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Unity Spiritual Life Center
September 11, 2013 ~ Weekly Update
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Sunday, September 15, 2013, 10:30 am
WELCOME PAULA!
JOIN US ON SUNDAY AND MEET OUR NEW SPIRITUAL LEADER, MINISTER PAULA ZABKAR
Lesson for Today:
Building Community, Transforming Lives
So here we are; starting a new chapter in the book that is USLC. How can we build a community...or a friendshp or a team or trust? It's not something that is tangible...so how does it work? What's it all about? Find out on Sunday morning!
Special Music: Elizabeth Dawsey
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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PAULA'S PERSPECTIVES
Lite and Lean
We have been preparing to move out of our house and I've come face-to-face with all the stuff that accumulates over time. Attics and closets and garages and drawers and places I haven't looked in a while...contain the stuff of my life. Sometimes it's easy to decide that something isn't worth packing to move...old theater tickets, clothes that don't fit, old tax returns, even a few gifts that I never used. Yard sale, Craig's list, recycle, trash. It feels good to be able to release stuff that is no longer useful to me.
But then there are the things that hold a lot of meaning for me...the stuff in my potterystudio, my Nikon camera, tools for jewelry making...that I am not sure about releasing. I am still holding on to what I used to have time to do and how it made me feel. Will I ever find the time to mold clay, take photographs or make jewelry? Does it matter?
This is all really good practice...this releasing and considering and making room. I believe that when we release stuff from our physical environment we make room for whatever is next...or we allow the lightness to take us to where we might have been too heavy to go. So the question becomes not "What do I have to leave behind"...but "What decision am I willing to make that will allow me to move on"?
This is a great spiritual practice...to consider the choice I am willing to make in order to be lighter...maybe even happier, more grateful and at ease. The 'stuff of our life' can bog us down, and so can the judgments and blame and jealousy that we hold in our hearts. The practice of considering and releasing is one that we can apply to the 'stuff' in our environment and to the 'stuff' in our heart.
What decision could you make today that would make you feel lighter, happier and ready to move on? Release it, let it go...and feel the freedom, the room, the opening...to a new possibility.
Practice well.
Peace Always,
Paula
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BUILDING COMMUNITY; TRANSFORMING LIVES
Don't Miss Out!
REGULAR EVENTS
* The Healing and Prayer Ministry continues to answer emailed or phoned prayer requests and is willing to make calls or meet for prayer at the Center. Prayer requests put in the Prayer Box are answered and sent on for Silent Unity at Unity Village. 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
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
September 11 - World Day of Prayer Service at 7pm. We will light candles, set a sacred intention, pray and meditate. During the service we will create a sacred altar. You are invited to bring one item (which will be returned to you) to place on the altar that holds a spiritual significance for you - a photo, statue, feather, stone ...anything that you acknowledge as representing spirit. The altar will stay in place until our closing service on Thursday evening at the end of our prayer vigil.
September 12 - All day World Day of Prayer Vigil from 7am-7pm. Beginning at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday we will hold a 12 hour prayer vigil in the USLC sanctuary. Plan to stop by for 30 minutes, an hour or more during the day to pray, meditate and to hold sacred space for peace, wholeness and abundance. At 7:00 p.m. we will close our vigil with praise and thanksgiving for all that is happening as a result of our faith and commitment. All items placed on the altar can be picked up at the close of this service - any items not picked up then will be held in the office for you to claim at a future date.
September 15 - Pot Luck Luncheon to welcome our new minister, Paula Zabkar, MS, LUT. Sign up at the back of the sanctuary or email Carla at cagnc@msn.com
September 22 - After the Service, there will be a meeting with Paula for anyone interested in sponsoring a home book-study group. Curious? Come to the meeting and find out what this is all about. The home study will correlate with the Sunday talk series based on The Four Agreements. Please sign up in the back of the sanctuary so we can have books available in the bookstore.
September 29 - A home book-study using the book The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz will begin the week of the 29th. Sunday talk series on September 29 and October 6, 13, and 20 will be about these agreements.
September 29 - After the service, there will be a meeting of all who are interested in serving in our Youth Education Ministry. More details later.
SPIRITUAL ECONOMICS: On Tuesday's from 7-8:30pm, October 8-November 19, a 7 week class based on the book Spiritual Economics by Eric Butterworth will meet in the USLC sanctuary. Instructor: Paula Zabkar, MS, LUT. The class will be available for SEE credit. Love offering. Please sign the Sign-up Sheet in the back of the sanctuary or email Carla at cagnc@msn.com
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WOW!
Because love cannot keep silent, we will bear witness. Because love reaches out, we will join hands with our partners. Because love is sacred, we will worship together. Because love delights in friendship, we will celebrate together. Because love opens us at the core of our being, we will learn, we will be moved, we will be changed. Because love is strong, we will prevail. Not today. Maybe not next week or next month. But love is stronger than fear. Love is stronger than hate. Love is not afraid. Love is tough. Love endures. We will prevail.
UUA President Peter Morales | |
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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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COMMUNITY ZONE
Spiritual Community Event. Pot Luck Luncheon after the service on Sunday, September 15, celebrating our new minister, Paula Zabkar. Sign up in the back of the Sanctuary and bring your favorite pot luck dish - salad, entre, or dessert. Not mandatory; everyone welcome! Don't miss the food, friendship, and fun.
Congratulations! Jim Kimbaugh and Judy Strickland will be celebrating their anniversary on September 23.
Greetings my Unity Family,
I am writing to share some exciting news. I have been accepted into a 10 month program to receive my certification as a Spiritual Life Coach. It is through the Institute for Spiritual Development founded by Iyanla Vanzant. Unfortunately, financial aid is not available and I am in need of support in order to meet this financial obligation. I have created an account on Go Fund Me to campaign for scholarship funds. Take a look at the link below and support my cause if you can.
Love, Light, and Liberation: Sandra Dubose-Gibson
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 ARTICLE
Fearing Pain
Excerpt from an interview with Caroline Myss, Intuitive, Teacher, and Author, by Amy Beal, Prevention, September, 2013
"If your looking for a soulful reality check, you've come to the right place." Amy Beal
Some pain (emotional or physical) is essential. Like the pain that's caused when you do something stupid, (or the emotional pain of change), or the pain that happens in your body to alert you that you're sick.
You cannot simultaneously hold the beliefs that life is about learning and that life is only about pleasure, that if you're uncomfortable, you're doing something wrong. Life is not a fancy hotel where you get to order up a special pillow because it's all about comfort.
Pain is a indicator, a signal that says, "Stop and look at this; something is hurting you, and you must do something about it". And yet so many people ignore pain (or dissatifaction). Why? Because we're terrified of the truth. We can't stand it.
Truth is the greatest change agent in life; as soon as you know the truth about something, you have to make a choice. As soon as you admit the truth..."I'm not happy here" or "This hurts"...you have to do something about it. Nothing stays the same when truth comes out.
"I teach because I so respect the fields of mysticism, spirituality, and truth." Caroline Myss |
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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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