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Most of us are always trying to get somewhere - usually because the grass always seems greener on the other side. We can reap tremendous benefits from the practice of staying put and seeing what lessons can be learned from right where we are. Join us on Sunday as Robert leads a discussion on Being Where We Are.

Sunday Service

August 16th

Robert Spiegel

Being Where You Are

Interfaith Social Action Opportunity @ Woods End Church

3^rd Friday, August 21st, 3:00 pm - 6:00ish

Help distribute food to the hungry in our community. For more info, contact Eugene at geniejoe@earthlink.net or 286-4981

Sunday Service

August 23^rd

Fancy Ruff-Wagner

Kick It Into Gear

Music Ministry - Second Saturday Community CoffeeHouse

Saturday, September 12th, 6:00 - 9:30

Blue Moon Opening for Jim Jones

Sponsor: We are looking for an individual, family, or business to sponsor this evening for $25.

Join us for this great night of music and fun!

Come on down for coffee or tea, treats, and a wholesome family night in a listening room environment where new and seasoned performers can offer up their songs and stories to an attentive, all-ages audience. The House opens at 6 pm, music begins at 6:30.

FREE! Love Offerings will be accepted.

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August Theme - Discover Strength of Spirit

Visit Unity's August page to read articles by Richard and Mary-Alice Jafolla or to answer reflective questions and share your prayer request with Silent Unity.

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ESSENTRICS

Essentrics is a unique program that rapidly changes the shape of your body through simultaneous stretching and strengthening exercises. This workout develops strong and flexible muscles with immediate changes to your posture. ESSENTRICS is even smarter than that - it goes beyond changing just the look of your body; it also cares about how you feel in your body. With a combination of dynamic and fluid movements, ESSENTRICS improves circulation, promotes rehabilitation, and unlocks tight muscles. If you want to feel energized, positive, and healthy, then ESSENTRICS is for you. Meets at the church M/W/F from 5:30 - 6:30. Contact Kimberly Woodring for more information (or call 575-749-0025).

Monthly Massage Services for Members of UUCEM &USCEM:

Licensed massage therapist Kara Skeberdis is offering monthly massage sessions at the church building. 1-Hour and 30-minutes sessions are $40/$20 for church members and $50/$30 for non-members. Please call or email Kara to schedule your session at 443-745-0406 or Kara@gmail.com. Kara has over 25 years of experience and specializes in relaxation, deep tissue and acupressure techniques. Dates will be announced in advance.

Interfaith Social Action Opportunity @ Woods End Church

3^rd Friday of each month 3:00 pm - 6:00ish

Help distribute food to the hungry in our community. For more info, contact Eugene (or call 286-4981).

UU Dinner & Movie Night @ Church

Fourth Thursday of each month.

Potluck at 6:00pm, movie at 7:00pm.

Prosperity

Prosperity's Ten Commandments

August: Seventh Commandment

Seventh Commandment:

"Thou shalt not abase thy wealth to idle or evil uses." Georgiana Tree West

The seventh of the original commandments says, "Thou shall not commit adultery." When teaching the Ten Commandments, Moses had to reach the people at their own level of consciousness and understanding. It is still true today, people are at different stages of development, and so it can be easier to understand "rules of right action" than "laws of right living."

Adultery comes from the same root word as the word "adulterate" which Webster's dictionary defines as "to corrupt, or make impure by ay an admixture of a foreign or baser substance." For example, mixing less valuable base metals such as copper, nickel, zinc, or tin, with gold, devalues the gold. This also applies to the mental and spiritual actions in life. Negative thinking can corrupt the mental ability to process and it can deter the spiritual growth progress.

Georgiana tells us, "Our Supply is of God; it is an outer symbol of His omnipresent good. If it is to be a lasting blessing, with happiness in its wake, it must be handled in a way becoming to the nature of the source from which it comes." In other words, money is an outer form of spiritual substance and we are responsible to use it intelligently in such a way that it honors God, its source.

When we associate our wealth with thoughts of greed or actions of selfishness, we are adulterating our mental thinking but also our spiritual progress. Any use of wealth that hinders the soul's progress is an idle or evil use. This is not to say that wealth is evil but where you place it in your life priorities can make it such. The Bible is often misquoted as saying that money is the root of all evil. The actual quote says that the "love" of money is the root of all evil. When money becomes more important than your spiritual growth or your connection to God, it has become evil.

