June 3, 2016
David

David Howard  Spiritual Leader
David's Thoughts
Life as Art
Sunday, June 5, 10:00 AM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This past six weeks I have been exploring the concept of "Life as Art," through my Sunday morning lessons, and in my daily life. I have found over the years of being a teacher that the saying "we teach what we need to learn" is true. The truth of that adage has never been more apparent to me than during this journey of discovery on creating life as a work of art. The exploration has given me direction on what it means to create, through thoughts, words and actions, a life that reflects the nature of my soul - the individuated expression of the life of God that is unique in each of us. 

I have come to the somewhat painful realization that in many ways I have been fitting my life into a mold that I have allowed others to shape for me. As a result, rather than creating of my life a unique work of art, I have instead been living a replica of what I believe others have found worthy and acceptable of appreciation. I have discovered that...



Special Musical Guest  Robert Anderson
Sunday, June 5th 10:00 AMsoloist

We are excited to welcome back one of our favorites,
Robert Anderson. Robert is a Colorado recording artist celebrating 20 years of sharing joyful, inspirational pop music with tens of thousands of people across North America and Europe.
 
He has written a #1 hit song, was a co-founder and vocalist with a National-Championship A Cappella group, and is a
4-time winner at the national 'Positive Music' songwriter awards.
 
Robert says, "I love to write, perform and listen to songs that are Fun and Fearless!"  
 
Come experience Robert's loving, joyous Spirit as he shares with us through his heartfelt music this Sunday at our 10:00 service. 
He will have his CDs for sale in the bookstore after service. 

More information is available at   devotionsings.com.

NEWS FROM YOUR SPIRITUAL CENTER

Our Financial Snapshotfinancials

Our First Quarter (Jan - April) Financial Results
 
        Income      $ 79,421                             
Expenses   $ 97,819     
          ($18,398)
 

Weekly snapshot

            Income      $ 5,753
            Expenses   $ 7,667   
                                ($1,914)

Enjoying  summer travel? We have created a Summer Giving Fund, allowing you to initiate an automatic contribution via  Secure Give  here.

Please give prayerful consideration to setting up a recurring donatioin to help us plan effectively to meet our weekly and monthly operating expenses. Thank you!

We are grateful for your continued support of Unity Spiritual Center Denver.

New Member Class Update:
Saturday, August 13th. 9:00- 2:00PMnewmembersclass


We are condensing our New Member class rotations into one Saturday class, 
offered twice a year.

The first section is Unity Quick Start, which  covers the history of Unity and the New Thought movement as well as basic Unity principles and spiritual practices.

The second section is Unity Spiritual Center Denver and You, which covers the history of the church and introduces the many ways of  becoming involved as an active member.

The third section is Connecting to Unity Spiritual Center Denver, which explores the culture of Unity Spiritual Center Denver and how we choose to be together in community. 

Please email the office with any questions or to register for this class,  here.

*If you have taken any of the sections via the Sunday rotations, please contact David Howard, here. We may make special arrangements for you to complete the classes if the Saturday workshop does not work in your schedule.

 
Welcoming Ministry updateWelcomingupdate

The Welcoming Ministry has been going through a bit of a reorganization based on feedback obtained from congregants, staff, council members, and visitors/guests.
We believe that we have landed on a model of structure that will enhance our welcoming efforts, while also providing opportunity for sacred servers to create as much or as little structure into how and when they volunteer.

Online sign-up in easy ! Click here to give it a try!

The Power of Sacred Service sacredservice
Is sacred service something that you've been considering, but either haven't been ready to commit or perhaps you're not sure how to "plug in"? 
Now is the time!

Sacred service is vital to continuing our mission here at Unity Spiritual Center Denver. Without those willing and able to serve as leaders and members of our service ministries, our larger mission would not be realized. 
Our sacred servers are the heart and power of this center.

Your spiritual community is in need of your talents and services in the following areas:

-          Welcoming Ministry: Greeters, Ushers, and Ambassadors
-          Family Promise: Team Leaders
-          Office/Administrative Ministry: general office help
 Ministry leaders & members for:
-          Event Planning Ministry
-          Environment Ministry
-          Pastoral Care Ministry

For more information: [email protected] 720-684-5528



Environment Ministry update enviromentalministry

Our Environment Ministry has been dwindling down over the y
ears and we are looking for some folks to breathe into it some new life! Our Earth Day event happened because the of the dedication of just one sacred server...Nancy 
Seghetti. Without her, we would not have had much of a celebration. It takes more than one person though! If this is something you're interested in participating in or leading, please contact me at  [email protected]

Just because our Environment Ministry is needed some energy, doesn't mean that we here at Unity Spiritual Center Denver are not working hard to lessen our impact on our Mother Earth and all of creation. We will begin composting soon and switching from our normal paper plates to a higher quality compostable paper plate. We will also be switching out the Styrofoam coffee cups for a compostable paper cup. We're hoping the Environment Ministry will be able to help us roll out some education to our congregation. If this is something that interests you, please let us know.

