Maundy Thursday Service

April 14, 2022
7 PM

The name “Maundy Thursday” comes from the Latin Dias Mandatum, which means the “day of the new commandment. At the Last Supper the Master Teacher, Jesus, told the Disciples that the greatest commandment is to Love another. Come and experience the Last Supper through the metaphysical lens as we reflect on the Cosmic Readings of Love from the Gospel of John, virtually break bread with one another, and deepen our embodiment of our 12 Spiritual Powers represented by the 12 Apostles.

NOTE:
Please bring a glass of wine or grape juice and a piece of bread to the virtual service.

Into the Stillness Meditative Prayer

February 8th – March 18th

Mornings: Tuesday through Friday 7 to 7:35 AM

Join Rev. Angela in a meditative prayer experience of relaxation, contemplation, and stillness.

Let us come together in contemplative prayer, reflection, and stillness to claim personal Wholeness and Empowerment and to be a mindful healing presence to others and the world.  

Please Register by clicking the button below:

Once you have registered you will receive a ZOOM link each week prior to Tuesday.  

New Year’s Eve Chakra Balancing

with Carmela Danna

Friday, December 31, 2021
10 AM

Please join Carmela in this special workshop to balance your chakras and create a more peaceful mind.  She will take you through a journey of the 7 main energy centers in the body and use Bija Mantras to balance your energy. Carmela will include pranayama (breath work) to begin, guide you in meditation and end with healing energy.

Don’t miss out on this special session designed to balance your energy and set your intention for the New Year!

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Carmela completed her Yoga  teacher training in 2006 at Yoga Works in NYC.

She has since become a Reiki Master and enjoys teaching Yoga, Meditation and Reiki.

Dear Friends,

The season of winter is upon us.  Metaphysically, winter represents a time of hunkering down, a time of inner stillness and reflection, and a time of release in preparation for new life in the spring. The Board is doing much preparation to birth new life into our Unity by the Shore physical home.  Mold remediation has been completed, and we are in the process of selecting new flooring and contracting individuals to do the needed renovations inside our building.

Centered in patience, understanding, faith, love, and generosity, let us join together to birth new life into our own lives and into the blessed community of Unity by the Shore.  Your presence matters whether we gather virtually or in person.

How will you lean into the experiences of ”wintertime” to transform yourself from the inside out?  How will we as a community birth new life not only into our physical space, but also by re-imagining what it means to show up as a beloved community?  I ask you to be an active participant rather than a spectator to this journey.

December not only ushers in the official start to winter, but also welcomes the celebrations of  Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa. Although traditions vary in how these holidays are observed,  the one thing they have in common is the symbolism of LIGHT.  As the candles of the Menorah, the Advent Wreath, and the Kinara are lit, many take time to pause, reflect and remember that we do not enter the harshness of our dark and barren times without our INNER LIGHT.  I believe that the light of resiliency, hope, and the promise of new and glorious life is the flame that burns brightly at the Divine Core of us all!

My dear friends, as you participate in your holiday candle lighting this year, I invite you to designate a special candle to light each evening at 8 pm during the next month to symbolize your inner resilience and faith in the promise of new life.  Before lighting your candle affirm, “I am the Light of Divine Resilience, Faith, and New Life.”

Let us also remain connected throughout the holiday season by participating in the virtual special services that are listed below.  I hope you will find comfort from the words penned by Clairel Estevez in the poem, “Frigid” also found below my letter. Together we stand in Truth, Love, and Life to bring Light to the darkness. 

Love,
Rev Angela

Frigid

And suddenly, the woodland has bared its branches

The days now cloth the new season, like a bride.

And though cold and pale, its exquisite beauty
 
Fills my eyes with such incomparable warmth.

I shall carry this grace with me; in my soul.

Until she–frigid, in the last hours;

With my frosted lips, kisses the newly born Spring.

By: Clairel Estevez