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Many of us spent what seemed to be a lifetime just trying to survive. At some point in our journey of unfoldment, we may have moved into the place of striving -- striving to make our lives turn out the way we wanted. And many of us have been successful with that mode of operation. But there is yet another way to be and that is to thrive. During this series, Fancy will lead an exploration of what it means to move out of the place of merely surviving to releasing the struggle of striving and then to being in the sweet space of thriving - knowing that when we thrive we are in the space of Pure Potentiality and Creativity in which Spirit meant for us to be! Each message will build on the previous, so don't miss a single one.

In this first message , we will define what it means to survive, what it means to strive and what it means to thrive by exploring concepts from the "Why Me, By Me, Through Me, As Me" model as well as from other models of consciousness.

Second Saturday Community CoffeeHouse

Saturday, July 9^th

Headliner: C. Daniel Boling

Opener: David Peters

Sponsor: None so far! Could it be you?

Sunday Service - 9:30 am

July 10^th

Fancy Ruff-Wagner

Are You Surviving, Striving or Thriving?

Board Meeting

7/10 after the Service

Fancy's Home

If you would like to attend, let Fancy know. If you would like to be on the Agenda, let Fancy know one week in advance.

Interfaith Social Action Opportunity @ Woods End Church

3^rd Friday, July 15^th, 3:00 pm - 6:00ish

Help distribute food to the hungry in our community. For more info, contact Eugene at eruffwa@gmail.com or 286-4981

Sunday Service

July 17^th

Robert Spiegel

The Movement You Need

Music Ministry - Second Saturday Community CoffeeHouse

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

Headliner: C. Daniel Boling

Opening: David Peters

MC: Anne-Marie Lax

Sponsor: None so far - could it be you?

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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Inspiration from Unity

Be!

By James Dillet Freeman

We live in a world of light.

We are ourselves light. ....

I have only to look ... to taste ... to feel, I have only to live-to know that the world is a work more wonderful than anything I can imagine it to be, anything I do imagine it to be! The wildest wonderment of all poets, dreamers, inventors, speculators that have ever lived is as nothing compared to the wonderment that is the world. The world is God's wonderment, infinite intelligence compounding its infinity, the joy of eternity delighting in itself.

... For when I consider humanity, I catch a glimpse of God in whose image we are made.

Listen to life, and you shall hear the voice of life crying: Be!

What shall you be?

Be what you were made to be!

You were made to be joy. You were made to be a child of God. .... The impress of Spirit is on your every living cell.

For this alone, all things were made-to be! Life is not to be explained in terms of aims and ends and goals, but only in terms of living. Life has goals and a goal, but its meaning and worth do not depend on this fact. How shall we explain life in terms of ends? There is no end that is not a starting point.

... Today needs no reason for being. It is its own reason for being. Sufficient that it is today.

Life needs no reason for being. It is its own reason for being. Sufficient that it is life.

You need no reason for being. You are your own reason for being. Sufficient that you are you.

God loves you for what you are, not for what you have done or have not done. What are you? You are God's child. That is your reason for being.

... Aim at the highest, though you may not hit it. If you never aim beyond your reach, you will not grow. To be is to grow, and to grow is to aim beyond your reach. Growth is aspiration, and aspiration is the impulse to be what you were born to be.

Life is made for the high aimers. It is they who make all growth possible.

O human, you are the spiritual seed of God! Grow as a tree grows, rising out of yourself as a tree rises out of itself.

A redwood seed is very small to grow into such a gigantic tree. You are more than a redwood tree. For it has height and breadth and depth, but you have other dimensions. You are mind. You are Spirit.

O human, you were made to be the perfect expression of God!

God said, "Be!"

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James Dillet Freeman (1912-2003) was an internationally acclaimed poet, author, and lecturer. A Unity minister, he served as director of Unity's ministerial program--today's Unity Institute and Seminary, as well as director of Silent Unity. This article is included in his book Angels Sing in Me.

Prayer


Please add the following people to your prayer/meditation practice: (updated weekly) USCEM Anne-Marie (perfect employment) Orlando, FL Amanda (highest good) Robyn (healing and courage) Those affected by the Dog Head and other wildfires Jeannette P. (healing) Tyler (guidance) West Virginia Istanbul Ventura, CA Baghdad, Iraq	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.	"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". So far we have earned $50.59 in 2016 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 $149.73 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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