In addition, in our effort to care for the planet, we have introduced a  
NEW BULLETIN FORMAT. Our intention is for the outer shell to be reusable from week to week. In our effort to save paper and ink, we hope to use the same cover for at least one month. If you do not wish to take it home with you, please return it to the basket at the entry door to the sanctuary. However, please feel free to take notes on the back in the space provided and keep it for your reference. The insert will list upcoming classes, workshops and other events. 



Strategic Planning Survey Resultsstrategicresults

We had 83 responses to our strategic planning survey.
Below are some of the results from the Strategic Planning survey that was sent out in March.

Would you be interested in seeing more yoga, meditation, and other spiritual classes/workshops hosted (but not necessarily sponsored) by USCD?
YES: 53
NO: 14

Would you be interested in seeing the USCD metaphysical bookstore open more frequently to the public
?
YES: 41
NO: 19
 
Would you support a modernization of the USCD interior space (including the sanctuary)?
YES: 53
NO: 21



Our Next Family Promise Host Week
July 10-17th familypromise


Come serve with us in the spirit of love and community! 

Through our partnership with Family Promise of Greater Denver, there are many ways you can serve beyond the needs of our spiritual community.
You can make an impact in the lives of those experiencing homelessness in greater Metro Denver.

 
Click  HERE to see all of the ways you can serve. Connect with your heart to determine for which roles you are being called to sign up. 


Additionally...
The following Sacred Service lead coordinators are being requested. If you are interested in any of these lead coordinator positions, please contact Stephanie.
  • Overnight/breakfast host coordinator
  • Setup/Take down coordinator
Questions?  

Thank you for your support!
Office Renovations NEARLY COMPLETED! 


THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED!

If you would like to contribute financially to this project, you may do so by clicking the link below and select 'Building Fund.' You may also contribute via check or credit card on Sunday. Please make a note on the check or envelope that the donation is for the 'Building'. 



YOUTH & FAMILY MINISTRY

Summer Preschool Volunteers Needed
Starting Sunday, June 19thpreschool

Pre school
Our regular teachers take a well- deserved break during the summer. 

We are putting out the call for volunteers to help in the Sunday Preschool class from June 19th-- 
August 14th. 
Training will be provided as will a classroom helper.  

Ideally you would be able to serve twice a month. 

To request a volunteer application, p lease email Jackie or Sierra here.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Sunday, June 12th 10:00 AM service and 12:00 PM Workshop 

Special Guest Speaker, Rev. David Ault 
Special Music by Ty Andrews
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Your Technique Is Your Testimony Workshop
Sunday, June 12th, 12:00 - 2:00 PM

Facilitated by Rev. David Ault, on a love-offering basis.
 
Taking seriously the mantra that people would rather see a sermon than hear one, David devotes his life to being a walking, breathing example of manifestation. His life's work has become his tangible testimonial on how anything is possible.
From his decades-long work in providing free education and higher quality of life experiences for hundreds of children in Cambodia, to mentoring and teaching countless others through his podcasts on metaphysics and transformational living, David's life's work has become his tangible testimonial on how anything is possible.

Through the use of his 3-D Technique, David will outline and guide you from your present level of awareness to new levels of heightened manifestation. 
The 3-D's; Desire, Devotion and Dialogue, provide a solid structure for accessing our latent gifts and guiding us to greater degrees of aliveness.

What you will learn:
  •          The power of your imagination
  •          That how you do anything has an influence on how you do everything
  •          The uncovering of subconscious themes and limiting perceptions
  •          Practicing the 3 - D Technique
Compelling Conversations: Cultivating Spiritual Community
Wednesday, June 29, 2016, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
NGU: Next Generation Unity Sponsored Event    ngu

We are looking for speakers for these events.

If you are interested or would like more information, please email

Potluck and discussion to follow our speaker.
  * Check out the event page and sign-up for the potluck, 
here.

This event is sponsored by NGU and is open to all persons wishing to participate regardless of age. 

Check us out on Facebook:
Next Generation Unity at Unity Spiritual Center Denver

Contemplative Service contemplativeservice
First Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm

Our monthly contemplative service is  
at 7:00 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month. 
This service inclu
des 
prayer, meditation, readings and music.

Our Spiritual Leader, David Howard, will be responsible for creating and facilitating the services; however, 
if you are interested in participating by providing music, reading, prayer or meditation, please let David know by email -   [email protected].

This is one of the initiatives we are taking in response to the feedback we received from the recent survey.  Thank you for your input.

