A Course in Miracles Study Group Database
Click here to view a listing of study groups in the United States. You will need to know the area code of the region for which you wish to search. If you do not know the area code you can search at white pages.com and then return to this page.
Click here to view a listing of study groups in countries outside the United States.
Want to add your group? Submit new or updated study group information.
Attend a Study Group at Miracle Distribution Center
Every Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. the Center presents a study group into the principles of A Course in Miracles facilitated by Beverly Hutchinson McNeff, president and co-founder of the Center. Click here for a map.
Weekly Study Group Recordings 
Each study group meeting at the Center is recorded, so that those who cannot attend the meetings in person can join us. In the group we tackle real life challenges and view them through the healing power of A Course in Miracles. Each week the group explores a workbook lesson from the Course and also covers a section from the text. Two or three paragraphs are read and explained for their theory as well as their application into our daily lives. Beverly Hutchinson, the group's facilitator and student of the Course since 1977, has a knack for bringing the Course's principles to life!
This is just a sampling of the wonderful letters we receive from our many listeners:
"The study group recordings are a welcome treat each week and help me stay focused on what's really important. Thank you!"
"Through the weekly study group recordings, your work has become a revelation and a comfort in my life."
"The study group recordings are so helpful to me -- they are a wonderful, wonderful support! They help me to stay focused and unified. I am deeply appreciative of this ministry through your Center."
"I have been listening to the Wednesday night tape series, and they have been a real lifeline for me. I am beginning to feel part of the group. Most mornings I listen to part of a tape as soon as I get up. I laugh and cry along with you all, and I am delighted at how relevant the sharing is to my life and my daily concerns... . Again many thanks for being there and for your willingness to join with those of us who are geographically distant."
What is the Miracle Prayer Ministry?
A COURSE IN MIRACLES is a tool that helps us return to the "home" we only thought we left. It gently reminds us over and over again that we need do nothing to experience our salvation, to experience God's peace, except decide that is what we want above all else, "I want the peace of God" (W 348) more than this grievance, "I want the peace of God" more than my desire to be right, "I want the peace of God" because I want to know myself.
Willingness plays a big role in the accomplishment of the Course's objective. Although you may be God's holy child right now, your awareness of it may leave a little to be desired. So the Course asks you to have "a little willingness" to be healed, to choose for peace, to forgive, to join with another.
The Miracle Prayer Ministry of Miracle Distribution Center was established to offer a joining opportunity between people and thereby God. You don't need the Ministry to join with people or God, but it can be a nice reminder and a wonderful service to those who are in need.
The purpose of the Ministry is not to make a problem "real" but to identify the seeming need in our life or the lives of a loved one and have the willingness to place the need and the outcome under God's loving guidance. And to remember, you are never alone. All minds are joined.
"They enter one by one into this holy place, but they will not depart as they had come, alone." (Text p. 392)
How can I be a part of the Miracle Prayer Ministry?
Mail your request to:
Miracle Distribution Center3947 E. La Palma Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92807
If you would like a card sent to whomever we are holding in prayer, please let us know and include his or her address
Join with us everyday at 4:30 pm (Pacific Time) for a moment of joining. (But don't feel limited to that time or upset if you miss that time. You can join in prayerful thought anytime!) There is a prayer affirmation which changes each month, though not mandatory, it is offered as a suggestion.
We will hold your prayer request in mind and heart for the next thirty days
Prayer Thought for July:
"I am as God created me." - Lesson 110
Prayer: Thoughts from A Course in Miracles
Prayer is a gift:
"Prayer is the greatest gift with which God blessed His Son at his creation." (Song of Prayer p.1)
It is the way by which we leave our separate goals and interests and realize our oneness with God. It is a reconnecting with God's gifts to us.
Prayer is a release:
"Prayer is a stepping aside, a letting go, a quiet time of listening and loving." (SP p.2)
Through prayer we release the needs we think we have into the loving Hands of God, so that He can show us the answer that is already present. It becomes a time of renewal and awareness. It is in those quiet times when God's answers and insights come to us. Prayer becomes a way of pausing from the fears, judgments and worries of the world that block us from our answers so that love and forgiveness can show us a new perspective.
Prayer is a recognition:
Prayer is a means for making a shift in our perception, for changing our minds about our situation, rather than changing the situation.
"It [prayer] is the medium of miracles . . . the only meaningful prayer is for forgiveness . . . Prayer for forgiveness is nothing more than a request that you may be able to recognize what you already have." (T p.45)
Prayer realigns us:
Prayer puts us "back on track." Through those quiet times of joining with our Source, we are reminded of the peace and serenity that are our true inheritance. That "you yourself are a miracle of God." (T p.45) And as God's miracle, nothing is impossible for you to face and work through.
Prayer is a willingness:
Through prayer, we can give our "little willingness" to the Holy Spirit and ask how to express our healed perception in the world: what to say, what to do, etc.
"There are decisions to make here [in the world], and they must be made whether they be illusions or not." (SP p.2)
Our goal is not to make the problems we experience "real," but to be willing to look at the problem and let go of your goal or outcome and ask only for God's Answer of love to guide us.
