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| | | | | Calling for prayer and loving mindfulness concerning harmony and divine guidance for all people, as well as healing, comforting thoughts for all affected by the train derailment in Washington and the rescue work of firefighters in California.
Peace on earth, goodwill to humankind. Divine Love enfolds our world. |
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This Sunday @ UCC:
The Night You Were Born - Leddy Hammock
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Inspired by words by Nancy Tillman:
On the night or day that each of us was born, the moon smiled with such wonder that the stars peeked in to see each of us, and the night wind whispered, “Life will never be the same.” Because there had never been anyone like any of us, ever in the world.
So enchanted with every child was the wind and the rain, that they whispered the sound of each baby’s name. The sound of each name is a magical one.
Now, we’ll whisper, very softly, for every baby being born, all over the world: “You are the light of the world.”
So whenever we doubt just how special we are – and we wonder who loves us, how much and how far, listen for the sound of the voice of the one known as the Light of the World whispering our names, and know that we are each unique and every one dearly loved.
This is true of every newborn child: “Never before in story or rhyme (not even once upon a time) has the world ever known a YOU, my friend,
and it never will, not ever again.
Heaven blew every trumpet and played every horn on the wonderful, marvelous night you were born” and forevermore, there is joy in our hearts. |
| | | Sun, Dec 24
7:00 PM
UCC Campus
All Unity Folks are welcome to take part!
Step aside from the hectic season for an evening of togetherness. A time shared with all our family is a beautiful way to remember the true meaning of Christmas.
Christmas Eve candle lighting services at Unity are a time of family and community, and a beautiful way to remember the true meaning of Christmas — that Christ is born anew in you.
The service begins with our music ministry and ends as we leave in silence, centered in the true spirit of Christmas!
See you on Christmas Eve as we share the light together! |
| Sunday AM service on Christmas Eve will be 10:30 AM as usual
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| | | Sun, Dec 31
6:00 PM
Sanctuary
One of Unity’s oldest and dearest traditions, the Burning Bowl Service is our opportunity to come together as we release the limitations of the past year and set our intentions for the wonderful new year ahead.
Let’s release the old year and welcome the new: Let all be well and serene in 2018! |
| Sunday AM service on New Year's Eve will be 10:30 AM as usual
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| | The Week Between Christmas & New Year's Eve
The Church Office Will Be Open Tue - Fri 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
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| | | WINGS Book Study Group
Tue, 11:30 AM Café
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| Prayer & Meditation Service
Wed, 7:00 PM Peace CHAPEL
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| Tai Chi
Thur, 6:00 PM Peace COTTAGE
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| AA Meeting
Thur, 7:30 PM Peace COTTAGE
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| AA Meeting
Fri, 7:00 PM Peace COTTAGE
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| Christmas Eve Candle Lighting
Sun, 7:00 PM Sanctuary
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| Temple of Spiritual Awareness
Dec 26, 7:00 PM Peace COTTAGE
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| NY Eve Burning Bowl Service
Dec 31, 6:00 PM Sanctuary
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| Treasure Mapping
Jan 2, 12:00 PM Café
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| Unity Singers Rehearsal
Jan 3, 6:00 PM Sanctuary
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| Half Hour Hebrew
Jan 4, 7:00 PM Café
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| Torah Study
Jan 4, 7:30 PM Café
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| Service Saturday
Jan 6, 9:00 AM UCC Campus
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| CPR Class
Jan 6, 10:00 AM Peace COTTAGE
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| Theosophical Society Meeting
Jan 6, 1:30 PM Peace COTTAGE
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| Half Day Meditation Retreat
Jan 20, 8:30 AM Dhamma Wheel
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| Express Saturday
Jan 20, 9:00 AM UCC Campus
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| New Member Meet n Greet n Eat
Feb 11, 12:00 PM Peace CHAPEL
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| Annual Business Meeting
Feb 18, 12:00 PM Sanctuary
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| | | | December Heart of the House - Ginny & John McKinley
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They were childhood sweethearts, born and raised in Winchester, MA, attending the same elementary and junior high schools. Their roads diverged in high school when John McKinley attended an agricultural vocational school in Danvers, then did a three-year stint in the Army while Ginny Larson trained as an R.N. at Massachusetts Memorial Hospital in Boston preparing for a career that would span the next 48 years. She also took writing courses at the University of New Hampshire and sold some short stories to help finance her nurse’s training. (She has since completed a novel with an unusual plot, as yet not submitted for publication.)
After their marriage, John earned his degree in education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, planning to become a teacher, but because of low demand then for teachers, he began managing a “gentleman’s farm” owned by a Harvard vice-president. The farm specialized in raising prime breeding dairy cows. During these years, two sons were born. Both, as adults, enjoy fulfilling careers. One is a chef; one breeds hunting/bird dogs. Beloved daughters-in-law and three grandsons have enhanced the McKinley family.
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| | "Getting to Know You . . ." here at Unity!
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| Everyone enjoys the delightful and insightful interviews written up and printed in our newsletters to help us get to know our Unity family.
If you haven't been interviewed before, please email info@unityofclearwater.org or phone the office at 727-531-0992 to add your name to our list.
We'd love to see an interview of you in our newsletters and your circle of close friends and family will be delighted, too! |
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THE ANCIENT PROSPERITY PRINCIPLE
“Tithing is a powerful prosperity principle because it causes the tither to invoke the basic law of prosperity: giving and receiving. In modern time we have heard the term ‘giving and receiving’ so often that we may be inclined to discount its importance. But in ancient Egypt, the prosperity law of giving and receiving was considered so powerful that it was a secret teaching, given only to the privileged few, as were all the Hermetic principles. In fact, the law of giving and receiving was considered such a powerful law that the Egyptian rulers dared not share it with the masses, if they wished to continue controlling them. In some ways, the law is still a ‘secret’ teaching, because most people today do not fully understand its power for prosperity and achievement.”
(Catherine Ponder in The Prospering Power of Love [Unity School of Christianity, 1966]
Your Weekly Prosperity Affirmation:
I PRACTICE THE PROSPERITY LAW OF GIVING AND RECEIVING – NOT TO HAVE CONTROL OVER OTHERS, BUT TO BE IN THE FLOW OF PROSPERITY!
THANK YOU, GOD!
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