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

ONLINE 8 Week Class - Monday evenings

October 11-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.

This class will be offered as a series of 8, 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

October 11: Holding it together: Self-Care and Life Balance

October 18: Dropping the baggage; the art of Forgiveness

October 25: Mercy Me! The Art of Self-Compassion

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:

$75 for the series  

$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. 

Full Job Description

Your Northwest Regional Unity Board is committed to increasing our ways to connect and support each other. One of our new ways is offering monthly meetings that alternate between education, with a time of connection and meetings that are pure connection. These are scheduled on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 1:00 pacific time.

This month our presenter is Rev. Dr. Ahriana Platten, a Unity minister from Unity Spiritual Center in the Rockies.

Rev. Dr. Ahriana Platten is a practical mystic who believes the entire world is an open door to the Holy. Ahriana has traveled the world to explore its cultural differences and human similarities. She has studied a wide variety of religions and spiritual traditions. She is deeply committed to interfaith education and dialogue, has served as an Ambassador for the Parliament of the World’s Religions, and is featured as a “Wisdom Keeper” in the acclaimed international film and docuseries entitled “Time of the Sixth Sun.” Ahriana considers herself a ceremonialist and is writing a book on the subject. She will be exploring the expanded possibilities for ceremony in our ministries. We encourage your love offerings to support this program. We hope to see you on Zoom!

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5413908244

The spring 2021 issue of EarthCare Connections has arrived! The following is a summary of its contents, along with links to the newsletter itself:

August 14 - 19, 2021

Opens at 12:30pm on Saturday, August 14 and closes at 1:00pm Thursday, August 19.

We will use the Ropes course and all our traditional and some new activities as we journey together at Cispus Learning Center!! This is, as everything is, dependent on the Pandemic numbers. We will make our final decision on June 16.

Please click here to register

With story, self-understanding and listening to ourselves we will explore, "Claiming my Super Power, What is it? Where is it? How do I know it? "  This will lead us into the AUGUST IN-PERSON UNITREAT AT CAMP CISPUS !!   Yes at camp August 14 - 19. 

Costs: 

June Virtual weekend is offered for a love offering

August In-Person Unitreat (8/14-19, 6 days, 5 nights) is $350 per person

Note from Chris:

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 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.

Many Blessings to you and yours.

Chris

Click here to register

April 16th-18th was the NW Youth of Unity Spring Rally. The theme for this online event was "Sanctificati Sumus - We Are Sanctuary." 12 people from 6 Northwest Region ministries participated in the event.

We shared an inspiring weekend of connecting and looked at how to create sanctuary for ourselves and how to be a sanctuary for others. Participants reflected that:

"My sanctuary can be created and inspired wherever I choose, it is more about the emotion and the people than it is the actual place."

"Anywhere and anyone can be a sanctuary, and that safety comes in many forms."

Our 2021-2022 Regional Officer is Cody Little-Reece.

Thank you for supporting this event and our youth!

We are holding space and praying for an in-person UNITREAT at Cispus AUGUST 14 – 19, 2021. Adults arrive Aug 13^th for prep, Youth arrive Sat, Aug 14 for start of camp. This is a Saturday – Thursday.

More Information and Registration will be posted on the NW Region website.

This will all depend on what is happening in the NW related to the pandemic. All adult participants will need to be tested within 5 days of our start date. Masks will be used. Dorm use and programs will change for 6 ft distancing. I know we all want to gather and play on the Challenge course and sing around the campfire. This prayerful process will unfold as we draw closer to summer-time.

Decision point for Go/No Go is June 16, 2021

Fall Unitreat – Nov 12-13-14, 2021. Time and Place TBA.