Back to school!

Here we are, 1st September and I feel a bit like I did at the beginning of a new school term with lots to look forward to and engage in.

Do you remember how you used to feel at the beginning of the new school year? Were you excited because you liked school, being back with your friends and learning new things? Or did you feel daunted, nervous; unable to engage with school in a positive way?
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We all have different childhood memories. Some of us were encouraged to grow into our potential, supported by our teachers, parents and guardians. Others felt the opposite; their confidence and belief in themselves negated, even destroyed, because of the way they were treated.

Myrtle Fillmore, Unity co-founder who experienced self-healing through affirmative prayer and an awakened mind used to say, ‘what about the children?’ She herself was a teacher and recognised the importance of educating our young ones with positive thoughts about themselves, their lives and the potential within them.

To help our children, we begin with ourselves. Both Charles and Myrtle Fillmore realised that when we change our thinking we are changed. In my words, when we allow ourselves to be changed by the infinite power of Divine Grace, Love and Wisdom, we awaken to who we are and live from our awakened potential.

This is why Unity was originally called, ‘Unity School of Practical Christianity’. Using the practice of affirmations, prayer, silence and meditation, as Jesus did, we are all encouraged to practice going within to discover our experience of God and how this energy works through us to serve us and our world. Charles and Myrtle knew the importance of education in the original way it was intended: to drawout of the student the innate wisdom and understanding that lies within.

With all of this in mind, we are offering a new way of engaging with Unity in the UK through our Friends membership scheme. We have put together a package that offers a yearly subscription to the digital Daily Word for those who want it, classic talks, free downloads, monthly Zoom live meetings and meditations, all for just £5 a month.

Of course, we continue to share our FREE daily prayer and meditation meetings, book club, Thursday evening meditation and monthly Sunday service, all on Zoom, details here, honoured and blessed to do so. For as we build our spiritual community, we are all blessed.

September is also the month when we hold Unity’s annual World Day of Prayer. This profound and potentially life-changing day offers you the opportunity to connect with us in silent prayer and shared meditations, from 9am-9pm, Thursday 14th September 2023.

Through our personal experience of prayer, the ‘drawing out’ of our innate wisdom and sharing Unity’s practices and teachings, we learn, grow and bless our world.

Join us – be part of something greater than your human self. Allow yourself to be changed. Claim the energy of God as a power and presence working through you. As you do, know that together, we support and encourage our inner child, the children around us and our world.