WEEKLY UPDATE January 18, 2022 |
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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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Message from the Ministers |
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Affirmation: As Spirit in expression, I move through my life boldly and joyfully.
I might have been tempted in the past to tiptoe through life. Perhaps I’ve been concerned that living with too much enthusiasm might threaten whatever degree of spiritual awareness I had achieved.
Jesus had a different message and set a different example. He lived his life boldly, whether he was teaching, demonstrating, or sharing a meal with friends. He could have separated from the world for a life of quiet contemplation. Instead, he carried his radically new spiritual message into the very heart of the world in which he lived.
By following Jesus’ example, I accept the joys and challenges it will contain.
Excerpt from Daily Word January 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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We welcome the New Year at Unity Williamsburg Spiritual Center!
Let’s celebrate by coming together to share this 2022 journey together!
January 23: Guest speaker - Rev. Laura Barrett Bennett - Unity of the Heartmind
Anchoring the mind in the heart is key to access our spiritual wisdom.
January 29: Affirmative Empowering Prayer Class w/ Rev. Linda Linda Martella Whitsett
1:00 – 3:00 pm on Zoom . Love Offering $20.00
January 30: The Trinity in Action: Expressing Divine Will, Wisdom, and Love
Rev. Louis Purdey – Divine Will – part 1
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Join Reverend Laura Barrett Bennett as she speaks about the Heartmind -The multiple challenges of a rapidly changing world can leave you feeling confused about what to believe, who to trust, and what to do. In this talk, Rev. Laura shares from her Unity background how to anchor the mind in the heart and access the wisdom that leads to a spiritually rich and fulfilling life.
PA: Jude Eastman
Chaplain: Rev. Jan Sloan
Greeter: Sharon Calano
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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The metaphysical meaning of Prosperity in the Revealing Word is defined as the Consciousness of God as the abundant, everywhere present resource, unfailing, ready for all who open themselves to it through faith.
Prosperity is based on the conscious possession of the idea of God's abundance back of all things. Things come and go, but the idea of abundance endures.
The difference between spiritual prosperity and material prosperity is that spiritual prosperity is founded on an understanding of the inexhaustible, omnipresent substance of Spirit as the source of supply; the material belief is that the possession of things constitutes prosperity.
Unity Williamsburg Spiritual Center is a prospering Center because we have faith that our good and all that is needed for us comes from the inexhaustible, omnipresent substance of Spirit. We are grateful!
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Consciously Seeking Zeal
Zeal can be shiny and bright and exuberant out in the world. It can also be a quiet intensity burning from within. It can be big and explosive, and it can also be subtle, shifting your inner landscape.
How do you consciously activate it? It begins with noticing what in your life supports joy. Perhaps that is quietly sitting in the Silence with deep commitment and willingness or running a 5K no matter what the weather is like outside—or both!
Any loss of zeal is an early warning system, letting us know it is time to reevaluate how we are showing up in our life. Begin by listening anew. Deciding what is important to you.
Igniting your zeal is about listening to what makes your heart sing, even if it’s a very quiet song to start.
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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 following Sunday service for the next several Sunday's will be cancelled until further notice.
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Message from the Board
Our next board meeting will be held on January 23, 2022 to elect board member positions. The previous meeting was postponed due to inclement weather.
We are in gratitude for Tom Yager and his service as Board President as his tenure is up and Bob Osmon for his willingness to serve. We thank all our Board members for their continued guidance and commitment to Unity Williamsburg Spiritual Center.
Our next board meeting will be held on January 16, 2022 to elect board member positions.
Board Members for 2021
(*To email a board member, click on the their name above.)
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Ur-divine events presents
Affirmative Empowering Prayer Workshop
Saturday January 29. 1:00 – 3:00 via Zoom
Rev. Linda Martella-Whitsett, an award-winning author of How to Pray Without Talking to God, Divine Audacity: Dare to be the Light of the World and This Life is Yours: Discover your Power, Claim Your Wholeness, and Heal Your Life, will offer a workshop to “ramp up your prayer consciousness with Unity’s approach to affirmative prayer.”
You’ll have an opportunity to:
Deepen your understanding of Unity’s core message of Oneness in prayer, in language, and in practice.
Develop awareness of unifying language.
Learn an approach to affirmative prayer that identifies the spiritual issues at the heart of a prayer request/intention.
Practice drawing from one or more of Unity’s 12 Powers, as describable divine attributes, and drawing from innate spiritual powers in response to circumstances and intentions.
This workshop is offered at a $20.00 Love Offering. Click link below to register.
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Thoughts are Things by Henry Van Dyke
I hold it true that thoughts are things:
They’re endowed with bodies and breath and wings:
And that we send them forth to fill
The world with good result, or ill.
That which we call our secret thought
Speeds forth to earth’s remotest spot,
Leaving its blessings or its woes
Like tracks behind it as it goes.
We build our future, thought by thought,
For good or ill, yet know it not.
Yet so the universe was wrought.
Thought is another name for fate;
Choose then they destiny and wait,
For love brings love and hate brings hate.
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UNITY offers foundational guidance for living abundantly and remembering to align ourselves with our divine nature. Here are The Five Universal Principles that we teach:
1. God is everywhere and always present in every circumstance. This divine energy underlies and animates all existence.
2. Human beings are innately good because they are one with and an expression of Spirit.
3. Our thoughts have creative power to influence events and determine our experiences.
4. Prayer and meditation connect and align us to our own spiritual nature and to God/Spirit.
5. It is not enough to understand spiritual teachings/Truth. We must apply our learning in all areas of life, incorporating them into our thoughts, words, and actions.
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WILLIAMSBURG AREA
MUSIC TEACHERS
Divertimenti 13 Benefit Concert
Saturday,
January 29, 2022,
3:00 pm
St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church,
612 Jamestown Rd.
Live Stream also available via Eventbrite here:
Donations accepted for Williamsburg Music Club student scholarships. www.WilliamsburgMusicClub.org
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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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January 2022
Inner Peace
I am centered in infinite peace.
Guidance
Divine wisdom is the light shining upon my path.
Healing
Realizing my divine nature, I am healed.
Prosperity
I thrive as I live in awe and gratitude.
World Peace
Openhearted and open-minded, I promote peace.
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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
Margie and Richard Tate continue to tend to our winter garden!
Steve and Sandy took down the Christmas tree and put all our decorations away!
What would we do without our angels?
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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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Malachi 3:10 “Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing.”
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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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UNITY WILLIAMSBURG SPIRITUAL CENTER
624 Queens Creek Rd Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757) 594-0389
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