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Join us this month as we experience a "December to Remember" by sharing in the sweetness, the sacredness and the holiness of this time of year in new and empowering ways. Each week, we will turn within to explore the depth and meaning of the holidays, while at the same time enjoy the trappings of the outer experiences. Surely, it will be a month we will all remember.

Remember the days when you received several letters a week from various credit card companies proclaiming in big red letters: "You Are Pre-Approved"? And remember how the letters seemed to come even more abundantly right before the holidays? While those days are thankfully gone, the spiritual lesson remains. You came into this life pre-approved. This Sunday, we explore what that means.

Sunday Service

December 20th

Robert Spiegel

4^th Sunday of Advent

You Are Pre-Approved

Board Meeting

Date Change - December 20^th, after church

Fancy's Home

Sunday Service

December 27th

Anne-Marie Lax
Burning Bowl Service

Music Ministry - Second Saturday Community CoffeeHouse

Saturday, January 9th, 6:00 - 9:30

Headliner: Holy Water & Whiskey

Opener: Doug Hoelbinger

Sponsor: We are still looking for a sponsor for this event - $25 will make you famous for a night!

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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A Course in Miracles

Our Movie Screening of A Chorus in Miracles went very well. After the movie there was a discussion about starting A Course In Miracles Study Group. If you are interested in this, please email Fancy at admin@unityemtns.org. No details have been decided and we are going to use email to set a date and time that works for all.

December - Discover Joy

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

Community

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).

Massage Services for Members:

Licensed massage therapist Kara Skeberdis is offering massage sessions at her studio in Cedar Crest. Hour and half hour sessions are $40/$25 for church members and friends, and $50/$30 for the general public. Please call Kara to schedule your session at 443-745-0406, or email her at shiatsu.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 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 (but not in December)

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

Prosperity

Spiritual Economics

December: A New World Vision

"When you begin to see things from the high perspective of the ever-presence of God-substance, you will be in the creative flow of substance, which will bless your life with sustained affluence. And it will go forth from you as a prospering influence in the world."

~Eric Butterworth

One of Unity's most basic fundamental spiritual laws tells us: Wherever substance is at all, the whole of substance must be; and because substance is omnipresent, the whole of universal substance must be present at every point in space at the same time. In other words: there is no place that God is not.

Eric further states, "We all live and do business in the world, so it is not easy to maintain a high level of faith. In this time of mass communication, we are all exposed to a steady barrage of doom and gloom from forecasting economists, who use very convincing business statistics and 'economic indicators.' We would do well to listen to Paul: 'Don't let the world around you squeeze you into its own mold, but let God remold your mind from within.'"

Eric reminds us that Truth students hold to the vision of the spiritual human being. This view of individuals says that they "rise to the occasion to draw forth the wisdom and creativity required to take the next logical step in the progress of civilization." In doing this we begin to change human thinking which will in turn change human consciousness. When we change our own personal consciousness, we change the mass consciousness to that degree. Many of our leaders and congregants articulate a sense that Unity is on the edge of a breakthrough. We are at a critical point in our history as a movement, and as a human family. The world is ready for our message. This breakthrough will happen through our changing consciousness.

Of course, we are faced with seemingly very difficult personal as well as worldwide economic challenges, but we know that these are the best of times, for we have the unique opportunity to give birth to a new heaven and a new earth, first within ourselves, and then into the world.

This issue concludes the study of Spiritual Economics, but it does not conclude the everyday work of remembering who we are and who we came here to be. We as Truth students must do our best to maintain a high level of faith. We are here to remember the law of consciousness and personally become responsible for our own contribution to it.

What the Bible says:

"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more." Rev 21:1

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God-what is good and acceptable and perfect." Rom 12:2

"Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world; for all that is in the world-the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches-comes not from the Father but from the world. And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God live forever." 1 John 2:15-17

What Unity says:

"The people of the world today are so zealous for the solution of economic problems that they have forgotten God. They do not ask for wisdom to guide them in the nation's industrial affairs, but they plan and scheme and wrangle and get deeper in debt; that is, into the clutches of the beast of greed that puts its mark of slavery upon all who worship it." Charles Fillmore

"We can think globally, but we live locally, and the new world must be born in us!" Rosemary Fillmore Rhea

"People all over this earth are today coming in to this 'New Jerusalem' which is let down out of heaven. They are being renovated and purified by an inner life current entering their bodies through their mind, and they can testify that this new heaven and new earth is not an illusion but a veritable fact." Charles Fillmore

Ideas for practice:

In meditation, visualize what a new heaven and new earth would look like for you. Who would be there? What do you see? Take in that feeling of being in the Kingdom of God. Now, come back to the present, bringing that feeling with you. How can you see it in the eyes of those around you? Go back and forth between your vision and the present until you feel the new heaven and new earth in your present surroundings.
Take out your journal after your meditation and write what comes. Then make a list of what you can do to bring forth this new heaven and new earth. Centered in God, what are you doing or planning to do, to co-create a world that works for all.
Your prayer triad is essential for you to reach this new heaven and new earth. We are reminded that where two or more are gathered, the Christ is present. As a triad talk about what transformation within you is necessary for the new world vision to become a reality.

Prayer


Please add the following people to your prayer/meditation practice: (updated weekly) USCEM Jessica Kraf's family and friends Jeannette P. (healing) Ashleigh L. (healthy pregnancy) Gloria M. (health) Myanmar Colorado Springs Tyler & Cheryl (healing, guidance, and prosperity) San Bernardino Bud C. (healing) Anne B. (peace & comfort) Deborah F. (healing & peace) Anne-Marie (perfect employment) Ben H. (healing) Dawn H. (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 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.

Thanks for Reading!

Have a great week!

Blessings,

Fancy Ruff-Wagner
Your Newsletter Editor

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