Seattle Unity

"So let me ask you, what is the inner work that you need to do? What is it in your own basement, in your own underground, that needs to be brought up, lifted up, brought into the light to be healed?"In this first service after the 2020 election, Rev. Karen Lindvig speaks to the metaphor of Foundational strength.   Even while the outcome is still disputed, and the way forward isn't yet clear, we can look  to strengthening our foundations through core Unity principles.Later this afternoon is a lovely blessing ritual at the new building construciton site near Denny Park, including a water ritual from Umoja. Learn all about the building project, including a video from the event, here.Our Worship Arts guest is Shaunyce Omar, who was also our guest on the first Sunday after the 2016 election.  Back then, she sang Precious Lord Take My Land, though today she sings Change is Gonna Come.Check out the full service video  here.The talk begins at 22:45.Take advantage of all the ways we can stay connected during this time, including after-service fellowship, Daily Prayer Boosts, and Wednesday evening prayer services.  And as always, see our Facebook  page or our Instagram for more, including quotes from our lesson notes, readings, and more.Want to get regular updates?Stay updated with our most recent newsletter here. 

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"Each one of us has to stop and do our inner work...every single one of us has a step that we can take.. and what ever small steps you take can affect the whole."Rev. Karen Lindvig returns with our own Worship Arts team, for our first live-streamed service, auspiciously scheduled on All Saints Day, right before our national election, and exactly on the fall back Daylight Saving day.  In her message, Rev. Karen draws wisdom from current events, biblical stories, and classic New Thought writers including from Hypatia Hasbrook.Check out the full service video here.The talk begins at 22:55.Take advantage of all the ways we can stay connected during this time, including after-service fellowship, Daily Prayer Boosts, and Wednesday evening prayer services.  And as always, see our Facebook  page or our Instagram for more, including quotes from our lesson notes, readings, and more.Want to get regular updates?Stay updated with our most recent newsletter here. 

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"When an idea comes from that great galaxy of supreme ideas it goes forth in strength and harmony."Rev. Maggie Alderman joins us from New Braunfels, Texas, to talk about our most core Unity beliefs. Our principles are much easier to hold on to when things are going well. But how do we experience the Divine authentically in times of chaos?Worship Arts comes all the way from Hawaii, from Faith Rivera.Check out the full service video here.   The talk begins at 20:35.Take advantage of all the ways we can stay connected during this time, including after-service fellowship, Daily Prayer Boosts, and Wednesday evening prayer services.  And as always, see our Facebook  page or our Instagram for more, including quotes from our lesson notes, readings, and more.Want to get regular updates?Stay updated with our most recent newsletter here. 

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"I've come to be aware that grief slowly creeps into every part of us... it finds its way into the cells of our body... every aspect of our lives. So I've decided my only option is to make friends with grief."Guest speaker Rev. Meghan Brooks Smith gives a resonant and well-timed talk. Using stories from the Dalai Lama as well as her own deep personal revelations, she crafts a beautiful gift for all of us experiencing any kind of loss. Grief goes far beyond a simple 5-stage process, and becomes a many-faceted and intensely personal experience, crucial to how we each evolve.Worship Arts comes from local favorite Chava Mirel.Check out the full service video including an invitaiton from Marcia Rutan to join her November/December class, Poetry for Wellness.The talk begins at 12:56.Take advantage of all the ways we can stay connected during this time, including after-service fellowship, Daily Prayer Boosts, and Wednesday evening prayer services.  And as always, see our Facebook  page or our Instagram for more, including quotes from our lesson notes, readings, and more.Want to get regular updates?Stay updated with our most recent newsletter here. 

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"Dogs come when you call them. Cats take a message and say they'll get back to you later."Today is our annual Pet Blessing Day, and senior minister Rev. Karen Lindvig takes a lighthearted look at how animals enrich our lives and help us manifest our best, most authentic selves.  She notes the new ways our animals support us (or sometimes don't), during these quarantine times, and also quotes from the classic St. Francis Canticle of Sun.Worship Arts featured Cleveland singer/songwriter Nhojj, as well as a reading from Bonnie Pasek.Check out the full service video including a slideshow of archival pictures celebrating Umoja's 11th year of celebrating diversity and love within the Seattle Unity community.The talk begins at 15:41.Take advantage of all the ways we can stay connected during this time, including after-service fellowship, Daily Prayer Boosts, and Wednesday evening prayer services.  And as always, see our Facebook  page or our Instagram for more, including quotes from our lesson notes, readings, and more.Want to get regular updates?Stay updated with our most recent newsletter here. 

