Unity Church of the Triangle Calendar of Events

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2008: The Year of Sustainability

This Week's Quote
"Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions." ~ Antoinette Brown Blackwell
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This Sunday
This Sunday is Mother's Day and our speaker is Nancy Huslage. Special music is provided by the Sounds of Creation Choir.
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Other Upcoming Events
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Outreach: Donate Toiletries for 160 Homeless Men
Sunday, May 11 and 18 at both services
The Outreach Committee is requesting donations of toiletries for the 160 homeless men at The Healing Place on Sunday, May 11 and May 18. Needed are disposable razors, shaving cream, deodorants, toothbrushs , toothpaste, soaps, and shower gels. Checks are always welcomed made out to "The Healing Place." A box will be in the hallway on May 11 and 18. We thank you ahead for your kindness and generosity for these homeless men. Midge Yaeckel, 846-8075.
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Social: Single's Group - Tour Duke Gardens & Lunch at Hong Kong Restaurant
May 17, 11:30 am
Hong Kong is supposed to have some of the best Dim Sum in the area, so I am excited about this event. Please wear comfortable shoes and bring your camera. There is no cost to tour Duke Gardens. Carpooling - Please feel free to post a message on the meet-up site or email Sookia.
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Healing: VitaFlex
Tues, May 20, 7-9 pm in the Bookstore, cost: love-offering
VitaFlex consists of a specialized form of digital electrical stimulation using the pads and nails of the fingers in a rolling motion to fire voltages into the body through reflex points. This evening will also include a group healing. All are welcome to join. Phran Gacher, 779-7653
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Andrew photo Meditation: Beginning Mindfulness with Andrew Weiss
8 Sundays, May 25 - July 13, 9:30 – 10:45 am, in the Choir Rm
Based on the practices in Andrew Weiss' critically-acclaimed book "Beginning Mindfulness," these classes focus on nourishing the mental states of love and compassion by cultivating honest and clear self-inquiry. Andrew teaches how to ground, how to distinguish thoughts from feelings (and what to do with each), how to establish the integrity of our own being, and how to walk through the doorway of our difficulties. By practicing holding both suffering and joy, we encounter the best in ourselves and transform the worst. Suitable for new and experienced students. Andrew JiYu Weiss has studied mindfulness meditation for many years in the US, Europe, and Asia. In 1989 he met the Vietnamese Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh, and in 1991, he was ordained a Brother in Thich Nhat Hanh's Order of Interbeing. Jessica Mollet, 832-8324
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Meet the Candidate for Associate Minister: Rev. Jennifer Holder
Sunday, June 1, 12:30 pm in the 1880 Hall, lunch provided for $5
Rev. Jennifer Holder will also be doing the talk at both services on this Sunday. Please come to meet her and let us know what you think.
Contact Neusom Holmes, 832-8324

