Candle Lighting Service December 21 5:00 pm. Candle Lighting Dinner December 21 7:00 pm. Burning Bowl Service January 4 11:00 am

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1 Dona Gilsdorf, Minister Unity Church of Rochester, 1038 Harding Road, Rochester, MI Phone (248) Dial-A-Prayer (248) November/December 2008 Giving Thanks Dinner November 22 5:30 pm Giving Thanks Service November 23 11:00 AM Bears November 16 - December 14 Dates To Remember Candle Lighting Service December 21 5:00 pm Candle Lighting Dinner December 21 7:00 pm Burning Bowl Service January 4 11:00 am GIVING THANKS Please sign up for the food DINNER you will bring to the dinner (enough to Saturday feed 12 people). Directions to the Chateau Avon Club November House are 22 available in the Book Room. 5:30 Love pm offering accepted for the price Hometown of the turkeys. Avon Please see Clubhouse Bea if you are willing to be on the committee for decorating, set up or Please clean up. sign up for the food you will bring to the dinner (enough to feed 12 people). Directions to the Hometown Avon Club House are available in the Narthex. Love offering accepted for the price of the tur- Baldwin House...6 Bears...3 Burning Bowl Service...5 Candle Lighting Service...5 Candle Lighting Dinner...5 Chiropractic Health...7 Giving Tree...5 Giving Thanks Service...4 Green Team...4 Kitchen Renovation...4 Movie Night 5 Poinsettias...4 Pot Luck & Treasure Mapping...4 Ridge Dale Players...7 Spruce & Soup...3 Sunday Discussion Group...3 Truth Principles for Young People...6 Tuesday Class...6

2 Page 82 9:30 AM Discussion Group Lower Level 11:00 AM Service Sanctuary Nursery Care (newborn-3yrs) Lower Level Truth Classes for Children & Teen Group & Young Adults Lower Level Noon Fellowship Fellowship Room, Lower Level MISSION STATEMENT: UNITY CHURCH OF ROCHESTER IS A CENTER FOR WORSHIP, SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND PRAYER SUPPORT BASED ON THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST. VISION: THIS CHURCH WILL BE A CONTINUING DEMONSTRATION OF ALL THE SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES. OUR VISION IS TO HAVE A CONVENIENTLY LOCATED, WELL EQUIPPED FACILITY WHICH IS FULLY STAFFED AND WHICH SERVES TO SUPPORT THE PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION OF OUR CONGREGATION THROUGH THE TEACHINGS OF TRUTH PRINCIPLES. This ministry is solely supported by your tithes and love offerings. Even though we are spiritually affiliated with Unity School of Christianity and the Association of Unity Churches, we do not receive any financial support from either of them. As a ministry, we practice the laws of tithing by supporting Unity School of Christianity and the Association of Unity Churches, so that the TRUTH that UNITY teaches can continue to be spread throughout the world. We appreciate your continued tithes and love offerings for they make it possible to maintain Unity Church of Rochester as a center where all might have the opportunity to experience TRUTH from the UNITY point of view. We also appreciate the love for one s fellow human, and the TRUTH that is demonstrated by including Unity Church of Rochester in your will. This act of love multiples so that it touches the lives of many. Unity Church of Rochester is affililated with Unity School of Christianity, publishers of Daily Word, and is a member of the Association of Unity Churches. WEB SITE unitychurchofrochester. com FAX E MAIL HAPPY BIRTHDAY Celebrate birthdays of your church family members. November 9 and December 14 Leigh Arrathoon Ernest Ashley Cynthia Fisher Jane Hummel Joy Johnson Faun Price Susan Taggart You are a delight to the universe and a gift to us.

