Music City Center For Spiritual Living

The back story of MCCSL's Founders & Spiritual Directors.

KINDRED SPIRITS:
Dyann & Michael grew up in Colorado and played music all over the Rocky Mountain Region. Both being artists, they were drawn to philosophy and spirituality.

Independent of one another, they both attended their first New Thought church at Mile High in Denver, a large Religious Science Church in the early 1980's. The Science of Mind teaching resonated with both of them by making sense intellectually and feeling right at a heart level. They both continued reading and studying New Thought while also participating in 12 step recovery programs.

In the mid 1980's, Michael moved to Nashville to pursue a music career while Dyann moved to Los Angeles to pursue a music and acting career. They both continued in recovery, while Michael attended Religious Science of Nashville, Dyann attended Agape with Dr. Rev. Michael Beckwith in Culver City.

In 1993, Dyann moved to Nashville for music and she and Michael reconnected with one another. Having been on such similar paths for the past ten years, everything just lined up and it was the perfect time for their union. Two weeks after Dyann arrived in Nashville they were engaged and two months later they were married.

That was 17 years ago.

Over that time, both were active members and practitioners at Religious Science of Nashville while enjoying a successful recording career as THE WOODYS on Rounder Records - touring the world and garnering a #1 Americana Record. In addition to performing and touring, they created a music ministry - performing at churches, treatment centers, conventions and school assemblies. It was a natural path into full time ministry.

They became licensed Religious Science Ministers in July of 2006 and immediately began pastoring at Wednesday Night church services while continuing their music career on the weekends. Within a year, they found that they loved pastoring so much, they decided to come off the road and go into the ministry full-time. In July of 2008 the Music City Center For Spiritual Living became an official chartered church of the Centers for Spiritual Living.