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The newest Unity EarthCare Connections newsletter is here!

In This Issue:

● Earth Day 2023 ● Earth Month Eco-Challenge ● Green Star Award ● Unity of Walnut Creek, CA certified at Level C ● U-Tube Channel ● Mentoring/ Collaborative Calls ● Facebook ● Have Questions? Here’s who to contact. • Some final thoughts

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• Sharing Shabbat

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• This year we are responding to requests from members by holding a retreat for ministers, spiritual leaders, and licensed teachers instead of a conference. The retreat will be in Bend, Oregon and held Monday, Oct 9-Oct 11 with an optional extra play day!

   

  The theme is “Sharing Shabbat”. Our intention is to create a space of ritual and sharing that is restorative for us all. Rather than bring in a speaker, we’ll have sharing segments from our own members. We will also have some time in the beautiful Central Oregon outdoors to allow nature to have a role in our rejuvenation.

   

  Details of the retreat are still being worked out but for now we need a head count so we can sign an agreement with the hotel. The overall cost of the retreat, which will be held at Unity Spiritual Center, Central Oregon and catered by two professional chefs, will be $275 for shared accommodations or $425 for private rooms. 

   

  Lodging will be at a brand new, eco-friendly hotel, The Element by Westin (a Marriott hotel) in walking distance of downtown and a ten-minute drive from the Unity center. The one-bedroom suite has one king bed and one sleeper sofa.  There are plenty of Studio Suites (open concept rooms with kitchens) that have two queen beds and a sleeper sofa also. Breakfast is included.

   

  If you are a minister, spiritual leader, or licensed teacher please let us know if you:

We appreciate your quick response and commitment so we can secure the discounted rates that were offered. We need your participation to reknit our region and to make this retreat its most wonderful expression. Please email janeyhiatt@gmail.com. Once we have the agreement in place, we will send you a link so you can make a direct booking. 

Fall in Central Oregon is a beautiful time in a beautiful place. Hope you can all join us. It’s been way too long since we’ve all been together.

The Power of Focused Ministry

• Unity of the Valley (3912 Dillard Rd, 39th & Hilyard, Eugene, OR 97405) on  Saturday, January 14th from 10am to 3pm .
• Unity Center of Divine Love and Light (4123 E. Lincoln Rd Spokane, WA 99217) on  Saturday, January 21st from 10am to 3pm . *Note: while this workshop is designed for leaders in the ministry, Rev. Shad Groverland will be speaking at Unity Spiritual Center in Spokane on Sunday the 22nd!

SEE Week: January 9 - 13, 2023!!

9:00-11:00a | Overview of Hebrew Scriptures, with Rev. Jane Hiatt

11:30a-1:30p | Discover Your Purpose, with Rev. Susan Gumm

2:30-4:30p | Bible Interpretations-Hebrew Scriptures, with Rev. James Tierney

5:00-7:00p | I of the Storm, with Rev. Rachel Simpson

Seattle Unity is getting ready to celebrate the grand opening of their new building! Click on the link below and check it out!

Read more about it here!

You are also invited to learn more about the construction project by visiting the link below.

Construction Project

The Power of Focused Ministry

In-Person Only Workshop for Unity Leaders at Unity in Lynnwood

16727 Alderwood Mall Pkwy, Lynnwood, WA 98037

Saturday, September 3rd from 10am to 3pm.

Join Rev. Shad Groverland, Executive Director of UWM, in a timely 1-day workshop designed for ministry leaders, future leaders, and those who train these leaders. The world of ministry is rapidly changing and there is a chance we could be left behind, unless we can acquire tools that will keep us current, relevant, focused, impactful and enjoying the work we do. Through presentation, group discussion, brainstorming and connecting with Spirit, we will learn these tools that create the foundation for a thriving modern ministry. All Unity leadership are invited: Unity Ministers, LUTs, Board Members, Ministry Lay Leaders, Ministry Staff. (5 CEU credits may be earned for this workshop.)

Register Here

"Youth Ministry Leaders’ Summit (2-Day Virtual Event, General CEU Credit)

Facilitated by Rev. Diane Venzera

Credit: 5 General Credits

Virtual Event Dates: Tuesday, November 1 & Wednesday, November 2, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm CT

Register here by Thursday, October 27, end of day.

• A link to the virtual event will be sent out on October 31st.
• No late registrations will be accepted.
• If you need additional support, please email: dvenzera@unity.org

Description:

Join us for two days of discussion, break out groups, workshops and more as we gather together to talk about the state of our Youth & Family Ministry programs. Through our discussions and interactions we will formulate a plan of YFM support that will be offered throughout 2023.

Unity Worldwide Ministries is offering this summit free of charge. But, if you would like to give a suggested love offering of $35.00, we gladly accept. 

The Spring 2022 issue of EarthCare Connections has arrived! The following is a summary of its contents, along with links to the newsletter itself:

• People, Get Ready! 2022 Unity Convention
• Convention Registration
• Whova Training
• EarthCare Track
• Sacred Eco-Nomics and the Living World
• Beyond Earth Day
• Conversations
• Get Ready to Address the Cow in the Room
• Spiritual Evolution through EarthCare
• Unity of Walnut Creek, Certified at Level B
• 2022 Green Star Awardees
• How to Contact EarthCare

Presentation: Gender Expansive Diversity - An Insider's View

with Mitch Hunter

June 17th, 6:00-8:00pm via Zoom through Unity of Olympia

When it all comes down to it…we all seek it, we all want it, at our very core we are all just looking for love, connection and belonging. Brené Brown talks about the difference between simply fitting in, the barrier to belonging, as acclimating or acquiescing to 'fit in' to an environment versus true belonging. True belonging comes from a solid foundation of knowing who you are, growing, accepting and loving yourself where you are, as you are and the courage it takes to live that truth, fully.

Register Here

Callings: In Search of an Authentic Life, with Gregg Levoy

May 15, 12:30-3:30 pm

This is a 3-hour workshop at Unity of Central Oregon

Cost: $30

Callings are urgings from spirit that tell us what it will take to make our lives literally “come true,” pointing us toward awakenings, course-corrections and powerful authenticity. They could involve a career change or creative leap, taking on a new role or letting go of an old one, or launching a new venture.

While honoring callings’ essential mystery, we’ll explore what they ask of us, how we tell the true call from the false, how we handle our resistance to it, what happens when we say no, and what happens when we say yes?

This workshop is both in-person and livestreamed.  The link for the livestream will be provided to all registrants shortly before the event date.

Register Here