Unity of Merced's Newsletter: May - June, 2012

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Spiritual Leader: Jill Loving, Licensed Unity Teacher ❧ Ofce: 209-723-3427 ❧ Cell: 209-489-75

Email: [email protected]❧

Website: unity.org❧

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member everything that needs tobe done and planned for before Jimand I leave for a long Road tripthrough May and then we spendtime with my sister as she and herhusband visit NY, SF and LA. Or-ganizing Unity and Camp for anabsence of two months is a task!How did I ever get this busy whenI retired?

But as the spinning slowed at the

end of the day I found myself thinking about travel in a moremetaphysical way. Jesus traveledas he shared his message all theway from Nazareth to Jerusalem.About 80 odd miles as the crowies but light years apart as far aculture was concerned. Nazarethwas a back woodsy kind of place..nothing good ever came out of Nazareth it says in one of the gos-

pel. The distance between Nazarethand Jerusalem culturally wasenormous like the difference be-tween El Nido and San Francisco,no insult to El Nido, that's just howit is. But the message Jesus sharedwas just as revolutionary be it fordifferent reasons in both places.Nazareth had never heard such athing before. Jerusalem? Well itupset the established order!

Loving Letter for

May and June 2012

My head is spin-ning as I try to re-

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Later Paul traveled further aeldand most bibles have maps show-ing the 'Journeys of Paul.' It wasthese travels that established Chris-tianity as an idea to be reckonedwith even if it was on a 'we can'tbeat em so join 'em' basis. Paul is

the person who got the messageout and laid the foundation forChristianity as a world religion.

But where ever we travel, be itnear or far, rest assure your mes-sage for good or not so good trav-els with you. So remember you arean ambassador where ever you go,how you speak, how you behave,how you cope with situationsbroadcast your 'message' more

surely than any written tome evercould. You are our ambassadors forUnity attracting rather than pro-moting. So be prepared to let yourlight shine where ever you are andwhere ever you go as I will as Itravel this next couple of months.Namaste, Goodahafeez, Shalom,peace love and blessings. See youall come July!

Jill Loving, Licensed Unity

Teacher and Spiritual Leader

BoardChaplain’sCorner

By: Dr. Judith Hartman

There has been discussion of thenoontime Tuesday Prayer Groupand it occurred to me that we have

been shy in making its intentionknown. Everyone is welcome !

There are those who come to receivprayer and those who come to pray foanother. All prayer requests made inwriting or orally from the previousSunday service are prayed for and the

are forwarded to Unity Silent Prayerfor 30 additional days of prayer.We meet in a designated prayer roo

in the ofce next door to the church.The number who attend varies fromone or two to a full house. The space intimate but we are assured that if weoutgrow our prayer room space we caalways move to a larger area.

Sometimes words cannot express odeepest feelings and we might chose

just going into the silence. I do thatoften when I do my prayer work athome. If you have not experienced thsilence I would like to recommend it.Let me use the words of another to describe it.

Ernest Holmes wrote: “In the meta-physical world, you frequently hearpeople speak of going into the silenceNaturally, one wonders what is meanby the silence, and if there is one thin

we must avoid, it is confusion. All lifis motion, or at least manifest life is ia state of vibration. But at the center this vibration, there appears to besomething which is motionless, something which itself does not move andyet from which all motion mustcome...We might state it this way: Godoes not move, but movement takesplace within God.

Going into the silence does not mea

that either our mental or our physical



reactions are obliterated, for if theywere, we should pass into oblivion.We are not trying to discover howto be less ourselves, but how to bemore ourselves.

Jesus gave a good example of going into the silence when he toldus that in prayer we should enterthe closet and close the door. Hislanguage was symbolic. Enteringthe closet means withdrawing intoone’s own mind. For it is fromone’s own mind that the creative-ness which one possesses ema-nates.

