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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 this week) Wednesday Prayer/Meditation Service (Live Stream): 7:00 PM Table Talk Thursday (Zoom): Thur, 12:00 PM
Bible Study (Zoom): Thur, 3:00 PM |
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Sunday Service: 11:00 AM (DAS & Live Streamed) |
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Our Sunday Services Are Hosted by: Discovery Academy of Science (Our Former Sanctuary)
11:00 AM 2433 Nursery Rd, Clearwater, 33764 (map)
We Are So Grateful! |
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We signed the contract with TZ Architecture this morning. Next, the architect's structural engineer will begin working on confirming specs, so the steel supplier can get the steel for the footings and the foundation into production.
We remain very grateful for the steadfast faith of all those whose gifts of
love and substance sustain our Church during this time of transition.
We are very glad to welcome old friends and new friends on Sundays on our
home campus. Watch this space as we give thanks together that God is clearing the way for us to go forward.
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 - Holy Now |
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Highlights:
Lyrics to "Holy Now" by Peter Mayer
"When I was a [child] … we would go to church and pay attention … and everyone would kneel and bow. Today the only difference is, everything is holy now.”
“When I was in Sunday school, we would learn about the time
Moses split the sea in two, Jesus made the water wine.
And I remember feeling sad that miracles don’t happen still.
But now I can’t keep track, ‘cause everything’s a miracle.”
“It used to be a world half there, heaven’s second rate hand-me-down.
Now I walk it with a reverent air, ‘cause everything is holy now.”
This morning, outside I stood and saw a little red-winged bird,
Shining like a burning bush, singing like a scripture verse.
It made me want to bow my head. I remember when church let out.
How things have changed since then. Everything is holy now.
*Leddy was really wanting some Ricola on Sunday or maybe she was auditioning for a Ricola commercial |
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Last Sunday's Shining Words:
“We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us. God is love” (I. Jn 4:16).
Every night will have its dawn. Hold this thought as you hold on: God’s love enfolds 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 Resumes This Week - New Book... Alter Your Life |
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Tuesdays (resumes this week)
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!
WINGS will resume on Tue, Oct 14 with an in depth study of Emmet Fox's New Thought classic, Alter Your Life.
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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EFT - Tapping Group Meeting on Mondays Until November
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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
Teach Us to Pray was written by Charles Fillmore (Cofounder of the Unity Movement) and his second wife, Cora (a leader in Silent Unity and in Unity's Correspondence School and a beloved teacher of prayer). Cora Fillmore contributed a large number of the affirmations, lesson plans, and instructional chapters in this volume. As we follow the lessons together, we see that prayer is not begging, but aligning our thoughts with God's ideas. Leddy has compiled a unique series of twelve prayer services, embodying the essence of each of the twelve chapters of this fascinating study.
Join Leddy and experience the deep thoughts of Charles and Cora Fillmore every Wednesday evening through October.
Come, let us pray together! |
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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 |
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Thursdays (resumes Oct 9)
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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Jennifer Ferren Concert this Week! |
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Upcoming Interfaith Gathering All Are Welcome & Encouraged to Attend |
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On October 23rd, the Jewish Federation of Florida's Gulf Coast will be showing the movie “Tragic Awakening” at Temple Ahavat Shalom in Palm Harbor.
The movie is a new look at the oldest hatred, a, post-October 7th film rethinking antisemitism’s roots, turning hatred into strength for Jewish identity and Western values.
The JFFGC is trying to get as many folks – Jewish or not – to see this important movie, so they are not charging anything to attend.
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“When God completely occupies a life, then the earth-born shadows just disappear entirely, and we might add that all shadows are earth-born. So happiness becomes a state of mind that can be cultivated and increased. In the world about us there is more sun than clouds; there are more bright days than rainy days. So, why let shadows which will soon disappear crush us? When the shadows oppress us, we need only turn toward the light, turn to God.... There will be a way revealed to cross the Red Sea; somehow over every disappointment, there is a way and we will find it if we believe it, act as if we believe it, and look for it.... Remember, most of that which troubles us is mostly shadow; remember also that we see the shadows only when we turn away from the light. It all depends on the direction that we are looking.... By meeting these times bravely and overcoming them, we can make them into stepping stones for even better things, happier experiences. Remember that when we face the sun, our shadows fall behind us, but when we turn around our shadows fall in front of us. So we want to keep our faces towards the sun, to keep thinking about God, as Emmet Fox would say, instead of thinking about the problem; keep turning to the source of creativity, the source of happiness; keep in the flow of love, understanding, and forgiveness, of courage, of joy, of all that is good and true” (Eric Butterworth, Unity of NYC, ca 1975). |
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OUR WEEKLY AFFIRMATION:
"I KEEP MY MIND ON GOD, THE GOOD. I LOOK FOR THE SACRED LIGHT IN EVERYTHING AND I FIND IT EVERYWHERE.”
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