Nowhere in the Scriptures do we find condemnation of wealth, only condemnation of the wrong use of wealth and of its evil effects on people. We must not become slaves to that wealth but a master of it by using it in service to God. Keeping wealth in circulation to serve God and man is the guaranteed way to continue its flow.

Tithing and charitable giving are prime ways to appropriately use wealth. But do not confuse the two. Charitable giving is not tithing, nor does it replace tithing. Tithing is specifically giving to the community & work of God, acknowledging that God is our source. Charitable giving is for the purpose of helping where there is need.

What the Bible says:

"But Peter said to him, 'Your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!'" Ac 8:20

"Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, 'I will never fail you nor forsake you.'" Heb 13:5

"For the love of money is the root of all evils; it is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced their hearts with many pangs." 1Ti 6:10

"He who loves money will not be satisfied with money; nor he who loves wealth, with gain: this also is vanity." Ec 5:10

What Unity says:

"Money is being hoarded and is lying idle in banks all over the land that ought to be used to educate and spiritually enlighten the human family. If you have a surplus over and above your needs, you are not fulfilling the righteous law by letting it lay idle. Set it into circulation by giving it to some good cause-lending it to the Lord-and it will return to you again in due season multiplied. No one ever regretted money that was given to help the good. Yet, had that same money been lost in speculation, it would have been mourned. If you want your money to bring you lasting happiness and real satisfaction, give it to the Lord." Charles Fillmore Unity Magazine, June, 1905

"We, Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, husband and wife, hereby dedicate ourselves, our time, our money, all we have and all we expect to have to the Spirit of Truth, and through it, to the Society of Silent Unity. It being understood and agreed that said Spirit of Truth shall render unto us and equivalent for this dedication, in peace of mind, health of body, wisdom, understanding, love, life and an abundant supply of all things necessary to meet every want without our making any of these things the object of our existence. In the presence of the Conscious Mind of Christ Jesus, this 7th day of December 1892." Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, Dedication and Covenant

Ideas for practice:

* Write your own covenant with God. Make clear what you want from God and what you are willing to do. Clearly state that you will not let wealth become more important that God. Place it where you can see it daily. Use it in your meditation. Make it a part of who you are.

* If uncomfortable feelings arise as you draft your personal covenant, go quietly into the silence and ask God for help.

* Take a long hard look at your attitude around your wealth. Are you abasing your good? Take time with your journal. Look at your financial records to see where you are spending. Is it in keeping with your highest and best idea about how God sees your wealth? Think about how and where you spread you wealth. Is it really serving you, your fellow man and God? If not, note what changes you are willing to make and them add them to your covenant, and your budget.

* Integrating this process can take some time and you may need support. This is a time when your triad of prayer partners can be of great support. Discuss this.

Prayer


lease add the following people to your prayer/meditation practice: (updated weekly) USCEM Jessica Kraf's family and friends Dawn H. (healing & prosperity) Chattanooga, TN (comfort & healing) Jessica R. (healing & prosperity) Jeannette P. (healing) Lafayette, LA Joel (healing) Anthony S. (continued healing) Tyler & Cheryl (healing, guidance, and prosperity) Anne-Marie (perfect employment) Carmen L. (healing)	uPray uPray, a free prayer app from Silent Unity, is now available. uPray is available for Apple iOS 7.0 or later and Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) or later. With the app you can submit a prayer request to Silent Unity, listen to the month's meditation and the Prayer for Protection, and read affirmations across a broad list of topics. Click the photo above to see all the ways you can get the Daily Word!	"Silent Unity. How may we pray with you?" Do you have a prayer request? There are several ways to contact Silent Unity, the 24/7-prayer ministry: Call: 1-800-NOW-PRAY (669-7729) International: 01-816-969-2000 Write: Silent Unity, 1901 NW Blue Parkway, Unity Village, MO 64065-0001 Or use our online prayer request form.

