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This Sunday @ UCC:
Joy to the World! - Leddy Hammock
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Inspired by lyrics to “It’s a Wonderful Life” by Robert Anderson and Kelly Corsino:
Stop! Look! It’s a beautiful sight!
We’re here at the manger, in Love’s holy light!
That same star shines, shines so bright!
A lifetime of memories, feels like Christmas, all right!
Joy to the world, with love, peace, and light! Right here and now, it’s a wonderful life! |
| | Workshop: Speaking with Love
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| Mon, Dec 19
6:00 PM
Peace Cottage
Communicating to others about our deepest thoughts and wishes with love, respect, and compassion can be challenging.
Join Mary Ray for a three “hands on,” “heart-centered” sessions for practicing and role playing ways to communicate more authentically with family, friends, and colleagues.
Mary is a spiritual life coach, a retired counselor, nurse, and a certified human services practitioner.
$15 and bring a friend for free! |
| | Christmas Candle Lighting Services
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Wed, Dec 21
7:00 PM
Peace Chapel
Christmas Eve
7:00 PM
Sanctuary
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.
Midweek Service:
See you on December 21 as we share the light together!
The service is short and sweet and scripted, and we can use a dozen good, clear readers (age 8 and up) and a dozen candle lighters (age 15 and up).
To participate, one brief half hour rehearsal is required, in the Peace Chapel at noon on Sunday, December 18.
No rehearsal necessary just to attend :-)
Christmas Eve Service:
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!
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| | New Year's Eve Burning Bowl Service
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| 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 2017! |
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| | Workshop: Speaking with Love
Mon, 6:00 PM
Peace Cottage
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| | WINGS Book Study Group
Tue, 11:30 AM
Café
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| Candle Lighting Service
Dec 21, 7:00 PM
Peace Chapel
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| Tai Chi
Thur, 6:00 PM
Peace Cottage
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| Half Hour Hebrew
Thur, 7:00 PM
Café
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| Torah Study
Thur, 7:30 PM
Café
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| AA Meeting
Thur, 7:30 PM
Peace Cottage
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| Christmas Eve Service
Sat, 7:00 PM
Sanctuary
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| Christmas Day Service
Sun, 10:30 AM
Sanctuary
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| Burning Bowl Service
Dec 31, 7:00 PM
Sanctuary
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| New Year's Day Service
Jan 1, 10:30 AM
Sanctuary
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| Guest Speaker: Sue Riley
Jan 1, 10:30 AM
Sanctuary
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| Prosperity Class
TBA, 7:00 PM
Café
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| Prayer & Meditation Service
Jan 4, 7:00 PM
Peace Chapel
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| Service Saturday
Jan 7, 9:00 AM
UCC Campus
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| Unity Singers Rehearsal
Jan 11, 7:00 PM
Sanctuary
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| Express Saturday
Jan 21, 9:00 AM
UCC Campus
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| Concert: Brother Sun
Jan 23, 7:00 PM
UU Clearwater
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| New Member Meet n Greet
Feb 5, 12:00 PM
Peace Chapel
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| | | | | Unity of Clearwater Shares the Warmth of Christmastime!
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| Thank you for your tremendous support in collecting blankets!
A small mountain of new or like-new blankets were delivered to UU Clearwater to be taken to the Migrant Farm Workers of Plant City from our two congregations.
The Rev. Rob Hammock delivered another big stack of blankets, donated at UCC thereafter, to the Clearwater Homeless Empowerment Project this week.
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| | Our wonderful volunteers have also created and distributed 108 handmade Christmas ornaments to Hospice!
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| | Our Yearly Teddy Bear Drive has also been a great sucess!
Each year through the generosity of our UCC family, we collect around 400-500 new teddy bears and other stuffed animals.
The donations are tagged "We bear you love from Unity" and are then given to grateful recipients at Hospice, Metropolitan Ministries, nursing facilities, etc.
Small to medium size bears are requested and they should be new and individually bagged (ziplock)
Thank you for proving that UCC truly is A House Built on Love!
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| | We're Making a Difference!
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| Faith and Action for Strength Together, Pinellas County, Florida, just sent our Church a thank you note for contributing $600 during this past year to help support this social justice organization that represents some forty spiritual communities in the area.
Watch for updates in the Spring of the current projects. |
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THE POWER OF LOVE
After affirming that I behold others with the eyes of love and glory in their perfection . . .
“The results were almost unbelievable! My husband was at a standstill when I began using the power of love on our affairs six weeks ago. Recently he took a bath, the first in weeks; he got his hair cut and turned out some work on his own, without a word of prodding from me. Our son in college . . . got a job managing the baseball team, so his tuition will be provided. Our middle [son’s] . . . disposition has greatly improved. Our daughter is getting along better with her friends and teachers. As for my [health], it has cleared up completely . . . . I have also obtained a part-time job. You can see why I shall always be grateful that I learned about the problem-solving power of love!’”
(Catherine Ponder in The Prospering Power of Love [Unity School of Christianity, 1966]
Your Weekly Prosperity Affirmation:
THE PROBLEM-SOLVING POWER OF LOVE IS MIGHTY IN THE MIDST OF YOU!
THANK YOU, GOD!
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