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Unity in
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A Christian Community Church Newsletters Editor -- Kristine Baker September 2011
What Is Prayer? Reverend Liz Petipren
“Oh God!” is a common expression of both fear and surprise. Although this may not seem like a prayer, these two words definitely qualify. In times of stress we invoke help from a higher source through the power of prayer. Prayer needs no style or a special order of words to get God’s attention.
I once thought prayers were special poems repeated in church, recited before meals or at funerals. I now know words of mercy and grace are used for a multitude of reasons. Prayer is the hotline to God, from our mouths to God’s ear. And if God isn’t home, there is an entire directory of options from which to choose, starting with angels and saints and working your way to a host of deceased relatives.
Most people feel that prayer is most important to use on those occasions when divine intervention is necessary.
There doesn’t have to be a mystical eloquence or magical words to get God’s attention. All prayers offered in sincerity are equal to the ears of divine consciousness. In simplest terms, all thought is prayer.
We summon God’s attention and solicit divine inspiration during moments of personal crisis, a human need as old as history. As many non-secular surveys reveal, the popularity of prayer as a coping technique to deal with stress has never wavered. If anything, the interest in prayer has increased over the years, particularly in the field of alternative medicine, where complimentary modes of healing have brought new light to the ageless wisdom and power of prayer. I invite you to join Unity in the Pines as we celebrate Silent Unity’s World Day of Prayer, on Thursday, September 8th. There will be a special evening service and meditation hour from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. You may sign up to be part of the all-day vigil of prayer in the Sanctuary. We are all channels through which Spirit illumines our world. Please see the enclosed flier for more information. Fun with “The Lunch Bunch”
THE HAPPENINGS FOR September 2011 SERVICES FOR SEPTEMBER, 2011
Sunday – September 4th Rev. Liz Petipren “God’s Work” Music: Shirley Wray & Mildred Zenlea
Thursday – September 8th “World Day of Prayer” 8 hour Vigil from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Meditation & Prayer Session at 6:30 p.m. Rev. Liz Petipren Music: Mildred Zenlea
Sunday – September 11th Pot Luck Sunday Rev. Liz Petipren “The Labor of Cause and Effect” Music: Wayne Hosford
Sunday – September 18th Rev. Louise Morley “YOU – ME - US” Music: Betty Ferrell & Carole Belcher
Sunday - September 25th Rev. Liz Petipren “How to Receive” Music: Wayne Hosford
SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAY’S
09 -Viola Benton 10 -Margaret Garvin 09/18 – Bernie & Ginny Gardner 12 -Rev. Liz Petipren 68th Wedding Anniversary 21 -Wayne Trostle 22 -Betty Ferrell 26 -Ana Rottura
“Lunch Bunch” Sunday Lunch Bunch Sunday will be on Sunday September 25, at the “Friendly’s” Restaurant in Palm Springs located on Military Trail and Purdy Lane on the East side of Military in the Publix Shopping Center. There will be no fellowship after the service on this Sunday.
GAME AFTERNOON (All games will be table games) If you like to play sit-down games, come to Unity in the Pines on Friday, September 23, 2011 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. Bring your favorite game to share and have some fun together. FUN TIME IN WHOLESOME (HOLY) TIME!
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
“TOGETHER WE SHINE” “We are Channels through Which Spirit Illumines the World” The above stated are this year’s Theme and Affirmation for Silent Unity’s World Day of Prayer. World Day of Prayer celebrates the diversity and joy of being expressions of God, lighting the world with hope and harmony. Please join us at Unity in the Pines for World Day of Prayer by setting some time aside on Thursday, 09/08/2011 and filling a time slot between 9:00 am and 6:00 PM in the Sanctuary and again joining us from 6:30 to 8:00 PM for a meditation and prayer session facilitated by Rev. Liz Petipren. You will find a sign-up sheet in the book room._______________________________________
Cynthia MacGregor is coordinating the Unity in the Pines Recipe Book Fund Raiser to help pay for our future kitchen renovations. She asks that if you are online to send your recipes to Cynthia@cynthiamacgregor.com please put CHURCH RECIPES in the subject line. If you are not online, but you have a typewriter, typing is easier to read than handwriting. But of course, neatly handwritten recipes are welcome too. If you not online, you can either mail your recipe to her or give it to her in church on Sundays or drop it in the basket marked DROP OFF RECIPES on the green table in the church lobby. Please remember to put your name on the recipes you submit so we may honor them to you in the book. Cynthia MacGregor 3500 Springdale Blvd. #R-208 Palm Springs FL 33461 561-963-5199
W ISE WOMEN WONDERMENT GROUP Thursday September 15, 2011 From 7-9pm
Unity in the Pines – Fellowship Hall
Guest Presenter Joy Lynn Freeman Feeling Freer and Younger at Any Age
Joy uses song to help deliver her message of how to feel and be more vital, healthy and alive no matter what your age. Her 6 keys result in living and working with more creativity and joy. In this unique and engaging interplay of performance, participation and lecture you will learn how true success is the balance of your inner peace and outer expression and how to bring that forth to enliven and empower everything you do. She shows audiences how to let go of self-judgment and let their truth and creative selves out by walking her talk as she speaks. Joy has gone from a woman who couldn’t and wouldn’t sing, or stand before others to speak, to someone who does. Now she will even sing her own soul revealing songs in front of an audience. Her words and songs deeply inspire the audience to find their own soul’s expression and to let it out. Through this release of passion, one can regain their health and vitality.
Feel the Connection Wise Women is a place to play, a place to learn, grow, and a place to BE each third Thursday of the month.
For more information: Janet 478-4978 / email: the hahalady@aol.com Suggested donation $10 RSVPs would be greatly appreciated Wayne Hosford
Wayne Hosford has worked professionally in music and theatre since childhood, is a highly acclaimed and award-winning concert and cabaret entertainer. Having performed In the USA and internationally, he lists among his favorite credits: The Spoleto Festival USA, Cabaret Comes to Carnegie Series, Le Festival St. Claud, and a performance in the Manaus Opera House of Brazil. Wayne’s singing and playing has been part of the music ministry for over four years at the United Metaphysical Church of the Palm Beaches, and occasionally for Church of the Palms in Delray Beach as well as Boynton Beach United Methodist Church.
From “The Church Bell” in Brooklyn, CT A father was approached by his small son who told him proudly, “I know what the Bible means!” His father smiled and replied, “What do you mean, you ‘know’ what the Bible means?” “That’s easy, Daddy…” the young boy replied excitedly. “It stands for ‘Basic Information Before Leaving Earth’.”
There are only two kinds of people in the world. There are those who wake up in the morning and say “Good morning,
Lord.” And there are those who wake up and say “Good Lord! It’s morning!” I am now in the presence of Pure Being and immersed in the Holy Spirit of life, love and wisdom. I acknowledge thy presence and thy power. Oh, Blessed Spirit, in the Divine wisdom Now erase my mortal limitations and from Thy pure substance of love bring into Manifestation my world According to thy perfect law. Charles Fillmore
Unity in the Pines 6073 Summit Blvd. West Palm Beach
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