Unity Church of Clearwater Valley
1622 15th Ave, Lewiston, ID 83501
Email:
unityccv@gmail.com
Web Page: www.unityofclearwatervalley.com
Phone 208 -748-6053
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Service 11 AM
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Unity Church of Clearwater Valley is a member of the
Unity Ministries Worldwide, affiliated with Unity School of Christianity,
Unity Village MO 64063
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Board of Trustees
Linda Bentley, President
Velda Penney, Vice President
Steve Centers, Treasurer
Clyde Nicely, Secretary Bonnie Lawson, Alternate
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Board meetings are
open to one and all.
Minutes of the meetings and financial reports are
posted in UCCV’s Fellowship Room on the bulletin board.
Unity Vision/ Mission
“Our vision is a world powerfully transformed through the
growing movement of shared spiritual awakening.”
Our Mission is Celebrating Spiritual Growth in CommUnity.
If you would like to write an article for the Light or if you find an issue or event please contact me your input is important to us.
Please Contact Laurie Clark at:
laurieclark7800@gmail.com or 208-746-7014
Unity Prayer Team . Coordinated by Rev. Carrie Kenyon & Sue Gladish Prayers may be submitted to Unity email (below)
or placed in our prayer box in the sanctuary.
Prayer requests from the prayer box or email
will be prayed over for 30 days then sent to Silent Unity to be prayed over for 30 days.
Prayer Team Gather: April 26 - 11:30AM
April Speakers
Inspiration
Appreciation!
Our Unity congregation is reliant on the effort of our volunteers. They are critical to the survival of our church. We want to express our appreciation to those volunteers who give their time and talent to the running of our Unity church. We also want to express our thanks to our Chair and music people, Nathan and Randi Barnett, Steve Centers, our regular speakers, Velda Penney, Melissa Holmes and Linda Bentley, Kelly Kenyon, Rev. Carrie Kenyon and team leaders who's time and energy is put into our various projects. Thanks to Laurie Clark who creates the news letter, web site and order of service Power Point. Special Thanks to our board. Our fellowship team has been providing delicious meals for us. Sandy, Sue, Melissa and all the others who contribute. And special thanks to our Prayer team that keeps us connected to our Godselves.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!
Core Values
Love – We embrace everyone with kindness, compassion,
and complete acceptance.
Integrity – We are impeccable with our word and deed, .
living our spiritual principles.
Supportive – We offer compassion, encouragement, and
strength to others, fostering an environment of trust and
growth.
Coming Events
Birthday Sunday: April 6
Memorial for Meredith Robbins: April 11 - 2pm Mountain View F.H.
50th Anniversary Planning Meeting: April 13 - 1pm church.
Board Training: April 16 -12:15pm - Steve's
Board Meeting: April 16 - 1:30 pm-Steve's
Speakers Meeting: April18 - 11am - Carrie's
Easter Sunday Service: April 20
Prayer Team: April 26 - 11:30am - Sue's
Prayer Sunday: April 27
New Member and Board Member Installation: April 27
Velda Penney Judy Broumley Rev. Carrie Kenyon Linda Bentley
Jesus Accepts Bold Vision Easter Message TBA
His Human
Reality
Devotional Prayer – Celebration
Praise Allah, and tie your camel to the post!
The path of devotion or love is also known as the path of celebration; it is both ceremonial and devotional, an appropriate acknowledgment for the impending season of change and promise of renewal.
Through celebration we mark and process our beginnings and endings, our passages, our discoveries, our traditions and our mutuality. We also affirm and increase the fundamental values of our lives and come to terms with the unknown and the unknowable.
The path of devotion includes what is meant by worship – affirmation of that which is true, and good, and beautiful, as well as a reckoning with the opposites. It is followed by means of intuitive, symbolic, and aesthetic motifs at least as much as it is by linear thought and activity. It includes acceptance
of mythology, an appreciation of devotional literature and the creative use of both. From the Nineteenth chapter of Psalms:
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
There is no speech no language, where their voice is not heard.
There line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Which is a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
His going fourth is from the end of heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it; and there is nothing hid from the heat of it.
This is an exuberant act of thanksgiving offered in love. Thus what we bring to a devotional service is at least as important as what occurs there. It is important to bring an awareness of ones needs, but it is also important to bring an openness of mind, spirit and self. Are we willing to be transformed by what we find? Are we willing to let what happens speak to us, even though its theological perspective may clash with our usual concepts. Are we willing to be tolerant as well as to interpret and translate? If so we are prepared for celebration!
We must know that an authentic mystical experience is beyond theology. When Jesus reminded us that we must “become as little children,” he was not talking about defenselessness or gullibility. He was talking about seeing with fresh eyes and hearing with fresh ears.
Laurie Clark
