Sunday Service begins at 11:00 am.
The church is open for in-person Services.

Mask Update 4-19-2022:  The Board encourages face-masks be worn when inside the church and social distancing be respected.
  Masks and hand sanitizer are still available for those who wish to use them.
We are also on Zoom, and livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube.
  • No registration required.  No password.
  • There is a "waiting room" until the service starts.
  • Service to start at 11:00 am.
  • Currently we have a set limit of 100 people.
  • You can connect via internet or telephone, or both.. 
  •   By internet: See and hear others if they have camera amd microphone capability. If you have a camera you will be seen by others.  If you have a microphone, you will be able to speak .  You may also comment on the chat message board.
  •   By phone: You will be able to speak and to hear everything.  To see others connect by internet also. 
Sunday Service starts at 11:00 am
THEME FOR 2023
​In this year of spiritual evolution, I am reminded of Grace and Gratitude; I am abundantly blessed.
Order of Service

10:55    Prayer Chaplain prays-in the Sunday Service Team

11:00  Lighting the Sacred Flame: Chaplain of the Day 
  Warm Welcome from the Team (Together)
  Welcome to Unity! Where love is felt, Truth is taught, Lives are transformed
  And All is Well, As we express the Christ within!

Welcome & Announcements - Sunday Service Leader 
Opening Prayer - Speaker                                                                       
  Welcome Newcomers  (in person and online) by Speaker 
  Brief acknowledgement of newcomers. Prayer Chaplain offers them a packet.
Announcements
Reading of the Daily Word - Volunteer 

Congregational Song (4 minutes) 
11:15  Music for Intro to Meditation  (2-3 minutes) 

Meditation (5 minutes or less) - Speaker 
Today’s Lesson (approx. 20 minutes) - Speaker  
11:43  Special Music 

11:48  Opportunity for Giving 
  At this time, we embrace the principle of giving as a spiritual practice. You
are invited to take your love offering in your hand (or imagine it -- if you have already given).  PAUSE
And now we will bless our gifts, knowing that as we give, our blessings are multiplied:
Offertory: 
  “Divine Love, expressed in me, through me, as me-- blesses and multiplies all that I have, all that I give and all that I receive.”
Prosperity Prayer 
  "Unity of Gainesville, Florida is richly blessed and in the flow of universal abundance. We give thanks that just the right people, with loving hearts and skills to help us grow, are attracted to join us. We accept the good that enriches us and all with whom we have contact. We are prosperous, loving, and healthy, joyfully co-creating an abundant life. And so it is!”

Congregational Song  
Blessing of the Children (approx. 3 minutes)  
Ms. Gwen will now introduce the children and they will show us what they have learned today.
 Children’s Blessing;
  Let’s join together in blessing our children and the children of the world.
  “Children we love you, we bless you, we appreciate you, and we see the Christ Presence within you.   We love you we love you, we really, really love you.”

Closing
Peace Song
 - Let there be peace on Earth and let it begin with me.  Let there be peace on Earth, the peace that was meant to be.  With God our creator, family all are we,
Let us walk with each other in perfect harmony.
Speaking "The Prayer for Protection" by James Dillet Freeman
 - The light of God surrounds us,
    The love of God enfolds us,
    The power of God protects us,
    The presence of God watches over us.
    Wherever we are, God is!

Mail checks to:
​Unity of Gainesville, 8801 N.W. 39th Ave., Gainesville, FL 32606

​Thank you so much for coming! 
Invite your family and friends to any Service.
Your love offerings and donations help to support the Unity Ministry, staff, guest speakers and musicians.  
We greatly appreciate your support!
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The church phone is 352-373-1030. Please leave a message; someone will return your call.-  Or email; unitygvl@gmail.com
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*** NEW 1/1/2023 ***
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Sunday Services livestream on Facebook and YouTube.  Also, look up past Services there:
 1.  YouTube Channel  (11/22/2020 onward) 
 2.  Facebook (8/22/2020 onward)
 3. ​ ​'Zoom Meeting Video Files' 
          (from Easter 4/5/2020 to 11/15/2020)

SUNDAY SERVICE SPEAKERS
​ * Rev. Betty Martin-Lewis serves as our Minister of Record (part-time) and will speak twice a month.
 
2023 Schedule

3/5 - Carla Palmer, Licensed Unity Teacher
3/12 - Rev. Betty Martin-Lewis, Minister of Record
3/19 - Rev. Virginia Walsh
  Singing Bowls Meditation after Service
3/26 - Rev. Betty Martin-Lewis, Minister of Record
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ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS

Rev. Betty Martin-Lewis is "Minister of Record" for Unity of Gainesville (part-time) beginning 5/2021.  She is a certified Ministry Consultant with Unity Worldwide Ministries.   
She was the founding minister of Unity South Shore Spiritual Life Center (Ruskin, FL) and a Licensed Unity Teacher (2005).  She has been teaching Metaphysics in the online Unity Worldwide Spiritual Institute curriculum since 2017.

Carla Palmer is an ordained interfaith minister and licensed Unity teacher. She has taught on many levels throughout her careers.  She was an environmental educator training high school teachers, a professor of environmental engineering, and now a Unity spiritual teacher and companion. 
Carla studied native American shamanism with her Apache teacher of fourteen years and loves to lead sacred ceremonies. Collaborating with creative people is one of her favorite things to do.

Rev. Virginia Walsh is a Unity Minister.  Rev. Virginia has been using the high-vibration tones of the crystal bowls for meditation for over ten years and has included the metal Tibetan bowls in the last three years. Many people find listening to the singing bowls allows them to relax deeply and calm the intellectual mind, accessing higher levels of consciousness.

OUR MUSICIANS:
- Cathy DeWitt
- Janet Rucker
​- Rebecca Vincent
- Christina Gilman
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Primary Musician:  Cathy DeWitt, singer/songwriter
Cathy is a professional musician who served as our Music Director for many years.  ​
Cathy invites you to visit her website;
   http://www.cathydewittmusic.com/
Also explore her CD- The Traveler:
   http://www.thetraveler.us/
These songs represent a collaboration across time and space between composer, pianist, and vocalist Cathy DeWitt, and the beloved poet laureate of the Unity movement, James Dillet Freeman

Subscribe to Cathy's YouTube channel:
       https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClBA3r5W8yZX-obOIU918iA
Support Cathy's music:
 If you enjoy her live music at the Sunday Zoom Services, consider sending her a donation:
Via PayPal, just send to cathydew@gmail.com
By mail, send to:
Cathy DeWitt, 4104 Alpine Drive, Gainesville FL 32605