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White Stone Service

In-Person and on Live Stream

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We start the year with a fresh, clear outlook on life. During the talk, you are encouraged to think about who you want to be in the coming year. Different from New Year's Resolutions, this process is about discerning a spiritual value or word that you want to express more fully. You receive a white stone and are invited to write your word upon the stone and use it as a reminder of who you've come here to be.

Masks, proof of vaccination, and photo identification are required to attend in person. Click here to review our COVID-19 Policies

Please RSVP for the In-Person Services using the Google form here:
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A Season For Nonviolence

The Season for Nonviolence marks the 64 days between the memorial anniversaries of Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. It was co-founded by Arun and Sunanda Gandhi and the Leadership Council of The Association for Global New Thought (AGNT) in 1998. We learn to practice nonviolence one step at a time, one choice at a time, one day at a time. Through our daily nonviolent choices and action, our noble and courageous spirits rise to move the world in the direction of peace.

Kick-off event on YouTube, 1/30 @ 1:00 pm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA2aByNE-bs
Featuring: Michael Beckwith, Roger Feel, Shariff Abdullah, Deborah Johnson, Faith Rivera and Harold Payne.

Unity Palo Alto Annual Meeting 2022

Everyone is welcome to attend this Zoom meeting and members are invited to vote for new Board of Trustees members, ratify the budget, and so much more!

Voting Members: Due to legal requirements, each member must have a unique registration and login. Each member must log in on a separate device in order to vote. If you are sharing a device with someone else, only one vote will count.

Register for this Zoom Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrc-mopjkvGtebujg3e4yEd3Nyx0NCM-EL

Self-Acceptance as a Spiritual Practice

Self-Acceptance as a Spiritual Practice

Our second principle teaches us that we are divine beings.  That each of us is a unique expression of the universe.  It invites us to embrace the knowing of our oneness.  From this knowing we unfold, we trust and are one with the process of life.  When we hold thoughts of not enough, of unworthiness, or shame, we separate ourselves from our true nature.  How can we live from our divinity if we are rejecting, disowning, or abandoning ourselves?

Join Casey Wicker for a 6-week exploration of self-acceptance as a spiritual practice.  Together we will look at what self-acceptance means to us and discover tools to bring us back to our oneness when our thoughts create an illusion of being separate.  Select chapters from the Book “The Self-Acceptance Project…” will be reviewed and discussed.  Be kind and compassionate ~ YOU are the universe expressing itself, celebrating itself!

Registration Closed

Write Your Story

An experience of writing your life stories

Group-led
We are meeting in April on 4/10 instead of 4/17 due to Easter
Register for the Zoom event:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtcuiurj4tG9xwP1DwIL3_gSLTkkT-XExw

Stories, memories, tales of the past, call them what you will, memories matter. History paints a broad picture of world, national and local times and events but says little about the individuals who lived through those times. Memories are not experiences to be relived and constantly aired, but to be looked at learned from, and shared so the future may see how life used to be.

Each month this group comes together to develop writing skills, inspire each other, and share stories. A topic for writing is chosen by the group at the end of each session. Each session is group-facilitated.

Materials; Journal, Life is a Song, Sing It by Joyce Riley (Optional)

Holy Week Meditation Service 

With Casey Wicker
In-person in the Sanctuary and on Zoom (Hybrid)
Zoom Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkduGoqzIoHdzPTXdjd_n17pIPjF3flMG1

During this meditation service, we will look at Holy Week through metaphysical interpretation. Through readings, music, and times of silence, we will be invited to release erroneous thoughts and beliefs and embrace a new understanding of ourselves as the "I Am," the Christ presence. We will travel with the way-shower, Jesus, on a journey to Jerusalem, our metaphysical “habitation of peace.”

Spiritual Center Update

In the Sanctuary & on Zoom (hybrid) 

Once a quarter, your Board of Trustees invite you to learn about what's happening at your Spiritual Center. Daniel Frandsen, your Board Treasurer, will present our current and projected financial status, Rev. John will provide an update on our Spiritual Center, and you will have the opportunity to ask questions. Everyone from our spiritual community is encouraged to attend in-person or online and participate.

Register for the Zoom Event

Write Your Story

An experience of writing your life stories

This group-led Zoom event will meet on 5/8 & 6/26

Stories, memories, tales of the past, call them what you will, memories matter. History paints a broad picture of the world, national and local times, and events but says little about the individuals who lived through those times. Memories are not experiences to be relived and constantly aired, but to be looked at learned from, and shared so the future may see how life used to be.

Each month this group comes together to develop writing skills, inspire each other, and share stories. A topic for writing is chosen by the group at the end of each session. Each session is group-facilitated.

Register for the Zoom event.

The Karyn Bradley Learning Center Dedication

From 2005 through 2016, Rev. Karyn Bradley served as our Senior Minister with a warm, generous heart. She returns on Sunday, 6/12, to join Rev. John Riley for the Sunday Service. After the service, we renamed what used to be known as the front office to “The Karyn Bradley Learning Center,” honoring her leadership and […]

Unity Palo Alto Prayer Service

This month only, we are moving the Prayer Service to June 19.

