This Prayer's for You

Silent Unity has a new video promo I thought you might like to see.

Our friend Richard Mekdeci is singing the song.
Enjoy & know that you are in our prayers.

John

Music for Holy Week

My friend Richard Mekdeci has some beautiful music from different artists for you on his Unity.fm show this week. Click here & enjoy the variety of music.

Blessings

John

Pesach (Passover)

Pesach (Passover)

Pesach (“PAY-sakh”) begins on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan and celebrates the Exodus of the Children of Israel from ancient Egypt after generations of slavery. This year Pesach (known as Passover in English) begins on April 9th (see note below). It is observed for either seven days (Reform Jews) or eight days (Orthodox, Conservative and Reconstructionist Jews). Pesach is the one most commonly observed of all the Jewish holidays. Nearly all American Jews (including many who are otherwise non-observant) celebrate Passover to some extent, even if only to take part in a ritual dinner called a seder (“SAY-der”) on the first and/or second night of the holiday. One of the noteworthy observances is that nearly all Jews abstain from eating bread and other foods made with yeast during Pesach. This in remembrance of the Jews having left Egypt quickly - without time to wait for their bread to rise. For many it is also considered a symbolic way of removing the "puffiness" (arrogance, pride) from their souls.
Orthodox Jews in particular do not work, go to school or carry out any business during the first two days and the last two days of Pesach. The same is true of many Conservative Jews. Reconstructionist and Reform Jews may abstain from work on the first and last days only.
NOTE: Pesach, like all Jewish holidays, begins the evening before the date given in this eLert and before the date that it appears on your calendar.

Traditional greetings:“Happy holiday,” in Hebrew “Chag samayach” (“hahg sah-MAY-ack”); or “Happy Passover.”

The American Jewish Year Book (published in 2007 by the American Jewish Committee) reports that the Jewish population in the United States is currently between 6.0 and 6.4 million and the world’s Jewish population is estimated at 13.155 million. During this special time of Passover, we ask that each of you pause for a few moments and, in a manner appropriate in your faith tradition and/or belief system, join with us in sending thoughts of love and good will to all of our Jewish brothers and sisters.

Thanks for a lively gathering-7 Days of Prayer

This Sunday we had a great gathering with a lot of great spirited discussion and sharing.

Thank you for your gifts of food for our local food pantry. It is really needed. Your recent gifts to our ministry are also greatly appreciated.

In our conversations we discussed the idea of contentment. Fortunately we have much to be thankful for.

I would like to share this quote on contentment which also contains some of the other ideas we discussed regarding releasing our experiences around religion we had as a child in order to go forward in our spiritual development & transformation.

“Those who face that which is actually before them,

unburdened by the past, undistracted by the future,

these are those who live,

who make the best use of their lives;

these are those who have found the secret of contentment."
-Alban Goodier

As we celebrate Holy Week let us use these seven days to further our

Journey through Lent to know the Presence and Spirit of God in our lives.

7 Days of Prayer

Day 1: But seek ye first his kingdom and his righteousness,

and all these things will be given to you as well. Matt 6:33

We pray that God be first in every area of our lives.

Please show us what that looks like and

guide us on the journey of knowing

your presence in our lives.

Photo's from Belize

Hi

Here are our pictures from our trip to Belize.
Enjoy & we hope to see you Sunday.
John

Belize Cruise