White Stone Service
2022-01-02 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
In-Person and on Live Stream
Please review our COVID-19 Policies before attending
Please RSVP below
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:

https://forms.gle/vCvDB5hbji7NwNSB7

Sunday Morning Meditation
2022-01-09 09:00 - 09:30
Begin your week centered, focused, and empowered at our Sunday Morning Meditation.
Register once in advance for this meeting and you may participate every Sunday (NEW registration as of 11/02/2023)
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYscuCgrz8uEtNHziCwg8DZgIyzU1mvYbKfqdq-wkh5twd-gea*DUG
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Sunday Celebration Service
2022-01-09 10:00 - 11:00
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
2022-01-16 11:30 - 12:30, 2022-03-20 11:30 - 12:30
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)

Unity Basics: The Five Principles
2022-01-16 12:00 - 14:00
A 3-Part Unity Palo Alto New Member Class
With Rev. John Riley
Sundays 1/16 – 1/30 @ Noon – 2:00 on Zoom
Register:
https://forms.gle/rCjkCrXkPGRtSsP69
An exploration into the foundations of Unity, our five basic principles, and Unity Palo Alto. Materials for the class are The Principles: A Guide to Practical Spirituality by Rev. Ellen Debenport, available in the bookstore, and a journal.

Unity Basics: The Five Principles
2022-01-16 12:00 - 14:00
A 3-Part Unity Palo Alto New Member Class
With Rev. John Riley
Sundays 1/7 – 1/21 @ Noon – 2:00 on Zoom
Cost: Love Offering
Register: https://forms.gle/GbSjm3h4JGVScakb7
An exploration into the foundations of Unity, our five basic principles, and Unity Palo Alto. Materials for the class are The Principles: A Guide to Practical Spirituality by Rev. Ellen Debenport, available in the bookstore, and a journal. Please read the sections of the book before class.

Class 1: Introduction to the Unity Movement & Principle 1
Class 2: Unity Past and Present, Principles 2 & 3
Class 3: Silent Unity, Principles 4 & 5

13 Things You Must Give Up to Live The Life You Want
2022-01-24 12:00 - 13:00
A 2-Part Zoom Workshop on
Monday 1/24 & 1/31 @ Noon – 1:00 pm Pacific
With Moj Razmi, Transformational Coach
Love offering
Register at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrf-qrqjosGNyziVH58ZEDyiarfYBHNhp9
Release what doesn’t serve anymore and start 2022 baggage-free! Experience simple letting go practices to go from stressed to blessed.

A Season For Nonviolence
2022-01-30 13:00 - 15:00
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.

Self-Acceptance as a Spiritual Practice
2022-02-16 18:15 - 19:15
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!
When: Wednesdays, 2/16 – 3/23
Time: 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm
Cost: Love Offering
Materials: Journal and “The Self-Acceptance Project: How to Be Kind & Compassionate Toward Yourself in Any Situation,” Ed. Tami Simon
Registration Closed.

Unity Palo Alto Annual Meeting 2022
2022-02-27 11:00 - 13:00
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

Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting
2022-02-28 18:30 - 20:30
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.
You are welcome to attend the meeting beginning at 6:30 pm. You have two opportunities to participate during the meeting: at the beginning after the approval of the previous meeting’s minutes and towards the end after the action item review.
Please register for the meeting. Once registered, you can join any meeting. Register at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpdeurqjwqHtzbFttnSmE4yMlpQx8AMCLn
Zoom Meeting ID: 834 2234 7048
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Link once the meeting begins:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83422347048?pwd=[REDACTED]

Write Your Story
2022-04-10 11:30 - 12:30
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 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)

Holy Week Meditation Service
2022-04-15 18:00 - 19:00
With Casey Wicker
In-person 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.”

Getting Real With Race
2022-04-20 18:00 - 19:00
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

Register Today at https://unityinmarin.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/1220006
This class is offered in partnership with Unity in Marin. If you have any trouble registering, please contact the Unity in Marin Office at dori@unityinmarin.org or call 415-475-5000, extension. 0 (zero).

About Dr. Cindy Ackerman
Dr. Cindy Acker, Ed.D. Acker lives and works in the City of Alameda. She is the founder of The Child Unique and The Montessori Elementary Intermediate School of Alameda (MEISA) and has served as principal for over 30 years. She has several degrees in education, human development, spirituality, cultural studies, and a doctorate in Educational Leadership from UC Berkeley. Acker has also been involved in public policy, representing Montessori schools in California. She is a published author and a national keynote speaker.

