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This Sunday @ UCC:
MAGI - Leddy Hammock
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Deep in my heart, I long to find the Christ.
When the willful self cannot find the Christ, inner guidance reveals His presence.
To the Christ Child indwelling every heart belong the gifts of Truth, Love, and Life.
As I behold the inner Christ, I am not ruled by selfishness. I walk with the wise. |
| | Workshop: Speaking with Love
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| Mondays
Dec 5, 12, & 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! |
| | | Sat, Dec 10
10:45 AM
Peace Chapel
The yearly robe offering ceremony is a time of giving, for the laity to express gratitude to Buddhist monks.
Please join us again to show appreciation to the monastics who tirelessly provide the community with excellent guidance throughout the year.
There will be several ways to participate:
- You may choose to take your vows and receive a spiritual name
- You may show your support by donating household items needed
- Robes can be reserved and offered to the monastics in the name of loved one or a favorite cause
More Info Here
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| | "Family" Candle Lighting Service
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| Wed, Dec 21
7:00 PM
Peace Chapel
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.
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 :-)
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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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| Prosperity Class
Tue, 7:00 PM
Café
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| Prayer & Meditation Service
Wed, 7:00 PM
Peace Chapel
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| Unity Singers
Wed, 7:00 PM
Sanctuary
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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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| Robe Offering Ceremony
Sat, 10:45 AM
Peace Chapel
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| Half Day Meditation Retreat
Dec 17, 8:30 AM
Dhamma Wheel
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| Express Saturday
Dec 17, 9:00 AM
UCC Campus
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| Candle Lighting Service
Dec 21, 7:00 PM
Peace Chapel
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| Christmas Eve Service
Dec 24, 7:00 PM
Sanctuary
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| Christmas Day Service
Dec 24, 10:30 AM
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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| Service Saturday
Jan 7, 9:00 AM
UCC Campus
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| New Member Meet n Greet
Jan 8, 12:00 PM
Peace Chapel
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| | | | | December Heart of the House - Debbie Frisch
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Debbie Frisch, the newest member of Unity’s Board of Directors, known for her sunny, positive attitude, attributes that in large part to the Unity way that she has learned to live. When speaking at a Sunday service last summer, she gave an unforgettable account of her experience with tithing, a word that once would have caused her to cringe. Encouraged by a friend, Debbie began tithing “a little bit at a time.” When she received a bonus or raise, she increased the amount and has repeatedly realized the prosperity of her decision. Citing a job loss when the company she had worked for was sold, Debbie says, “I knew in my heart I would be OK because I had been giving consistently and increasing my tithing on a regular basis.”
Two weeks after losing her job of 20 years, Debbie heard of a trip with Jana Stanfield to Spain and France, and, taking an amazing step out on faith, immediately committed to taking that trip, knowing that whatever was needed would be provided. During her unemployment, she received a grant to enroll in a class to increase her marketable skills. Next, a friend showed up needing a place to stay and rented a room from Debbie for six months, and before she left, Debbie was blessed with a great job opportunity.
Read More
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| | Sharing the Christmas Spirit
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| We're joining with our Unitarian Universalist neighbors to collect clean, new or gently used blankets for migrant workers in Plant City.
Blanket donations must be received by Dec 11th and may be brought to the bookstore counter
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| | Our Yearly Teddy Bear Drive is off to a great start!
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)
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| | | PASSING THE “TEST” FOR LOVE
“Florence Scovel Shinn wrote, ‘Every man on this planet is taking his initiation in love.’ Whatever your problem, it is but a test in love. If you meet that test through love, your problem will be solved. If you do not meet that test through love, your problem will assail until you do! Your problem is your initiation in love.”
(Catherine Ponder in The Prospering Power of Love [Unity School of Christianity, 1966]
Your Weekly Prosperity Affirmation:
YOU ARE EARNING AN “A+” IN LOVE!
THANK YOU, GOD!
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