Sunday Service begins at 11:00 am.
The church reopened May 23, 2021, for in-person Services.

POSTED SEPT. 27, 2021:To protect all from Covid-19 (and the variants that spring up), we require everyone to wear masks/face coverings when in the building. regardless of vaccination status. - Masks and hand sanitizer are available if needed. Observance of 6 feet for social distancing is appreciated.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we strive to prevent the spread of this virus
​while maintaining church activities for all to enjoy.
We are also on Zoom, and livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube.
  • The Zoom platform automatically opens Sunday at 10:30 am.
  • 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: You can see and hear others if they have camera/microphone capability. If you have camera capability you will be seen by others.  If you have a microphone, you will be able to speak.  
  •   By phone: You will be able to speak and to hear everything.  To see others connect by internet also. 
Announcements:
  We’d like to remind you that Carla Palmer, LUT, holds a "Sacred Community Zoom Meeting" on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 7pm.  Tuesdays for sharing and support. Thursdays is a book group.  You can find a link HERE.
Sunday at 11:00 am

​Zoom Host: Gabriel Coleman
Scheduler: Phyllis Shepard

Zoom Meeting site opens at 10:30 am.
At 11:00 am the Service will start 

Order of Service

Introductions
Opening Prayer
Opening Song
Affirmation & Daily Word
   Affirmation: There is only one presence and one power in the universe and in my life; God, the Good, Omnipotent
Music in Preparation for Meditation
Meditation
Special Music
Special Talk
Special Music
Offertory, Prosperity Prayer, Blessing & Closing Prayer
   Offertory: Divine Love, expressed through me, blesses and multiplies all that I have, all that I give and all that I receive.  Thank you Father, Mother God.
​   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!
   Children’s Blessing; Children we love you, we bless you, we appreciate you, and we see you doing wondrous things.  We love you, we love you, we really, really love you.
Congregation: Sing our Peace Song and The Prayer for Protection

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! 
​You may stay and share with us if you like.
We welcome your feedback.
Also, you may invite your family and friends to any Service.

If you would like to participate in any service - by reading the Daily Word, offering a prayer, leading the Affirmation or some other way - please contact Phyllis Shepard at 
     - Email: Phyllis.shepard@att.net 
     - Phone: 352-371-1171
​and she will get you on the schedule.

Please know that 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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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 her 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
INSTRUCTIONS to get on to Zoom:
(PLEASE NOTE: You DO NOT have to open an account to attend the Service. Ignore requests to open an account.)

Sunday Zoom Meeting Link:
 https://us04web.zoom.us/j/494371998?pwd=YjA5NTdtSk1tMWlHV1dTQ0FOVGdHUT09
  Meeting ID:   494 371 998
  Password:   unity1
Phone Number to Call: 1 312 626 6799
  Passcode: 439460 

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 2021
​ *Starting in May, Rev. Betty Martin-Lewis began serving as our Minister of Record (part-time) and will speak twice a month.
 * LUT Carla Palmer will continue speaking on the first Sunday with lessons on the 12 Powers.
 
10/17 - Steve Greenough, Licensed Unity Teacher 
10/24 - Rev. Betty Martin-Lewis, Minister of Record
​10/31 - Hank Lewis, Licensed Unity Teacher

11/7  Carla Palmer, Licensed Unity Teacher
11/14  Rev. Betty Martin-Lewis, Minister of Record
11/ 21  TBD
11/28  Rev. Betty Martin-Lewis, Minister of Record
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, Licensed Unity Teacher, is Unity of Gainesville's Adult Education Director.  She teaches classes and facilitates the Tues./Thurs. "Sacred Community" gatherings on Zoom in addition to speaking. She is a Spiritual Teacher, Leadership Developer, and Breakthrough Specialist. She has been active in teaching spiritual classes for the past 15 years throughout the State of Florida, and serves on various teams and advisory groups for Unity Worldwide Ministries.

Steve Greenough, Licensed Unity Teacher at Unity of Gainesville, is Sexton of the church and groundskeeper.  He serves with dedication and commitment.  In the past, he has been Volunteer Coordinator, Board secretary and president, handyman, minister's assistant, and soundboard operator.

Hank Lewis is a Licensed Unity Teacher at Christ Church Unity in Orlando, Florida. He is also the LUT Representative on the Southeast Region Board of Directors. He is a member of the LUT Ministry Team for Unity Worldwide Ministries and the UWM Education, Continuing Education, and Training Strategy Team.  His day job is as Assistant Director of Academic Program Quality at the University of Central Florida where he is responsible for Compliance & Accreditation. He is also an affiliated faculty member in the Women's and Gender Studies program at UCF. Hank has been in higher education for over 35 years having served as professor, dean, vice president of education, and president of a multi-campus university. 

Rev. Marcia McCartney's passion is supporting humanity in rediscovering the part each of us plays in our Divine Oneness. For over 30 years, she has been a spiritual midwife for people who desire to deepen and expand their experience of life with the Infinite Creative Spirit within. As a Unity Minister, She has encouraged the practice of Spiritual Truth taught by the great mystical traditions. She has been honored to serve as senior minister of three Unity ministries in Chicago, Gainesville and Citrus County Florida. 

Rev. Linda McLeod - serves as part time administrator and pastoral care minister at Unity Temple of Truth Church in St. Petersburg, Florida. She handles the date-to-day activities of the church and delivers the message there two Sundays a month.