Service Recordings
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Let Your Light Shine
with Rusty Gaillard
Sunday, 4/19 @ 10:00 am
With Rusty Gaillard music by Sharon D. Henderson on live-stream at www.UnityPaloAlto.org/live
I affirm the divine essence that is within me, and I choose to connect with my highest good and live in alignment with my purpose, As I live this way, I shine my light to those around me and make the world a better place.
April’s Theme: Rise and Shine: Awakening to my inner divine nature, the Christ potential within me, I make the choice to rise to my next highest possibility in mind, body, and spirit. I shine my inner light bringing peace, compassion, and joy into my world.
Rise in Place!
with Rev. John Riley
Sunday, 4/12 @ 10:00 am
With Rev. John Riley and music by Margo LeDuc & Russell Norman on live-stream at www.UnityPaloAlto.org/live
Every moment, regardless of the situation, I have the opportunity to rise in my Christ awareness and expression. In this place, in this time, I choose to rise up!
Rise and Shine: Awakening to my inner divine nature, the Christ potential within me, I make the choice to rise to my next highest possibility in mind, body, and spirit. I shine my inner light bringing peace, compassion, and joy into my world.
Spiritual Preparation
with Rev. John Riley
Sunday, 4/5 @ 10:00 am
With Rev. John Riley on live-stream at www.UnityPaloAlto.org/live
Like preparing for a feast, I make myself ready and willing to receive the inflow of inspiration and understanding that comes from the divine in me.
Theme for April: RISE & SHINE
Awakening to my inner divine nature, the Christ potential within me, I make the choice to rise to my next highest possibility in mind, body, and spirit. I shine my inner light bringing peace, compassion, and joy into my world.
Divine Discontent
with Rev. John Riley
Sunday, 3/1 @ 10:00 am
With Rev. John Riley and music by Deborah Winters and the Unity Palo Alto Band.
If we are in the flow of the creative process, we experience divine discontent, in which we feel both the possibility and the need for growth.
Theme for March: RELEASE AND RENEW
Let your mind and heart release all that disturbs you, then think of Spirit as the renewing stream of life pouring, rushing, and shining into you, through you, and out from you in all directions
An Effusion of Light
with Rev. John Riley
Sunday, 2/23 @ 10:00 am
With Rev. John Riley and music by Margo LeDuc and the Unity Palo Alto Band.
We live in a complex and changing world. If there is one thing needed more than anything else, it is light: the expression of your inner divine nature. Illuminated by God’s light within, I shine my light into the world..
On Your Mark. Get Set. Pray!
with Rev. John Riley
Sunday, 2/16 @ 10:00 am
With Rev. John Riley and music by Sharon D. Henderson and the Unity Palo Alto Band.
At the start of every endeavor, at the beginning of each step, any time there is a decision to be made, pray.
Theme for February: MOVE YOUR FEET
As we live according to the Truth we know, we spiritually grow. We express more and more of our spiritual magnificence.
Salvation
with guest speaker Ron E. Beck
Sunday, 2/9 @ 10:00 am
With Ron E. Beck and music by the Love, Love, Love Choir and the Unity Palo Alto Band.
I am led toward my dreams and comforted in times of challenge
It’s Go Time!
Sunday, 2/2 @ 10:00 am
With Rev. John Riley and music by Deborah Winters and the Unity Palo Alto Band.
With Spirit as my coach, I move beyond fears and limitations and have the resolve and determination to do what is mine to do.
My Next Highest Good
with Rev. John Riley
Sunday, 1/26 @ 10:00 am
With Rev. John Riley and music by Danielle Kane and the Unity Palo Alto Band.
With gratitude and faith, I am drawn to my next highest good. Fully connected to the creative power within, I hold a vision of overflowing goodness. I see life rich with joy, love, and peace. I know that all things are possible, and I am open to my good.
Chunk it up!
with Rev. John Riley
Sunday, 1/19 @ 10:00 am
With Rev. John Riley and music by Margo LeDuc and the Unity Palo Alto Band.
The growth of a tree begins with a seed. Each seed has within it the blueprint of the tree and everything it needs to express as fully grown. Yet each tree requires just the right amount of warmth, water, and sunlight to sprout up, take root, and grow into its potential.
Affirm: I am growing into a higher version of myself.
Callings: In Search of An Authentic Life
with guest speaker Gregg Levoy
Sunday, 1/12 @ 10:00 am
With guest speaker, Gregg Levoy, and music by the Love, Love, Love Unity Choir and the Unity Palo Alto Band.
Callings are urgings from the deep self that tell us what it will take to make our lives literally “come true.” They point us toward awakenings, course-corrections and powerful authenticity.
Who Have You Come Here To Be?
with Rev. John Riley
Sunday, 1/5 @ 10:00 am
With Rev. John Riley and music by Deborah Winters and the Unity Palo Alto Band.
Celebrate the New Year with our annual White Stone Ceremony with Rev. John Riley and music by Deborah Winters and the Unity Palo Alto Band. During this special Sunday Service, discern your spiritual touchstone and receive your special white stone to keep with you throughout 2020.
Affirmation: I AM ingenious. I AM radiant. I AM powerful. I have come here to express my spiritual magnificence!
Let Go and Flow
with Rev. John Riley
Sunday, 12/29 @ 10:00 am
With Rev. John Riley and music by Margo LeDuc and the Unity Palo Alto Band.
A special Burning Bowl Service where we symbolically release and let go of anything and everything that has not served your highest good in 2019. Write a letter of inspiration affirming your Good in 2020. I release limiting perspectives and allow my good to unfold!
Bringing Joy
with Rev. John Riley
Sunday, 12/22 @ 10:00 am
With Rev. John Riley and music by Deborah Winters and the Unity Palo Alto Band.
The fourth week of advent is focused on joy through the lens of the fourth agreement by Don Miguel Ruiz: Always do your best. Keeping my thoughts, words, and actions fixed on Spirit, I strive to do my best in this present moment. I cannot be diminished by circumstances. I am an expression of joy.
Love Without Assumptions
with Rev. John Riley
Sunday, 12/15 @ 10:00 am
With Rev. John Riley and music by Margo LeDuc and the Unity Palo Alto Band.
The third week of advent is focused on love. Love in Divine Mind is the idea of universal unity. In expression, love is the power that joins and binds in divine harmony the universe and everything in it. Human love is filtered through my conditions and assumptions. Letting go of my assumptions and conditions I immerse myself in a consciousness of divine love and I give thanks for life.
It’s Not About You
with Rev. John Riley
Sunday, 12/8 @ 10:00 am
With Rev. John Riley and music by the Love, Love, Love Unity Choir and the Unity Palo Alto Band.
Week #2 in Advent is focused on Peace. As we explore the second agreement, Don’t Take Anything Personally, we discover this principle is a key to living in peace. If the message is for us, how might it impact our lives in this holiday season and beyond?
Awe & Wonder
with Rev. John Riley
Sunday, 12/1 @ 10:00 am
With Rev. John Riley and music by Hope Briggs and the Unity Palo Alto Band.
An awakening of Spirit within, I hear the voice of angels, divine ideas that inspire and uplift me. They continually guide me toward my highest good in all situations. I am led toward my dreams and comforted in times of challenge.
Grateful Every Day!
with Rev. John Riley
Sunday, 11/24 @ 10:00 am
With Rev. John Riley and music by Deborah Winters and the Unity Palo Alto Band.
Each day, I set an intention to find gratitude in all that I do. In the mundane tasks, the challenging situations, or the joyful interactions I ask, “What am I grateful for?” Feeling grateful, I create the inner conditions for divine intelligence, love, peace, and power to flow.