Unpacking Race and Racism: Becoming White Allies 2.0
2022-04-24
Are you a white person who is disturbed by matters of race and racism in the United States? Being disturbed is a good thing. It means your intellect recognizes injustice and unfairness and your heart is feeling the resulting pain. Psychology tells us that the most effective means of handling pain is to move into it and through it.
The AntiRacism Institute offers a safe and supportive way for you to deal with the injustice of racism. Sitting at the feet of a Black man, Emmanuel Acho, author of Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man, a trained facilitator will guide you through uncomfortable conversations as you learn what you didn’t know you didn’t know. You’ll progress through a proven path of racial awareness, racial literacy, and racial action. Graduates from “Unpacking 2.0” engage in a racial equity project (your own or with a group) equipped with the core competencies of a white ally. You’ll find YOUR answer to the question …
“As a white person, what can I DO?”
This Transformative Program Begins the Week of April 24th!
In partnership with The AntiRacism Institute
7 X 90-minute sessions
Meet weekly in a virtual pod (small group of 8)
Multiple days and times to choose from
Week of April 24th to Week of June 5th
Use the link below to register now. Seats are limited.
https://rebrand.ly/unpacking-racism-M0424-22

Spiritual Center Update
2022-05-01 11:00 - 12:00
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:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpfuuhpjstGdQIQKeGbYNm6I8XKvfAfuwr

Zoom Meeting ID: 824 9298 0730
Zoom PassCode: [REDACTED]
(Note: This is the same zoom meeting for the Spiritual Coffee Talk)

Write Your Story
2022-05-08 11:30 - 12:30, 2022-06-26 11:30 - 12:30, 2022-07-17 11:30 - 12:30
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)

The Karyn Bradley Learning Center Dedication
2022-06-12 11:00 - 12:00
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 love for Unity Palo Alto. Join us for the celebration and reception.

Unity Palo Alto Prayer Service
2022-06-19 11:00 - 11:30
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
2022-06-19 13:00 - 17:00
With Rev. Sheila Gautreaux
At the Unity Palo Alto Learning Center
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

Register:
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Board of Trustees Meeting
2022-06-27 18:30 - 21:00
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 opportunities to participate during the meeting: at the beginning after the approval of the previous meeting’s minutes and towards the end after the action item review.
Please register for the meeting. Once registered, you can join any meeting. Register at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMocO-uqjkuH9KujDKVWkAMCseSpia7MQOF
Zoom Meeting ID: 875 7664 2456
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Q&A Sunday Service
2022-07-10 10:00 - 11:00
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!
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.

Unity Palo Alto Prayer Service
2022-07-10 11:00 - 11:30
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.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87553851032?pwd=[REDACTED]
(Note: This is the same zoom meeting for the Sunday Zoom Experience)

The Keys to the Kingdom
2022-07-12 19:00 - 20:30
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.
There is no weekly fee for Keys. However, there is a $24 cost for materials, and participants must tithe 10% each of time, talent, and income throughout the program. Preregistration is required with a signed commitment form. If you do not already have the audio program and workbook, please go to newthoughtsforliving.com to purchase them.

Audio Program ($14)
Workbook – either printable or ebook ($10)

Board of Trustees Meeting on Sunday
2022-07-24 11:30 - 13:30
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! You have two opportunities to participate during the meeting: at the beginning after the approval of the previous meeting’s minutes and towards the end after the action item review.
If you would like to join on Zoom, please register for the meeting. Once registered, you can join any meeting. Register at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMocO-uqjkuH9KujDKVWkAMCseSpia7MQOF
Zoom Meeting ID: 875 7664 2456
Passcode: [REDACTED]

The Stories We Tell Ourselves
2022-08-14 12:30 - 15:00
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
Gregg is also our guest speaker for the Sunday Service @ 10:00 – 11:00
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.
Stories become opinions become beliefs become behaviors. We don’t just tell stories—they tell us. And until the core perceptions at the heart of our stories are confronted, and perhaps deconstructed or updated, the behavior that grows out of them won’t change.
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.

Richard & Imogene Hilbers Celebration of Life Service
2022-08-21 11:30 - 12:30 | At Unity Palo Alto, 3391 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94306, 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.
Donations in Imogene and Richard’s honor may be directed toward Unity Palo Alto Spiritual Center.
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.
