterey, which you know, and

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there's plenty of hotels on
that.

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Where do you fly in Monterey?
Into Monterey?

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You can fly into San Jose, OK,
and you have to find track

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tomorrow, but it'd be better if
you can fly into Monterey

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because it's so close.
It's just a short Uber ride from

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Monterey Airport.
Yeah, yeah.

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So.
If we can't do that, yeah.

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Trudy, this sounds like a
wonderful event.

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You do it every three years,
I've been informed.

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And what makes this unique?
Do you think this is one of the

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more, let's just say, have the
numbers increased?

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Are you starting to see more?
What's that term where things

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speed up accumulation?
You know, you get tipping point.

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Are we seeing a tipping point?
You think?

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You know, it's really hard to
judge in these troubled times.

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You know, airline flights are
going through the roof, and I

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think people might be a little
heaven to travel.

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I don't, but I'm certainly
matter.

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Goals.
There was a day and you you

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probably remember conferences
back in the 1980s that pulled in

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1000 people.
But then people were more happy

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to sleep in dorm rooms or camp.
And you know, we didn't need so

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many creature comforts.
The conferences were more

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affordable than they are now,
and that's a big factor.

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Maybe there's a slow uptick, but
the world is changing so

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rapidly, and people are getting
their information online rather

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than in person.
Yeah, even though we.

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Well, if you go to a concert and
there you just can't stop

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hugging people, it gets to be a
little annoying because you're

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trying to get from here to there
and you have to make sense after

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along the way.
I was on a zoom call.

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Speaking of which, this is not
long ago celebrating the Jubilee

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of Jubilees, and you did a
presentation about a wonderful

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book that's out.
If you know someone who has a

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young child or if you have a
young child, or even if you

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don't have a young child, just
want to buy the book, I would

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encourage you to get this.
It's a children's book and Trudy

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Cooper was able to read a lot of
it and it was written by

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children and it's called I Am a
Child of God.

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And it's a wonderful just
children S book that sort of

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reaffirms to that young
developing mind that they are

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special and that.
So the book came about a few

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years ago.
If you wouldn't mind, share it

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with me how the book came to be
and how people can get a copy.

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About a year and a half ago, I
was chatting with other members

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of our study group and I said,
well, I'm thinking about writing

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a children's book.
And my friend Andre Elizano

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said, Oh well, artist from Bob
said, Oh well, I can help with

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correct.
And so there we are.

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We've been working on it for
about a year and a half.

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I wrote it and we're refining
it.

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And and then finally, it was
published with the generous

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support of a couple of donors
who covered the cost of of

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publishing it.
And it's an hour in our next

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phase of trying to distribute
it, wrote it in such a way that

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it should be appealing to
everyone, no matter what sort of

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religious belief you have.
It's like it doesn't mention the

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Urantia book and it's not
branded by the Urantia book, but

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it is full of Urantia book
ideas.

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And we truly believe that
everybody on the planet could

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begin that lies with this sort
of understanding that of course

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your other God, of course, God
love, of course he doesn't get

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mad at you when you make
mistakes.

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That's how you grow.
I mean, we, we address so many

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of the things that children
think about in really a gentle,

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loving way.
And what's the easiest way to

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get a copy of the book Rudy?
So you go to lovingtruths.com

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and at that web you can order
books as well as see a video

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that we produced using the pages
and the words from the book.

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Yeah, we got a taste of that.
It's it's just so nice, so

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inspiring.
All right, well, Trudy, thank

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you so much.
And if listeners send me an

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e-mail and I'll get you the
information as well.

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But Trudy, thank you so much.
And again, good luck with the

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conference.
It sounds like a exciting,

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especially in these times.
All right, very exciting.

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Trudi Cooper joining us to talk
about IC-26 again coming up in

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the middle of July.
And though you can't get hotels

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near there, if you want to go to
members.urantiabook.org, you can

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get all the information you
need.

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Again, members.urantiabook.org.
Everything you need about the

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upcoming IC 26.
That's it for this edition of

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the Urantia Radio Podcast where
we explore the 5th epical

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revelation.
We'll see you again soon.

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Blessings.