3 Page 3 BEARS November 16- December 14 Teddy bears will be on parade again in our sanctuary. Bring in a stuffed bear to join them. We will be distributing them after December 14th. Bears need to be 12-24, please no smaller OR larger. PRAYER PAL SUNDAY November 16 & December 21 The Third Sunday Each Month We have the opportunity to become a prayer pal with someone in our church. Each person will be given a prayer request to fill out. Later everyone will draw a name of a pal to pray with for the following month. AA/ALANON MEETINGS AT UNITY CHURCH OF ROCHESTER Tuesdays 8:00 pm Fridays 11:00 am New Member Orientation Sunday, January 11 12:30 Annual Church Membership Meeting February 8 1:00 pm FALL SPRUCE & SOUP Sunday November 2nd After service Bring your work clothes and cleaning supplies and spruce up your church home after you enjoy a delicious soup luncheon. Please sign up in the Narthex so we know how many to prepare for. The Board of Trustees and Minister request you hold this prayer thought for our church: This church is abundantly filled with faithful, enthusiastic and generous financial support. Divine Love supports and supplies our church family continually and constantly. THANK YOU FATHER SUNDAY DISCUSSION GROUP 9:30 am 10:30 am Fellowship Room in Lower Level Everyone is welcome to join in the discussion of The Quest for Meaning by Jim Rosemergy. This is a journey of spiritual rediscovery. You do not need to purchase a book. There is no charge. Just come and share your light with us! The Church Office Will Be Closed November 27 & 28 December 24 - January 2 Sunday services and Youth Ed will be held at 11 am as usual

4 Page 84 KITCHEN RENOVATION Our next project is the renovation of the kitchen, new cupboards, sink, counter tops, ceiling, etc. Not only will our kitchen be beautiful, but also very functional. The estimated cost is $2,500. We already have over $500 earmarked for this project. Please indicate on your check or envelope kitchen if you wish to support this project. We know that God is our source and fills our needs in His amazing ways. GREEN TEAM November 16 after service POT LUCK & TREASURE MAPPING January 29 6 pm pot luck 7 pm treasure mapping Everyone had such fun in October at the pot luck and treasure mapping evening that they have asked to get together again to share the results of treasure mapping, and invite others to join. So come on!!!! Please sign up in the Narthex so we know how many to prepare for. GIVING THANKS SERVICE November am In lieu of the regular Thanksgiving Eve service, this year our Giving Thanks service will be on Sunday, November 23. A time will be included in the service for individual expressions of thanksgiving and gratitude for the blessings that have been experienced during the past year. This is always a very special service. Join us for desert and fellowship after the service. POINSETTIAS The new Unity Church of Rochester Green Team will be part of a inter-faith movement for Earth Care. Something is growing with the Unity movement. Earth Care Ministry. Earth Care Ministry brings prayerful, intentional thought to our actions...who will care for the earth?...through the power of our collective prayer, vision and action we will be come an answer to this question. quoted from Kathy Hardwood Long s team Unity Earth Care Northwest. Examples of what other churches are doing as a result of their Green Teams are recycle, adopt a beach or trail, grow a garden with the youth ministry, hold Earth Day services, reduce heat and electric bills. Meeting for those interested in forming a Unity Church of Rochester Green Team will be Sunday, November 16 after service. Please sign up in the Narthex. NOVEMBER AFFIRMATIONS Inner Peace Retreating to the stillness of my soul, I experience absolute peace. Guidance Receptive to the guidance of Spirit, I move forward with confidence. Healing God s healing energy flows throughout my body. Cell by cell I am transformed. Prosperity With a thankful heart I anticipate and accept God s abundance. World Peace In unity with one another, we are creating a world of peace. Poinsettia orders will be taken beginning November 16-December 14 for $ They will decorate the church for our Candle Lighting Service, and then go home with you to enhance your holiday decorations. Please pre-pay in Narthex. DECEMBER AFFIRMATIONS. Inner Peace My soul is the cradle of Christ Love. My heart is serene. Guidance The Christ Light of understanding shines through my every word and action. Healing Through the healing power of the Christ Presence, I am strong and whole. Prosperity My life is blessed as I give and receive from the abundance of Spirit. World Peace In this season of love, we share our gifts of peace with the world.

