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Unity Spiritual Life Center
July 17, 2013 ~ Weekly Update
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Sunday, July 21, 2013, 10:30 am
Rev. Denise Creech Speaks
TRUTH TALK:
The Ark of Consciousness. Most of us have heard the story of Noah's Ark as childen, but let us take a look at it again as adults. We have the opportunity to build our own arks. As we build, we incease the ability to ride out any storm that comes our way.
Rev. Creech is an ordained Unity minister and has received her Death and Grief Studies Certificate from the Center for Loss and Life Transition in Fort Collins, CO. Recently, after serving as the Associate Minister at Unity Church of Tidewater for 1 1/2 years, she has returned to her home church, Unity Fellowship Church in Newport News, VA, and is serving as the Assistant Minister and Community Outreach Coordinator. She makes her home in Smithfield, VA, with her husband of 36 years.
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 mak
- Ministerial calls are made 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 EVENTS
USLC Treasure Map! Following in the vein of Catherine Ponder's treasure mapping, help us celebrate the treasures of USLC and visualize the bountiful prosperity yet to come. In lieu of an actual event on the first Friday in August, the Creativity & Play Ministry director, Robin Johnson, will be creating a collage Treasure Map for USLC.
In order to do this, she needs the visions and goals of all USLC members and friends. Share any words (e.g. love, peace), images :-), or concepts (e.g. hundreds of members) that best represent what you want to see in USLC's future in the way that is easiest for you...via e-mail to reallyveryhappy@gmail.com, snail mail to USLC, or in person at USLC (you can give them to Carla Garcia or Robin Johnson or place them in the Creativity & Play Ministry box in the hospitality area).
Due to the large number of ideas expected, limit submissions to 3-5 per person (extra items will be considered if space is available). Submit your treasures no later than Sunday, August 4
Let's create the brilliant future of USLC! |
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WOW!
Somewhere, buried under all you know, there is a new life waiting.
Amy Zucker Morgenstern, Minister | |
A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery |
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MINISTRY NEWS
The CHILDREN AND YOUTH MINISTRY is in need of teachersfor the youth program. We now have several age groups attending on Sundays. We have a regular assistant on Sundays for the nursery. The immediate need is for four volunteers, each to assist with the children one day a month. We also 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.
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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FEATURE
FAMILY VISIT
Sometimes "Spiritual Renewal" calls for more involvement than just going within. I am an advocate for going into the Silence (it is a daiy practice for me), but sometimes we need to let the ones we love renew our Spirit. That is just what I did this past week. I spent time with my grandchildren and allowed them to feed me from within...and, Boy...did they do just that. And the best part is they didn't even realize it...they were just being themselves. Jackson, age 5, is getting ready for Kindergarten and is very excited and feeling very grown-up. I got to hear a lot about that. He is his father's (my son) child in that lots of conversations with him surround sports. He was very eager to tell me all about the Atlanta Braves. And with every conversation, my stress was washed away and was replaced with a feeling of renewed love and excitement about life as seen through a child's eyes. Caden, age 3, has the sweetest way of saying "Nana"...everytime "Nana" came fom his mouth, the stress was once again washed away and was replaced with a love felt deeper than words can express. And, then there's Harper...we celebrated her First Birthday while I was there! I got to see her take steps on her own...what a joy that was !! And, well, Harper's smile melts away the most imbedded stress and replaces it with love and hope for the future. And, may I add, she did a lot of smiling!!! The gratitude and love I feel for their paents...my son, Joshua, and his wife, Autumn, once again goes beyond words. Watching them interact with these children filled me with gratitude and the reassurance that I must have done something right. Any past mistakes I may think I have made...they all just washed away. I am so very grateful to have these wonderful Spirits in my life. I came home renewed...with love, excitement for life, hope for the future, and an overflowing sense of wholeness, knowing I am connected to everthing and everyone who is important in my life...and that includes my family at USLC.
Renee Piere
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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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