Every 2nd Sunday after the service we come together in affirmative prayer. Infuse our community prayer requests with love and blessings before we send them off to Silent Unity, where they will be held in prayer for 30 days. This meditation service led by Casey Wicker, Licensed Unity Teacher, is the same sacred practice used by Silent Unity. One heart, one voice in prayer, affirming the light within.

1st Sunday of the month: Spiritual Center Update (every other month)
2nd Sunday of the month: Prayer Circle Service with Casey Wicker
3rd, 4th, 5th Sunday of the month: Spiritual Coffee Talk

Register for the Zoom  (NEW registration as of 12/13/21):
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpfuuhpjstGdQIQKeGbYNm6I8XKvfAfuwr

Healing the Pain of the Pandemic ~ From Despair to Hope

With Rev. Sheila Gautreaux
At the Unity Palo Alto Learning Center
Register for this event!

A spiritual process for moving through our emotional trauma to the awakening of hope and experience of the power and presence of God.
Join with others from many walks of life to:

  • Express and experience your pain in a safe and supportive environment
  • Cross the threshold into healing

And. . .

  • Engage your spiritual power tools that provide ongoing support for creating and maintaining a new Paradigm of Peace, Love, Joy, and an upwardly progressive movement of Spirit in your life and in the world
Getting Real With Race

Getting Real With Race

With Dr. Cindy Ackerman
Wednesdays, 4/20-6/22 @ 6:00 - 7:30 pm on Zoom
Register for the dates you wish to attend

There is a warm welcome for EVERYONE to join in this vital discussion. Join us at any level of exchange which you are able; all are welcome to attend; simply select the date you want to attend and if you choose, consider a Love Offering in any amount. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

The meeting starts at 6 pm and lasts approximately 90 minutes.
Topics for discussion may be subject to change:

  • White Privilege
  • White Fragility
  • Where Are All the Black Folks at Unity?
  • The Real History of Black Lives in America and Why That Matters.
  • What Did the Doll Test Teach Us About Racism and Self-image?
  • The Legalization of Racism
  • Imagining a Community of Unity of Colors
  • MicroAggressions: Racism Lite
  • Being a Bystander vs. Courageous
  • The Challenge of the “Single Story” – How We View Others Through Our Racial Lens

Write Your Story

An experience of writing your life stories

Group-led. Register for the Zoom event:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrcuyvpzkvEtYeWTm-bFptEflBRFLmjK1l

Stories, memories, tales of the past, call them what you will, memories matter. History paints a broad picture of the world, national and local times, and events but says little about the individuals who lived through those times. Memories are not experiences to be relived and constantly aired, but to be looked at learned from, and shared so the future may see how life used to be.

Each month this group comes together to develop writing skills, inspire each other, and share stories. A topic for writing is chosen by the group at the end of each session. Each session is group-facilitated.

Materials; Journal, Life is a Song, Sing It by Joyce Riley (Optional)

Q&A Sunday Service

Do you have a question for Rev. John Riley? This Sunday is our annual Q&A service where you can ask your question and he will answer as many questions as he can during the Sunday talk. Perhaps you would like to know how Unity defines nonresistance, divine mind, or the metaphysical meaning of Israel. Submit your question today!

Write Your Story

Write Your Story

An experience of writing your life stories

Group-led on the 3rd Sunday
Register for the Zoom event:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtcuiurj4tG9xwP1DwIL3_gSLTkkT-XExw

Stories, memories, tales of the past, call them what you will, memories matter. History paints a broad picture of world, national and local times and events but says little about the individuals who lived through those times. Memories are not experiences to be relived and constantly aired, but to be looked at learned from, and shared so the future may see how life used to be.

Each month this group comes together to develop writing skills, inspire each other, and share stories. A topic for writing is chosen by the group at the end of each session. Each session is group-facilitated.

Materials; Journal, Life is a Song, Sing It by Joyce Riley (Optional)

Board of Trustees Meeting on Sunday

Light lunch will be served!

This month, we are holding our Board of Trustees Meeting on Sunday after the service, both in-person and on Zoom (Hybrid). Our Board of Trustees serves as a model for putting Unity Principles to work at our Spiritual Center. Striving to put Spirit first, we lead from a consciousness of abundance, love, and understanding. This is a great opportunity to learn more about your Board! Learn more...

Unity Palo Alto Prayer Service

Unity Palo Alto Prayer Service

Every 2nd Sunday after the service we come together in affirmative prayer. Infuse our community prayer requests with love and blessings before we send them off to Silent Unity, where they will be held in prayer for 30 days. This meditation service led by Casey Wicker, Licensed Unity Teacher, is the same sacred practice used by Silent Unity. One heart, one voice in prayer, affirming the light within.

Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87553851032?pwd=VDJRNGQ1bWZmTlFxRXNCK01NUXZWQT09

(Note: This is the same zoom meeting for the Sunday Zoom Experience)

The Stories We Tell Ourselves

With Gregg Levoy, author & speaker
Hands-on workshop in person and on Zoom
$30 registration fee
Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-stories-we-tell-ourselves-tickets-381871035547

We're storytelling animals, and we create stories to help us make sense of life and give us a framework for our decisions, whether personal, professional, or spiritual. But those stories can sometimes turn on us—especially the negative ones—and become self-limiting when they come up against life's primary goal: Grow. And when they become lies of identity—I am what I do, I am what I have, I am what other people think of me.

This presentation—part service talk and part hands-on workshop—is designed to help you identify and reconsider the stories you tell yourself. We’ll work to separate fact from fiction, emphasize the positive in our stories, and understand that they don't keep replaying themselves to torment us, but to offer us opportunities to heal and grow. The soul’s agenda is not punishment, but healing.

Sunday Celebration Service

Sunday Celebration Service

Fresh and modern spirituality, speakers, and music
In-person & live stream

Sunday mornings are uplifting, inspirational, and fun! The forward-thinking, practical spiritual messages you’ll hear on Sunday will help you with the real-life issues you face during the week. Celebrate with us on Sunday in person or at www.UnityPaloAlto.org/live. Catch up on a previous service at unitypaloalto.org/service-recordings.

Write Your Story

Write Your Story

An experience of writing your life stories

Group-led on the 3rd Sunday
Register for the Zoom event:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtcuiurj4tG9xwP1DwIL3_gSLTkkT-XExw

Stories, memories, tales of the past, call them what you will, memories matter. History paints a broad picture of world, national and local times and events but says little about the individuals who lived through those times. Memories are not experiences to be relived and constantly aired, but to be looked at learned from, and shared so the future may see how life used to be.

Each month this group comes together to develop writing skills, inspire each other, and share stories. A topic for writing is chosen by the group at the end of each session. Each session is group-facilitated.

Materials; Journal, Life is a Song, Sing It by Joyce Riley (Optional)

Write Your Story

Write Your Story

An experience of writing your life stories

Group-led. Register for the Zoom event:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrcuyvpzkvEtYeWTm-bFptEflBRFLmjK1l

Stories, memories, tales of the past, call them what you will, memories matter. History paints a broad picture of the world, national and local times, and events but says little about the individuals who lived through those times. Memories are not experiences to be relived and constantly aired, but to be looked at learned from, and shared so the future may see how life used to be.

Each month this group comes together to develop writing skills, inspire each other, and share stories. A topic for writing is chosen by the group at the end of each session. Each session is group-facilitated.

Materials; Journal, Life is a Song, Sing It by Joyce Riley (Optional)

Richard & Imogene Hilbers Celebration of Life Service

At Unity Palo Alto 3391 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA, United States

During the pandemic, our dear friends and long-time members, Richard & Imogene Hilbers made their transition. On Sunday, August 21, at 11:30 am we come together to remember, honor, and celebrate their life. Please join us in person or online at https://unitypaloalto.org/live for this celebration.

We would really appreciate receiving pictures and memories of Imogene and Dick to share with everyone at the service. Please send them and any questions to Ann Heile at ann.heile@gmail.com or 408-691-1724.

Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting

Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting

Our Board of Trustees serves as a model for putting Unity Principles to work at our Spiritual Center. Always putting Spirit first, we lead from a consciousness of abundance, love, and understanding. Throughout this unprecedented experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, your Board has been closely monitoring the finances of our spiritual center and we are committed to keeping you up to date on our financial status. During this time of Shelter-In-Place, we are holding our meetings with Zoom.

Register for the meeting

Board of Trustees Meeting

Board of Trustees Meeting

Our Board of Trustees serves as a model for putting Unity Principles to work at our Spiritual Center. Striving to put Spirit first, we lead from a consciousness of abundance, love, and understanding. Our Board meetings are currently held through Zoom. You are welcome to attend the meeting beginning at 6:30 pm. You have two […]

The Keys to the Kingdom

The Keys to the Kingdom

An Advanced Course
in Prosperity Consciousness Building

With Rev. John Riley at Unity Palo Alto & on Zoom (hybrid)
Tuesdays, 7/12-8/30 @ 7:00-8:30 pm (skipping 8/9)
Cost: $24.00 Materials Fee and a Love Offering during each class
Registration Closed.

Abundance is your spiritual birthright. You do not have to earn it or prove you are worthy of this great gift…Wouldn’t you love to embrace and believe this statement as the absolute truth about your life? During the Keys to the Kingdom seven-week prosperity course, you will gain:

  • A new vision of your highest potential and a greater sense of personal power.
  • A new understanding of spiritual law and your partnership with Spirit.
  • A greater appreciation for the goodness of life and freedom from the past.
  • A new way of living that will keep you in the flow of true abundance.

The “Keys” course uses an audio program and workbook to teach the spiritual tools of affirmative prayer, vision, forgiveness, proactive gratitude, affirmations, and journaling to strengthen your creative partnership with Spirit