Serving You This Sunday!

UNITY OF MONROE WEEKLY UPDATE DECEMBER 28, 2017

UNITY OF MONROE • 272 BRITTON LANE • P.O. BOX 138 • MONROE • OHIO • 45050

This Sunday, December 31 @ 11:00Rev. Greg Wissman will speak on:

Burning Bowl ServiceSpecial Music: Rachel Schott, Violinist

UNITY PRAYER CHAPLAINS

Your dedicated team of Unity Prayer Chaplains serve you every Sunday! Each Sunday they are available for you in the back room. Each prayer with our Prayer Chaplains & each prayer placed in our prayer box is held in strict confidence. We give thanks for our Prayer Chaplains.

How may we serve you?

Next Sunday, January 7, 2018

Rev. Greg Wissman will speak on:

Paying Attention to our New Year Intention Celebrate January Birthdays/Anniversaries/Unions

Your Unity CommunityWe ask that you keep these loving people in your thoughts & prayers

Cheryl Lovelace Rick WhitakerCarol WhitakerRon MrozekAdrienne MrozekShirley Lindner

Dick FligorBetty Fligor Nelle GarrettMary Ann HudsonPatrick CoffeyCynthia Rush

SPECIAL MUSIC

RACHEL SCHOTT

VIOLINIST

Prayer Chaplain

Platform Assistant

Special Music:

Greeter/Usher:

Fellowship Hosts:

Child Care:

Greg Wissman

Marianne Marconi

Rachel Schott & Dave Sams

Karen Midkiff

Joni Lawson &

Denise Morneau

Ciarra WittWe need your help every Sunday for Fellowship Host &

Greeters/Ushers. Please sign up on the calendars downstairs.Thank you for your help & for serving your community.

Serving YOU This Sunday

CommUNITY 2017We Are Love Expressing!

Join us for our annual Burning Bowl Service. This is your opportunity to bring in the New Year releasing the old & moving into the next phase of living. Come ring in the new year &

let go of the old.

December 3 Offering $1,682.00December 10 Offering $ 828.00December 17 Offering $ 710.00December 24 Offering $ 911.00December 31 Projected Offering $1,000.00

December Expenses To Date $5,062.60 (Includes Quarterly Insurance payment & tithes to Unity Worldwide Ministries & Unity World Headquarters )

Unity of Monroe December 2017 - January 2018December 2017 - January 2018 Sunday Lessons

Sunday, December 31 - Annual Burning Bowl ServiceSunday, January 7, 2018 - “Paying Attention to Our New Year Intention”Sunday, January 14, 2018 - “The Courage to Imagine - I Am Peace” • Yearlong Monthly ThemeSunday, January 21, 2018 - “Habitudes”Sunday, January 28, 2018 - “Step Into the Flow”Sunday, February 4 - “The Courage to Imagine: I Am Love”

Financial Report“We are grateful for the divine flow of good in our community.”

We thank you for your continued support of Unity of Monroe with your tithes, love offerings & gifts.

With the possibility of snowy & icy days, please know that any time there is inclement weather e-mails, the website & the phone at church will be updated with information that will

inform everyone whether church or classes need to be cancelled.

The Courage to ImagineWelcoming a New Year

As we welcome 2018 & a new year stretches out before us, our Once-a-Month Yearlong theme is The Courage to Imagine. Join us each month as we creatively tap into the spiritual faculty of Imagination. Imagine that!

Wonderful, wonderful fortunate you, This is the year that your dreams come true!This is the year that your ship comes in;This is the year you find Christ within.

From all of us at Unity of Monroe to you & yours... May you have a truly WONDER-FULL 2018

BURNING BOWL SERVICE

Sunday, December 31 @ 11:00

Join us for our annual Burning Bowl Service. This is your opportunity to bring

in the New Year releasing the old & moving into the next

phase of living. Come ring in the new year & let go of the

old.

