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Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week. Holy Week recounts a complex and meaningful series of mythic events which lead to the Resurrection on Easter Day. Palm Sunday represents a preparation, a setting up, for the Resurrection to occur. In Unity we may differ from the mainstream in our interpretation of these events, as to whether they are literal history or strictly symbolic, or something in between. What is important for us to focus on is that these events recount an interior experience of archetypal dimensions. It does not matter if the events of Holy Week are historical or purely mythical; they have a deep and archetypal meaning to the soul. The series of events in Holy Week, beginning with Palm Sunday, describe a process of our own apotheosis and psychological transformation. Blind belief in historical events is not going to transform us; we must cultivate an experience of this archetypal reality. For this reason we celebrate Palm Sunday not as a commemoration of an historical event but as an archetypal mystery and another step in the process of psychological and spiritual transformation.

Sunday Service

Palm Sunday

March 20th, 9:30 am

Robert Spiegel

The Road to Jerusalem

Armand & Angelina in Concert

Hosted by UUCEM

March 25th, 7 pm

Armand & Angelina Native Flute Playshop

Hosted by UUCEM

March 26th, 10 am or 11am

(I can't get an answer)

Sunday Service

Easter Sunday

March 27th, 9:30 am

Fancy Ruff-Wagner

A New Thought for Easter

Music Ministry - Second Saturday Community CoffeeHouse

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

Headliner: Chuck Hawley

Opener: TBA

MC: Anne-Marie Lax

Sponsor: The New Mexico Music Awards

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 New Perspective for the Lenten Season

Take a fresh look at your life during Lent. Now is the time to reevaluate and make some exciting changes! With our newest booklet you will experience:

A new, uplifting affirmation for each day of Lent
Encouraging messages to inspire you
Special messages for Palm Sunday and Easter

Get your copy of Lent 2016: Higher Ground to guide you through an insightful and rejuvenating Lenten season. You can either download a pdf immediately or ask to have a hard copy mailed.

Inspiration from Unity

Hosanna! The Metaphysical Meaning of Palm Sunday

by Rev. Bil Holton

On April 7, 2011, Cher and I had the privilege of attending Day 1 of Tournament Play at the Masters! The day began with the excitement of watching two legends of golf tee off: Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. They had the honor of starting off the 75^th Masters by hitting the first golf balls. Besides Cher and I, close to 10,000 other people witnessed the pair of golf greats.

It was quite a reception. Everyone wants to get close to famous people. Imagine the reception a sports team gets in its hometown after winning a major championship. The parades. The fanfare. The key to the city. TV coverage.

That's the kind of scene you can envision happening on Palm Sunday 2000 years ago to celebrate the arrival of the Christ as Jesus when he entered Jerusalem. It came without TV coverage or a key to the city, but the fanfare and parade were real enough.

The event is recorded in all 4 Gospels (Matt. 21, Mark 11, Luke 19, and John 12) so let's start with a paraphrased account of the Gospel stories.

When they were on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Jesus sent two disciples to find a donkey of all things for him to ride on. He told them, "Untie the donkey and bring it to me. Relax guys, I'm not asking you to steal, for Heaven sakes! However, if anyone has a problem about you taking it, say 'I need it to make my grand entrance' and they will let you have the donkey.

The disciples did as Jesus instructed and, didn't have any trouble getting the donkey out of Jerusalem. When they got to Jesus they put their designer cloaks (you know, the ones with the sign of the fish logos on them) on the donkey, and He sat on them.

A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. (John's Gospel says they took palm branches and Luke doesn't say anything about cut branches.)

The crowds stood closer to Jesus than Cher and I were allowed to stand next to Arnold and Jack. The crowd shouted, "Yea, Jesus. Hosanna to the Son of David!" (John's Gospel says the crowd shouted, "Do not be afraid, your king is coming." It also says that many in the crowd had seen Him raise Lazarus from the dead and had seen other signs of His authority.)

They probably had the same expectations as Judas. Here he was. Their Savior. The one who would save them from Rome. Shortly after his triumphant entrance Jesus entered the temple and drove out all the telemarketers. He had a busy Palm Sunday.

