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WINGS Book Study Group (Zoom): Tue, 12:00 PM
Wednesday "Faith Lift" Meditation (Live Stream): 7:00 PM
Table Talk Thursday (Zoom): Thur, 12:00 PM
Bible Study (Zoom): Thur, 3:00 PM |
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Sunday Service: 11:00 AM (At UCC & Live Streamed)
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| The News We've Been Waiting for . . . |
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We're very excited to tell you....
We've just signed the contract for the sale of the church property (minus the two acres we're retaining) with The Discovery Academy. They will remodel our present buildings and build a new, two story classroom building north of the Sanctuary AND will build us this beautiful new building by Peace Pond on the west side of our grounds.
We will keep having our services in the Sanctuary and lobby until our new space is ready. A.A. will begin meeting in our lobby on Thursday, Feb. 17. We'll work through the details together.
The awesome Teen Group from Congregation B'nai Israel and Rabbi Joshua Lobel were our special guests last Sunday and they felt so welcome and loved the content and the music of our service so much that they want to visit again sometime! They especially liked our lesson theme of Love - as expressed in the little poem below, based on the 23rd Psalm. UCC loves to welcome interested folks and will have room for plenty of new friends in our brand new Church Home! |
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This Sunday: Love that Winning Team
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Lyrics to “Love Wins” by Jan Garrett and JD Martin
You might win a battle, you could win a race. Out run your rivals, come in first place. You could lose your center in the push and the shove, or simply surrender and tune into love.
Love’s not a contest, it’s just who we are. Both the light and the shadow are at home in the heart. Beyond the struggle, there is music to play, and songs to be singing at the end of the day….
Love knows no boundaries, it’s the light in our eyes – familiar to all, universally prized. There’s a world of compassion and we’re good to begin.
We could just quit fighting and let love win. When we’re up against too much to ask, when we lose our resistance at last and we realize love’s got our back, love wins.
For everyone, great and small, we are lifted as we fall, kindness conquers all. Love wins. |
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We don't have a mask mandate at UCC. However, because UCC is pro-children and pro-families, we are encouraging vaccination for those who are eligible and asking folks to wear masks when near others indoors.
We are pausing our Pre-K childcare and nursery for the time being, in the interest of safety and well-being for all. We will all get through this together. |
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| For now, let's do fist or elbow bumps and Namaste instead of hugs! |
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When You Can't Be with Us in Person....
Two Ways To Watch on Sunday & Wednesday (click images below) |
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If You Missed the Service on Sunday....
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WINGS Book Study Group with The Rev Cynthia Mackey |
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Tuesdays
12:00 PM
Zoom
WINGS is our daytime Truth Book Study Group and is led by our UCC Minister of Education, The Reverend Cynthia Mackey.
The group includes men and women and there's always great discussion!
Make new friends, share ideas and explore Unity teachings in a supportive, positive environment!
The Reverend Cynthia and the WINGS group are studying Lessons in Truth, which can be taken for credit in our UCC Prayer Chaplaincy program as well as for personal enrichment.
Lessons in Truth,
by Dr. H. Emilie Cady, is considered Unity’s primary textbook, together
with the Bible. It has proven to be of great value to Truth students at
all levels of spiritual unfoldment.
All are welcome to join in!
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Tuesdays
1:30 PM Zoom
What is Emotional Freedom Tapping (EFT)
Your body is more powerful than you may imagine, filled with life, energy, and a compelling ability for self-healing.
Like acupuncture and acupressure, Tapping is a set of techniques that utilize the body’s energy meridian points. You can stimulate these meridian points by tapping on them with your fingertips, literally tapping into your body’s own energy and healing power.
Gather with a great group of positive and supportive folks with healing in mind!
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Wednesday Evening "Faith Lift" Meditation Service |
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Wednesdays 7:00 PM Livestream Only
Prayer is the foundation of the Unity movement and of Unity Church of Clearwater.