It is evident that the closet is nota place of mental and spiritualoblivion, for a movement of con-sciousness still takes place. Hewho practices this movement of consciousness in the silence ispracticing the inaction from whichaction ows. To “Be still and knowthat I am God” is to enter the sanc-tuary of one’s own consciousness.From this center, the issues of lifeproceed.

Here in our Secret Place of the

Most High, the inner chamber of our own soul, are written the sa-cred words: I AM. It is from thisconsciousness, this I AM con-ceived in silent recognition, thatPower ows.” (Ernest Holmes)

I invite you to commit to a praypractice that puts you in touch withSpirit. Make prayer requests, par-ticipate in Tuesday Pray group, or

just where you are right now, go

into the Silence. No one is outsidethe Mind of God.God loves you and so do I!And so it is!

PRAYEROur Prayer ministry continues to

thrive on Tuesdays at noon.

✉ email Prayer Requests to:

[email protected] ✉

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TEACHINGBook of the Year:“Discover the Power Within You”by: Eric ButterworthMay’s Book and Group of theMonth:“The Transcedent Life”by: Jim RosemergyKaren Damme is leading the bookgroup which meets in the ofce.

June’s Book and Group of theMonth:“The Faith Club”by: Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver,and Priscilla Warner

A Course in MiraclesTuesdays 7-9:00 p.m. with Randyand Mattie Lane - this is a long es-tablished class so please call 628-6383 before joining these giftedspiritual souls

T.E.D.a short thought provoking videofollowed by discussion. Thursdaysat 7 p.m. in the sanctuary led byMark Osbourne from the UnitarianGroup who use our building.

Every TUESDAY at 12 Noon Prayer Service in the Ofce

Meditation Room.

Please hold your Prayer Angel’s intention daily . An occasionalnote, card, or small gift is also ap-preciated. Use the Angel Drop Off Point (book shelves under the bul-letin boards at the back of the sanc-tuary) or the churches address asyour return address to preserveyour anonymity!

“Chaplain’s Corner” continuedfrom page 1 The Youth Report

By: Sarah AndersonHappy Spring to everyone from theYouth Ed Program! We’ve just hadanother successful month with ournew teaching plan. It’s been agreat experience to teach the chil-dren this past month and discoverthe great spiritual messages con-tained within so many of our chil-dren’s books. We still have a vol-unteer opportunity open to teach 1or 2 months out of the year. If in-terested, please talk to me, SarahAnderson. It is a really great expe-rience to teach the youth as it helpsthe teacher grow spiritually aswell! See our tentative schedulebelow. Karen continues to workwith our Uniteens and does a won-derful job with them! We are alsoso grateful for Whitney who is al-ways there for any nursery agechildren that come as well!Thanks to all our volunteers.You are much appreciated!

Current 2012 TeachingSchedule

MAY MattieJUNE Summer Break, stay withcongregation

SERVICEHospitality Ministry meets 12noon 1st Sunday of the month.Lamech and his crew will host theMother’s Day Brunch on Sunday,May 13th after service. The ladieswill host the Father’s Day Brunchon Sunday, June 17th after service.Lead: Susan BenesCall: 209-777-7771Email: [email protected] .

2012 Birthday Cake Ministry: Need someone to bring cake for the month of September. Pleasesign-up now.

mailto:[email protected]




Bookstore Ministry is now led byMattie Lane. View our inventoryat:http://www.librarything.com/home/UnityMercedThe group may meet 12 noon 2ndSunday of the month.Lead: Mattie LaneEmail: [email protected]

Youth of Unity Teachers meet 12noon 4th Sunday of the month.Lead: Sarah Anderson Email:[email protected]

Newletter Deadline for theJuly / August 2012 issue isWednesday, June 20th, 2012at 11:59 p.m. PDTLead: Janet Ha y OverbeyEmail: [email protected]

Nehemiah Ministry meets mostSaturdays. Their Honey Do List isat the back of the sanctuary. Pleaseadd any repairs you notice thatneed attention. Rain gutter replacement and painting is nextand we will order YE a sign!

