Find News, Weekly and Special Events below!
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Sunday Worship Services
9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
Music Director Oman Ken
Youth Education Classes at the 11:00 service
(Children meet in Upper Friendship Hall. Please bring your children over around 10:45 a.m. to sign them in with our teacher.)
Unity of Sedona's Pilgrimage to Unity Village - this Fall, 2008! Please see the Special Events link (upper left of this page) for full details.
Church Notices:
Church Grounds Clean-Up
This Saturday, August 23rd
9:00am to noon - Pizza provided at noon!
Just show up and check in with Ken Reynolds and thanks for coming out and helping spruce up the church grounds!
We extend a loving welcome (and welcome back) AND a great big thank you to our prayers chaplains who spent the first weekend in August at chaplains training and were installed at last Sunday’s services. Thank you for praying with us and supporting us in our spiritual journey! Chaplain Team Coordinators: Marie Thompson, Jeanette Suggs. Chaplains: Marta Adelsman, Dominique Beynel, Kerry Biondo, Joni Bowen, Timothy Buzzard, Josephine Fiamingo, Diane Lukich, Eddie McClellan, Mary Overman, Susan Palmer, Judith Rhoden, and Michelle Smith and Peter Thomas!
The Sunday Services are available on CD! CD’s are $7.00 if picked-up and $8.00 if mailed to you and are now available right after Sunday services!
Classes/Workshops
(Ongoing classes listed below At Unity this Week)
Gratitude Now – A Circle of Support
Every Saturday Morning
8:00-9:00am in the 
Sanctuary
In accord with our ever-deepening experience of Gratitude as the fulfillment of Creative Law, Rev. Mark Pope is initiating an ongoing Sacred Circle for the purpose of supporting those who wish to experience greater and greater gratitude. Please understand, this is not a gathering for the expression of personal issues, problems, or concerns. This circle is devoted to holding the frequency of thanksgiving through sharing our experiences of increasing good.
Oneness Blessing of Deeksha
with Candace McKena Caldwell, Ginny Viol, Kerry Chinn and others
Monday Evenings
7:30 – 9:00 pm (Sanctuary)
(note summer time change)
Love Offering - no one turned away
Oneness Blessing or “Deeksha” is a transfer of Divine Energy for Awakening to Oneness, letting Divine Grace and Love into your life and experiencing the Flowering of your Heart. This transmission of energy affects the activity of the brain, causing a significant neurobiological change by quieting the parietal lobes and activating the frontal lobes. It can bring about a change in the perception and experience of life.
A donation of $10 is requested, however, no one will be turned away. There are chairs for sitting. If you wish, bring a blanket and pillow for lying in shavasana after the Blessing.
Story Telling Theatre with Ron Olson
Tuesday Mornings 7:00-8:30am
and Tuesday Evenings 7:30-8:30
in Friendship Hall
Please call Ron Olson at 274-7196
Suggested Minimum Donation $10
Every adult has had a childhood and a way of seeing this childhood is through the lens of stories. Some stories are sources of strength and happiness. Some stories are interrupted, arrested or repressed feelings which can be the source of repeating and limiting patterns in adulthood and even marriage. Unfortunately, many of our own stories have been ignored, discounted or invalidated. What is actually true is, our stories properly understood, are the source of our uniqueness, genius, compassion and much more!
Fun and interesting, Story Telling Theatre can be a powerful method to explore, discharge and reframe our stories! Even if you’ve done all kinds of work before, you may find stories you didn’t know were there! Come and see if Story Telling Theatre might be right for you!
Unity and Eckhart Tolle
A six-week class with Rev. Mark Pope
Wednesdays
July 23rd--Sept. 3rd
7:00-9:00pm in the Sanctuary
(Love Offering)
Recently, after participating in a vastly, popular class broadcast over the web by Oprah Winfrey, Eckhart Tolle visited Unity Village for a period of rejuvenation. While there he gave an exclusive interview to Unity.FM. You may view this interview at www.unityonline.org (search the website for Eckhart Tolle interview).
It seems this is an appropriate time that we offer a class devoted to exploring the phenomenon of spiritual awakening in the context of Unity principles and the teachings of Eckhart Tolle.
