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Unity Spiritual Life Center
July 3, 2013 ~ Weekly Update
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Sunday, July 3, 2013, 10:30 am
Rev. Bob Trowbridge Speaks
Bob Trowbridge graduated from San Francisco Theological Seminary and was ordained as a Presbyterian Minister. His ongoing spiritual seeking led him to leave the ministry about four years later. Since that time, he has studied many spiritual systems and is a perpetual spiritual seeker. H has been teacher, speaker, workshop leader, and spiritual counselor for over 44 years. His book, The Hidden Meaning of Illness: Disease as a Symbol & Metaphor, was published by the Association of Research and Enlightenment Press. He is currently editor for Southern Lights, the newsletter for the Southeast Region of the A.R.E. and he has written for Venture Inward, Magical Blend, Body, Mind, and Spirit, and many other publications.
Truth Talk: "Life from the Inside Out"
Physical life is very real. Sometimes it's too real. Spiritually speaking, there is more of us on the inside than on the outside. It is what is inside of us that creates what is outside. How do we access the spiritual self within?
Special Music: Sandy Hemenway
Childcare provided for the service
MEET & GREET follows the service ~
spend time munching and mingling,
as you greet old friends and meet new ones! |
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MOVING ONWARD AND UPWARD!!
Our long wait is over!! Your Board of Trustees met with Paula Zabkar today. Negotiations are complete and the contract, as amended, has been approved. The contract will be revised, as agreed, and sent to Paula for final approval. She will attend the August Board meeting and officially sign it at that time. Paula will officially begin as our new Spiritual Leader on September 9th, with her first Sunday Service on September 15. This is definitely a time for celebration! The Board now eagerly embraces plans for a "welcome" reception, celebrating our new and bright future with Paula leading the way.
The Board wishes to express its gratitude for those who assisted in the search pocess and, also, to everyone for your patience as we travelled this road together...a door is closing and a new one is opening.
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BUILDING COMMUNITY; TRANSFORMING LIVES
Mark Your Calendars Now
So You Don't Miss Out!
REGULAR EVENTS
- Mondays, ~ Integrative Healing Circle
- PLEASE NOTE~ the healing circle will NOT be meeting during the summer (beginning in May). The healing team will, however, continue to handle prayer requests and are willing to make ministerial calls to those who are hospitalized or otherwise "shut-in". Please contact our church office for information on contacting our Healing/Prayer team.
- First Friday of every month: 7 PM ~ Fun First Friday
 SPECIAL EVENT
SPECIAL DATE: USLC goes out to the ballgame, Friday evening, July 5, at 7pm. Thanks to all of the Unitics who signed up for this USLC outing. It is not too late to join us. You can purchase tickets on your own and join us at the top of Section 210 (Rows Y&Z). Looking forward to seeing you all there.
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MAINTENANCE NEED
There are a number of lights out at the Center. We have the bulbs, but we need someone with a ladder and florescent light fixture expertise to take a look and replace the burned out elements. | | |
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I AM A RADIANT CENTER OF GOD'S PROSPERITY
Today I greet the future with confidence, rejoicing in change, walking in peace, acting with authority. I live in the Presence of Good as I do what needs to be done. I let God work through my mind, my heart, and my affairs, for I am radiant with the possibility of NOW. | |
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MINISTRY NEWS
The CHILDREN AND YOUTH MINISTRY is in need of teachers for the youth program. We now have several age groups attending on Sundays. We have a regular assistant on Sundays for the nursery, but we need a Teacher/Assistant for our children in the Unikids group. All lesson plans will be provided for you. Please contact the office if you would like to volunteer for this very important Ministry. For information please contact Elise VanBuskirk at elise1128@gmail.com or 908-892-7341 or Annie Whitney at annie.g.whitney@gmail.com or 919-416-1863.
Please remember to sign up in the back of the sanctuary to bring goodies one Sunday. Cash donations are also welcome anytime! 
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Resolve to Serve!
Put your talents to work. Review the following opportunities and see which ones will be a good fit for you in 2013.
- Platformers needed~ Want to help keep our services going? Consider becoming a platformer. Scripts and training are available. Contact Renee Piere to sign up
- Greeters needed~ Sign up in the back of the sanctuary to become a Greeter- welcoming members & guests to our Sunday service, providing name tags, bulletins, and general information about USLC.