Sanctuary roof does not leak anymore.Lead: Mike FraguliaEmail: [email protected]

Sunday Service SupportMinistry greeting, sound, scribe,and offertory collection. Jereme islearning the sound ministry butanother would be welcome aswould another platform person.Lead: Lamech Howard

Out Reach 2012FIL Merced’s next meal will beTuesday, May 29th . Betty P,Connie, Ida, Karen and Twila arethe committee that provides thismeal each quarter.

Sharing our PremisesCurrently AA, OA, RCA & CoDAmeetings, and the Unitarians shareour building. Please see our Weekly Calendar for scheduledmeetings and office hours.

BRANDINGKeep in touch via facebook. WEare postponing setting up the web-site until Jill returns and fundshave picked up a bit.

PROSPERITYIncome for March $5,809 Expen-diture 4,315.Income so far for April $5,134 sowe afrm $2,866 to meet our$8,000 a mont h goal.Income so far this year $19,006Planned income to meet our need(i.e. $6,000 a month) was $24,000so a short fall of $5,000Expenditure so far this year$24,495This is not a good thing people!So at the moment we have spent$5,489 more than we have receivedpretty close to the short fall. So ourbudgeting is pretty good!Luckily we have not yet committedto the Unity web site which is $300a month after set up fee of a similaramount.Our Spiritual Leader is on unpaidleave for two months so that willhelp cash ow so that we should beable to put the $1200 we commit tothe CD each year

BOARD NEWSWE welcome our new board mem-bers! Judy Hartman and BobPuphal have both agreed to serveagain. Remaining board membersare Joy Widmark, Jeremy Ander-son, Laleace Mills and Kate Jack-son.

Remember we have established aScholarship Fund to pay tuitioncosts for members who furthertheir Unity Education through at-tending SEE Portland (end July) orSEE at the Village or online. Itnow stands at $3,000. Apply to theBoard in writing for a scholarship.

H.Q and Association NewsDon’t forget we belong to an inter-national organization. Keep intouch with all they do, and offerfor your personal growth, throughthe web site www.unity.org , sub-scribe to Unity magazine and ThePath the regular email newsletter

STAFFING NEWSSpiritual Lead er Jill Loving is onunpaid leave, t ouring the state withher husband, through May andJune. You can contact her Email

jag2pick@yahoo or tel 209 4897533.Judy Hartman will be the ‘go toperson while she is away and Judywill in the ofce Tuesday morningsbefore Prayer group at 12 noon.Our ofce manager Janine Adcockis now in the ofce Monday 9-11a.m. Tuesday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Wed10 a.m.- 1 p.m. Thursday 11 a.m. -4 p.m. and Friday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

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Moving Into“The Present”through Con-templation: A

Summary

Authentic, bone chillingly honestspiritual work can be boring formany, not to mention ego-crushing;especially in the beginning of one’s

journey. Real spiritual work hasmore to do with increasing spiritualawareness than a mere acquisitionof books and interesting spiritualtid-bits and topics. It is the process






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of shedding illusions—of a body… of time … of fear!!! It shouldbe done alone and with a clearmind. This is typically best donein a meditative state. However, if one is able to move beyond the ini-tial ego resistance of going into ameditative state in the rst place,then perhaps one is ready to pro-gress onto contemplation—a con-tinuous meditation. The bonushere is that contemplation may bedone while simultaneously living anormal life, or at least appearingthat way.

Within contemplation there isalways enough time to processwhatever complicated past andkarmic debts one needs to humblytake responsibility for. Contempla-tive states do not follow lineartime, physical laws or mere egoiclogical-conceptual thought. It isthrough this disillusionment of time (and other tricky illusions)that one is able to “let go” with di-vine assistance and be releasedfrom their past thus moving intothe all important “present moment”

where further ego demolition andcontinuous surrender may takeplace. Now there is no more resis-tance and one is easily pulled in asense along a lesser traveled up-ward pathway. This path isaccompanied by helpful divinecheerleaders and especially one’sown higher Self whom one is in-creasingly becoming more andmore familiar with within.

