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WINGS Book Study Group: Tue, 12:00 PM Lessons in Truth Class (Zoom): Tue, 7:00 PM
Wednesday "Faith Lift" Meditation: 7:00 PM Table Talk Thursday (Zoom): 12:00 PM
Exodus Class (Zoom): Thur, 3:00 PM
Sunday Service: 10:45 AM
Sunday Social (Zoom): 12:00 PM
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Please God by LH, Autumn of Corona, 2020
When I have worked so hard and really tried,
waited so long, wanted so much, and cried,
to have my own way, then I say, “Please, God! Please!”
And yet, how dry and frail a doubting prayer
that wishes God might hear or maybe care,
weakly I plead: God, hear my need? “Please, God! Please!”
Is there a better bargain to be made,
a higher price that somehow must be paid?
What must I do to hear from You?—“Please God, Please!”
This human mind, how desperately despairs,
though loud my pleas and many are my prayers,
none can incline God’s moves to mine – “Please, God! Please!”
I know I cannot bend God’s thoughts to mine,
or change in any way the Grand Design.
What peace I find to lift my mind – “Peace, God’s peace.”
I stop and think: “I know my God knows best,
The best that I can do is let it rest.”
So, quiet, then, I say, “Amen” -- at ease, for God is pleased. |
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Our Thoughts Are Prayers - Words & Music by Lucille Olson
Our thoughts are prayers, and we are always praying.
Our thoughts are prayers, take charge of what you're saying.
Seek a higher consciousness, a state of peacefulness,
And, know that God is always there
and every thought becomes a prayer. |
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Thoughts and Prayers - in the election year of 2020, in the fall of Corona, LH
"Thoughts and prayers," we say, when we mean well but, truth be told, don't know what else to say. except we care and want to try to tell
someone we're here and will not turn away.
What kinds of thoughts and prayers, they want to hear,
can help us now, when all our hope is gone?
Thoughts that make things, not empty thoughts of fear.
Not begging prayers, but prayers of holding on.
What kinds of prayers? What good can they do me?
For, where was God when my world came apart?
Repair the world. Pray, "Here I Am, send me!"
Thoughts that are prayers start healing in the heart. |
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This Sunday's Lesson: - Let It Go
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Lyrics to “Empty Hands” by Daniel Nahmod
“When my hands were empty, when my hope was gone.
I couldn’t help but wonder, what had I done wrong?
But even though my heart was broken, there was no need to despair.
Cause a vessel must open, to put something better there . . . .
So forgive me when I doubt it (although sometimes I do),
or consider giving up (when I cannot see the Truth).
I know I’ll never go without Your deep and abiding love.
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Into my empty hands, gently You poured new life for me.
Yours is a perfect plan, the ups and the downs were meant to be.
Now, I understand. You needed my empty hands . . . .
And I cannot help but cry to think of the gifts You’ve given me.
Now, I understand. You needed my empty hands.
Thank You for my empty hands.” |
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Two Ways To Watch on Sunday & Wednesday (click images below)
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Lessons in Truth Class (ZOOM)
All Are Invited to Join in
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Tuesdays
7:00 PM
Zoom
Want to learn more about Unity? This is the class for that!
Join Associate Minister, Judy Tafelski, for a new class series, Lessons in Truth, based on the same title of the book by Dr. H. Emilie Cady. Lessons in Truth and the Bible are Unity’s two primary textbooks.
All Are Welcome! All UCC classes are offered on a free will love offering basis.
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Exodus Class (ZOOM)
All Are Invited to Join in |
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Hitting the High Spots of.... |
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Thursdays
3:00 PM
Zoom
An excellent adventure in allegorical Bible study
Team-taught by our Sr. Minister and retired Reform Rabbi, Arthur Baseman
Sharing insights into Hebrew Studies & Unity allegorical Bible interpretation.
All Are Welcome! All UCC classes are offered on a free will love offering basis.
To Join this Zoom Class:
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Tuesdays
12:00 PM
Zoom
WINGS is our daytime Truth Book Study Group and is led by our gifted Certified Truth Teacher, Cynthia Mackey.
The group includes men and women and includes great discussion!
Make new friends, share ideas and explore Unity teachings in a supportive, positive environment -- our Unity Café!
We'll be studying the New Thought classic, Sermon on the Mount by Emmet Fox
All are welcome to join in!
To Join this Zoom Class:
To Join By Phone Call:
646-558-8656 or 301-715-8592 (You'll Need the ID and Password Above)
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THURSDAYS & SUNDAYS! Join Us on Zoom! It's Easy!!