Praying for others:
In praying for others, we are not asked to solve their problems or mediate between them and God.
"But it [praying for others] does mean that another stands beside you and helps to raise you up to God." (SP p.2)
Since "prayer is always for yourself," (SP p.5) praying for others becomes a way of strengthening your own faith. As you reach out to others in loving support, you can't help but heal issues in your own life, for by offering love to others, you automatically receive! Now you realize there is no difference between the healing of your life and another's, for they are both the same. And this is the prayer we offer to all who join with us:
"I cannot go without you, for you are a part of me." (SP p.8)
Prayer works:
As we truly understand and practice together the power of prayer, we recognize that our prayers are answered as we extend our love. When we recognize the Holy Spirit's presence in all people and situations, His answer to our needs is given us, for we are offering our willingness and asking for nothing else but healing. Prayer then becomes not a thing we do in our rooms at night with hands folded, beseeching God to meet our needs, but a blessing of love we offer to every event and person who comes our way day by day, moment by moment. Prayer works, for the Christ is recognized!
Counselor Referral Service
WHEN MIRACLE DISTRIBUTION CENTER was founded in 1978, it was clear that many people wanted to find a group in which they could share their feelings and experiences with the Course. That is why the Center's listings of groups studying the Course around the world have always been so popular and helpful. As time has progressed, we have also seen a need for a service in which people might find one-on-one support for deeper issues that they may be facing in their lives and so the Counselor Referral Service of Miracle Distribution Center was formed. This service of keeping track of counselors who are familiar with and sympathetic to A Course in Miracles has been going for over twenty years.
The purpose of the Counselor Referral Service is to assist those seeking qualified personal counselors in their area who are either students of the Course or who are familiar with its thought system. This service in no way asserts that its counselors are better qualified than conventional counselors, but only suggests that more helpful therapy may be provided when an individual's spiritual beliefs are understood.
Here's how the Counselor Referral Service works:
Please the Center to request information on a counselor in your area. You will need to provide your postal mailing address, as our listings are only available in printed form at this time. We will mail a list to you promptly.
Providing personal help:
It is also important to remember that our referral service does not imply endorsement of any particular counselor but is rather a joining, and all fees or donations for counseling services are handled between the counselor and the client. Some counselors have a set fee while others may work on a sliding scale or donation basis. However the fee structure may be set, it is always best to talk with the counselor for help and explanation.
Help online or by telephone:
If counseling by phone or via e-mail feels appropriate for you, we have a listing of counselors who are available by these means. Please go to our online/telephone counselors page.
Now we would like to ask you for help:
If you are a counselor or know of a counselor who is a student of the Course or sympathetic with the principles of the Course, please have them contact the Center so we can discuss with them becoming a part of this service. We do not have counselors in every state, nor do we have enough coverage in the states where we do have counselors, to handle the requests we receive. Please help us out by spreading the word.
Your financial and prayerful help:
Donations are gratefully appreciated to help keep this service alive and vital. The Counselor Referral Service is a free service of the Center; there is no charge to participate in it. But like all services, there are costs involved in maintaining them. If you feel guided to support this valuable service through your tax deductible donations, we would be most grateful. And we can always use your prayerful support for this service as well!
We receive letters and calls of thanks and support from people across the country for the help received through our Counselor Referral Service. We are grateful to be able to help in such a way. The pamphlet entitled Psychotherapy: Purpose, Process and Practice, which is from the same source as A Course in Miracles, says it all, "Healing is holy. Nothing in the world is holier than helping one who asks for help. And two come very close to God in this attempt..." (p.13)
We hope we can be of help to you!
The Prison Project
The Prison Project of Miracle Distribution Center (MDC) sends books and other inspirational items to those in prison. Through your generous donations, we have been able to supply many newly-started spiritual libraries in prisons. In some cases we have been able to provide multiple copies of books so more inmates can read about the love that is their essence. These principles are truly making a difference and quenching a thirst for truth that many in prison have found no other place.
We will do our best to keep you abreast of the work that is being done and the way this work is impacting inmates. The following is one such letter:
Dear Miracle Distribution Center,
A few days ago, I received An Introduction to A Course in Miracles from you. I have really enjoyed it. I have received a lot of stuff from other places and none of it has touched me the way your material has. My search is finally over. I am an inmate in 24/7 lock down. Will you please send me A Course in Miracles and could I please receive The Holy Encounter? Thank you!!!
Respectfully,
Jason -- Lovelady, Texas
We feel honored to be able to meet each request that is sent to us, because of your generous support of The Prison Project. If you would like to support this project, you may make a tax deductible donation here.
If you are aware of an inmate who would like to have books related to the Course, or The Holy Encounter magazine, let us know. Because of strict rules for sending items into prisons, please check with the particular prison authorities before you request that we send items.
Together we can experience healing by demonstrating healing through our willingness to be to truly helpful to others.
Maria Zakich coordinates The Prison Project at MDC. You may email her at