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Current Mailing Address:
Unity Church of Clearwater
PO Box 4681
Clearwater, FL 33758 |
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WINGS Book Study (Zoom): Tue, 12:00 PM (resumes Oct 13) Wednesday Prayer/Meditation Service (Live Stream): 7:00 PM Table Talk Thursday (Zoom): Thur, 12:00 PM Bible Study (Zoom): Thur, 3:00 PM (resumes Sept 17) |
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Sunday Service: 11:00 AM (DAS & Live Streamed) |
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Our Sunday Services Are Held At: Discovery Academy of Science (Our Former Sanctuary)
11:00 AM 2433 Nursery Rd, Clearwater, 33764 (map)
We Are So Grateful! |
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This week, much of the work on our building project is focused on finding the best way forward with the earthwork inside the building footprint. Our construction team is consulting with dewatering specialists and evaluating several options that could allow the fill and compaction work to continue more effectively even when conditions are less than ideal.
While there may not be much new activity to see on the building itself right now, there is plenty happening behind the scenes. Our contractor is working through the available solutions while the project team continues coordinating the trades that will follow the earthwork, so we’ll be ready to move ahead as conditions allow.
We did have some very visible activity on the property this week. Several trees that were in the way of construction needed to be relocated, and fortunately they were healthy enough to be saved rather than removed. As you can see in the photo above, some of our magnolia trees were successfully transplanted to a new location on the property, where we will watch them continue to grow and thrive for many years to come.
As we all know very well by now, construction projects inevitably bring challenges that require patience, flexibility, and sometimes a little creativity. We’re grateful to have a team that is actively looking for solutions, and we remain confident that we’ll work our way through this particularly soggy chapter!
Our
beautiful new Church Home is being built for us in wisdom, love, and
divine timing and we are ready to receive it!
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This Sunday: Leddy Hammock - Everything Changes |
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Highlights:
Lyrics to “Everything Changes” by Sue Riley and Tom Kimmel:
When everything changes, I can change anything.
Turning the pages, everything’s new.
If life’s little stages are teaching me anything,
it’s everything changes and I can change, too.
When everything changes, I can change anything.
Turning the pages, everything’s new.
If life’s little stages are teaching me anything,
it’s everything changes and I can change, too.
*Leddy, Jono and Sean after this past Sunday service. |
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Bring the Kids to Church Every Sunday!! |
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After a long time coming, we’ve started something new—there’s now a kids table set up in the back every Sunday!
For this season, our services are all about being together as a family while we wait for our new building and dedicated kids spaces. It’s simple, but it feels like a really meaningful step forward.
Deanna has graciously stepped up to welcome and care for our kids each week. She’ll have coloring activities available, along with a couple of iPads for them to use. Kids are also welcome to bring a tablet or phone to enjoy quietly during the service.
A big thanks to Deanna for helping make this possible! |
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Last Sunday's Shining Words:
“Thus says the LORD: Cease your cries of weeping, hold back your tears! There is compensation for your labor—oracle of the LORD—they shall return from the enemy’s land. There is hope for your future…” (Jer.31:15-17).
You may not recall what you came here to do, but like a boomerang, it will come back to you. |
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When You Can't Be with Us in Person....
Watch on Sunday & Wednesday (click image below) **No Facebook Account Needed to Tune In!**
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If You Missed the Service on Sunday....
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WINGS Book Study Group with The Rev Cynthia Mackey Class Resumes October 13 |
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Tuesdays (Resumes Oct 13) 12:00 PM Zoom
WINGS is our daytime Truth Book Study Group and is led by our UCC Minister of Education, The Reverend Cynthia Mackey.
The group includes men and women and there's always great discussion!
Make new friends, share ideas and explore Unity teachings in a supportive, positive environment!
Attending the WINGS group can earn credit toward becoming a UCC Prayer Chaplain. Please check with Cynthia for more info.
All are welcome to join in!
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Mondays
6:30 PM Zoom
What is Emotional Freedom Tapping (EFT)
Your body is more powerful than you may imagine, filled with life, energy, and a compelling ability for self-healing.
