Unity Fellowship Church
an Independent Unity Church
11847
Canon Boulevard Suite 8
Newport
News, VA 23606
E-mail: Unity1Fellowship@aol.com
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The
2008-09 PORT season starts in November and Unity Fellowship will be serving
during the same weeks and at the same churches as last season. We will be at Temple Baptist Church the week
of 11/26 – 12/3/08 and at Warwick Memorial UMC 3/11 – 3/18/09. I will certainly try again to acquire the
Saturdays (Nov. 29 and March 14) for our days of service.
Last year the PORT program was 15 years old and served 609
men, women, and children (a record high). There were 11,985 bed nights and
23,970 meals served. Most of the people
were from Newport News, but there were guests from the whole Tidewater area,
York County, Richmond and Surry. There
were people over 70 years of age and the youngest guest was 18 days old! Only
80 of the total 609 persons were documented as being chronically homeless.
Of the 609 guests 139 were placed into some sort of
permanent housing, 10 persons were given Greyhound tickets to return to other
states and 2 people were donated a vehicle from LINK.
RTW was contracted again and helped the guests in filling
out forms to obtain birth certificates, DMV ID’s, food stamps, and DD214
forms. RTW, also, paid for a guest’s CNA
state exam and bought her a uniform.
On April 24, 2008 LINK was presented, by Governor Tim Kaine,
The Governor’s Volunteerism and Community Service Award – Faith Based
Organization for the PORT Emergency Winter Shelter for the Homeless
Program. This award is for the 6,000
volunteers who participated in this huge program and who “make it happen every
year for the PORT homeless guests” and without whom LINK would be unable to
provide such a successful program to those without homes. I had the honor of accepting the award with
Tom Jones, a LINK Board Member, in Virginia Beach.
It is expected that the numbers will be higher this year due
to the economic struggles that have hit some folks in the community. I look
forward to serve with Unity Fellowship in this community outreach program and
with the 6,000 + volunteers this season. I hope you will join me again this
season.
Denise Creech
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August 3 Dan Mazanek “What Does
Love Have To Do With It?”
Dan is currently serving as Unity
Fellowship Board President, he is a father of three children
and a devoted Virginia Tech alumni. He has worked very hard for Unity and the community.
We welcome his insights as
he brings us the message God has given him.
August 10 Music Sunday Featuring:
Guitarist Robert Matter, Violinist Susan Whitelock, Trumpet
Player John Whitelock, Trumpet Player
Johnathan Jagt, Saxophonist
Brian McDonald and Selena Albanese vocalist
and the Unity Fellowship choir.
August 17 Reverend
Jan Sloan “The Lord Is Your Shepherd”
August 27 Marc McGahee “Seeing Angels Among Us”
Marc is a retired executive from IBM where he held a variety of senior
management
positions in product
development. He has been involved in a
wide variety of mind,
body and spirit programs
for over 25 years and has spoken at many conferences,
symposiums and at Unity
Fellowship.
Silent Unity Prayer
Service is held in the church office Wednesday at 7 p.m.
AUGUST EVENTS:
August 1 Ladies
Lunch Bunch
August 2 Mastermind
Mind Prayer and Meditation at 6:30 p.m. The focus is on
Divine Order for manifesting our new church building, furnishings and
supplies.
August 9 Mastermind Mind Prayer and Meditation 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
August 10 Salad Pot Luck Lunch
bring your favorite dish to share & enjoy the fellowship
August 16 Mastermind Mind Prayer and Meditation 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
August 23 Mastermind Mind Prayer and Meditation
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
August 30 Mastermind Mind Prayer and Meditation 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
June income: $ 5,436.21
June expenses: $ 5,616.32
Overall
total: - $ 180.11
Building Fund total
as of
July 25, 2008: $ 71,964.14
Once again I have returned to the message of yesterday as I
read the article “The Folly of Criticism.”
Truth never changes and I have chosen to print this article in part as
it was written by R. James Heinecamp in the Weekly Unity in 1970.
“Is there anyone who likes to receive criticism? How many of
us smile on the inside when we are criticized?
Winston Churchill said with
tongue in cheek, “I do not resent criticism even when, for the sake of
emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.”
Criticism is hard to take. So called constructive criticism isn’t easy
either, particularly when it is not asked for.
Why do we criticize the habits, weaknesses, and actions of
others? Why do we make judgments? What
is criticism? And how can we be less critical, if that is our wish?
Jesus said, “Why do you see the speck that is in your
brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can
you say to your brother, “Let me take the speck out of your eye, when there is
the log in your own eye? You hypocrite,
first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take
the speck out of your brothers eye.” He
was asking us why we criticize and tell other people what is wrong with them
when we aren’t even aware that we have something wrong with ourselves!
Criticism builds barriers between people----it does not
establish a close and loving relationship and seldom does continual criticism
change a person. We would have far better influence on him if we changed
ourselves. As we become less critical
the other person is inclined to become more acceptable!
How much do we see in others but do not see in ourselves?
When we become aware of this fact, we are more able to overcome the habit of
criticizing. When we have taken the
beam out of our own eye, we will be in a much better position to help other
people, because we have worked through our own problem and will fully
understand.
Before we judge or criticize another, let us ask ourselves,
Have I had this experience?...Have I lived through what they are living
through? If not, then what right do I
have to find fault? In essence, every
time I criticize or judge someone I am saying, “Why aren’t you more like me?”
Think of the last time you criticized someone. Weren’t you really saying, “I
wouldn’t do it that way. Why aren’t you
more like me?”
In order not to criticize we must learn to accept others.
Then, too, we must learn to accept ourselves. Acceptance does not mean,” I
approve.” It means, “I understand; I acknowledge.” The more we accept ourselves,
the more we can accept others. And, as we learn to accept our outer world, we
better learn to understand and acknowledge our inner world. As we do so, we will acquire a deeper
understanding of universal truth.”
Light and Blessings,
Reverend Jan Sloan
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