Unity: Introduction to UCT with Neusom
Sunday, June 8, 1:00 - 2:30 pm in the Choir Rm
Lunch is provided for $5.
If you're new to UCT and want to find out more about what we have to offer and how you can be of service, please come to this informal Q&A session with Neusom. Jessica Mollet, 832-8324.
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Persona Development : The Work of Byron Katie
Tuesday, June 3, 7 - 8:30 pm in the bookstore, cost: love-offering
The Work is a simple yet powerful process of inquiry that teaches you to identify and question your stressful thoughts. It's a way to understand what's hurting you and to address your problems with clarity. Byron Katie, author of the book Loving What Is, experienced a life-changing realization. As a result, she developed this method of inquiry called The Work. Join Pam Trottman (graduate of the School for The Work) as she guides you through this process, 848-9101.
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Social: Single's Group - Paint, Chat & Relax
June 5, 7:15 pm
Join UCT Singles for a relaxing after-work event. We will meet at Bisque Art where we will have a light supper, paint some pottery, and of course enjoy each other’s company. UCT Singles will supply the food and drinks. Attendees will be responsible for the cost of there artwork. The more people the merrier. Email Sookia.
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Prosperity: Make Your Resume Talk
Tuesday/Thursday, June 10, 12, 17, 19, 6-8 pm in the bookstore, cost: love-offering
This course shows you how to target your resume and effectively promote your skills, education and personality to get you that interview. Required reading for the course: Make Your Resume Talk by Richard Hart, will be available in the bookstore. This course is being provided by Wake Tech for our members and requires a minimum of 10 people who are under-employed to sign up (in the bookstore) in order for it to be offered for a love-offering fee.
Contact Dick Hart with the Avadon Group
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Spiritual Movie Nite: The Big Fish
Friday, June 13, 7-9 pm in the bookstore, cost: love-offering
How do you live your life? What kind of world do you live in? William Bloom lives in a calm normal world. There are no surprises, everything has rhyme and reason except of course his father. William is perpetually embarrassed by his flamboyant father, Edward. Edward is always the center of attention telling incredible stories of his life, a true spinner of tall tales. Now William is dealing with the mortality of his father. Join him in his journey to learn who Edward Bloom really was. Along the way he not only learns to appreciate the special man that is his father and learns to love him just the way he is, but he learns to live life well. To see all the magic and splendor around him if would just look at it in the right way and maybe add a little touch here and there for flourish. Contact Sandy Rifkin or Larry Henson
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Healing: The Power of Your Thoughts
Tues, June 17, 7-9 pm in the Bookstore, cost: love-offering
What are you thinking? Do you know how your private thoughts affect other people? Using dowsing rods, Phran will demonstrate how powerful your thoughts really are. After the demonstration we will share healing energy with each other. All you need is an open mind. Phran Gacher, 779-7653
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Personal Development: Stillness Now - An exploration of the principles found in Eckhart Tolle’s first two books – The Power of Now and Stillness Speaks
Thursdays, June 26 - July 31, 7:15 - 8:15 pm in the bookstore, cost: love-offering
A journey through the principles of staying in the now and finding stillness in our lives. Participants are requested to have read both books before beginning the class. Limited to 20 participants. Contact Tracy Obeda
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Social: Single's Group Brunch at NOFO
June 29 after 11 am service
Meet in the bookstore after 11am Service. NOFO has a small parking lot, so feel free to post request to carpool on the meet-up site or to email Sookia.
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Parenting With Love and Logic : Teaching Children Responsibility Youth Education: Parenting with Love & Logic
First Saturday of the month, July - December, 9 - 11 am in the bookstore, cost: love-offering
Love and Logic is a philosophy founded by Jim Fay and Foster W. Cline, M.D., and is based on the experience of a combined total of over 75 years working with and raising kids. It provides simple and practical techniques to help teachers and parents have less stress and more fun while raising responsible kids. Love and Logic offers many useful techniques that teachers and parents can begin experimenting with immediately. Required reading: Parenting with Love and Logic will be available in the bookstore. Susan Kreig
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Spiritual Movie Nite: Abraham - The Secret behind The Secret
Friday, July 11, 7-9 pm in the bookstore, cost: love-offering
This movie is an interview of Esther and Jerry Hicks, and the Non-Physical consciousness they channel called Abraham. The interviewer's piercing questions are beautifully and lovingly answered by Abraham, for example, when pressed on for proof of Abraham's existence or reality, Abraham responded by saying that "we are not so much interested in that you believe in our existence, as we are interested in that you come to adore your own." Contact Sandy Rifkin or Larry Henson
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World Religions: Timeless Wisdom for the 21st Century - Lessons from the Bhagavad-Gita
Thursdays, August 7, 14, 21, 28, 7-9 pm in the bookstore, cost: love-offering
This series of classes will explore ways to find a new perspective on our everyday life based on the yoga principles taught in the Bhagavad-gita. Topics to be discussed will include: 1) Sustainability in the modern world, 2) Stress management, 3) How to see God in our everyday lives, and 4) How to bring yoga into every facet of our lives. Instructor Rudrani Maclachlan is a psychotherapist with a background in linguistics and has been practicing bhakti-yoga for 25+ years and has studied extensively with yoga masters in India. Instructor David Maclachlan has been practicing bhakti-yoga for 32 years and was initiated into the bhakti-yoga school by Swami Prabhupada. Bhagavad-Gita book is available in the bookstore. Contact David Maclachlan
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Sustainability: UCT Recycling Yogurt Containers
Yogurt containers are not recyclable in the Triangle area. Through the TerraCycle Yogurt Brigade Program we'll be collecting 6-ounce and 32-oz. yogurt containers in the UCT bookstore. The containers are reused as planting pots. Through the program a donation is made to a charity of our choice. A credit of $.02 is donated per 6 oz. yogurt container and $0.05 per 32 oz. yogurt container. We'll be splitting the money between two local groups, Triangle Land Conservancy and the NC Solar Center. Containers need to be CLEAN and DRY with lids removed. Only yogurt containers with a WIDE MOUTH such as Stonyfield Farm, Brown Cow, and Dannon, etc. are accepted. They cannot use Yoplait or Breyers yogurt containers because of the different shapes and sizes. Place in special boxes located by the drink machine or inside the bookstore.
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Sustainability Tip
Many dishwashing detergents contain petroleum products, an unnecessary use of oil. A vegetable-based dish soap is a greener alternative widely available in natural food stores and even many supermarkets. If every American household replaced just one 28-oz. bottle of petroleum-based dishwashing liquid with a vegetable-based product, the savings would amount to 82,000 barrels of oil. ~ Page-A-Day Calendar
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Youth Ed Update
The Youth Ed. Program needs parents to sign up for the Youth Ed.'s yahoo group to dissiminate important information about events and programs etc. Please send a blank email to: uct_youthed-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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Church-Wide Events Update
To receive our weekly e-mail list of activities and bi-monthly newsletter, send a blank email to: uct_eupdate-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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Single's Group Update
Did you know that half our UCT congregants are single? The UCT Singles Group hosts various social meetups in an effort to foster a deeper community network of spiritual singles. In addition to restaurant and theatre events, game nights, picnics, and other fun outings, the group meets after church on the first Sunday of the month for lunch and lively discussion topics. Check our weekly bulletins for upcoming events. To participate, join the meetup group online at http://singles.meetup.com/1167/ or sign up for events at our church signup tables. Questions? Call Susan at 919-460-2873 or email Sookia Staggers.
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Ongoing Classes/Activities