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Q4 2020 Letter From Unity Board of Directors
Hello Unity friends, As we move into the Season of Light Returning and all the holidays that go with it, we on the Unity Board of Directors are thinking of each of you and holding you in our hearts with so much love and gratitude. We thought that even though it’s not...
Nov 30th 2020 Treasurers Report
Hello, Unity Community! What a wonderful community we have here in Central Oregon! My first year as Treasurer has blessed and enriched my life. It's my responsibility to provide financial oversight, planning and budgeting, financial reporting and financial...
Q2 2020 Letter From Unity Board of Directors
August 2020 My dear friends in community, Can you believe we have spent more than the entire Q2 of 2020 secluded from each other physically, as society and the Covid-19 virus continue their dance together?! I so appreciate of all the ways you have been showing up to...
Hate is a Four Letter Word
We live in a polarized world. In the United States, the polarity is intense. Much as inCivil War days, families and friends are divided in their opinions and beliefs. At leastmine are. I have strong opinions myself and struggle to understand how people whothink...
Behold this Box
By Charlotte Oakes Behold this BoxIt is a remarkable Box: It holds everything while nothing at the same timeIt is circular and has no corners for things to get stuck inIt is a small Box but there is no limit as to what it can hold or how it will growIt is sturdy...
The Greater Good
One of the ancient maxims about life is for us to “know thyself”. Another was “as above, so below”. The truth we see at any level of reality also applies to other levels. What can ourselves at the physical teach us about life at the planetary level? A popular...
Multi-generational Face Time
The hardest part for me about the Corona Virus pandemic is being separated from my grandson Nolan. For over 6 years he’s been spending time every week with me and I miss him desperately. I have only two consolations in this. It leaves me time to be ridiculously...
Being The Director Again
Good morning, my sisters & brothers! I’m noticing that my tendency to want to control the people and circumstances around me is higher than usual. In the past this would generate in me a lot of anxiety, as I frantically tried to direct the show and all the actors...
Earth Spirituality
Spirituality is a way of living where we find inspiration (or Spirit) everywhere we turn and endeavor to practice getting our ego out of the way so we can let our light shine. Earth based spirituality refers to communing with nature, to sitting at the knee of Mother...
Six Tips for Greening Up Thanksgiving
Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, household waste increases by more than 25%. Food waste, wrapping paper, shopping bags, Christmas cards, bows, ribbons, boxes, decorations, lights and plastic, plastic, plastic add an additional 1 million tons of trash per week to...
Flowing Through Times of Turbulence
I am headed off for our annual rafting trip on the wild and scenic Rogue River. I am so excited that, for the first time, I’ll be able to provide this incredible experience to my nephew (son really) who is finally here with me after a lengthy prison sentence. This...
Our 2019 Vision
We live by and remain aligned with our current mission statement as it is and as it may change and evolve in the future. We provide a safe place for a growing and spiritually deepening community of seekers and finders of the light. We easily attract those who are led...