Our gatherings will utilize audio, video, written word, lecture, discussion and periods of silence/stillness devoted to actual spiritual awakening as such awakening is pointed to through Unity teachings and by Eckhart Tolle.
Events
Give Me Some Credit: How Credit Card Addiction Ruined My Life, and a Year of Miracles Saved It - with Josh White
A four-part class with Josh White
Tuesday evenings,
August 26th – September 16th
6:30pm (sanctuary)
Suggested donation $10
(no one turned away)
In these classes, Josh will be discussing practical emotional and financial tools you can use to help you get out of debt, create inner and outer wealth, and enjoy greater emotional freedom. You are welcome to attend any number of classes (you don’t have to take all the classes if you don’t want to). Josh can be reached at (928) 300-3049,
or joshwhiteworldwide@gmail.com.
A little about Josh’s story: Josh woke up and found himself over $53,000 in debt, due to abuse of credit cards and poor choices in business dealings. Despite the fact that he was a successful psychotherapist and was helping others, Josh had a crippling secret, and the credit card addiction he had been nursing for several years had finally caught up with him. On that day, Josh realized he had to make a change, so he cut up his credit cards and vowed never to use them again. Unfortunately, he was in so deep that the following year left him teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, with serious health problems and a strained marriage.
Josh subsequently endured incredible stress and innumerable challenges in his journey out of debt. However, he lived to tell the tale, and his book, “Give Me Some Credit: How Credit Card Addiction Ruined My Life, and a Year of Miracles Saved It,” is now under consideration for publication by four major publishing houses. In his book, Josh chronicles his journey out of credit card addiction, through legal troubles, confrontations with creditors, a separation from his wife, two stress-related emergency room visits, an emotional and spiritual breakdown, and, ultimately, redemption including a joyous marriage, deep spiritual connection, and a burgeoning prosperity that is beyond anything he could have dreamed of.
Josh now feels a calling to inspire others who are downtrodden due to their debting behaviors, and help them to create internal and external Abundance and freedom from all kinds of debt. He does so through writing, workshops, public speaking, and coaching individuals and couples.
Tesla Lights Energy Spa – free demo
with Gerard Breznau
Thursday, August 28th at 7:00pm in the sanctuary
Call Gerard at 520-921-0478 for further information.
Unity of Sedona W.I.L.D. G.I.R.L.S Group
Wonderful, Intelligent, Loving, Divine Goddesses In Real Life
Meeting the First Saturday of Every Month in Friendship Hall
Next: Saturday, September 6, 2008, 10:00am to 1:00pm
Details: Plans include a gathering of spiritually bonded women, a guided meditation, and other special activities
Mission Statement:
The divine feminine heart beating as one uniting our community in peace, love, support, service and fun.
Theme: Greek/Italian, Mamma Mia music
What to Bring: a Greek/Italian potluck dish, your dancing shoes, and something significant for the alter
Contacts:
Betty Azad (501) 276-2399 and Linda Dunn 928-204-5505, Meeting Facilitators
Diane Lukich 623-336-6934 and Jeanine Diaz 928-282-0782, Group Coordinators
Tiffany Tatum Presents
"The Many Faces of the Goddess"
Concert Dedicated to Mary Magdalene
Featuring Special Guests Dana Simmons and
Wendy Davis
Saturday September 6th
at 7:00pm
$10 Love Donation
Explore the essence of the Goddess through sound, light language, dance and ceremony. Tiffany Tatum a ceremonial Priestess will guide you on a vibrational adventure revealing the many voices of the Goddess. She will be accompanied by the musical alchemy of Wendy Davis and her crystal bowls. The Goddess will make her appearance through Dana Simmons and her transformational spirit dance. Join us for an unforgettable night of love and honoring of the Sacred Magdalene and the Christ Frequency.
Tiffany Tatum an internationally renowned high priestess of sound and light, is a gifted Akashic Records reader, spirit dancer, and shamanic healer. She has studied many healing styles from master teachers through her travels to sacred sites around the world. Living in Sedona, Arizona has inspired her to specialize in creating sacred ceremonial space for transformation and connection to spirit. She helps people connect to their highest potential in life bringing the souls purpose to light. She connects with the divine feminine energy to open the bridge to the source of universal teachings of the language of light.