- Loving childcare and youth teachers needed~ See our Ministry Director, Jill Lewis, if you are interested in working with any age group.
- Prayer Partners needed~ If you feel that inner urge to deepen your prayer life, become a member of our Prayer Partner Team. Training is available.
- Hospitality~ Remember to sign up to provide goodies for our Sunday Hospitality table.
- Daily Word - sign up to read the Daily Word during our Sunday services.
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| Sundays:
9:30 Silent Meditation
Fillmore Chapel
10:30
Celebration Service & YOU/Uniteen classes
(Childcare available) | | |
Directions: Exit 175 off of I-85. Turn NORTH on Guess Road; Turn right onto Carver Street. Go approximately half a block; USLC is located in the small business park on your left. |
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COMMUNITY ZONE
PHOTO ALBUM. We would like to put together a photo album for our new incoming Spiritual Leader to familiarize her with members & regular visitors of USLC. Carla will be taking photos of everyone who would like to be included in this project starting now. To go along with your photo, we would like a brief bio of no more than five sentences. Include what brings you to USLC. Also, please add a sentence or two of what you would like for USLC's immediate future. The bio and vision can be emailed to Carla at cagnc@msn.com
Thank you for your
participation.
Eight (8) Sunday FOUNDATIONS OF UNITY CLASS starts July 7: Noon-2pm.at Unity Church of Raleigh, 1101 Creedmoor Road (off Amran Temple Drive), Raleigh. Love Offering plus one-time fee for materials. $120 fee for Unity Institute Course Credit.
WORKSHOP: CHRIST CONCIOUSNESS: A SPIRITUAL HERO'S JOURNEY. Saturday, July 27, 9am-4pm.We are all on a hero's journey. We have all created challnges meant to move us forward into greater versions of the self. Bob Trowbridge, M.Div. Location:
HealthTouch NC, Durham. For more info and pre-registration: Linda Thompson at 919-790-9130.
If you love THE 12 POWERS, check out this 7-day Retreat! Held at Unity Village, sponsord by Awaken Whole Life Center, the new holistic healing center located in the renovated Unity Tower at Unity Village. Revs. Drs. Bil & Cher Holton will be facilitating this incredible, experiential retreat.
Check out everything it includes: workshops, group activities, meditations, labyrinth walk, tour of the new 12 Powers Sculpture Garden, material grounded in Positive Psychology and neuroscience, together with Unity principles, opportunities for self-care treatments at Awaken Whole Life Center...and food, fun, and inspiration. Located at Unity Village with an all-inclusive price, staying at the Unity Inn Hotel & Conference Center!
KEEPING UP: What's happening in your neighborhood? Are you traveling, hosting visiting friends or relatives, having a yard sale, announcements, other activites? Send your information to rodgers.jean@gmail.com by Tuesday of each week.
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Excerpt from
Swimming in the Deep End: Merging with the River
by Douglas Kraft
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "Learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across [the] mind from within..." Pay attention to small glimpses of light, the touch of peace, the unbidden smile of delight, the glimpse of the river, the presence of the ocean.
When the worth and dignity of our individuality meets the interdependent web, our sense of who we are as separate entities becomes less demanding and more spacious. And the web of life feels less abstract or impersonal and more intimate.
And if we patiently follow Mr. Emerson's advice, with time we feel less like a whirlpool in the river and more like a river with whirlpools. We shift from seeing peace to being peace, experiencing illumination to being luminous, from experencing spaciousness to being space.
ATTENTION: Have you written an article about livi ng the Unity life, have tips on how to demonstrate Unity's 5 Truth Principles, or had an experience illustrating Unity beliefs, please submit it for the newsletter:
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USLC Kroger Cards!
Please consider a USLC Kroger gift card for yourself or for gift giving! They are a great way to say "thank you" to a teacher, neighbor, or family member, to give to a needy family you may know, or to donate to a local shelter.
To get USLC Kroger gift cards, contact Carla Garcia to order them and they will be available within a few short days. As always, you can purchase them for an initial startup amount of $5.00 and load any additional amount you would like at your local Kroger store.
It's easy gift giving and a great way to support USLC for no additional cost to you!
Please remember to recharge your Kroger card each month so we can reach our $5,000.00 goal in order to be eligible for our 5% bonus.
Questions? Want to get a card? See Carla Garcia!
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