5 Page 5 CANDLE LIGHTING SERVICE Sunday, December 21, 5:00 pm From the glow of a single candle in the sanctuary, the room becomes aglow with the warmth of Spirit as each person lights their own candle from their neighbors and then passes the light on. There are few services that are as inspirational as the Christmas Candle Lighting Service. Please bring your family and friends. BURNING BOWL SERVICE January 4 11:00 am Sunday, January 4 start your new year with a powerful, symbolic Sunday Service of releasing the limitations of the past and entering freshly into newness. This service will incorporate the rituals of the Burning Bowl. As we reflect on the year that is ending, we may find there are several past happenings which we would like to see resolved, completed, harmonized or forgiven. In this unique Burning Bowl Service we call upon the Spirit of God to cleanse our minds and hearts of judgments, opinions and beliefs that have placed a limit on our Divine heritage of happiness, joy and inner peace. We will make our own personal list of unwanted and unresolved conditions and let the flame of Christ consume them. In their place we remember our oneness with God. GIVING TREE Light House of Clarkston Last day December 14 This year we are helping Light House of Clarkston with a gift card tree. We will be hanging ten $25.00 gift card ornaments on the tree for our congregation to purchase and return the gift cards to the tree. These gift cards will be given to Lighthouse for their Christmas store teen area, which is usually under-stocked with gifts. Last day to return the gift cards is December 14. CANDLE LIGHTING DINNER Sunday, December 21 7:00 pm Olive Garden We will meet at the Olive Garden on Rochester Road just north of Auburn for a delicious meal. We will purchase off the menu with individual bills. Please sign up in the Narthex so we know how many to make reservations for. MOVIE NIGHT Friday, November 14 7 pm Evan Almighty In this comedy, God tells Evan to build an ark. As a newly elected congressman, when he arrives in Washington, D.C. strange things begin to happen. As he actually does start building an ark, his family thinks he s crazy, then comes to believe he might be on to something. God appears to Evan s wife, who is not a believer in her husbands ark project, and tells her that God doesn t give things, he gives the opportunity to get things. Seeing his meaning, she returns and helps her husband finish the ark. The flood comes with an interesting twist, with Evan being vindicated and his family values strengthened. Please sign up in the Narthex.

6 Page 86 TRUTH PRINCIPLES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Cheryl Fassanella Our November lessons are about how God s family loves and grows. This includes families forgive each other, families celebrate uniqueness, my family of friends, and my Unity family. In December we will start our Advent lessons and study the true meaning of Christmas. We will discuss how we can get closer to our Christ self. Our lessons also include singing Christmas carols and making holiday crafts. On the morning of the Candle Lighting Service (December 21) we will celebrate with our annual Christmas party downstairs. We will also be sharing our music upstairs. We look forward to sharing these valuable lessons with our younger Truth students. TUESDAY AFTERNOON STUDY GROUP The Prospering Power of Prayer by Catherine Ponder This is an on-going class, so join us anytime, Each class is complete. Our course of study is always good basic Unity principles. Every Tuesday at 1:00 pm. Pot luck the first Tuesday of the month at noon. Please join us!! PRAYER REQUEST BOX Fill out your prayer request slip and drop it in the Prayer Box located in the hall as you enter the Sanctuary. After a time of prayer these slips are sent to Silent Unity for 30 days. You can also call the church office at to make your request known. CALL US FOR PRAYER If you have a prayer request or would like us to pray with you call: Church Dona Bea This call will activate the Prayer Ministry to initiate prayer for your request. You may also use the prayer box outside the Secretary s Office, a letter will be sent if requested, and again the name will be called out to the Prayer Ministry. Prayer will continue for 30 days, then forwarded to Silent Unity for another 30 days of prayer. SUNDAY SERVICE ON CD The Sunday service is now available on CD. Sign up and pre-pay in the Book Room for any service that you would like. Cost is $2. 00 to cover the price of the CD. BALDWIN CHURCH & CENTER HOLIDAY HOUSE Saturday December 13 9am-1pm, 1pm-5pm Baldwin House is in need of volunteers to help their clients shop for Christmas presents for their families. We needs six people for each time period. The shopping will be done at Holiday House next to Baldwin church. Our job will be to guide them through the house and help choose items of clothing, household goods and toys for the children. This is our fourth year. Everyone who has participated in this has found it very rewarding. Please sign up in the Narthex ASAP, Baldwin House needs to know when the time slots are filled, 9am- 1pm and 1-5 pm.