Like acupuncture and acupressure, Tapping is a set of techniques that utilize the body’s energy meridian points. You can stimulate these meridian points by tapping on them with your fingertips, literally tapping into your body’s own energy and healing power.
Gather with a great group of positive and supportive folks with healing in mind!
To Join:
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Wednesday Evening Spiritual Treatment |
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Wednesdays
7:00-7:30 PM
Our Wednesday evening half-hours of meditation are presented as a "Spring to Autumn Series" of Unity Prayer Services drawn from The Healing Letters of Myrtle Fillmore (1936) - Cofounder of the Unity Movement - as compiled and shared by our Senior Minister, Leddy Hammock, from extracts of letters written by Myrtle in answer to letters from those who wrote to her for spiritual guidance over decades of her leadership in Silent Unity.
Let Myrtle "speak to you" from her heart as no one else could do. |
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Table Talk - All are Welcome! |
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Thursdays 12:00 PM Zoom
Let's get together and chat!
Leddy hosts a weekly Zoom "Table Talk" every Thursday so we can stay in touch more regularly.
The Table Talk will last about an hour. Feel free to drop in for a few minutes or spend the whole hour with us.
To Join:
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Bible Study with Leddy & Rabbi Arthur Baseman Class Resumes on September 17 |
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Thursdays (resumes Sept 17)
3:00 PM Zoom
Beginners
and longtime Bible students are enjoying this insightful class, an
excellent adventure in allegorical Bible study, team-taught by
longtime friends, retired Reform Rabbi, Arthur Baseman and our Sr.
Minister, Leddy Hammock, sharing
insights into Hebrew Studies and Unity allegorical Bible
interpretation. It's awesome to see how these paths intertwine to teach
Truth!
Walk with these two longtime friends and colleagues who
are also longtime Bible scholars through intriguing stories in the Torah
with insights from the Gospels as well.
You
can just listen or you can also ask questions and join in the
discussion during this unique, rich, and fulfilling exploration.
Bring your favorite Bible version. Be ready to expand your understanding of scripture!
All UCC classes are offered on a free will love offering basis! To Join:
Want to watch on demand?
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Pinellas Coalition for Human Rights Meeting
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Saturday, Sept 19
2:00-3:00 PM UU Clearwater 2470 Nursery Rd
There will be a meeting of the Pinellas Coalition for Human Rights in the UU Friendship Hall, east of the Octagon.
The Pinellas Coalition for Human Rights Meeting is an interfaith coalition with resolve to affirm justice and equality for all eligible voters and compassionate treatment of immigrants.
Together we can bring positive change!" |
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Meditation & Dhamma Talk at Dhamma Wheel
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Sundays
6:30-7:30 PM In Person and on Zoom
Looking to cultivate deep inner peace and clarity for the week ahead? Our friends at the Dhamma Wheel Meditation Society invite you to their weekly Sunday evening gathering.
The session features a guided meditation period followed by a practical Dhamma talk focused on applying Buddhist wisdom to modern daily life. Whether you are a seasoned practitioner or completely new to mindfulness, all are welcome to attend this evening of shared practice and community insight.
To Join: Meeting ID: 867 3280 0873 Passcode: 4SukiHothu
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American theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) composed the prayer in 1932–33. The prayer spread rapidly, often without attribution to Niebuhr, through church groups in the 1930s and 1940s and was adopted and popularized by Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve-step programs. Niebuhr used it in a 1943 sermon at Heath Evangelical Union Church in Heath, Massachusetts. It also appeared in a sermon of Niebuhr's in the 1944 Book of Prayers and Services for the Armed Forces, while Niebuhr first published it in 1951 in a magazine column. Early versions of the prayer are given no title, but by 1955, it was being called The Serenity Prayer in publications of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Here is the short version of the poem, often used as a mantra to open and close AA meetings still today:
"God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can,
and wisdom to know the difference." |
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OUR WEEKLY AFFIRMATION:
"LIKE THE AUTUMN LEAVES, I MEET CHANGE WITH GRACE."
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