Shiitake Mama, PhD, formerly Sandra Dutreau Perky Williams, has a history of teaching, writing, growing mushrooms, acting in and directing plays, and training mushroom farmers abroad. She and her husband Doug Williams have been growing mushrooms on logs since 1986 in Perkins. They’ve volunteered with USAID to help African farmers with food security and economic stability, and formed a non-profit to support mushroom production in West Africa. They traveled to China, India, and Italy learning about medicinal mushrooms.

A late-in-life psychic, Shiitake channels “Messages from Mushrooms” as herself and as Madame Tremella, a Romanian comedic psychic whose messages flow in through a Tremella mushroom on her head.  Shiitake is member of the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Stillwater and Sunset Spiritualist Church in Wells, Kansas. She is writing a book, its title provided by the Morel mushrooms, Everything is Always Singing.

Through an intuitive counselor, the mushrooms asked me to tell humans that they are more than just fuel. “We are healers and spiritual teachers.” I’ll be sharing samples of our 10-plus years’ collaboration about living, healing, and loving, and our relationships with all that is.

Mary Davis de Perez describes herself as a curious traveler and lifelong seeker who approaches travel as more than an opportunity to see new places but also an invitation to see the world and herself differently. Her unexpected travels through Greece and Türkiye this year became a spiritual journey, leading her into the world of the poet Rumi, Sufi mysticism, and some unforgettable encounters with beloved street cats.

In her talk Mary will address this question: What happens when travel becomes a spiritual practice? During her travels she expected to discover beautiful landscapes, ancient buildings and a culture very different from her own. What she found was that and something much deeper: an invitation to learn more about the mystical teachings of Rumi and Sufism, where love, surrender, presence and the dissolution of the ego are at the heart of the spiritual path. We look forward to armchair traveling with Mary as she reveals spiritual nuggets and wisdom that can inspire us to re-envision our own spiritual journeys.

The virtual meeting room will be open at 9:45 a.m. for virtual visiting and the service will start at 10:00 a.m. If you have trouble connecting or have technical issues on your end, please don’t worry or concern yourself about it.  Just disconnect, go on about your Sunday, and wait for the recording to be posted on our YouTube channel (Morning Star Center for Spiritual Living). Instructions for you to download ZOOM and connect are included below.

You have 2 options.

1. Attend by using the computer or laptop.
2. Attend by using your mobile phone.

Choose the option that works best for you. Be sure to prepare and install ZOOM in advance. It takes a few minutes to set everything up.

Know that using ZOOM as an attendee is always free. You don’t need to buy an account.

Instructions for using ZOOM on the computer or laptop.

1. Be sure that you have internet.
2. Click on this link to download the software >> https://zoom.us/download
3. Install ZOOM.
4. Accept all the features and questions (don’t worry. It’s safe!)
5. On Sunday morning, click on this link around 9:30 to join the meeting. We want to be sure everything is working. Be on time so we can help you out! https://us04web.zoom.us/j/441871663
6. Turn up your sound so you can hear us.

Instructions for using ZOOM on your phone:

1. Be sure that you have internet.
2. Go to the app store on your phone and download the ZOOM app.
3. Accept all the features and questions (don’t worry. It’s safe!)
4. On Sunday morning around 9:30, open the app on your phone and click on ‘ join meeting’.
5. Fill in the following meeting id number: 441-871-663.
6. Accept using camera and phone (otherwise you can’t hear us).