The Wednesday evening service features guided meditation, music, silence, and prayer.
Meditation
is the process of listening to the “still, small voice” of God within
us. Affirmative prayer is the highest form of creative thought and
includes the release of negative thinking as well as holding in mind
statements of spiritual truth. The contemplative nature of entering into
the silence allows people of like mind to share the power of sitting in
the silence together.
We invite you to join us! This is an
opportunity to raise the consciousness of oneness that is at the core of
our Unity teachings.
Let us lift our consciousness to new heights through prayer and meditation, and help heal ourselves and our world!
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Thursdays 12:00 PM Zoom
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.
To Join:
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Bible Study with Leddy & Rabbi Baseman |
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Thursdays
3:00 PM
Zoom
We've begun a fascinating study of Numbers, seeing this interesting story of spiritual unfoldment as our own!
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.
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Annual Membership Meeting Coming Up
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Our UCC Annual Membership Meeting will be held in our Sanctuary and also live streamed on Sunday, Feb. 27 about 12:15 PM.
Only members present in person can participate directly, but everyone can watch on the UCC website and FB page. Please watch our eNews between now and then to review relevant materials.
Photos and introductions of our two new Board Candidates, Trina Anderson and Sam Derrera are below.
Here are links to our updated History of Unity Church of Clearwater, our Vision and Mission Statements, and last year's Annual Meeting Minutes.
Watch for our current Treasurer's Report in an upcoming eNews.
Be with us in person or on livestream to learn about UCC's exciting plans for our new Church facility!
Questions and concerns are welcome at info@unityofclearwater.org! |
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Welcome Our Candidates to the Board
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Trina Anderson Trina Anderson has been a Unity member for some twenty years and truly is a blessing to us - her sweet presence always lifts our hearts.
"After visiting my mom’s new found Unity Church on the Florida east coast in 1998, I searched and found Unity Church of Clearwater. The Sunday lessons, classes and music have fit my needs from the start. I would like to see the church continue to be welcoming to all."
Blessings, Trina
Sam Derrera Sam and Fran are dear members of our Welcome Team. They have been attending UCC for nearly a decade now, always positive, eager to serve and meet new friends. When they moved to the area, Fran went looking for a spiritual home. Sam said, "Just explore churches you find interesting, and when you find the 'right one,' I'll go with you." Fran attended several, across a wide spectrum of faith communities. We are SO grateful that she chose our Church and brought Sam along, too!
Sam broke family tradition by joining the US Navy instead of the army in 1983 and gave our nation twenty years of dedicated service there. He says the Navy "saved his life" by giving him a strong sense of purpose and direction in his youth. He actually spent about two and a half years "under water" on submarines! He has one adopted daughter and four more step-children and everywhere they go, he and Fran are dearly loved.
What a joy to have such wonderful people helping to lead our family of faith! |
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Just Thought We'd Ask....
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Do you know of a room, apartment or house for rent?
If so, we’ve had a couple of inquires and would love to pass the info along.
You can shoot a little note about it to info@unityclearwater.org |
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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 bank's 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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Donate by Text! It's Super Easy!
Text "Give" (without quotes) to 833-679-1105 and follow the prompts.
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Life “is a game, however, which cannot be played successfully without the knowledge of spiritual law …. To play successfully the game of life, we must train the imaging faculty. A person with an imaging faculty trained to image only good, brings into his life ‘every righteous desire of his heart’— health, wealth, love, friends, perfect self-expression, his highest ideals.… Jesus Christ taught that [our] words played a leading part in the game of life…. The object of the game of life is to see clearly one’s good and to obliterate all mental pictures of evil.…” (Florence Scovel Shinn,The Game of Life). |
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OUR WEEKLY AFFIRMATION:
“BY HOLDING POSITIVE IMAGES AND SPEAKING WORDS OF LOVE AND TRUTH, I AM A WINNER!”
THANK YOU, GOD! |
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