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Dear Visitor,
February is known as the month of love and I invite us all to embody Divine Love each and every day! We kick off the month with our White Stone Ceremony where we listen to Spirit and accept a new name to support us in embodying a new Self. We will complete our series on The Big Leap and then leap into a new series on Spiritual Economics.
See the articles below to learn of our upcoming classes and events. As usual, at the bottom you will find the minister's blog. Inspired by the new television series, Once Upon A Time, my blog explores our spiritual journey of awakening.
With Abundant Blessings,
Rev. Carol Founder and Spiritual Director
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White Stone Ceremony - Sunday, February 5 On Sunday, February 5, we will hold our annual White Stone Ceremony. In January we focused on new beginnings and breaking through self-imposed limitations in our sermon series, The Big Leap: Living in Your Zone of Genius. With the White Stone Ceremony we will declare for ourselves a new identity, a new way of being in the world.
"To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it." Revelation 2:17
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Youth and Family Program Launches “Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.” Matthew 9:14
On February 5th “Kids Community” of Abundant Life Unity Church launched the next phase of our amazing Youth Program! Our new youth program now has two learning areas, one for school age children 6 and over and the other for those 5 and under. This is not be “Sunday School,” but rather an interactive time for spiritual enrichment and sharing designed for and about the children.
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Introduction to the Work of Byron Katie - Thursdays February 16 & 23, March 1
Your thoughts drive your life.
In this three-week class you will be introduced to The Work of Byron Katie, a method of identifying and questioning the thoughts that cause stress and suffering in your life.
You will learn how to identify and question your thoughts about your partner or boss or parent or child or sibling (or anyone or else who angers, saddens, irritates or frustrates you). Learn the four questions and the turnarounds that can change your life.
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New Thought & New Media: Expanding Our Spiritual Network Through Social Media - Sunday, February 19 Join us after service on Sunday, February 19 in the Patty Turner Center from noon to 1PM to learn how to grow your life and your church through social media [i.e. Facebook, Twitter and our website Community]
Social media offers us a relatively new and unique opportunity to help many others find ALUC. In this workshop you will learn basic and advanced tips for using social media avenues to be an ambassador and help to spread the word about our community.
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Contemplative Interfaith Service - Thursday, April 12 Want to reconnect with the center of your being in the middle of the week? Join us at 7PM on April 12 for a Contemplative Interfaith Service in the sanctuary of First Church of Christ Scientist, 155 Deerfield Road. This is a very powerful, deeply enriching experience. The theme for this month is Spiritual Surrender. You will hear this theme presented by sacred texts or writings of the mystics of the world's major faith traditions and supplemented by meditative music. Live music - Native American flute, singing bowls, gong and drums - will be provided by Cheryl Good to complement the readings and create sacred space for meditation and reflection.
NOTE: This service is being put on hold after April 12 to allow Rev. Carol to focus on community building and leadership development. We love this service and will resume it again in divine time.
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Vision Board Workshop - Sunday, March 11 Imagine, visualize and create the amazing life you want now. In this workshop you will be guided through a process of visioning and vision boarding. It will be a fun, interactive and creative exercise as you visually depict your goals, hopes and dreams. With your consciousness centered in the Infinite Substance of God, the vision board you create will support you in magnetizing your good and manifesting your abundant life.
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Once Upon A Time... In the fairy tales we learned as children, you may remember the gallant princes who awaken Sleeping Beauty and Snow White from the spell of slumber with a kiss. Fairy tales are powerful stories if we consider the archetypal nature of the characters. From the Prince to the Princess to the animals and trolls, to the wicked Queen, the characters are all aspects of our own psyche. The Bible with its characters of mythical proportions is much the same. In Genesis 2 the story tells us that Adam fell asleep, and there is no mention of Adam ever waking up. Like Adam, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White, we are all asleep.
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Sunday Service 10:30 AM at the Patty Turner Center 375 Elm St Deerfield, IL 60615 Mailing address: P.O. Box 1663 Deerfield, IL 60015
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