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

Unity Spiritual Center Denver Health & Wholeness Ministry Presents:
Finding Forgiveness 
For Yourself and Others
Saturday, June 4, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
 
Do you feel guilty for something you did or said? forgiveness

Do you find it difficult to forgive yourself?

Is there someone in your life that you have trouble forgiving?
 
During this experiential workshop, you will be introduced to Compassionate Communication processes that will assist you in finding forgiveness for others, as well as yourself.  This work is based on the principles of Nonviolent Communication, as developed by Marshall Rosenberg.

Facilitated by David Howard & J Johnson.
 
The book for this class, Graduating from Guilt by Holly Michelle Eckert, is available in our bookstore.

Suggested Financial Contribution $35 - $50

Registration is requested.  




Please contact J Johnson at [email protected] with any questions.
 

*Childcare is available on a love-offering basis, to register your child, email Jackie, here.

HEALTH & WHOLENESS EVENTS 
 HealthWholeness
For the remainder of the year, Unity Spiritual Center Denver is pleased to present events, classes and a series of workshops which will focus on ideas of individual Health and Wholeness. Our Unity perspective views Wholeness as the fundamental Reality of each person. In order to demonstrate wholeness in mind and body, we need to understand that we are seeking to express the eternal, Divine Idea called Life. This Idea is the pure potential or pattern for wholeness that attains form through our individual consciousness.  
 
Like Wholeness, Health is a Principle that underlies and pervades everything. In the Absolute, Health is an aspect of the truth of What we are. It is not something that is imposed from without; Health expresses from within consciousness as we keep our thoughts centered on the Principle of Life. As Unity co-founder, Charles Fillmore states "Health is the normal condition of humankind and of all creation.  Health...is as universal and enduring as God." 

The Saturday workshops include the following:
 
June 4 - Forgiveness
July 9 - Food Awareness I
August 6- Food Awareness II
September 10 -  Meditation I
October 1 - Meditation II
November - Science and Spirituality
December 3 - to be announced
 
Classes include: 
 
Life of Prayer, June 21 - July 26
The Twelve Powers - September 6 - October 18
 
Special events:
 
August 20 - Linda Martella-Whitsett workshop on prayer
Women's Retreat - August 13th

 
Ongoing Tai' Chi Gung Class
Thursdays 7:00 - 8:00 PM -- 
TaiChiGung
A 5 week Monday Morning Tai Chi Gung class is beginning on
Monday, June 20th  from 10:00 - 10:45 
followed by a meditation from 11:00 - 11:45 AM.  


  Do you want to make your spiritual life physical?
 
Tai Chi Gung is sometimes called the "simple yoga". It features fluid breathing and graceful moving exercises that build stamina, relieve stress, improve balance, speed recovery from injury, strengthen the immune system, foster peace of mind and develop mental focus. This gentle, ancient system of health and longevity from Tibet has been passed down in an unbroken lineage from the original Master Boganathar, known in China as the sage Lao Tzu for 3000 years.
 
Can the Infinite Abundance in your mind be in your body as well?
 
Tai Chi Gung includes a series of simple standing exercises that help people connect to the energy of the life force in nature consciously. It is an ancient art and science that shows students how to draw, store, project and release the chi through their spirit, mind and physical body; gradually returning it to the perfect image in which it was originally created ... manifesting good on earth as it is in heaven.
 
Facilitated by  Rev. Phyllis Hoover, ThD on a love-offering basis.

Compassionate Communication  Practice Group
Wednesdays, 7:00-8:30 PM
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Join J Johnson and David Howard on Wednesdays for a Compassionate Communication Practice Group.
 
Anyone who has completed at least the Introductory Compassionate Communication skills class at Unity Spiritual Center Denver or has completed a foundations class elsewhere is welcome to join.
 
If you have any questions, please contact J at [email protected] or 214.532.3761
 

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Change Your Consciousness, Change Your Life
Gift and Special Offer 

8-week online master class 
by Beverly McCutchon, MDiv, CSD bev


For the past 8 years, I've been a part of this spiritual community, but more importantly, this spiritual community has been a part of me. You've celebrated with me during the best of times, and you've loved me through the absolute worst of times.
Today, my life is pretty awesome, and I'm about to take a giant leap of faith that is both exciting and terrifying-and that only possible because Unity Spiritual Center Denver has been a part of me.

Beginning June 15, I'm launching my first online master class called "Change Your Consciousness, Change Your Life." In this class, I'll cover seven big spiritual ideas and, perhaps most importantly, the specific, pragmatic, and most effective actions you can take to put these big ideas into practice in your life. As a thank you gift to my spiritual community, I'm setting aside 10 free seats for this class for anyone associated with USCD, a $695 value. All you have to do is give me your name and email (via email, [email protected] ; or call or text, 303-901-0538), and on June 8, when registration for the class opens, I'll "randomly" draw 10 names and send you an email letting you know you're in.