Unity World Day of Prayer
Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Prayer Vigil 10:00am to 7:00pm in Friendship Hall
World Day of Prayer Service at 7:00pm in the Sanctuary
Join in the Unity World Day of Prayer Vigil. EVERYONE is encouraged to participate. Inside this bulletin is your personal Prayer List. Please fill it out & either place in the offering or turn in to the church. Participants in the vigil will hold your names in prayer all day & then the chaplains will send the lists to Silent Unity to be held in prayer for 30 days.
Please sign up in the Sanctuary or Friendship Hall for the prayer vigil, for a half-hour or hour period. Directions will be provided. Participants will hold the prayer lists and the World Day of Prayer Affirmation in prayer. If the time slot you want is already full, you can add your name, as “Where two or more are gathered, I am there.”
Join in the World Day of Prayer Service at 7 pm -- you are an important part of the day! Participate with people from around the world on this uniting Unity World Day of Prayer. Thank you, God
Grand Qigong Master Ou Wen Wei
Pan Gu Shengong Originator
For Reservations & Information contact:
Susan DeFlavis at 928-639-2088 or 239-340-1036
Private Healing Sessions Wednesday, Sept. 10th through Saturday, Sept. 13th; Moving Form, Healing Skills and Non-Moving on Sunday, Sept. 14th – all in the Sanctuary
One of the most recent & powerful repertoire of Qigong techniques is Pan Gu Mystical Qigong (also known as Pan Gu Shengong). Tens of thousands of people around the world have learned to practice this form and attest to its efficiency in curing disease, strengthening the immune system and increasing vitality. This form of Qigong greatly improves & has cured many conditions of heart disease, diabetes, strokes, Rheumatoid arthritis, cancers, lupus & liver conditions.
Master Ou is well known as a Grand Qigong master, an Author, A Poet, and a Calligraphist. He is the Vice Chairman of the Organizing committee of the First Beijing International Health Expo (2007), and a council member of the International Qigong Science Association. He was a council member of the International Medical Qigong Association, and the former Director of the Qigong Research Institute of Guangzhou University.
After intensively studying ancient Chinese ways of preserving health, in order to enable practitioners to absorb the Life Force of the Universe, and to temper and improve their own Life Force and immune systems, Master Ou created Pan Gu Shengong, based on the physiology of the human body, and the miraculous relationship between man and nature.
Credit Card Capability Now Available at Unity of Sedona (Mastercard & Visa only)
We hope you will enjoy the convenience!
You can now use your credit card in one of two ways:
In the Bookstore and Resource Center
Either give your credit card to the person on duty in the bookstore, or, if no one is there to take your payment, follow the instructions taped to the countertop.
For your tithes and contributions
Simply fill out the form in the pocket on the back of the chair in front of you and place it in the offering bag during the church service. Or place it in an offering envelope and give it to Marie Thompson or a Council of Trustees member.
Opportunities to Be God's
in Action!
- Hospitality Volunteers – new shift in this service! FYI, our hospitality coordinator now sets up the tables, tablecloths & condiments for coffee and tea the night before Sunday service, and we have a lovely lady who cleans up after the 2nd service , so volunteering is much easier now and does not include cleanup! Our time in fellowship is a significant component of Sunday services. Would you like to volunteer to provide refreshments for a service? You can also designate your service in honor of a special occasion. The sign up sheet is in Friendship Hall. If you cannot provide refreshments, it is perfectly acceptable to just prepare a platter of cheese and crackers and cookies, which are always on hand.
- Ushers and Greeters – your consideration of this service is greatly appreciated and very much needed: If you would like to assist with our Sunday services as an usher or greeter, please call Peter Thomas at 204-2928 or email him at pthomasjr@mac.com. Volunteers in this area generally serve one service only and on only one Sunday per month.
- Bookstore Volunteers: Please contact Jennifer Taron at 284-5015 or email her at jl_taron@yahoo.com to volunteer in our bookstore. We presently need several more people in this area.
- Office/Errand Assistance: If you would like to help with small projects like dropping off our rack cards to the chamber and a few other locations, or watering plants once a week, please call Samara in the church office at 282-7181.