Support Your Spiritual Center


Smith's Community Rewards Smith's Community Rewards makes fundraising for USCEM easy...simply by using your Smith's Rewards Card at any Smith's! There is no cost to enroll, and enrollment will not affect your fuel points or coupon discounts. You must have a registered Smith's Rewards Card to participate. If you do not, you can apply for one at Customer Service. If you don't know your number because you use your phone number at the register, you can call 800-576-4377 and select option 4. You must link your card to USCEM online. If you have an online account already, go to the website below, sign in, and click on your name to go to your account. Scroll down and edit the Community Rewards section. Enter our NPO number or our name and select us from list and click on "Enroll". If you don't have an online account, you must click "Register" in the upper right corner on website. Sign up for a Smith's Rewards Account by entering your email address, creating a password. Enter your zip code in the "Your location", then by selecting your favorite store, and agreeing to the terms and conditions. A message to check your email inbox will appear, Check your email account, you must click on the link within the body of the email. Click on "Sign in" located in the upper right corner and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step. Click on your name to go to your Account. In Account Summary click on "Edit" Rewards Card and input your Smith's rewards card number. Confirm your information. Scroll down and edit the Community Rewards section. Enter our NPO number or our name and select us from list and click on "Enroll". Go to Smith's Community Rewards to Enroll or Register/Enroll Our NPO number: 24564	Let Your Online Shopping Support Us Whether you shop at Amazon, Walmart.com, Itunes, or many other online retailers, your purchases can help support USCEM. Always start on the USCEM Shopping Site. From there you go to your favorite retailer and a percentage of your purchases will be sent to us later - at no extra cost to you. The average amount paid to us is a little more than 5% of your purchases. NEW INFO: The Reminder App is being discontinued as of July 1st. Please UNINSTALL it if you have it (contact Fancy if you need help with this). If you don't uninstall it, you may end up supporting other causes such as sports teams, etc. We are looking at other ways to automate this system. In 2014 we earned $96.49 through Impact Shopping. Let's beat it in 2015! Go to the USCEM Shopping Page	Stewardship Unity is a center of spiritual light. We are dedicated to letting this light shine so brightly that people become more aware of their spiritual nature and express it in their daily lives. We address physical, mental and emotional needs through affirmative prayer and spiritual education. We serve those who seek inspiration and prayer support as well as those who use Unity teachings as their primary path of spiritual growth. We ask for your generosity in sharing your time, talents, and treasure with USCEM so that we can share this light with many. We affirm that God is the source of our supply and that we all are good stewards of self, family, community, congregation, and the Unity faith. Successful stewardship involves not only protecting the resources that exist, but also nurturing growth to ensure the future. Stewardship invites each person to balance spiritual development with good works in the wider world, enabling us to put our faith in action. Read the 2015 Stewardship Letter Read the 2015 Stewardship Q&A Pledge Your Support for 2015

Letter from Smith's Community Rewards

Prepared for Unity Spiritual Center East Mountains NPO #24564 (Cycle 2, Qtr 2)

Dear Unity Spiritual Center East Mountains,

The Kroger Family of Stores is committed to bringing hope and help to local communities. We do this through a variety of activities, including charitable giving, sponsorships and the unique Community Rewards Program of Smith's. We are also committed to carefully protecting our customers' personal information. In order to meet their expectation of privacy, we have adopted a simple policy to never share a customer's personal information. Our privacy policy applies to Community Rewards participation as well. As your neighborhood food retailer, we deeply value our ability to support local organizations like yours.

Your supporters (4 households) who shopped at Smith's between 2015-04-01

and 2015-06-30 (Cycle 2, Qtr 2) have contributed to your $9.85 total donation. Because your total quarterly contribution is less than $25, which is the minimum check amount, you will not be receiving a check at this time. This amount will be held and combined with your next quarter's contribution total until your contribution amount exceeds $25. At the time your total contribution reaches $25, and at the end of the next program term, your organization will then receive a check. If you have any questions, please email smithscommunityrewards@sfdc.com or visit our website atwww.smithscommunityrewards.com to review the terms and conditions. Thank you for your continued support of your local Smith

's store.

Don't forget to use your newsletter, website, and events to encourage your supporters to link to your organization. The more your supporters shop with us, the more money your organization will earn!

Thank you,

Community Rewards Staff

Thanks for Reading!

Have a great week!

Blessings,

Fancy Ruff-Wagner
Your Newsletter Editor

505-286-1203
unityemtns@gmail.com
http://www.unityemtns.org

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