One must rst nish processingthe past before he/she can moveupward to “the present” wherehigher spiritual awareness is foundand its accompanying rewards of peace, joy and overalltranscendence. An attempt at de-scribing this state is being divinelove and therefore wishing all oth-ers only the best. You and all oth-ers are now divine! More feeling

JEREME continued from page 3

and less thought. More kindnessand less grievance. There is onlyequality and UNITY! Contempla-tively yours, Jereme.

President's MessageHello My Dear,Merced Come-Unity~

In this opportunity to reect I ambrought to how I am truly taken bythe seasons. Riding the cycles thatthe seasons provide. Meetingspring is a certain dawning. Presentto the atmosphere of sprouting,blooming, nesting and birthing. Itis a very fertile time. I meditateand trust that I will read the subtlecues coming from the Source of All That Is, to be response-able tomeet my bloomin’ destiny. Takenby the Divine current, to ripeningand then to harvest.

I am reading a book by GreggBraden called “Fractal Time”.There he outlines the cycles in uni-versal time, as charted by the Ma-yan and other ancient ancestors. Itsuggests that we are moving into anew position within the galaxy,moving out of a season of dualityand into a time of holism. I deeplyresonate with this possibility. Asthe maps of the ancients agree, weare completing two cosmic cycles

simultaneously. One is a 5,000 yearcycle (season). The other is a26,000 year cycle. Thus bringingus into a truly new age. The possi-bilities are very vast and very per-sonal at the same time! We are thewitnesses and the participants allrolled into One.

As we move into the new age and

season, know that we have beenpromised the Kingdom (I like torefer to as the Queendom) and weneed not stand for anything less. Astime is proving by destiny, we arethe conduits that the Spirit has pro-vided to be the Light Bearers. Eachin our own small way we hold thePeace of a future.

Trust, relax and be playful (joy-ful)! We are being brought through

this transition by grace. We are co-creators cultivating and applyingour conscious awareness, whichthen becomes the action of Being.

Within time and space we areBeing manifest. For me time isMind, and space is Potential asmatter. Put your loving mind (Be-ing) into your matters and all willbe well in every season (cycle).

Giving Thanks…I align and

tune my instrument/Being to theSource of All Things (a.k.a

Love)… and I appreciate thebalance that the seasons pro-vide.

Three cheers for all who arecalled to the Sacred!!… In All Sea-sons!iPeace iLove iJoy!



An evening of transformational healing music, Cand participatory chants from around the wo

Anton Mizerak Laura Berryhill

Anton has been featured at events with Deepak Chopra, Gary Zukav,Jean Houston, Michael Beckwith and Neale Donald Walsh and atAsilomar and at Unity Village. Anton's "When Angels Dream" CDs area favorite among healers and mass age ther apis ts. Laura'sunforgettable Celtic songs evoke magical times and faraway places.

Sunday May 6 6PM

U n i t y o f M e r c e d305 W 26th Street • Merced • 209-723-3427

a love offering will be taken at the concertmore info, tour schedule and free MP3 downloads at www.shastasong.com

synthesizers harmonica tablas vocals vocals pennywhistle Tibetan Bowls

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Uni t of Merced ’ s 1st Annual High Tea Social Saturday May 19, 2012

In Uni t of Merced ’ s Garden 11:00 a.m.2:00 p.m.C ost: Adults $10.00 per person( includes lunch &due by 5-14-2012 )$15.00 at e door

C hildren: $5.00D ress A ire: Your favori Fancy hat or you can creaone.