Thank you for volunteering! You and your service to the church, in whatever way supports you, is much appreciated!
A showering of Grace unto you…Rev. Mark
Unity Wish List - Children’s Ministry
W
ish List! Thanks so very much!
- A round or square rug 12 x 12 (or so)
- children's size table and chairs
- children's bibles
- children's stories
Did You Know . . . Shopping at BASHAS’ could
earn dollars for Unity of Sedona? Our church received $1.605.76 in 2006 by participating in the program.
It is so simple and costs nothing. All you have to do is: at any Bashas . . . as you hand the cashier your Basha’s Thank You Card, just ask them to credit Unity Church of Sedona and that’s all you have to do. You only need to ask one time. After that, a percentage of your purchases will automatically go to Unity Church of Sedona through March of 2008.
Please hold in prayer….
If you know someone who needs the prayer of a chaplain, please have him or her contact Chaplain Coordinators Marie Thompson (649-9926) or Jeanette Suggs (649-9151) or Samara Wilder in the church office (282-7181) and the call will be forwarded to a chaplain. Our trained and loving chaplains
Special Love and Appreciation to...
- Gene and Bert Garrison for the beautiful flowers, and cake and hospitality in celebration of their 64th wedding anniversary!
- Ron Olson for assisting in the office again!
- Jackie Thomas and Suzanne Edwards for their continued assistance putting together our bulletins and straightening the sanctuary for Sunday!
- All of our Chaplains for serving our people and our church with their prayers and their love AND for the generous gift of their time, energy and finances to attend last weekend’s training in Carefree.
- All of our worship assistants – many thanks to you for serving each Sunday!
- All of our ushers/greeters for creating a loving welcome for all who enter and for helping our services go smoothly!
- All of our bookstore volunteers! Thank you for helping to connect us with our written spiritual nourishment!
- All of our Children's Church volunteers for the gift of their love, time and wisdom to our children!
- All members of our Board of Trustees for the time and loving, prayerful energy they continually volunteer in support of our church!
- All of our Mastermind participants for their dedication and support in holding us and others in prayer.
- You for the love, support and appreciation you share with your spiritual community!
- God shining through us all, as we continue building and expanding the consciousness of Unity of Sedona!
At Unity this Week…
Hawkins Study Group
Alternating Thursdays 6:30pm in the Sanctuary
Next Meets– Sept. 4th and 18th
Suggested criteria for attendance is to have read at least one book by Dr. David Hawkins and attended one lecture. Love offering basis.
New Saturday Morning AA Meeting
6:45-7:45am (Friendship Hall)
Monday
Alcoholics Anonymous 7:30-8:45am (Friendship Hall)
Mastermind Prayer in VOC 8:30am. Please call 282-2450 for
location.
Unity Men’s Group 10:00am-12:00pm Mondays, (Friendship
Hall). Call Gary Dorer at 203-9050 for more information
Debtors Anonymous 5:30-6:30pm (Friendship Hall)
(Contact Michelle at 480-353-8303)
A Course In Miracles 7:00-8:30pm (Friendship Hall) with Joan
Harrington (649-1487)
Tuesday
Alcoholics Anonymous 7:30-8:45am (Friendship Hall)
Mastermind Prayer with Nonda Kellogg 1:00pm (Friendship Hall)
Alanon 5:30pm (Friendship Hall)
Wednesday
Alcoholics Anonymous 7:30-8:45am (Friendship Hall)
AA-Women's Meeting 12:00 noon -1:15pm (Friendship Hall)
Astrology 6:30pm (Friendship Hall)
Thursday
Alcoholics Anonymous 7:30-8:45am (Friendship Hall)
Alanon 5:30pm (Friendship Hall)
Narcotics Anonymous 7:30pm (Friendship Hall)
Friday
Alcoholics Anonymous 7:30-8:45am (Friendship Hall)
A Course In Miracles 10:00-11:30am (Friendship Hall) with Joan
Harrington (649-1487)
Overeaters Anonymous 6:00pm (Friendship Hall), facilitated by
Judy 649-6017
You may contact Unity Church of Sedona by calling the church office at 928-282-7181 between 10:30am and 4:30pm, Tuesday through Friday.
