Ash Wednesday Ceremony
Fasting and Feasting
February 26, 2020
6:00 pm

February 26, 2020, Ash Wednesday, marks the beginning of the Lenten season which is observed by many Christian Faiths worldwide.  During the season of Lent, the forty days leading up to Easter Sunday, many Christians focus on simple living, prayer, and fasting in order to grow closer to God. 

 New Thought Communities like Unity invite individuals of all faith traditions into the devotional practice of “fasting and feasting”.   Fasting is committing to the practice of relinquishing thoughts, beliefs, words, and behaviors that stand in the way of living more peacefully, authentically, and with meaning and purpose.    Feasting, on the other hand, is the daily practice of engaging in thinking and ways of being that foster peace, gratitude, appreciation, compassion, personal growth and transformation, and being of service to others.  

By consciously engaging our Spiritual Powers of Elimination and Life, we have an opportunity on a daily basis not only during Lent to let go of, fast from, limiting ways of being and to animate, feast on, thoughts, words, and actions that enhance our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being 

Please join me in a reflective prayer ceremony where you will have an opportunity to cleanse your consciousness, affirm Truth, and select a Spiritual Power to consciously embody for the next 40 days.  Sacred palm ash will be distributed as a symbol of dying to the old and being reborn to new life.

Love and light,
Rev. Angela Denton

Annual Membership Meeting January 26th after the service

The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the current events of UBTS, nominate and vote on Board of Trustees Candidates for 2020, and vote to approve the 2020 Budget

Financial Business Meeting January 12th after the service

During this meeting the UBTS Board will report on the financial overview of 2019 and present the UBTS budget for 2020

December: The Season of Light

Remembrance Service	December 1st	10:30 a.m.
Teen Shelter Holiday Drive Gift Collection DEADLINE	December 8th
Youth Christmas Service	December 15th	10:30 a.m.
Unity Christmas Luncheon	December 15th	12:00 p.m.
*Prayer Circle	December 22nd	9:30 a.m.
**Jazz & Jingle Concert	December 22nd	11:00 a.m.
Christmas Eve Candlelight	December 24th	4:00 p.m.
Rocket Intention Launch	December 29th	10:30 p.m.
New Year’s Eve Chakra Centering Reflective Service	December 31st	5:00 p.m.

*Prayer Circle will be facilitated by Rev. Angela for those seeking reflective prayer support.

**Jazz & Jingle Concert will be held in place of our regular Sunday service and will begin at 11 a.m.  It is a gift to the community! 

January: The Season of New Beginnings

Burning Bowl Service	January 5th	10:30 a.m.
Annual Financial Meeting	January 12th	12:30 p.m.
Annual Membership Meeting	January 26th	12:30 p.m.

Holiday Jazz & Jingles

Sunday, December 22nd, 2019
11:00am

Let us get into the Christmas Spirit by joining in song and rocking around the Christmas tree during the Sunday service on December 22nd at 11 a.m.   The Jazz and Jingle extravaganza is a gift to our community, however, we will still take our normal Sunday love offering collection.  Christmas cookies and refreshments will be served during intermission and at the end of the performance, so bring your appetites and not forget your jingle bells!

Love,
Rev. Angela and The Board of Trustees

Jazz & Holiday sounds from Manhattan’s own The Sounds of Joy Jazz Quintet Led by Dr. Peter Silver & Featuring Vocalist Colette Thompson

The first part of the concert will consist of jazz standards and a second part will contain seasonal holiday music.

Based in Manhattan, The Sounds of Joy Jazz Quintet has been performing for over twenty years. All members also play in other groups ranging all the way from a blues band to a seventeen-piece big band. Led by trumpeter Dr. Peter Silver, the Red Bank Holistic Dentist, Sounds of Joy includes drummer Jose Reyes, electric bassist John Herman, pianist Tommy Rosenstein, and saxophonist Dimitri Lemay. Colette Thompson has directed or performed in over eleven vocal ensembles, has performed or recorded with Leonard Bernstein, Peter, Paul & Mary, and James Levine and is a billboard-ranked singer/songwriter.