WEEKLY UPDATE November 16, 2021 |
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Message from the Ministers |
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Affirmation: In everything, I give thanks.
I give thanks that this is a new day. I will fill it with love, joy, and service. I give thanks for the infinite wisdom that is guiding and directing me in all that I think, do, and say. I seek the spirit of wisdom within, and my path is made clear.
I give thanks for my understanding of spiritual truths. I faithfully practice what I know, and my understanding grows and increases. I am grateful for my radiant health, strength, and vitality. I am blessed with prosperity that streams toward me from every direction. I give thanks for my daily work. I enfold each task with thoughts of love, order and perfection.
I give thanks that I am a channel for blessings - a radiating center of divine love.
Excerpt from Daily Word November 2018
Unity Williamsburg Spiritual Center offers a
safe and sacred place for study, participation, fellowship,
support, and transformation as we awaken to
the joy of living!
We invite you to join us in 2021!
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Unity Williamsburg Spiritual Center is a diverse, open and affirming community that embraces all people regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, creed, ethnicity, age or physical or mental ability - without intent or attempt to convert. |
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Talk Title & Events Calendar
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What’s happening at Unity Williamsburg Spiritual Center? Take a look!
Sunday November 21 – Donna Drozda
A Grateful Open Heart
Sunday November 21 – Board Meeting
Saturday November 27 – Decorating the sanctuary for Christmas
Sunday November 28 – First Sunday of Advent
A Trip to Bethlehem
Tuesday November 30 - Joshua Inacio
see flyer below
PA: Bob Osmon
Chaplain: Susan Cardozo
Greeter: Tom Yager
If you are not able to attend please join us each Sunday at 10:30 via Facebook or visit us on YouTube. We’d love to have you be a part of our adventure!
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This Sunday our dear friend, Donna Drozda, joins us again to share wisdom from the Buddhist tradition. Her message this week is titled “A Grateful Open Heart.” She will, also, be leading us in meditation. She always has an inspiring message and we are so grateful and blessed when she visits UWSC.
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Do you remember the song "Prosperity Now?" This is such a fun song to sing and it places us in the joy of infinite Prosperity!
Sow the seeds of unity;
Grow in love and there will be
Prosperity, Prosperity, Prosperity now!
God is wisdom, life, and health;
We are heirs to all His wealth.
Prosperity, Prosperity, Prosperity now!
We are a prosperous spiritual community and it is
because of YOU!
Gratitude... goes beyond the "mine" and "thine" and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift. In the past I always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now I realize that gratitude can also be lived as a discipline. The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy. Henri J.M. Nouwen
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Abundant Living
Do you believe that your life is abundant? You should because abundance surrounds you. Follow your inner urge to claim and experience all that life has to offer. Each day is an opportunity to move forward to become, experience and achieve more than ever. Your mind is fertile with divine, creative ideas. You are surrounded by infinite love and wisdom.
Now's the time to bring this prosperity consciousness into your day-to-day living. As you do, remember these timely suggestions by Eric Butterworth:
- Make a commitment to get yourself and keep yourself in the positive stream of life.
- Refuse to indulge in casual conversation about the bad economy, the high cost of living or about anything you really do not want to say “yes” to.
- Eliminate such thoughts as “I can't,” “I'm afraid,” and “There is not enough” from your consciousness.
- Talk only about the things you want to see live and grow.
- Keep your thoughts centered in the ideas of abundance, sufficiency and well-being.
- Occasionally give yourself a consciousness booster by affirming something like: God is my instant, constant and abundant source of supply.
Remember, you are one with God—the source of all.
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Unity Williamsburg Spiritual Center graciously accepts love offerings during Sunday Services and special events,
by check mailed to 624 Queens Creek Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23185
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Fellowship follows each Sunday Service. Please join us for coffee, treats, conversation and more! If you have a treat to share, it will be thoroughly enjoyed!
If you’d like to leave a blessing in the basket in the coffee area, we are grateful. This is used to continue to offer all the “goodies” we enjoy.
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Please visit our book table in Fellowship. You will find lots of wonderful books. Take the ones you would enjoy reading and leave a love offering in the basket! If you have appropriate books that you’d like to add to our book table, please feel free to bring them with you on Sunday. Thank you!
New books added each week!
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Unity, Then and Now
Charles and Myrtle Fillmore created Unity almost by accident because they were trying to heal their bodies Both had experienced lifelong health issues in an era when medicine was primitive, so doctors had not helped them. As they explored metaphysical methods of healing—that is, beyond the physical—they discovered what were then new discoveries about the power of mind over body.
In years of devoted meditation, they both experienced significant physical healing but also awakened to a spiritual plane where they recognized the innate power in every human being.