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Thursdays
12:00 PM
Bring your lunch and let's get together and chat!
Board Member & President of Hospitality, Deb Larkin is hosting a weekly Zoom "Table Talk Thursday" call so we can see each others faces and hear each others voices.
Why Table Talk? Well, because that's one thing we miss during this time. Sitting around a table in the café and talking together.
The table talk will last about an hour. Feel free to drop in for a few minutes or spend the whole hour with us.
Each week Deb will have a new topic and you will have the opportunity to learn something new about each other and to share your thoughts. You can choose to participate or just listen in, whatever is comfortable for you. It will be a fun time for all as we enjoy our Unity community and navigate a new normal of virtual social distancing.
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THURSDAY Meeting Login Info:
Call in By Phone if Preferred:
646-558-8656 or 301-715-8592
(You'll Need the ID and Password Below)
Meeting ID:
899 2533 1726
Password:
345849
Topic:
How did your journey of spiritual unfoldment bring you to Unity?
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Join Leddy on Zoom and share your thoughts after the service. Bring your coffee and enjoy some casual face time with us.
We miss seeing you and are looking forward to spending an hour or so with you.
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SUNDAY Meeting Login Info:
Invite Link:
Call in By Phone if Preferred:
646-558-8656 or 301-715-8592
(You'll Need the ID and Password Below)
Meeting ID:
884 0094 7378
Password:
670771
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Below Are Links To Help You Get Set Up with Zoom
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The 15th Annual emPower Posi Awards
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Saturday, November 14
7:00 PM
Facebook
The emPower Posi Awards were introduced in 2005 to recognize excellence in songwriting for positive, emPowering Music.
The Posi Awards celebrate the powerful music and extraordinary artists who are transforming lives and helping to create a world that works for everyone through the power of Posi-tive music.
Although the rest of the emPower Music Festival has been cancelled for this year, the Posi Awards will still be held virtually.
You won't want to miss this great event and the opportunity to support the songwriters that give us the wonderful music that we enjoy so much!
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We still are getting frequent questions has been: "what's the best way to send an offering to the church?"
We're checking mail every day, so checks sent through the mail are fine as are checks sent from your bank's online bill pay.
If you feel led you might consider setting up an automatic recurring donation. This can be done through your banks bill pay or on the church's donation form.
We've also been asked about the processing fees the church has to pay when the online form is used. The fees are a small percentage (3&-4%) of the total donation, however there is an option to cover fees that you may select if you feel so inclined. Every little bit helps and we're grateful if you decide to turn that option on.
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Now Available: Text Giving
Text "Give" (without quotes) to 833-679-1105 and follow the prompts.
Giving by text is quick & easy! Our processor has come up with a couple of videos to explain the process. Click below to watch one.
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UCC Contributes Monthly to Feeding Tampa Bay
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| Feeding Tampa Bay's mission is "ending hunger by fueling the human potential in every family, child, and senior across our 10 county reach with our programs, services, and partnerships, we are changing lives, providing long-term stability, and creating a hunger free Tampa Bay by 2025." |
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H. Emilie Cady in How I Used Truth, Lesson 6 (“Hand of God”), Annotation 10:
Blessings of every kind, in mind, body, and affairs, come to us when we consciously serve as the ‘hand of God.” The very act of giving opens our mind to the Truth of all life . . . . Serving consciously as the ‘hand of God,’ we share divine substance with others, and such giving causes our affairs to show forth more prosperity, success and harmony . . . . However, we cannot serve as the ‘hand of God’ and distribute God's bounty until we ourselves have been consciously filled or blessed. This is why our prayer periods -- those precious times of communion with God -- are so vital. It is during our times of prayer (Silence) that we receive the infilling of God's blessings, so that we in turn are able to give and thus be a blessing to others …. We are never ‘empty-handed,’ for, as we have learned, we are heirs to God's riches in the form of divine ideas. We may claim good for ourselves and symbolically ‘hand’ it to others, as the blessings of health, plenty, peace, harmony …." |
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Your Weekly Affirmation:
“I OPEN MY EMPTY HANDS TO GOD IN PRAYER AND, IN THE SILENCE, I FEEL THE INFILLING OF DIVINE WISDOM, WHOLENESS, ABUNDANCE, PEACE AND GRATITUDE THAT OVERFLOW INTO ALL MY EXPERIENCE.”
THANK YOU, GOD!
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