Please Join Us at Our Annual Meeting

2014 Board of Director Nominees

Evelyn Criswell           Donna Crosswhite      Cathy Fisher     

Debra King     Tom McNamara

Craig Wolfe, a passionate environmentalist who's been active with the Sierra Club since 1988, will perform as part of Soular (www.Soular.com). The music duo Soular has its roots in the classic rock era of Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Jackson Browne, the Beatles and, of course, the 5-piece group Amdahl Wolfe where Craig Wolfe and Randy Deutch first played together. Their original music follows their motto:

 Thought for the Mind... Love for the Heart...  Truth for the Soul 

Please join us Saturday, June 21st as we welcome in the first official day of summer by experiencing an array of attractions found on the grounds of Unity Village.  This event will afford you an opportunity to leisurely explore what speaks to you while visiting with old friends and making new ones along the way as you enjoy the bookshop, coffee shop cafe, Myrtle's Grove,  the fountains, the rose gardens, the architecture, the walking trails and more.  There is so much to see, do and enjoy on the 1200 acres that is Unity Village. You are welcome to pack a lunch and enjoy it in the rose gardens while breathing in the views of Unity Tower, Unity Tower Prayer Garden and the three mirror pools and fountains found in Unity's central courtyard.  If a packed lunch doesn't tickle your fancy, a group of us can enjoy a lite deli lunch from the coffee shop cafe which features Starbucks coffee.

If you are comfortable driving on your own you can find directions to Unity Village at unityvillage.org under "About Unity Village." Then scroll down to "Maps and Directions."  Please be aware that there is presently road construction on Colbern Road which is expected to continue through the end of June.   If you would like to carpool and/or caravan we will meet at 9 am in our church parking lot and depart together at 9:15.  Upon arriving at Unity Village we will meet in the bookstore/ coffee shop cafe parking lot found at the intersection of  Unity Way and Unity Circle at 10 am.

If you would like to let us know you are participating or have questions please contact Vanessa Green at 913 596 8493 or vanessa@opgreens.com 

We look forward to seeing you!

Summer may have started, but kids will be returning to school before we know it, early to mid-August in fact.  And once again, UCOP's Pack -a-Backpack Team will be partnering with Community Linc, ReStart, Operation Breakthrough and SAFEHOME to help supply needed school supplies to returning students.  If you would like to serve on our Backpack Team, please contact team leader, Kae Kesler, at backpacks@ucop.org or contact  

Volunteer Coordinator, Rachel Asbury at rasbury@ucop.org or call 913-649-1750 x-3025.  Adoptions begin June 29th.  

Practical Spirituality is a meditation class designed to bring more clarity, peace, empathy and compassion into your life through connecting with the Divine Energy of universal human needs; e.g. belonging, abundance, love, growth. After the meditation, there will be some time for debriefing, sharing and questions. Through these meditations, participants will learn to be more aware of the aliveness within and understand new ways to get needs met that value everyone's needs. We will be using the four-part Nonviolent Communication Process developed by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, founder of NVC and a meditation process developed by Mary McKenzie, co-founder of the NVC Academy online.  

Jan Stanley has been engaged in her passion and joy: facilitating, teaching and practicing Nonviolent Communication (also known as NVC or Compassionate Communication) since 2001. Contributing to peace and attunement with the Divine Energy through prayer, meditation and mediation (being a peacemaker to parties in conflict, whether inner or outer) is the expression of her mission of "teaching the world to sing" or, in other words, to live with vibrant abandon, deep self-connection and authenticity. Jan has taught NVC and heart connection practices to administrators, teachers and students in schools. She is also a 3rd year graduate of the NVC Mediate Your Life program as a student and a coach. Jan is intent on making space in the world for all voices and perspectives to be heard and understood.

This meditation provides the opportunity to go into a deep, deep experience of the Presence. Meditation does wonderful things to our human bodies, giving them time to revitalize and heal themselves. At the same time, our souls experience their real, true selves, going to the place inside that is timeless and eternal. After the meditation, there will be a sacred prayer circle to share and honor one another's prayer intentions. You'll experience such serenity you'll want it to go on forever.

Suggested Love Offering: $10

Register here 

Suggested Love Offering:      $10   

Register here 

Now the Poet Laureate of Kansas, Wyatt has been teaching yoga for over thirty years. Her Yoganetics book was deemed an "Editor's Choice" by Yoga Journal and her work has been featured in Self, Dance Magazine, Parents, Body and Soul and The New York Times.  "This work," she says, "saves my life on a daily basis."

For more information, call (913) 381-1984 or visit www.yoganetics.com. (Fee-based class - first class free for new students!)