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Unity Spiritual Life Center
October 2, 2013 ~ Weekly Update
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Sunday, October 6, 2013, 10:30 am
Lesson for Today:
Don't Take It Personally
Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of the agreements they
have made about life and how life works. Do you believe this? Are you happy
and at ease no matter what?
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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PAULA'S PERSPECTIVE
It's All About Me
We all make decisions for ourselves...because we get something from the result. Even decisions we make that seem to be for someone else are really for us. If I am mad at someone and decide to give them the 'silent treatment' it is because I want them to suffer...right? I do this because it gets me the satisfaction that they are suffering. They may not suffer at all...and really, I end up suffering, but I do it because I want to feel as though they are paying for whatever injustice I believe they have committed...it is about me. I do it because of what I want.
Let's look at another example. I'm at work and feeling terrible. I have an awful caffeine headache because I am trying to wean myself from coffee. I am working on a project that is due by the end of the day and I have a lot of work yet to get done. I know that even having lunch is out of the question. A good friend stops by to see me to share the news that she has been accepted into graduate school...something that I know she has been working on for some time. She is so excited! All I can say is.."That's great, but I really don't have time for this right now." I can see her deflated expression and she walks away feeling like she intruded into my day...as I continue to feverishly work on my project. I want to get done on time, I want to be appreciated by my boss, I want to get a raise. My reaction was because of me...because of where I was coming from and how I brought myself to the situation...it had nothing to do with her!
Every person you encounter brings whatever they are feeling and experiencing in their own life into that moment...it has NOTHING to do with you. You bring exactly the same thing into every moment...your thought and ideas, your fear and pain, your joy and your sorrow...and it has NOTHING to do with anybody else. We can make it about others...but the truth is that any decision or reaction we make is about us...and the decisions or reactions others make is about them.
If we live according to this truth we will experience a great freedom. We will take responsibility for our own choices, feelings, and attitudes. We will no longer give our freedom away to others who have NOTHING to do with how we live our life.
People don't do things because of me, they do them for their own reasons to satisfy their own desires and needs...and I do the same.
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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!
OCTOBER 6 - After the service there will be a meeting for all who are interested in re-starting or starting new ministry teams. Are you currently serving on a ministry team? Are you considering stepping up to serve but not sure where you might fit? Come and talk about your vision and new possibilities.
Home Book Study Groups - Three groups have been established for our first home book study to discuss The Four Agreements. Two groups will meet on Thursday evenings at 7pm, one will meet at the home of Jeanie Rodgers (Stone Hill Estates) near Wake Forest Road and Mineral Springs Road (919-237-1998) and the other will meet at USLC. On Wednesday evenings at 7pm, another group will be meeting at USLC. You are welcome to join any group. Pick up a guide sheet on the table at the back of the sanctuary. The book is available for $7. The second meeting of the groups will be on the 9th and 10th.
OCTOBER 8 - Spiritual Economics Class. 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. " If you want to change your life, you will have to alter your thoughts." Eric Butterworth is a master teacher of Unity Truth. He presents for us a program of personal practice and discipline so that we can develop a rich mentality that will be impervious to fluctuations in the economy...and indeed life itself. Make the decision to change your life now...and join me as we re-discover the principles and process of True Prosperity. Instructor: Paula Zabkar. The book is $10; a syllabus and sign-up sheet will be available at the back of the sanctuary.
OCTOBER 12 - USLC Work Day. Saturday 9am-5pm. Please reserve this date! We will be cleaning and painting our facility to create the most inviting space possible. Bring willing hands and your own water bucket, paint brush or roller, and roller pan. Lunch will be provided. Let's make this a community event...invite friends and family to join us. Many hands make light work! Please sign up if you plan to join us.
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Wake up each morning feeling alive, vital, abundant, and connected to all around you.
Know that you have good friends who appreciate you for the best of who you are.
Move through your day knowing you have more than enough abundance to be able to focus your time pursuing your passions without worry.
Imagine the pieces of your life fitting together...effortlessly
Evolving Wisdom
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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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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
Coming soon...
We are getting ready to release the 'stuff' in our closets that we no longer use. We are making room for what we desire. Keep an eye out for the time and date when we will be having a yard sale, give-away or other event to put our stuff back into circulation.
Sandy Hemenway would like your help with several creative endeavors:
1) If you have ever had the inkling to write New Thought lyrics, Sandy has a lot of music and not enough words and would love to work with you.
2) Sandy is also writing a New Thought book and looking for people to review, critique, and discuss his ideas with.
3) Sandy has a vision of doing a series of New Thought concerts and would like to work with someone to create a poster for these concerts.
If your're interested in joining Sandy in any of his creative endeavors, email him at FIREMANE@ nc.rr.com for more details.
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
JOURNEY
As you journey through life, choose your destination well, but do not hurry there ...you will arrive soon enough.
Wander the back roads and forgotten paths, keeping your destinatioin in your heart, like the fixed point of a compass.
Seek out new voices, strange sights and ideas foreign to your own. Such things are riches for the soul.
And if, upon arrival, you find that your destination is not exactly as you had dreamed, do not be disappointed.
Think of all you would have missed but for the journey there, and know that the true worth of your travels lies not in where you come to be at the journey's end, but who you came to be along the way.
Unknown
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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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