P lease R.S.V.P. by Friday May 11, 2012

( 209 )723-3427 305 W. 26 S ee

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May 2012Sunday Service Line-up

10:30 AMMay 6thSpeaker-Karen DammeMusicians-Ed BenesPlatform-Ida FraguliaSound-Mike FraguliaFlowers-Dee Dee

Lead Usher-Lamech HowardBookstore-UniTots-WhitneyUniKids-Mattie LaneUniteens-Karen DammeHospitality-Lamech & Janine

May 13th Mother’s Day Brunchafter service)

Speaker-Amy MoffattMusic-Allan Spencer

Special Music-Cheryl LocketPlatform-Dan AlemanSound-Mike FraguliaFlowers-Charlotte Mak

Lead Usher-Lamech HowardBookstore-UniTots-WhitneyUniKids-Mattie LaneUniteens-Karen DammeHospitality-Lamech & Janine

May 20thSpeaker-Randy LaneAccompanist- John AlbanoSpecial Music-Lorraine WalshPlatform-Mike FraguliaSound-Flowers-Twila StoutLead Usher-Lamech HowardBookstore-UniTots-Whitney

June 2012Sunday Service Line-Up

10:30 AMune 3rd

Speaker-Amy MoffatMusicians-Roddy JacksonPlatform-Ida FraguliaSound-Mike FraguliaFlowers-Dee DeeLead Usher-Lamech HowardBookstore-UniTots-WhitneyUniKids-Summer BreakUniteens-Karen DammeHospitality-Lamech & Janine

une 10thSpeaker-Mattie LaneMusic-Allan SpencerSpecial Music-Cheryl Locket

Platform-Dan AlemanSound-Mike FraguliaFlowers-Charlotte MakLead Usher-Lamech HowardBookstore-UniTots-WhitneyUniKids-Summer BreakUniteens-Karen DammeHospitality-Lamech & Janine

June 17th Father’s Day Brunch(after service)Speaker-Randy LaneAccompanist- John AlbanoSpecial Music-Lorraine WalshPlatform-Rich GipsonSound-Mike FraguliaFlowers-Twila StoutLead Usher-Lamech HowardBookstore-

UniTots-WhitneyUniKids-Summer BreakUniteens-Hospitality-Frank & Janie

June 24thSpeaker-Rev. Nancy McNattMusic-Ed Benes & Allan SpencePlatform-Mike FraguliaSound-Flowers-Lead Usher-Lamech HowardBookstore-UniTots-WhitneyUniKids-Summer BreakUniteens-Hospitality-Lamech & Teresa G.

UniKids-Mattie LaneUniteens-Hospitality-Frank & Janie

May 27thSpeaker-Jereme AndersonMusic-Allan SpencerPlatform-Rich GipsonSound-Flowers-Lead Usher-Lamech HowardBookstore-UniTots-WhitneyUniKids-Mattie LaneUniteens-Hospitality-Lamech & Teresa G.

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

10:30 AM● Worship

Service----------------4:00 PMU.U. every1st & 3rdSunday

7-8:00 AMAA Meeting----------------9-11:00 AMOfce Open----------------6:30-8 PMRCA Meet-ing

7-8:00 AMAA Meeting----------------11:00 AM to4:00 PMOfce Open----------------12:00 NoonPrayerService----------------7-9:00 PMA Course inMiracles w/ Mattie andRandy Lane

10:00 AM to1:00 PMOfce Open----------------BellyFusion6-7:00 PMDance Fit-ness7-8:00 PMDance Cho-reography----------------also6-7:30 PMAA Meeting(Children

Welcome)

7-8:00 AMAA Meeting----------------11:00 AM to4:00 PMOfce Open----------------7:00 PMT.E.D.w/ MarkOsbourne(sanctuary)----------------7-8:00 PMCoDA

10:00 AM to1:00 PMOfce Open----------------7-8:00 AMAA Meeting

8-9:00 AMAA Meeting----------------9-10:00 AMOA Meeting

May / June 2012 Weekly Calendar & Meetings Schedule

305 W. 26th StreetMerced, CA 95340

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