Let's see how his Great Entrance relates to us from a Unity perspective by metaphysically interpreting the event:

Jerusalem represents our abiding consciousness of inner peace
Jesus, at this stage in his ministry, represents the mature awareness of our Christ nature.
Donkey represents meekness, and a willingness to surrender to our Christ nature.
Palms signify spiritual strength, receptivity and enthusiasm
Crowds usually refer to multitudes of material thoughts that are close to being raised to their higher spiritual essences
Hosannas represent the harmonious energies within us that sense freedom from error thoughts.
Trip to Jerusalem represents our intention to erase (crucify) our attachment to the temptations of sense consciousness
Temple symbolizes our spiritually revitalized ego personality
Driving out the moneychangers (the telemarketers) represents the cleansing of our body, mind, and soul of error thoughts, habits, and intentions.

So, from a Unity perspective here's what the Palm Sunday experience represents. It is our conscious surrender to our innate divinity. It reawakens our childlike faith. Initially, it stirs the entire consciousness (city in turmoil) and we sense there is something wonderful at work, but do not yet quite understand the full implications.

This 'depth charge of inner quickening' intensifies and leads to the process of inner transformation and cleansing. That's what Jesus' driving the moneychangers out of the temple means metaphysically. Unity calls this purification process chemicalization.

The power of Spirit helps us rid ourselves of old tapes and negative programming, obsolete beliefs, and habits that no longer serve our greater good.

This purging, this chemicalization, prepares us to embrace that deeper, more authentic aspect of us called our Christ Self. It is truly a transforming experience. One that readies us to make a grand entrance into the next level of our being: our Christhood!

Since 1984, Cher & Bil Holton have been co-owners of The Holton Consulting Group, Inc., helping corporate and association clients enhance bottom-line results using cutting edge employee engagement. Their keynote speeches, turbo-training, and coaching sessions are practical, grounded in research, and lots of fun to boot! They are prolific authors, and take "Indiana Jones" vacations to continually stretch their limits! This article was taken from their website, https://metaphysicalbible.wordpress.com

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.

This is still on the To-Do list. In the meantime, check out A Chorus in Miracles, The Musical Experience where you can get the text with music (paid item) or the Workbook with music (free item).

Thank You Shoppers!

Thanks to those of you who start your online shopping on the Impact Shopping/USCEM page. This month we received a payment of $32.31 at no extra cost to you. Be sure you bookmark this page and always start your online shopping there so we can earn some passive income. Put it in your bookmark bar and click it before you go to Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart.com, and more! Just always click it and then put your store name in the search on the page. Thank you!

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 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).

Prayer


Please add the following people to your prayer/meditation practice: (updated weekly) USCEM Jeannette P. (healing) David L. (healing) Tyler (guidance) Anne B. (peace & comfort) 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! This offer expires 3/31/16.	"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. Bookmark this URL and always start here. Then go shopping. http://impactshopping.com/USCEM/ So far we've earned $32.31 in 2016! We didn't earn anything in 2015 - although we earned $94 in 2014. It's probably because people weren't starting at the shopping page. Please do this - it costs you nothing extra and is an easy habit to adopt. Go to the USCEM Shopping Page	The Law of Giving and Receiving By Ernest Holmes Everything in Nature moves in circles. What goes out must come back. Unless the seed is sown it cannot bear fruit. There must be a planting time for every harvest. Who gives all receives all. Who refuses to give, limits the possibility of the greater good returning to him. Love and you will be loved. Extend joy and you will become more joyful. The ancient Talmud says, "God will doubly guide the already guided" and Jesus, the greatest of the great, said, "Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again." (Luke 6:38) We do not give because God needs the gift but because the giving increases, broadens and deepens the life of the giver. Nor shall we give from the standpoint of duty. The universe refuses to bargain with us. It already has given us everything it has. But it also has provided that the gift of life can be received in its fullness only as it flows through us to the fullness of others. How wonderful is this exact balance which God and nature keep; how perfect is the law of God and how glorious the opportunity to join with the infinite Giver in the givingness of the self to the joy of life! Letter to Members & Friends Conscious Giving Guide Conscious Giving Commitment Card

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Have a great week!

In love and gratitude,

Fancy Ruff-Wagner
Your Newsletter Editor

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