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This Sunday @ UCC:
Search the Sky - Leddy Hammock
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Inspired by lyrics to “Search the Sky,” by Sloan Wainwright:
“Search the sky for that star, star of light, star of love – bright enough to guide believers from afar, seeking their rumored newborn King.
And when we wish upon it, we wish for our only gift, peace around our troubled world, peace within ourselves.
Search the face of the child, shining with the spirit of Christmases in your heart, and all that joy shall easily be restored.
We’ve traveled such a long way – we’ve forgotten what for. Then we gaze upon the face of that child and hope for the only gift: peace around our troubled world, peace within ourselves.”
Search the sky – and your heart – for that star of light, star of love. |
| | | Sun, Dec 24
7:00 PM
UCC Campus
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.
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! |
| Sunday AM service on Christmas Eve will be 10:30 AM as usual
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| | | Sun, Dec 31
6:00 PM
Sanctuary
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 2018! |
| Sunday AM service on New Year's Eve will be 10:30 AM as usual
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| | | Wednesdays
6:00 PM
Sanctuary
The Unity Singers begin fall rehearsals on September 6 and we'd like you to join us!
All who like to sing are welcome and encouraged to "make a joyful noise" with us every Wednesday evening and Sunday morning!
Don't be shy! We're all family here and you can let your light shine and your voice be heard in a safe, encouraging environment.
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| Annual Teddy Bear Drive
Through Dec 17
UCC Lobby
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| | | WINGS Book Study Group
Tue, 11:30 AM Café
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| Unity Singers Rehearsal
Wed, 6:00 PM Sanctuary
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| Prayer & Meditation Service
Wed, 7:00 PM Peace CHAPEL
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| Tai Chi
Thur, 6:00 PM Peace COTTAGE
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| AA Meeting
Thur, 7:30 PM Peace COTTAGE
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| AA Meeting
Fri, 7:00 PM Peace COTTAGE
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| CPR Class
Sat, 10:00 AM Peace COTTAGE
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| Temple of Spiritual Awareness
Dec 12, 7:00 PM Peace COTTAGE
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| Half Hour Hebrew
Dec 14, 7:00 PM Café
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| Torah Study
Dec 14, 7:30 PM Café
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| Half Day Meditation Retreat
Dec 16, 8:30 AM Dhamma Wheel
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| Express Saturday
Dec 16, 9:00 AM UCC Campus
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| | Christmas Music - Ladies of Uke
Dec 17, 12:00 PM Café
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| Christmas Eve Candle Lighting
Dec 24, 7:00 PM Sanctuary
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| NY Eve Burning Bowl Service
Dec 31, 7:00 PM Sanctuary
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| Treasure Mapping
Jan 2, 12:00 PM Café
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| Service Saturday
Jan 6, 9:00 AM UCC Campus
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| Theosophical Society Meeting
Jan 6, 1:30 PM Peace COTTAGE
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| New Member Meet n Greet n Eat
Feb 11, 12:00 PM Peace CHAPEL
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| Annual Business Meeting
Feb 18, 12:00 PM
Sanctuary
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| | | | December Heart of the House - Ginny & John McKinley
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They were childhood sweethearts, born and raised in Winchester, MA, attending the same elementary and junior high schools. Their roads diverged in high school when John McKinley attended an agricultural vocational school in Danvers, then did a three-year stint in the Army while Ginny Larson trained as an R.N. at Massachusetts Memorial Hospital in Boston preparing for a career that would span the next 48 years. She also took writing courses at the University of New Hampshire and sold some short stories to help finance her nurse’s training. (She has since completed a novel with an unusual plot, as yet not submitted for publication.)
After their marriage, John earned his degree in education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, planning to become a teacher, but because of low demand then for teachers, he began managing a “gentleman’s farm” owned by a Harvard vice-president. The farm specialized in raising prime breeding dairy cows. During these years, two sons were born. Both, as adults, enjoy fulfilling careers. One is a chef; one breeds hunting/bird dogs. Beloved daughters-in-law and three grandsons have enhanced the McKinley family.
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If you haven't been interviewed before, please email info@unityofclearwater.org or phone the office at 727-531-0992 to add your name to our list.
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| | | The following Youth Ministry students have just fulfilled the requirements - participation in ten Sunday class morning classes -- requirements -- to receive their very own New American Bibles, bestowed on Sunday, December 3.
Dear Ones, we are proud of you!
Hayden Turner, Tina Rivera, Sofia Quinterra, Kassidy Walton, Spencer and Silaney Lindsay. Our heartfelt thanks to Cynthia Mackey, Certified Truth Teacher and Youth Ministry Coordinator, and also to Assistant Youth Ministry Coordinator, Jill Chetta. |
| | | WEALTH IN THE BIBLE
“The great [people] of the Bible were rich from birth, became prosperous later on, or at least had access to riches whenever a need arose. Abraham, the father of the Hebrew nation, became ‘very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.’ The Hebrews at that time had close contact with the Babylonians, apparently borrowing certain traditions from them and using these as a basis for their own way of life. Among the traditions carried over from the wealthy Babylonians was the prosperity law of tithing.”
(Catherine Ponder in The Prospering Power of Love [Unity School of Christianity, 1966]
Your Weekly Prosperity Affirmation:
I CHEERFULLY GIVE WHEREVER I PERCEIVE GOD’S WORK IS BEING DONE.
THANK YOU, GOD!
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