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Wednesday "Faith Lift" Meditation: 7:00 PM Lessons in Truth Class (Zoom): 7:00 PM
Table Talk Thursday (Zoom): 12:00 PM
Sunday Service: 10:45 AM
Sunday Social (Zoom): 12:00 PM
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MIndful of Children Going To School....
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“Who will take care of the children?” – Myrtle Fillmore
Before the Civil War, Myrtle Fillmore, cofounder of the Unity movement, served as “school marm” for children in Missouri and in Texas, where she met her husband, Charles. Together, they raised their three sons while beginning the Unity movement. In the early 1990’s, she had a dream of many children running wild through a great crowd of people. The question came to her, “Who will take care of the children?” She never forgot the dream or the answer she received from Spirit” – “You will take care of the children. This is your work.” Responding to her vision, Unity published the first issue of Wee Wisdom in 1893 and Myrtle edited the magazine for thirty years. At its closing in 1993, it had been the longest continuously published children’s magazine on planet earth. The following poem by Hannah More Kohaus was printed in an 1898 issue of Wee Wisdom:
The Prayer of Faith
God is my help in every need.
God does my every hunger feed.
God walks beside me, guides my way,
through every moment of this day.
I now am wise, I now am true, patient, kind, and loving, too.
All things I am, can do and be,
through Christ, the Truth, that is in me.
God is my health, I can’t be sick.
God is my strength, unfailing, quick.
God is my all, I know my fear,
since God and love and Truth are here.
If, perhaps due to heartfelt decisions concerning the opening of in-person schools or distance learning this season, you are feeling concerned about the children, their teachers and families, please hold this prayer in the Silence. We believe you will experience a deep sense of peace as Spirit guides our way.
“They are God’s children . . . .
Their education is from within out . . . .
It is all a matter of God-Mind unfolding and
bringing about that which is best for all concerned.” |
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This Sunday's Lesson Title: - Open Door
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“My door is always open to you. You’re welcome any time of the day or night.
It’s a safe place, gentle and kind. My door is always open to you.
Time to rest and take it slow, through my door. My door is always open to you.
You’re welcome any time of the day or night. It’s a safe place, gentle and kind. My door is always open to you.” |
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This Sunday's Special Music Guest: Sloan Wainwright
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Sloan Wainwright is a songwriter, singer, performer, teacher, mentor and collaborator. A unique hybrid of pop, folk, jazz and blues, Wainwright’s music is unified by her melodious tone and rich, powerful contralto. Over the course of a 30-year career in music, she has played the great concert halls, the most storied listening rooms and top music festivals while also teaching at the nation’s leading music retreats. She has inspired hundreds of students on their creative journeys and collaborated with dozens of musicians, writers, choreographers and performers.
Most of all, Wainwright is an artist. As a member of an acclaimed family of artists (brother Loudon Wainwright, sister-in-law Kate McGarrigle, nephew Rufus Wainwright and nieces Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche), Wainwright has charted an artistic path all her own, one based in close observation, joy, and spiritual connection.
Now, standing on the foundation of a rich and diverse career, Wainwright is tapping into fresh material as she continues to provide transformative, healing, and energetic experiences for her audiences. Always looking to grow as an artist, these days Wainwright is pursuing new collaborative partnerships, exploring traditional music, and developing fresh avenues for teaching and mentorship.
“They say you stand a chance of being a good musician if you first become a good human being. Sloan is a wonderful singer and all-round musician, and as a teacher really overlaps into the role of a life coach ~ she has given skill and confidence to so many.”
~ Richard Thompson
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Two Ways To Watch on Sunday & Wednesday (click images below)
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New Class: Lessons in Truth Class (ZOOM)
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Begins This Tuesday, Aug 18
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.
Unity Co-founders Charles and Myrtle Fillmore published the original series of Lessons in Truth by Dr. H. Emilie Cady in Modern Thought, the origin of Unity magazine.