Laura KruseDecember 10, 2017

Helen Leukhardt received word that Laura Kruse made her transition December 10. You may remember that Laura moved to Minneapolis to live with her son & his family after the passing of her husband Tom. Our hearts & thoughts are with Laura & the Kruse family at this time.

Special Music Last SundayDave Sams, Woody Marion

The Unity Choral Group

More Pics can be seen on our website

Candlelighting Service

Thanks Mary Jo for the pix

If you didn’t get a new Unity 2018 Calendar last Sunday at our Christmas Party or would like to pick up an extra copy or two for loved ones, they will be

available downstairs for a love offering.

January - I Am PeaceFebruary - I Am LoveMarch - I Am GuidedApril - I Am BlessedMay - I Am InspiredJune - I Am Confident

July - I Am CreativeAugust - I Am HealthySeptember - I Am the LightOctober - I Am ProsperousNovember - I Am GratefulDecember - I Am Joy

You don’t have to handle life’s challenges alone. You can call on your minister for support to deal with difficult changes, events and decisions, or to explore questions of spirituality. Wednesday afternoon, evening and Sunday afternoon counseling is available on a love offering basis.

Please call Greg for an appointment at the number below during office hours Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. When class is in session on Wednesdays, the church is open from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Greg is also available for special services, weddings, funerals, home blessings, etc. Just call to make arrangements. Greg Wissman, Minister 6802 Salem Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45230 513-232-4251 unitymonroeohio@earthlink.net or wissman@earthlink.net

Ministry Support Services

Who’s Who @ Unity

Senior Minister

Reverend Greg Wissman

Licensed Unity Teacher

Carol Whitaker

Music Director

Dave Sams

Board of Trustees

Donna Clark, President Dick Fligor, Treasurer

Carl Wriston, Secretary Denise Morneau, Member

Ron Mrozek, Member

Platform Assistants

JoNell Phillippe, Mary Jo Sams, Carol Whitaker, Jan Hatton, Bonnie Mellendorf,

Marianne Marconi, Donna Simpson, Donna Clark, Adrienne Mrozek

Volunteer Coordinator

Open

Prayer Group

JoNell Phillippe, Carol Whitaker, Greg Wissman

Prayer Chaplains

Donna Clark, Jan Hatton, JoNell Phillippe, Mary Jo Sams, Donna Simpson, Carol Whitaker,

Greg Wissman, Carl Wriston

The U.B.’s (Unity Band)

Dave Sams, Music Director Woody Marion, Greg Wissman, Carl Wriston

Child Care

Ciarra Witt

Please bring a canned good or toiletry item

for Choice Pantry this and every Sunday!

Let’s fill up the bin every Sunday and

everyone wins.

TITHES FROM UNITYUnity of Monroe tithes from our love

gifts, tithes and offerings. Our tithes go to Choice Pantry, Great Lakes Unity Region, Hope House Family Center, Hospice of Middletown, Silent Unity, Unity School and Unity Worldwide

Ministries. Thank you for your continued support.

Unity of Monroe is an open-minded, inclusive spiritual community that honors all paths to God and helps people discover and live their

spiritual potential and purpose. We believe that all people are created with sacred worth. Therefore, we recognize the importance of serving all people seeking a safe place for spiritual growth. We welcome all regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, race, nationality,

orientation, identification, or ability.

Have some good news about you or your family or some event you’d like to let us

know about?If you’d like to share it with your Unity friends please e-mail a short

description to unitymonroeohio@earthlink.net before noon of any Thursday.The news will be in The Unity Weekly Update.

When traveling this WINTER or when you can’t be with us please consider mailing your Tithe & Love Offering to Unity. Your consistent giving, even when you are away, helps to meet our financial obligations. Unity of Monroe depends solely on Tithes & Love Offerings from our community to meet expenses. Thanking you in advance.Our mailing address is P.O. Box 138, Monroe, OH 45050