Unity’s Northwest Region’s Board of Trustees has opened the position of Regional Representative for applications.

· This position of service to Unity Churches and church leaders in the Northwest region is open for ordained Unity ministers with more than 5 years of ordination.

· Please review the responsibilities, compensation and qualification information. -- If you are interested in this position please send an email to MarySue Brooks at admin@unitynwregion.org and she will send you an application form.

· Applications must be submitted by January 20, 2022.

WE HAVE RESCHEDULED!!
Now we must call it WINTER UNITREAT!

When: February  19, 20, 21, 2022.
Saturday – Monday at Cispus Learning Center.
This is the 3-day weekend for Presidents Day!

DETAILS - All participants will need to register again. The registration forms and actions will be different. We realized we were missing important information with the current online registration process and it must be updated.

Our goal is to have it ready by mid-January, and ready to go live and announce at YOUTH TEAM CONFERENCE JANUARY 28-30 @ Huston Conference Center, Gold Bar WA. Please join us at Youth Team Conference for connection, learning, friendship and beauty!

The cost of the Winter Unitreat remains the same and unless parent or church requests a refund, all funds previously sent in will be applied to this February retreat.

More information about Uniteen programs and retreats can be found at www.unitynwregion.org/uniteens

Youth of Unity

The next YOU Movie Time is January 8th. We will watch and discuss the movie "Hook." This event will be on Zoom from 5-8pm PST. Please let your YOU group know about this opportunity for some fun and connection. They can register here: https://forms.gle/zT6phJHT6Vh7M9Fb7

Youth Team Conference

We're excited to announce that the Youth Team Conference will be in-person at Camp Huston again this year! Please come to Gold Bar and immerse yourself in loving community and explore the idea of sanctuary, empathetic listening, living virtues, and connection with others that are passionate about youth ministry. To attend, participants must be vaccinated or have evidence of a recent negative COVID test. Participants can register for Youth Team Conference here: https://forms.gle/riw7SxsGLeXRoFF79

This Wednesday the 27th at 1pm Pacific we will have a community meeting about our annual conference. 

We've had two online conferences that were each 3-4 days long. This model has allowed more folks to attend than have in the past, but there's disadvantages too. We'd like to talk about what could best serve our community going forward. 

Virtual workshops spread through the year? Virtual conference similar to what we've done? In person retreat experiences? Sub-regional gatherings? Some combination of these? Something else?

We hope you'll join us for this exploration of possibilities 

October 27th, at 1 Pacific 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88986845396

Meeting ID: 889 8684 5396

The Spiritual Art of Self-Care Online 
Taught by Rev. Jane Hiatt and Rev. Beth Welton-Miller

ONLINE 8 Week Class - Monday evenings

Through November 29, 6:30-8:30 pm (Pacific time)

Many of us, myself included, put the care of everyone we know—even the whole, wide world—ahead of our own care, and dust off our halos as we do so. But what if caring for ourselves is actually the first and most important step in caring for others? This love in action course is for people who are serious about engaging in the sacred work of self-care. It will be highly interactive and incorporate powerful ceremonies.

You can register for one session or a few sessions, available for SEE credit if you need that, and will be designed to help you totally shift your relationship to yourself as a priority. However, it will also be available as a series of individual topics so you can register for just a single session or a few sessions if that works better for you.

Individual sessions

November 1: Day of the Dead: Honoring Loss and Grief

November 8: Achieving Lift Off: The Power of Positive Thoughts

November 15: Wholly I Am: Healing and Wellness as a Lifestyle

November 22: Please Pass the Love Pie: Fostering Holiday Harmony

November 29: Be the River: Create a Balanced Flow of Giving and Receiving

Pricing: 

$15 for individual sessions  

REGISTER HERE

Self-Awareness Class - SEE Credit Available

September 11, 18 & 25 | 10:30a-2:30p

Facilitated by Audrey Pitchford, LUT

Cost: $75

Register: https://unityofolympia.org/event-4426625

Platform: Online via Zoom

Self-awareness is necessary for optimal balance and functioning in life. To be self-aware is to realize the dimensions of self and the states of those dimensions.

Course Description: Human beings are more than physical body; they also have spiritual and soul (psyche) dimensions which are equally if not more important than the body. Students will explore the dimensions of self by studying various systems and techniques for self- awareness. They will become more conscious of: their attitudes, beliefs and ways of being; symptoms of stress and imbalance; healthy responses to stress and imbalance; and how to integrate spiritual principles to maintain balance and honor all facets of their being.

Recommended reading (required for SEE): Butterworth, Eric. 1982. In the Flow of Life. Unity Village Publisher, Unity Books. Hendricks, Gay. 2000. Conscious Living: Finding Joy in the Real World. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco.

For SEE Credit: This course is open to all and available for Spiritual Education and Enrichment (SEE) credit. Students must register with Unity Worldwide Spiritual Institute. A one-time fee of $35 to enroll with UWSI as a student, and $45 for credit for this course

 

Unitreat is Back!  

Please Keep reading!! Reach out to parents, grandparents, supporters of Youth Ministry. Our Uniteens are out there, recovering from a Zoom-filled school year like no-other!!

Who – 11-15 year olds from Unity Churches in the NW Region. Youth who have completed 6^th, 7^th, 8^th grade. 

What - This 6 day, 5 night retreat includes an exciting three day challenge-by-choice Ropes Course, camp fires, creative expressions, all while making friends with Uniteens from throughout the Northwestern Region. 

Where- Cispus Learning Center is located 10 miles southeast of Randle, Washington in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Our address is 2142 Cispus Road, Randle, WA 98377. See their website @ http://cispus.org/

When – August 14-19 2021, arrive Saturday at 12:30, after lunch. 

Camp ends on Thursday 1 PM after lunch.

Cost - $350…with registration & payment completed and postmarked by July 26 cost is $325.

Covid 19 Necessities -  All camp counselors will attend with a Covid negative test + post test quarantine or full vaccinated status. All parents of campers will fill out a Covid-19 form found with our registration packet at https://www.unitynwregion.org/   under the Youth page. The complete registration will be available by July 5. 

Thank you for taking extra efforts in reaching out to those having completed 6th, 7th, 8th grades. It's been quite the year for young people as it has for all of us.

Promoting these events can help us reconnect, reconstruct, rebuild, renew and rejoice.

For the 8th graders this is their last Uniteen event with a ceremony to celebrate their passage to YOU.

There are quite a few changes that bring us into alignment with safe practices, state and federal guidelines for this gathering.

If you would like to explore these changes or have other questions or concerns about your Uniteens readiness for camp please contact me, Chris Castaldi at cbchris.2010@gmail.com.

With Love and excitement

Chris Castaldi, Unitreat Coordinator and Uniteen Consultant

UWM, NW Region

Unity Community of Central Oregon is seeking to hire an Operations Manager. This is a new, full-time position for the organization. The Operations Manager role is to implement the right processes and practices across the organization as directed by the Board of Directors. This position will function as the lead implementer for Unity’s daily operations, and will coordinate special events and classes, and support our minister with Sunday service needs. This role would be supported by the Unity board as well as our senior minister. 

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