Renowned poet Maya Angelou, who received the first honorary doctorate presented by Unity Institute, said Lessons in Truth changed her life. Dr. Angelou was introduced to Unity while studying with a voice teacher. They met weekly to read from Lessons in Truth.
She said: “I read from a book called Lessons in Truth…’God loves me’.” Her teacher asked her to read that same line three times; on the fourth read, she read “with ferocity-forceful: God. Loves. Me.” Dr. Angelou goes on: “And, at that moment, I knew it. I knew it! I thought, ‘God? That which made bees and mountains and water? That? Loves me? Maya Angelou? Well then, there’s nothing I can’t do. I can do anything good…fifty years later, I could weep with joy at the knowledge that I am loved by Love itself.”
All Are Welcome! All UCC classes are offered on a free will love offering basis.
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If you know this favorite hymn, you know what Unity teaches . . . .
“In the Garden” hymn by Charles Austin Miles, 1912
& Lessons in Truth by H. Emilie Cady, 1894-5:
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“Seek light from the Spirit of truth within you. Go alone” (“Thinking”).
“And the voice I hear, falling on my ear, the Son of God discloses.”
“The very Spirit of truth is at your call.... Let universal Mind speak to you; and when it speaks, through it be but a ‘still small voice’
(I Kings 19:12), you will know that what it says is Truth. How will you
know? You will know just as you know that you are alive...” (“Thinking”).
“And He walks with me and He talks with me, and He tells me I am his own.”
“Take
the thought, ‘God loves me.’ Think these words over and over
continually for a few days ..., and see what the effect will be on your
body and circumstances” (“Thinking”).
“And the joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known.”
“First,
you get a new exhilaration of mind, with a great desire and a sense of
power to please God; then a quicker, better circulation of blood, with
sense of a pleasant warmth . . . . God is all-Good—always good, always
love . . . always trying to pour more of Himself through us into
visibility so as to make us grander, larger, fuller, freer
individuals.... The Father-Mother is yearning with infinite tenderness
to satisfy the child” (“Thinking”).
He
speaks, and the sound of His voice is so sweet, the birds hush their
singing. And the melody that He gave to me, within my heart is ringing.
“The
love, the life, and the power of God are ready and waiting with longing
impulse to flow out and through us in unlimited degree!... When it
flows through the hearts of [humankind] it is the love that melts all
bitterness...; when it flows through their bodies as life, no disease
can withstand its onward march”(“Thinking”).
I’d stay in the garden with Him, though the dew around me be falling,
But He bids me go; through the voice of woe, His voice to me is calling.
“We
go apart to get still, that new life, new inspiration, new power of
thought, new supply from the fountainhead may flow in; and then we come
forth to shed it on those around us, that they, too, may be lifted up”(“Bondage or Liberty, Which?”). |
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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:
What's a hobby you've always wanted to try or a hobby you're doing now?
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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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Check Out this Zoom Tutorial Page
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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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The . . . “law of Spirit, of Mind . . . is based in thought, and when [hu]man[ity] begins the observance of some simple thought action [we find] that it opens the door to a larger understanding, and also makes way for a better use of the powers of the mind . . . . You can, if you practice mental rest, come into a place in your consciousness where you stop personal effort and rest in Spirit . . . . Jesus pointed the way to this quiet state . . . . Everyone who finds that same place of rest that He found is rested . . . . The open door is to appreciate or acknowledge that there is such a place, then mentally affirm it and rest in it. We will say, as a centralizing thought, ‘I rest in the consciousness of Spirit . . .’” (Charles Fillmore’s Temple Talks, 1912). |
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Your Weekly Affirmation:
"THOU ART MY LIFE UNFAILING, AND I REJOICE IN THY ABUNDANT, BUOYANT HEALTH." CHARLES FILLMORE, JESUS CHRIST HEALS, 177-8
THANK YOU, GOD!
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