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Newsletter of Unity of Clare The Church of Practical Christianity Vol. IX No.1 January 2010 |
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Table of Contents Page 1 Spiritual Leader Message Wellness
Page 2 Wednesday Events
Page 3 Coming Events Quarterly Financial Statement
Page 4 Know Your Value By Agnes Feldman Rev Lorna Brown, ULC Phone 989-426-2761 Email: lorna@amazinisp.com
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FROM OUR SPIRTUAL LEADER Lorna Brown, ULC Wellness Indeed, we are whole and well and prosperous, beloved co-creators with the Divine; in life and in love. I recently found my physical being hosting a virus that didn’t seem to get the message that it had outlived its welcome in my physical body. Affirming my wellness on the phone with a friend, we took care of the details that had generated the phone call, completed our conversation, hung up, and immediately I felt better.
A recent PBS offering came to mind. It was called “This Emotional Life,” a show I watched during my convalescence. I celebrate when the scientific community discovers and quantifies the principles we in Unity live by on a daily basis. Researchers have come up with the theory that joy is contagious. They tracked people’s relationships and their contact with one another. Research showed that if you interact with a happy friend you will become 15% happier. What is more, if that friend has a happy friend, even if you do not interact with that friend, you will become an additional 10% happier. And if that unknown person has a happy friend you will receive benefit on and on through 6 layers of friendship. I give thanks for happy friends of happy friends of happy friends. They bless me, I bless them, and celebrate our interaction.
Another phone call, another friend; and she, like me, was showing up feeling in less than perfect physical health. We compared symptoms, affirmed our wellness, then at the end of our conversation she said, “When we hang up I am going to pray for you. Will you pray for me? The fastest path to wellness is to pray for someone else. We will heal one another.” I thanked God for this friend who reminded me of who I AM, who WE ARE, and our connection.
Again the PBS special came to mind. The show focused on proving that humans are hard wired to need one another. To paraphrase the reporter, “…we need one another, we are connected. We thrive when we have strong relationships with competent people. We belong together, we need each other, we belong to each other.“ I appreciated the reminder, and celebrate that this truth (which the Unity movement has been demonstrating for years), is becoming mainstream. We are whole and well and prosperous, beloved co-creators with one another and with the Divine; in life and in love. We belong to each other. Thank you. |
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Prayer Chain Joyce Kassin 989-588-2856
Silent Unity 1-800-669-7729 1-800—Now Pray
UNITY OF CLARE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chairperson Carol Spencer 313-350-9807
Vice Chairperson Anne Hobart 989-588-6322 Secretary Annette Erickson 989-588-6049
Treasurer Agnes Feldman 989-821-8433
Director/Music Beverly Stevens 231-734-5487 Director Gerry Nalezyty Web sites: www.unityofclare.org
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WEDNESDAY EVENTS Starting in January, 2010 we will be starting to have regular events at the church on Wednesday. We have developed and eclectic mix of music, movies, book study and healing meditation. We have chosen these ways because our members find Divine inspiration in all of these ways. While traditional services are a wonderful source of inspiration, we believe that God speaks to us in any number of ways. Our spiritual leaders and our members have chosen these ways to enrich the spiritual experiences that the church offers. These Wednesday events will also afford us additional opportunities to share love and fellowship with each other and with anyone who would like to join us. The events planned with take place at 6:00 pm and are scheduled to last 2-3 hours. The Events are scheduled as follows: First Wednesday - Acoustic Café and Movie night Second Wednesday Movie night Third Wednesday - Healing Meditation with Rev. Bob Allen Fourth Wednesday - Book Study with Rev. Lorna Brown Fifth Wednesday (When there is one - Spiral Dynamics with Rev Lorna Brown
Please check the Web site (www.Unity of Clare.Org) or later parts of the paper for specific details for each month.
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At Unity of Clare Church Sunday, January 18 Service 11:00 am Wednesday January 20 Healing Mediation Evening 6:30 -9:30 pm Sunday, January 24 Fourth Sunday Feast after Sunday Service Wednesday, January 28 Books Study “The Historic Jesus” 6 pm Wednesday March 31 Spiral Dynamics Course with Rev. Lorna Brown, 6 PM |
Tuesday Study Group 11:00 am – 1:00 pm At Anne Hobart’s home, Farwell Starting in January, “Handbook of Positive Prayer” For information call Anne at (989-588-6322)
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Library: Great gifts pens, mugs, Daily Word, books, and pins. We are currently releasing the books in our bookstore for ½ prices |
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Quarterly Financial Summary Since many of you have been so generous is supporting our church in numerous ways the Board thought that you might be interested in knowing the financial picture of the Church. So you will find information on the first quarter of 2009 and our current income and expenditures so that you will know what is happening to your donations Cash on Hand as of December 31. 2009 CD Deposit $ 2,000.00 CD Rollover Interest $ 91.75 Savings Passbook (Building Fund) $ 742.52 Checkbook Balance 12/31/2009 $ 1,257.97 Accrued Liabilities (Payroll/Property Tax) ($ 1, 549.49) Total $ 2,532.78 Known Expenses and Income October 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009
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Upcoming Retreats at Unity Village
January 15 & 16, 2010 Defy Gravity Carolyn Myss
February 8-13, 2010 Be Peace Foundations Course, Feeling Peace and Speaking Peace
February 19-20, 2010 The Soul mate Secret Arielle Ford
March 28-April 2,2010 Nehemiah Retreat
April 23-25, 2010 Wisdom’s Way Embracing the Divine Feminine Rabbi Rami Shaprio
May 2-, 2010 Nehemiah Retreat
May 14-19, 2010 Silent Meditation Retreat Dr. Marj Britt Rev Paul Tyman
For more information of Retreats at Unity Village check website at http://unity.org/Events/ Spiritpath/Retreats/index.html
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FROM THE EDITOR KNOW YOUR VALUE For Christmas this year my grandchildren gave me a little book entitled Moments for Grandparents by Robert Strand. This is a book of short essays of a spiritual nature. One of the essays concerns a poor woman during the Great Depression who shows up at an insurance office asking if she will be allowed not pay the premiums on an insurance policy that she owns. When the clerk at the insurance office looked at the policy he discovered that it was a policy on the life of her late husband. The policy was worth over $ 300, 0000 and the woman was living in poverty. The woman had no idea of the value of that yellowed piece of paper. How many of us are in the same situation. Do we not know the value of the assets that God has given us because it is not packaged the way we expected it? I wonder how differently I would live if I really knew the true value of the nature of my being. We all intellectually know that we are divine beings and we are made perfectly, but on an emotional level we often fail to recognize the treasure that we are. Like the woman in the story we live in the poverty of fear and anger while we are carrying the treasure of divinity and not recognizing what it is we have. I am encouraging you all to open the yellowed paper that you hold. Open up your heart and look at your own divine nature. Know that you are wealthy beyond your wildest dreams and shine in your own divine light.
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COME VISIT US AT OUR NEW CHURCH HOME Each Sunday at 11 am Special events Wednesday at 6 pm 215 W. Sixth Street Clare, Michigan
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