They shared their new understanding not through a church, which came later, but through magazines in which they wrote about what they were learning and encouraged others to explore for themselves. Unity Magazine and Daily Word are still published today with global circulation.
They also suggested that all their magazine subscribers pray together at a certain time each evening, and they began to answer prayer requests by letter. This quickly grew into a prayer ministry now called Silent Unity®, which responds by letter, phone, email, and text to 1.4 million prayer requests a year.
The Fillmore’s taught others to share the same messages, and those teachers in turn created new learning circles that now number about 1,000 churches, centers, and study groups around the world.
This article is from an article found at Unity.org
We invite you to be a part of Unity Williamsburg Spiritual Center.
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Message from the Board
Next Board Meeting is November 21. Please join us!
Board Members for 2021
(*To email a board member, click on the their name above.)
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Hello Unity Williamsburg Spiritual Center Members,
As your Board President, it is decision time relative to increasing our financial support of our church. The request made last month to Atlantic Union Bank was rejected because in 2020 our monthly income did not exceed our expenses. The bank will re-consider our reduced mortgage monthly payments if 2021 balance sheet shows a significant improvement compared to 2020. Timewise, we have until December 31, 2021 (2.5 months) to make this happen.
To end the year on a positive note, I invite you to prayerfully consider a 50% increase in your tithe. This would be a wonderful gift to our Spiritual Center, however, any increase would be a blessing and greatly appreciated.
God Bless and thank you in advance for your continued support.
Sincerely,
Tom Yager
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Please visit our new Facebook home here or search @unitywilliamsburgspiritualcenter. We will be posting the Daily Word, affirmations, meditations, inspirational music and sermon spotlights daily. We will also post information about upcoming services and special events.
Our Sunday Services will be broadcast via Facebook Live every Sunday at 10:30 AM.
Please "Like" the posts and share content from the page to improve our online visibility. If you have suggestions from content, please contact Amy Shao or Jude Eastman.
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Please join us on our Williamsburg You Tube Channel where you will find our Sunday services and other events. For our YouTube Channel click here where you can subscribe to our channel and share it with friends and family.
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Silent Unity offers a monthly prayer services that can be accessed online in both a written and audio format here. These sacred prayers are used each month by the Unity Prayer Ministry and Unity communities around the globe. We invite you to join us in this sacred practice by including them in your times of prayer and meditation.
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November 2021
Inner Peace
I breathe in an atmosphere of God's perfect peace.
Guidance
By the light of divine wisdom, I know the way to go.
Healing
All conditions are harmonized and healed in the presence of God-Life.
Prosperity
In a spirit of thanksgiving, I thrive.
World Peace
I am a visionary of peace within and among all people.
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Let's Stay in Touch
Email – admin@unitywilliamsburg.com
checks mailed to 624 Queens Creek Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23185,
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An angel is light and joy.
An angel is compassion
and caring.
An angel is giving and sharing.
An angel is forgiving.
An angel is love.
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Calling All Angels
What a wonderful time we had at the Holistic Wellness Expo! We met lots of people as they stopped by our table to find out about Unity. We also met many of the vendors that offered a variety of ways to stay healthy in mind, body, and spirit.
We’d like to thank Amy, Jane, and Steve for volunteering your time and presence at this event! It was fun talking about Unity and being with each of you as you represented Unity Williamsburg Spiritual Center!
Also, a shout out of gratitude to Sandy! Every Sunday she sets up our food to share during fellowship and makes sure everything is put away after we enjoy our time together. If you would like to help with hospitality, please see Sandy.
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Unity Williamsburg Participates in Amazon Smile Program
Amazon Smile is a program that allows you to support your favorite charity at no extra cost when you shop at smile.amazon.com.
On your first visit to smile.amazon.com, you need to select Unity Fellowship to receive donations from eligible purchases before you begin shopping. Your selection will be remembered, and then every eligible purchase you make through AmazonSmile will result in a donation. If you have any questions about this program, please contact Amy Shao.
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Luke 6:38 “...Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”
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Covid-19 Mask Update:
We are asking everyone to wear a mask inside the building! At this time, we find it important to be mindful of others as we move through this next phase of the virus. Thank you for your cooperation!
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When the potential of inclement weather heads our way we want to let you know how to stay informed of potential impacts to our Sunday Services. If Sunday Services will be cancelled, we will share that information by 8 AM on Sunday on our Facebook page and in an email to all those who receive our weekly newsletter. If you know of congregation members who attend in person services but do not have internet access, please let us know so that we can arrange an alternate way to contact them directly.
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UNITY WILLIAMSBURG SPIRITUAL CENTER
624 Queens Creek Rd Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757) 594-0389
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