May 17th Leadership Event!
Diversity | Grief
Free to attend, CEUs available
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Leadership Event
May 17th from 9:00 – 3:00 PM via Zoom
MORNING SESSION
Rev. Jim Lee and his wife Lisa from Unity of Las Vegas will lead us through insights about diversity - available for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) with Unity Worldwide Ministries (UWM).
AFTERNOON SESSION
Sue Frederick will present a workshop on grief in ministry, which includes our own grief as well as working with grief in our congregations.
There will be no charge for this event. This is a gift from the Unity Southwest Region Board in a time when we could all use greater connection. All leaders in Unity centers are invited to attend.
Click the button below for one-click registration,
and you'll be sent a link to attend the week of the event.
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Rev. Jim Lee & Lisa Lee, LUT
Diversity Inside Out
Prior to entering the ministry, Jim Lee was a successful National Marketing Representative with IBM. His mission for transforming lives began in 1986 with his position as Executive Director of Youth at Risk where he served the needs of inner-city youth.
Inspired to pursue ministry, he completed Unity School for Religious Studies in 1994 and subsequently serviced on the Board of Trustees for Unity Worldwide Ministries including the role of chair for one year.
Lisa Lee was the Director of Youth Ministry and Adult Education at Renaissance Unity for over 15 years. She presented the “Spirit’s HeArt” workshop at the 2012 National Unity Conference on the role of the arts in spiritual development. She became a Certified Spiritual Educator and a Licensed Unity Teacher in 2013.
Workshop Description
In a world where the tension between differences is at its height, it is clear that the transcendence of separation is the major quest of the 21st century spiritual worker. As individualized expressions of the Divine, we are learning to integrate our uniqueness with oneness and to appreciate and honor a multi-textured nature of unity over the safety of sameness. The true essence of community can be found in our capacity to meet each other at depth beyond tolerance, transcending yet including our personal opinions and beliefs.
This workshop approaches diversity from the inside out, beginning with relating effectively with “the other” within. Through discussion, the power of story and spiritual practices, we will create an inclusive foundation for reaching across the great divides present in our culture today and develop new capacities for being spiritual ambassadors of compassion, peace, and true communion.
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Sue Frederick
Grief Shifting:
Opening the heart for healing and connection
Sue Frederick, is a third year Unity Ministerial student, and author of several books. As a spiritual intuitive coach and master numerologist she's taught hundreds of workshops for grieving people; and for those who seek a new story; a new view of their challenges and gifts.
Her work has been featured in the New York Times, CNN.com, Real Simple, Yoga Journal, Natural Health and Complete Woman Magazines.
Her workshop venues include Omega Institute, Naropa University, Shambhala Mountain Center, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, New York Open Center, and Loyola University.
Workshop Description
2020 has rocked our worlds: You and your congregants may be grieving a loved one or a lifestyle. Let’s come together in this online grief-shifting class. We’ll share stories, experience meditations that open the heart; connect to departed loved ones or to our inner God Consciousness for guidance. You’ll feel what you need to feel to heal – and ultimately embrace your soul’s great mission moving foward. Your loss is meant to fuel your greatest work and Sue Frederick is a master at illuminating that process.
Including:
-Meditations and sacred practices for direct conversations with your departed or your inner God Consciousness
-Sacred practices to feel and release the pain of grief
-A deep exploration of soul agreements, soul missions & using our pain as fuel
-How to receive written messages from your departed or your higher self
-Ways to quiet the mind to hear inner wisdom
-How to find purpose in your life and career after devastating loss
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Unity Minister's Community Connection
for SW Region Ministers & Spiritual Leaders
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Next Zoom: April 27, 2021
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4th Tuesday Each Month --
10am AZ AND CA
(We're in the same time zone now!)
The Zoom link will be sent in a reminder email. Make sure you're on the list!
Join in a supportive virtual circle with other leaders who understand the challenges and joys of our particular path. This is a space to connect with each other and share the journey together.
For questions, email unityswregion@gmail.com.
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ABOUT THE IMAGES: Inspired by the Youth Ministry tee-shirt, artist Gina Trank has graciously offered her imagery to help us remain spiritually connected in the new year.
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Connecting Through Games
from our Youth Ministry Consultant
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Many of us have experienced feeling disconnected, and saddened by the lack of connection, this past year. Our teens have missed out on so many of their scheduled activities. They have had to adjust to distance learning and find new ways to connect with their friends and family.
To support our teens and create opportunities for connection, we started a weekly game night. We have found the teens enjoy having time to get together casually and through the games, they are getting to know each other at a much deeper level. Our game nights give us those moments of conversation that we have missed from our in-person services and events.
Each week we gather over Zoom, have time for everyone to check-in, then decide which of a handful of games we want to play. We have found that web-based games and app-based games work best since many people can join via password instead of trying to stream the game over one computer. The favorite games so far are:
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Skribbl.io: a Pictionary-type group game played over the computer
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Among Us: an app-based game that they can play over their phones
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Jackbox games: a set of games that only one person needs to own and eight people can play simultaneously.
I am thrilled with the response to our game nights and the friendships that have developed from them. I intend to continue evolving and working with the teens to find what works best to continue nurturing these relationships.
If you would like to know more, please feel free to reach out.
Angie Keyes, C.S.E.
Unity Southwest Region
Family and Teen Ministry Consultant
AngieUnityYM@gmail.com
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LET YOUR STAFF KNOW
TO UPDATE OUR ADDRESS!
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Our P.O. Box in Phoenix is now closed,
and the forwarding order has expired!
Any mail you, your staff OR YOUR BANK
send to the PO Box in Phoenix will be returned (hopefully...)
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Please be sure you let your staff and banking partners know to mail tithes and correspondence to:
Unity Southwest Region
9018 Balboa Blvd. #401
Northridge, CA 91325-2610
Don't let your tithes get lost in the mail!
(It messes up your accounting!)
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If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our Regional Business Administrator, Malayna Dawn, at admin@unityswregion.org. |
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It includes info on:
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Faith Climate Action Week,April 16–25, 2021
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A guide for Sacred Ground: Cultivating Connections Between Our Faith, Our Food, and the Climate
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The Rights of Nature and related resources
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Their new YouTube Channel with playlists
- EarthCare Workshop at the Unity Convention in June, Reimagining Community Engagement:Stories of Sacred Serviced
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Mentoring calls and their Facebook page
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The Postcards video and attached information gives some great updates about the upcoming refresh of the Unity.org website and changes to the Daily Word widget that may impact your ministries.
It also includes info on:
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The Apr 29 Liberating Your Divine Identity: A Spiritual Conversation
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June 11–13 for the Global Pride Spiritual Summit
- Meditation resources, including booklets of Martha Smock writings
To sign up for the monthly Postcards from the Village video & email, simply email postcards@unityonline.org and ask to be added.
Lots of great info every month!
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Remember, Unity.org has links to Unity Village, Unity Worldwide Ministries, Silent Unity and Unity Worldwide Spiritual Institute, as well as resources and publications, all in one place.
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