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Elaine Pagels wrote, in The Gnostic Gospels, "Orthodox Jews and Christians insist that a chasm separates humanity from Its creator: God is wholly other. But some of the gnostics who wrote these gospels contradict this: self-knowledge is knowledge of God; the self and the divine are identical."

Join us this Sunday when Rob will lead a discussion on this.

Sunday Service

October 11th

Robert Spiegel

The Gnostics -- Unity's Ancient Counterpart

Massage Services at UUCEM:

October 13^th, 5-9 pm

Licensed massage therapist Kara Skeberdis is offering massage sessions at the church building. 1-Hour and 30-minutes sessions are $40/$25 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.

Interfaith Social Action Opportunity @ Woods End Church

3^rd Friday, October 16th, 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

October 18th

Fancy Ruff-Wagner

Prosperity through Purpose

Music Ministry - Second Saturday Community CoffeeHouse

Saturday, October 10th, 6:00 - 9:30

Laurianne Fiorentino opening for Richard Martin

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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October - Discover Letting Go and Letting God

Visit Unity's October 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/$25for 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. The next date is October 13th.

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

Third Tuesday of each month.

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

Prosperity

The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity

October: Tithing

Tithing is the practice of giving 10% of what we receive back to God. At a deeper level, it reminds us of the presence of God within us. As with other practices, such as prayer and forgiveness, tithing is a component of our relationship with God. As such, it is less about money than it is about a deeper spirituality.

So often in our world, we find that we have divided our lives into compartments. There is our church self, our work self, our family self, our financial self, and so on. However, spirituality touches us holistically. For example, if we want to live in the presence of God full time, we know we cannot confine our prayer life to only when we are in church. Prayer is important in our family, our work, our friendships, every day of the week-we would not think of keeping prayer only for Sundays. So it is with all our "compartments." We cannot keep our financial lives walled off from God.

One of the greatest spiritual challenges in our time of fragmentation is to bring our entire lives into integrity with what we believe and love. When we love God, there is no part of our lives that is separate from God. Eventually we all realize this as we grow in our relationship with God. After all, God gives us everything to begin with. It is an act of worship to place ourselves (all we have and all we are) totally into God's care and disposal.

This brings us back to the practice of tithing. What we do with our lives, our families, our work, our church, and our finances are ultimately matters between each individual and God. This is what the word stewardship means-that God has given us our life and all that is in it, and we are responsible for its use. This month we focus on really listening to our hearts, to that place within connected to God to see what our financial lives are meant to be. Tithing is simply a time-tested discipline that countless people have found to be important and fruitful in connecting their spirituality and their tangible lives. For many, it is the goal to place their trust in God to the extent of tithing from their financial good.

What the Bible says:

"You are precious in my sight, and honored, and I love you..." Isa 43:4

"Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom." Luke 12:32

"Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." 2 Cor 9:7

"...just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve...." Matt 20:28

What Unity says:

"When we groan and sweat under the stress and strain of life, we are serving Satan instead of God. The satanic consciousness would make us believe that there is limited amount of the things necessary to life and that we must labor hard to get our share. It is true that such conditions do come upon those who have turned their faces from God.... All work becomes divine for man when he affirms that he is working for God and that God is a generous paymaster.... When we praise God and give thanks for His supply and support we open our mind to the inflow of the abundant spiritual essence of all things." Charles Fillmore, Keep a True Lent

"Jacob's vow to be more faithful to God and to give Him one tenth of all he received is a recognition of God as the source of all that man requires and also of the need of a constant reminder of this fact; hence the agreement to give back the tithe. Those who practice tithing testify that it leads them into an understanding of the relation of God to material affairs that they can get in no other way." Charles Fillmore, Mysteries of Genesis

"In his inner consciousness man can make an agreement of this kind [of tithing] with the Mind of Spirit and can keep it in his everyday affairs. Many metaphysicians write out such contracts and put them away in the full assurance that the terms will be carried out by both contracting parties, God and man. It is found by nearly everyone who tries this plan that the agreement is fulfilled." Charles Fillmore, Mysteries of Genesis

"The covenant of Jacob to give one tenth of all his increase was the real beginning of what we in modern times we call tithing: making God a partner in all our finances." Charles and Cora Fillmore, Teach Us to Pray

"Give of your substance with the thought that it is God's money you are handling. Realize that it is His tenth that you are giving for His glory. With this thought in your mind, you will begin to attract new spiritual resources, and things will begin to open up in your affairs.... Take God into partnership with you and you will demonstrate abundance." Charles and Cora Fillmore, Teach Us to Pray,

Ideas for practice:

As you worked on your purpose, your goals, and forgiveness in the last 9 months, what items remain unfinished? Continue to work with these items as you consider tithing.
Select a passage or passages from above that are meaningful to you. Memorize and use them in your prayer. Throughout the day, whenever you feel fear about your financial resources, repeat them.
Consider your current pattern of giving. Imagine yourself with the sum of your gifts in your hands. You stand before the Christ within you. As you offer it, what feelings do you have? What is the response of the Christ within? Write a dialogue resulting from your imagery. What does it mean to you? What is the Christ presence like? How does she/he respond to your thoughts and feelings?
Many people are resistant to tithing because it is presented in a strict way. If you feel resistance, sit in silence. Welcome your feelings of resistance. Allow yourself to feel them and explore their texture. What happens in you with this exercise? Have a conversation with your inner Christ about your feelings. Listen for the response. What is the Christ saying to you? What is the heart of Christ like in this moment? Allow all these things to be, and conclude by simply listening for your heart's desire and wisdom. Do this as many times as it takes to feel a true openness and clarity from the wisdom within you.
Continue to meet with your prayer triad. Discuss any resistance you have to tithing. Share stories of when you have given something and it was a joyful experience for you. Share any other experiences you have with the practices listed above.

Prayer

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Please add the following people to your prayer/meditation practice: (updated weekly) USCEM Jessica Kraf's family and friends Those affected by the California Wild Fires Jessica R. (healing) Jeannette P. (healing) Roseburg, Oregon Tyler & Cheryl (healing, guidance, and prosperity) South Carolina Deborah F. (healing & peace) Anne-Marie (perfect employment)	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 the 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. 2016 Stewardship information will be here soon.

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Blessings,

Fancy Ruff-Wagner
Your Newsletter Editor

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