7 Page 7 PROSPERITY BANK SUNDAYS November 30 and December 28 Many who may be new to the Unity Way of Life may not be aware of the unique program Unity offers to help an individual increase his or her prosperity. Here is hour the PROSPERITY BANK program works: The PROSPERITY BANK idea started at Unity School way back in the 30 s when the Great Depression was at its worst. Many people wrote to Unity School asking for the Daily Word magazine but they did not have the dollar it took to pay for a subscription. Unity recognized that the need was greater than the money involved, so they gave them the subscription. But there is what they also did they designed a little container into which coins could be deposited, wrote some prosperity affirmations on it, called it a PROSPERITY BANK, and sent it along with the gratis subscription. They gave the recipients instructions to use the affirmation printed on it, drop in their coins and when they had accumulated $1.00 to send it to Unity to pay for the subscription. It worked!! So well in fact that the idea would not die when better days came along. Since those days, thousands have been freed from the bondage of lack through the simple use of the PROSPERITY BANK. Anyone who lovingly and faithfully follows these instructions on the bank will begin to see a very definite, positive increase in his or her prosperity and will be giving an extra blessing to the church as well. It is a simple but miraculous technique. Try it for 90 days. Here at Unity Church of Rochester the proceeds we receive from the PROSPERITY BANKS go to beautify our building. PROSPERITY BANKS and instructions are available in the Narthex. The PROSPERITY BANKS can be returned the last Sunday of the month. Thank you, dear friend, for remembering your church home while on vacation or just taking a Sunday off. Your tithe and gifts are so very necessary to keep our church home open, beautiful and waiting for your return. Don t be early! Remember to turn your clocks BACK one hour on Saturday, November 1st before you go to bed. RIDGE DALE PLAYERS Dracula the Musical Sunday, November 23 2 pm This is a delightful spoof with wonderful songs. We will car pool from the church. Tickets are $16, please sign up and pre-pay in the Narthex. Thursday, November 6 7 pm Dr. Richard Cicala Upper Cervical Chiropractic and a Healthy Nervous System Dr. Cicala from Balanced Living Chiropractic in Rochester is one of only eight Michigan Chiropractors trained in the NUCCA technique. NUCCA, an acronym for the National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association, refers to a form of Chiropractic that focuses solely on the Atlas the donut like bone that surrounds the brain stem, located at the top of the spine and the base of the skull. The NUCCA method replaces the twisting, cracking and popping of traditional chiropractic with a very specific and gentle pressure that eases the bones into proper position. The technique is based on precise mathematical calculations, physics and biomechanics. He will be talking about various health topics and how upper cervical chiropractic can not only get rid of your aches and pains, but how having a healthy nervous system is essential to living a happy healthy life.

8 Page 8 ADVENT A TAX REMINDER On Sunday, November 30th we begin a season of preparation for Christmas called Advent. This is a time of Spiritual preparation for the celebration of Christmas. It s a time of preparing ourselves for the Christ Spirit to be born in us again. The word Advent comes from the Latin word Adventus and means the arrival or coming of light. So we are preparing for the arrival or coming of the Christ Child - the coming of the Christ Spirit into our hearts. Plan to be with us this holiday season and take part in the love, joy, music and spiritual awakening that awaits in your heart. Your love offerings are deductible. We keep records of checks and identifiable cash offerings. Of course, we can t track cash donations unless we know who made the contribution, so you may wish to place cash in an envelope with your name on it. For your year end giving, please make sure your check is dated December 31 or postmarked by December 31. Unity Church of Rochester 1038 Harding Rochester, MI Sent With Love and Blessings To: