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Wednesday "Faith Lift" Meditation: 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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Unity’s Welcome Gate - Leddy Hammock, (with respect to Robert Frost) by the east side of UCC, in the summer of Corona, 2020
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A century past, by memory’s reach
(we’re not sure of the date)
a quaint shop at Laguna Beach
was christened as “The Gate.”
Remembering a pub gate sign
far off in the U-K,
folks reproduced each loving line
and painted theirs to say:
“This gate hangs well and hinders none.
Rest and refresh - then travel on.”
From Pacific Coast Road in the sun,
I saw that gate, just having gone
too far to turn the car around.
So, I kept the words in memory
and thought of you and wrote them down
to share again at Unity.
You’ve heard, “Home is that place,” friends, where,
whenever you turn up again,
because you have to go back there,
they simply “have to let you in.”
But home is where you hang your heart.
Deep down, I know you still believe.
So, even when we’re miles apart,
somehow we never really leave.
My fellow travelers, we’ve gone through
some things, because we had to learn
to treasure what we’ll come home to,
when that day comes when we return:
“This gate hangs well and hinders none.
Rest and refresh - then travel on.”
When you come back, we’ll be here still.
Return again, you always will. |
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This Sunday's Lesson Title: - The Garden Is You
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Lyrics to “The Garden” by Eddie Watkins, Jr.:
“There is a garden where dreams come true - a beautiful garden where God’s grace flows.
There is a garden where everything grows - a beautiful garden where love is sown. And in this place of light and love you can have anything that you’re dreamin’ of.
There is a garden where dreams come true, a beautiful garden - that garden is you. And in this place of light and love, you can have what you’re dreamin’ of.
There is a garden where dreams come true - a beautiful garden - that garden is you, Such a beautiful garden! That garden is you.”
"This coming Sunday, our music will include a "video visit" from Unity Church of Pasadena, California, where Levi Hammock serves as Music Director. Please join us in "the garden" there! |
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Two Ways To Watch on Sundays
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Coming Soon: Lessons in Truth Class
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Begins 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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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 is your favorite line from a movie?
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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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| "Be at peace and your unity with God-Mind will bring you health and happiness. We all should practice delightful, happy, joyous states of mind. It is such thoughts that hopen the way for the ever-present Father-Mind to pour out its splendid resources into our mind and through us into all our affairs . . . . Jesus regained this lost Eden and showed us how to regain it by likewise identifying our minds with God-Mind. His prayer was -- "Not my will, but thine, be done." |
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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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