For those of you who aren't selected and would still like to attend the class, the cost of the 8-week class for anyone associated with Unity Spiritual Center Denver will be $225. You don't have to be a member or a regular attender to be eligible for either offer. If you are a part of this community in any way at all, then you're a part of why I'm in such a wonderful place in my life, and I want to say thank you.

If you want to start sooner rather than later on changing your consciousness, then join me for a free 1-hour webinar on June 8, "Three Spiritual Principles That Will Change Your Life for the Better...For Reals," where I'll share three spiritual principles and, once again, the specific, pragmatic, and most effective way to implement them in your life. 

Learn more here.
Register 
here.


Did you know that we now have a YouTube channel? That's right! If you miss a Sunday service or if you would just like to hear a message again, you can watch videos of our Sunday lessons online. 

You can also subscribe in order to be sure you don't ever miss another one. Once you subscribe you will receive notification each time a new video is uploaded.

Share them with your friends and family! 

Click on the YouTube logo to the right to be directed to our channel and subscribe today!


MAKING CONNECTIONS

Couples Spirituality Group Meeting
Sunday, June 26th from 11:30 to 1:00
 
How can our spiritual growth support both the individual and the couple?  The Unity Couples Spirituality Group will be an opportunity for couples in a committed relationship to discover ways to explore this unique spiritual territory.  couples
 
Whether spirituality is already a strong part of your relationship or you are looking to add a spiritual dimension to your relationship this group may be for you.
 
  Join other couples interested in exploring spirituality together!
For more information contact  Lori here  or Tim here.

Recorded Prayer LinePrayerLine
303.757.6761

Unity Spiritual Center Denver offers a recorded prayer line as a service to all. Our own Phyllis Hoover records the Daily Word reading for each day. If you would like to receive a special blessing, call and listen 24-hours a day.

CONTRIBUTING TO UNITY OF DENVERContributing

Need to release an old car, boat or other vehicle?vehicledonations
Consider donating it!
Donate Vehicles

Unity Spiritual Center Denver is listed as a beneficiary with Car Donating Is Easy! 


 For general information on the program, click here.


To initiate a donation via the program, click here

 

Help us spread the Online word about 
Unity Spiritual Center Denver Online!socialmedia
 
Click on these links for Unity Spiritual Center Denver :
 
We ask that you actively get involved by:   
  • Check in to Facebook on Sunday mornings
  • Write a review
  • Invite Friends
  • Like, comment and share.

If everyone gets involved, we can easily increase our reach from 50 to 500 to 5000.  Help spread the word of Unity Spiritual Center Denver.  It's only a few clicks away.



Video and Picture Disclaimerdisclaimer
Unity Spiritual Center Denver actively engages in social media.  We take photos and video of the services and church activities on a regular basis and post them to Facebook.  If for any reason you do not want to be photographed or to appear in any of the online activities of Unity Spiritual Center Denver, we ask that you to sit on the right side of the sanctuary during the service (non-piano side), or let the photographer know you would prefer not to be photographed. 



Giving Just Got Easier! securegive
Via Secure GiveSecure give

In addition to online donations via our website, 

we are now able to accept text-to-give donations

via Secure Give.


A one time set up process is required. After that a simple text is all that is needed!


 Click here for detailed instructions


 

ARE YOU ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTING TO 
Unity Spiritual Center Denver?

We recently learned that if you have a zero balance on your re-loadable for Unity King Soopers card for 30 days or longer, it is no longer connected to the payback program.

While you can still re-load your card as usual, it is no longer connected to Unity of Denver, and thus, does not contribute to our  payback program. 
The only way to rectify this is to purchase another $10 card in our bookstore, and be sure to use it once a month. 
 
NOT SURE... if your card is still active in the payback program, please email the office with the serial number on the back of your card for confirmation. 

If you don't have a card, they are available in the bookstore for $10. *This initial $10 is available for use at any King Soopers.  You can reload it thereafter and use it just like cash and Unity Spiritual Center Denver will receive 5% of your total purchase.
This program has been a good source of income for us in the past!


ANOTHER WAY TO CONTRIBUTE TO UNITY SPIRITUAL CENTER DENVER

You Shop. Amazon Gives.

Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to
Unity Spiritual Center Denver when you shop on AmazonSmile!

You can use the same Amazon account you have always used. Just go to Smile.Amazon.com, select Unity Spiritual Center Denver as your charitable organization and start shopping. 
It's that easy!



Unity Spiritual Center Denver

303.758.5664

Inspiring spiritual awakening and personal transformation.


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