Past Service Talks - Recordings
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September 20, 2020
- Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM
- Message Title: Serving the World With Thoughts and Prayers
- Speaker: Rev. Linda Martella-Whitsett
- Special Music: YouTube Videos: (1.) Karen Drucker: Thank You For This Day (2.) Susan Kay Wyatt: A Hero’s Journey
Every time a legislator responds in a communal crisis with “thoughts and prayers,” social media screams back. Not thoughts and prayers, but action, we say! Rev. Linda Martella-Whitsett, Vice President of Unity Prayer Ministry at Unity Headquarters, speaks about the value of thought and prayer as a first step, a critical platform and supreme act of service: cultivating being for mature doing.
September 13, 2020
- Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM
- Message Title: Creating one "Wild and Precious Life"
- Speaker: Rev. Rosemary Hyde
- Special Music: Shana Adams and Kris Whitenack
What will you do with your one wild and precious life? You’ve heard those words of poet Mary Oliver’s before. When was the last time you asked yourself that question, however? Yes, YOUR one wild and precious life!! Sunday, together, we’ll explore the possibilities inherent in Oliver's wild and precious question!
September 6, 2020
- Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM
- Message Title: Growing Awareness
- Speaker: Rev. Victoria Loveland-Coen
We all want the fruits of what New Thought promises -- wellbeing, peace, abundance, more love in our lives. But we can't have the fruit without first deepening our roots...grounding ourselves in Spiritual Truth. Then we must nurture and feed what we truly desire.
This Sunday, join Rev. Victoria as sehe shares 5 steps for ensuring we will grow, blossom and enjoy rich, nourishing fruit.
August 30, 2020
- Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM
- Message Title: Acceptance in the Collective Consciousness
- Speaker: Rev. Victoria Loveland-Coen
This Sunday we will continue our theme of Acceptance. With the backdrop of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote, we'll focus on how acceptance works in the collective consciousness -- what we accept, what we cannot accept, and how consciousness shifts over time. We'll explore how we can more fully accept a consciousness of wholeness, thereby experiencing more wholeness in our lives, and in the world.
August 23, 2020
- Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM
- Message Title: Radical Self-Acceptance
- Speaker: Rev. Victoria Loveland-Coen
Our ability to accept ourselves just as we are…completely…is essential to our happiness, our experience of inner peace, and to having a successful life. When we criticize ourselves, or subconsciously believe we’re somehow not enough and need to be “improved,” we actually sabotage the realization of dreams. Aligned with our theme of Acceptance, Rev. Victoria focuses on self-love…what it really means, what undermines it, and how to embrace radical self-acceptance.
August 16, 2020
- Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM
- Message Title: The Ocean in a Drop
- Speaker: Rev. Rosemary Hyde
- Special Music: Shana Adams, Alex Weiss & Lilan Hsaing-Weiss
Persian poet Rumi wrote: "You are not a drop in the ocean, but rather the ocean in a drop.". What an oceanic difference between those two almost identical statements. Rumi is right. Each of us is an individual expression of the whole earth story— not a little piece, but the whole thing, in our own unique way, connected multiple times over with all of Love.
August 9, 2020
- Time: 11:00AM - 12:15PM
- Message Title: Accept or Change?
- Speaker: Rev. Victoria Loveland-Coen
The Serenity Prayer, originally written in the 1930’s has helped countless individuals find inner peace and an effective way to approach life. It’s often repeated in 12-step programs because it gives those struggling with addiction a very helpful focus. But it’s not just for 12-steppers. We can all benefit! Particularly when approached from a New Thought perspective, the Serenity Prayer can be transformative. Explore a new understanding of this beloved prayer of acceptance, courage and wisdom.
August 2, 2020
- Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM
- Message Title: I Accept
- Speaker: Rev. Pat Veenema
What pops into your mind when you think of the topic of acceptance? Bring those ideas with you while Rev. Pat explores some insights about "acceptance" she got from Charles Fillmore, co-founder of the Unity movement.
July 26, 2020
- Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM
- Message Title: As Little Children
- Speaker: Rev. Rosemary Hyde
Jesus told us that we would only find happiness when we "became as little children". Truthfully, after I spent what seemed like eternity waiting to become a grown up, this teaching never spoke to me before. But now I’m beginning to understand the wisdom of forgetting a lot of what I’ve learned as a grownup. I’m grappling, finally, with the whole question of why time and our response to it matter in this physical life. Let's examine what wisdom and joy there really is in relearning what I have forgotten about the power of a child’s perspective, with its awe, its mindful awareness, and its playful curiosity.
July 19, 2020
- Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM
- Message Title: Birth, Death and the Space In-Between
- Speaker: Rev. Victoria Loveland-Coen
- Special Music: Kris Whitenack
As we walk together through this challenging time, we strive to keep our perspective, find the blessings in as many places as we can, and look for opportunities to grow. Join us this Sunday as we explore the grand continuum of life and the opportunity we have to fully embody our Divine Essence right now.