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Rev. Karen re-visits the core spiritual tool of prayer, in its various forms, as a great way to navigate current challenges.  Examining the healing and affirmation works of Myrtle Fillmore, she encourages us to re-invigorate our prayer practice.Worship Arts include group recordings from Seattle Unity band, Erin McGaughan, Olivia Hamilton, Jesse Whitford, David Loy, as well as commmunity members Tim Clements-Levin, Mercedes Nicole, Bonnie Pasek, Song Mei Doran, Abbie Doran, Karen R. Smith, Clara Fredrickson, Melissa Mager, Howard Langveldt, Dayna Cole, Alyce Watkins, Scott Meihn, Jay Thompson, Cindy McComish, Emily Kozie, Paul Gamman, Jennifer Bolles, Paul Liebert, Don Bennet, Inez Lindsey, Matt Corey, Becky Thatcher, Mitch Hunter.Check out the full service video, featuring a montage of chaplains and prayer team members, with archival photography from Annie Christensen, Gordon Lee, Casey Longacre and many others.Reading presented by Marcia Rutan; offering presented by James Tierney; closing prayer from Scott Caldwell.The talk begins at 15:31.Take advantage of all the ways we can stay connected during this time, including after-service fellowship and Wednesday evening Zoom services.  And as always, see our Facebook  page or our Instagram for more, including quotes from our lesson notes, readings, and more.Want to get regular updates?Stay updated with our most recent newsletter here. 

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"It is no longer a theory; it is what is. And perhaps we can use this Equinox energy to accept where we are and surrender to a higher power."With the fires, the hurricanes, and virus, Rev. Karen acknowledges our current upheavals.  She looks at some lessons offered by 12 step processes, and incorporates nature imagery, and the wisdom of Viktor Frankel, as well as a variation on a lovingkindness prayer:"May all beings be free from dangerMay all beings be lovedMay all beings be rememberedMay all beings be mournedMay all beings be treated with kindness and compassion"   The talk begins at 16:45.Music comes from SU favorite, Stephanie Anne Johnson.  Go here for the full service video.Take advantage of all the ways we can stay connected during this time, including after-service fellowship and Wednesday evening Zoom services.  And as always, see our Facebook  page or our Instagram for more, including quotes from our lesson notes, readings, and more.Want to get regular updates?Stay updated with our most recent newsletter here. 

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"What is your spiritual practice, that disengages you from the Ego and the Pain Body, where you can have that space? Is it mindful meditation, is it yoga, is it tai chi, is it walking in nature?"Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig returns to explore the image of an angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other.  She incorporates the concepts of the Ego and the Pain Body, as discussed by Eckert Tolle, to describe what she sees as an addiction to pain, in our current culture.  But if we use our spiritual practices, we can be the space that is in between the devil and the angel.The talk begins at 19:02.Music comes from SU favorite, Jimmie Herrod.   Go here for the full service video.Take advantage of all the ways we can stay connected during this time, including after-service fellowship and Wednesday evening Zoom services.  And as always, see our Facebook  page or our Instagram for more, including quotes from our lesson notes, readings, and more.Want to get regular updates?Stay updated with our most recent newsletter here. 

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"We take our stuff, we throw it on our back, and then we walk into the next situation, we take down our stuff and we plunk it right into our new situation.  We bring our stuff from the past... and put it right down into our future."Associate minister Diane Robertson welcomes her ministerial school classmate, guest speaker Thomas deSchutter.  Thomas comes to us from Nanaimo, British Columbia. He and his wife run a thriving, values-based financial services company, while Thomas also studies for the ministry. In this guest talk, Thomas hones in on the power of Release to help us welcome in the best possible future.The talk (with Associate Minister Diane Robertson's introduction) begins at 18:20.Music comes from West Seattle singer/songwriter, and home studio whiz, Justin Lacey.  Go here for the full service video.Take advantage of all the ways we can stay connected during this time, including after-service fellowship and Wednesday evening Zoom services.  And as always, see our Facebook  page or our Instagram for more, including quotes from our lesson notes, readings, and more.Want to get regular updates?Stay updated with our most recent newsletter here. 

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"Are we looking through the glass, and looking for the horizon... or are we focusing on the spots on the window?"Guest speaker Don Barton joins us from Christ Church Unity in Orlando, Florida, bringing his Florida flavor, along with some lovely underscoring from the CCU staff pianist. Don looks at the Unity principle of Oneness, and how we can continue to see manifestations of oneness all around us. We can do this every day, even during social distancing, even on Zoom, even on Facebook.The talk (with Associate Minister Diane Robertson's introduction) begins at 13:45.Music comes from Seattle Unity's own Worship team.  Go here for the full service video.Take advantage of all the ways we can stay connected during this time, including after-service fellowship and Wednesday evening Zoom services.  And as always, see our Facebook  page or our Instagram for more, including quotes from our lesson notes, readings, and more.Want to get regular updates?Stay updated with our most recent newsletter here. 

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