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New Class: How to Pray Without Talking to God – 5/6 @ 7PM

New Class – How to Pray Without Talking to God. May 6th, 7PM – 4 weeks, every other Monday.  s.e.e. credit.  Based on the book by Linda Martella-Whitsett.  Moment by moment, choice by choice. Words and methods of praying are informed by our understanding of divine nature.  Understand divine nature and your divine identity. Shows us how to develop a true spiritual practice by reforming the words of traditional prayers, by cultivating a habit of daily prayer and meditation.  We can have a rich and fulfilling spiritual practice without adhering to creeds and dogmas.

Winner of the 2011 best spiritual author competition.  Love offering.

May 2013 Activities

5/5 – New Sunday Series: From Fear to Fearless 
The whole month of May, the series will be based on Thich Nhat Hanh’s new book: Fear. 10AM and 11AM services.

5/6 – New Class: How to Pray Without talking to God.  7PM
Every other Monday at 7PM learn how to reap the benefits of praying without talking to God.  Starts 5/6.  Love offering.  S.E.E. credit.

5/12 – Mother’s Day Plant Sale 
The youth will be holding a plant sale.  Bring a plant, buy a plant.  Proceeds go to sending the youth to camp.

5/19 – Sound Healing Meditation
After the service, stay and be healed by the vibrations of gongs.  Jon Reinschreiber to perform.

New Sunday Series 5/5: From Fear to Fearless

For the month of May, there will be a new series Sunday mornings, based on Thich Nhat Hanh’s new book, Fear.

This series will give you tools to embrace and dissolve any fears that are holding you back from living the life you want to live.

“Essential Wisdom For Getting Through the Storm” is the books bi-line.

Listen to Arun Gandhi on OPB’s Think Out Loud

The UNITY Center hosted Arun Gandhi in February of this year, during The Season For Peace, to speak at various locations.  He was also interviewed by Allison Frost of OPB’s program, Think Out Loud!

Here is a link to their website and you can listen to the interview and read the article and comments there:

http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/arun-gandhi-discusses-nonviolence-violent-world/

Garden Photos: In Progress

“Here We Grow Again” 2013 Spring Events

“Here We Grow Again”

 

March 31^st – Easter –“The Hidden Meaning Of Easter” 10AM & 11AM

“Death is not the opposite of life.  The opposite of death is birth.  Life has no opposite.” Eckhart Tolle

Be part of this wonderful and inspirational service.  Special music with LaRhonda Steele, Joe Millward, Laila Murphy, Ron Shoals and Catone.  Easter egg hunt and games for children hosted by the teens.  Bring family and friends.

 

April 14^th – Garden Play Day – After 11AM

Bring a sack lunch and garden tools and help create beauty and order in our stewardship of this land,

 

April 21^st – Annual Vision Meeting – After 11AM

Expanding our vision.

 

April 28^th – In Honor of Earth Day: New Garden Blessing – After 11AM

Following the 11AM service we will have a drumming circle led by Wolf Spirit Drum Group.

 

May 12^th  – Mother’s Day Breakfast – After 11AM

Stay for a delicious breakfast created and served by the men of our spiritual community.

 

May 26^th – Memorial Celebration

Purchase a plant for our new garden in memory of a departed dear one.

 

June 2^nd – Miracle Sunday

Every year, the first Sunday in June we pause and acknowledge all the miracles in our lives and this ministry .

 

June 9^th – Youth Honoring Day

A special day to honor all the young people and their sponsors in our community.

Arun Gandhi Visits UNITY

The UNITY Center invited Arun Gandhi, grandson to Mahatma Gandhi,  to speak on February 27th at Marylhurst University.  His talk was nothing short of inspiring, and the room was packed.  Thank you to everyone who helped with this amazing event!  Check out some photos of how it went below:

Movie Night: March 1st 7PM – The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

The film The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, will be screened at The UNITY Center on Friday, March 1st at 7PM.  $5 donation.

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba’s economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half – and food by 80 percent – people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people during this difficult time. Cubans share how they transitioned from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. It is an unusual look into the Cuban culture during this economic crisis, which they call “The Special Period.” The film opens with a short history of Peak Oil, a term for the time in our history when world oil production will reach its all-time peak and begin to decline forever. Cuba, the only country that has faced such a crisis – the massive reduction of fossil fuels – is an example of options and hope.