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            215 WEST SIXTH STREET  CLARE, MI  48617

 Building Spiritual CommUNITY in the Heart of Michigan

     

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Newsletter of Unity of Clare

The Church of Practical Christianity

Vol. IX No.1                                                                                                                                                                                                                   January 2010   

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

 

 

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.

                

Prayer Chain

Joyce Kassin

989-588-2856

         Grannysmiley@yahoo.com

 

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

www.unityonline.org

 

 

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.

 

 

 UNITY’ S Joint Statement for Peace

The Association of Unity Churches International and Unity®

Unity stands for peace in the presence of conflict; for love in the presence of hatred; for forgiveness in the presence of injury. Unity honors the many names for God, the many paths to God, the many ways to worship God; for there is only one power and presence of God and that God loves each one of us equally. It is therefore the position of the Association of Unity Churches International and Unity to urge all nations, their leaders and their people to turn to God by whatever the name for guidance during these challenging times and pursue peace, not war, for this is what honors the God of all our faith traditions. Unity stands for peace in our lifetime

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Flowchart: Punched Tape: YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW AT UNITY CHURCH OF CLARE

 

 

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)

 

 

Library:

 Great gifts pens, mugs, Daily Word, books, and pins.

We are currently releasing the books in our bookstore for ½ prices 

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

Expenses Total

 $ 4,833.84

Transfer of Funds

Income Total

$ 5,377.64

Mortgage

722.28

Building Expenses

Tithes/Donations

4,910.14

Utilities

330.24

From CD  

0

Sale of Assets

200.00

Bldg Mnt &

Utilities

330.24

From Savings

481.52

 

   Children’s Fund

39.00

 

Payroll

2158.10

 

 

Meditation

101.00

    Music & Speakers

195.00

 

 

Wednesday Activities

19.50

 

339.50

 

 

Other Activities

Insurance

Tithe

521.00.

 

 

 

 

Taxes

567.72

 

 

 

 

As you can see Unity Church of Clare has  accrued  liabilities of  $ 1, 549.49 which are all do in January and February, These

Include and unexpected property taxes of $ 800.26.  This is because Michigan Tax law has a provision that the taxes on any given property for any year  are determined by the status of the property on December 31 of the previous tax year.

Since the property we now own was not being used for tax exempt purposes on December 31, 2008 we as the owner of the property are liable for property taxes for 2009.

We affirm that this expense is in God’s hand and will be taken care of. We also would like to request your support in paying this  liabilities.  We are blessed with our new church home but we need additional support to meet these unexpected expenses.   If it is possible for you to help us at this time.  Please place your donation in the enclosed envelop and mail it to{ Unity Church of Clare, 215 W. Sixth Street, Clare, Michigan 

Thank you and Thank God for your generosity 

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

 

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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215 W. Sixth Street

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