Finding Yourself at Unity
Sundays | 10:15-11:15 a.m. | Center Room
After you fill out a visitor form, Finding Yourself at Unity is the next step on the pathway to deeper engagement and possible membership at Unity Church. Finding Yourself at Unity includes eight classes that you can attend in any order to better understand how Unity Church supports our faith journeys, our work to build Beloved Community, and our efforts to bless the world. Weekly church emails include the class topic or email [email protected] to receive weekly reminders.
After you’ve attended these classes, you may find yourself ready for more engagement with the church. If you fill out our Next Steps form, we’ll connect you to resources and information to deepen your connection to your spiritual life and the church community.
After you’ve attended these classes, you may find yourself ready for more engagement with the church. If you fill out our Next Steps form, we’ll connect you to resources and information to deepen your connection to your spiritual life and the church community.
Upcoming Offerings
- February 9: Q & A with the Minister
- February 16: Worship and the Liturgical Year
- February 23: Membership 101
- March 2: Faith Formation for Children, Youth, and Adults
- March 9: Social Justice and Community Outreach Ministry
- March 16: Building Tour
- March 30: Unitarian Universalist History
- April 6: Pastoral and Congregational Care
UU History: A brief introduction to the historical figures and events that shape our theology and practices today.
Building Tour: Discover the stories and history of our sacred place and find your way to building locations.
Faith Formation for Children, Youth, and Adults: As faith seeks understanding, consider how religious education offers practices, language, and a community to illumine the sacred mystery at the heart of our faith journey.
Pastoral and Congregational Care: Hear how we care for one another in community.
Membership 101: Explore the opportunities and commitments of membership at Unity Church and the many ways congregants connect with one another.
Q&A with a Minister: Meet our ministers and ask questions about congregational life, the role of the minister, and Unitarian Universalism.
Social Justice and Community Outreach: Explore how Unity Church works with our community partners to bless the world and bend the arc of the Universe towards justice.
Worship and the Liturgical Year: Explore the worship life of the congregation, including the worship themes, holidays, and other special celebrations. Come hear more about how worship invites you into depth and meaning.
Building Tour: Discover the stories and history of our sacred place and find your way to building locations.
Faith Formation for Children, Youth, and Adults: As faith seeks understanding, consider how religious education offers practices, language, and a community to illumine the sacred mystery at the heart of our faith journey.
Pastoral and Congregational Care: Hear how we care for one another in community.
Membership 101: Explore the opportunities and commitments of membership at Unity Church and the many ways congregants connect with one another.
Q&A with a Minister: Meet our ministers and ask questions about congregational life, the role of the minister, and Unitarian Universalism.
Social Justice and Community Outreach: Explore how Unity Church works with our community partners to bless the world and bend the arc of the Universe towards justice.
Worship and the Liturgical Year: Explore the worship life of the congregation, including the worship themes, holidays, and other special celebrations. Come hear more about how worship invites you into depth and meaning.
At a certain point in your journey with Unity Church, and everyone reaches this point at a different moment in their journey, when you find that you’re ready to make a formal commitment to deepen your life in partnership with the church, you may decide to become a member of Unity Church.
What does it mean to become a member of Unity Church?
You become a member of Unity Church-Unitarian by signing the church’s membership book. The simple act of signing your name can be a deeply significant decision for you.
Signing your name in the church’s membership book is a personal commitment to participate in a process of sharing your talents, your resources, and your energy with others in a quest that is spiritual as well as practical, personal as well as social, and individual as well as institutional.
Member Rights and Responsibilities
Members are strongly encouraged to participate in the life of the church. Members have the responsibility to read, understand, and support the Mission and Ends of Unity Church-Unitarian.
Members are strongly encouraged to make an identifiable financial commitment to Unity Church in the form of a yearly annual pledge. Pledging members are voting members of Unity Church.
Voting members have the right to participate in all congregational votes, including the calling of ministers to the church. Voting members are also eligible to apply to serve on the Board of Trustees, the Congregation Care Team, and the Worship Associates Team.
How do I become a member?
There are two ways to become a member of Unity Church-Unitarian:
What does it mean to become a member of Unity Church?
You become a member of Unity Church-Unitarian by signing the church’s membership book. The simple act of signing your name can be a deeply significant decision for you.
Signing your name in the church’s membership book is a personal commitment to participate in a process of sharing your talents, your resources, and your energy with others in a quest that is spiritual as well as practical, personal as well as social, and individual as well as institutional.
Member Rights and Responsibilities
Members are strongly encouraged to participate in the life of the church. Members have the responsibility to read, understand, and support the Mission and Ends of Unity Church-Unitarian.
Members are strongly encouraged to make an identifiable financial commitment to Unity Church in the form of a yearly annual pledge. Pledging members are voting members of Unity Church.
Voting members have the right to participate in all congregational votes, including the calling of ministers to the church. Voting members are also eligible to apply to serve on the Board of Trustees, the Congregation Care Team, and the Worship Associates Team.
How do I become a member?
There are two ways to become a member of Unity Church-Unitarian:
- Participate in a Committing to Unity class
OR - Sign the Membership Book at a private meeting, witnessed by a minister and the membership coordinator.
Committing to Unity
Committing to Unity | Date TBD
Join Philippa Anastos and Rev. Oscar for a discussion of the commitments of membership at Unity Church. Does the invitation into this ongoing work resonate with you? This session, for people ready to become members, explores the deeper meanings and expectations of membership and shared ministry. It offers time to reflect on the meaning of generosity and how you can discover the places in your life where the world’s need meets the gifts and joy you have to offer. The class concludes with a ceremony as participants sign the membership book and officially join the church. Let Philippa Anastos ([email protected] or 651-228-1456 x110) know you’re interested in participating or to ask questions. She can also arrange a private signing ceremony.
Ingathering of New Members
Sunday, March 9 | 11:15 a.m. Service
We also invite all new members to participate in an Ingathering of New Members as part of a regular Sunday service during the formal church year (September through June). The litany of Ingathering in the service establishes the membership promises between you and the congregation to walk together in covenant. A reception immediately following the Ingathering service provides an opportunity for all congregants to meet and greet new members and to celebrate their decision to formally join the church.
If you wish to become a member, or want more information about the commitments and benefits of membership, please fill out the Intent to Join Unity Church form, or contact Philippa Anastos, by email at [email protected] or by phone at 651-228-1456 x110.
Sunday, March 9 | 11:15 a.m. Service
We also invite all new members to participate in an Ingathering of New Members as part of a regular Sunday service during the formal church year (September through June). The litany of Ingathering in the service establishes the membership promises between you and the congregation to walk together in covenant. A reception immediately following the Ingathering service provides an opportunity for all congregants to meet and greet new members and to celebrate their decision to formally join the church.
If you wish to become a member, or want more information about the commitments and benefits of membership, please fill out the Intent to Join Unity Church form, or contact Philippa Anastos, by email at [email protected] or by phone at 651-228-1456 x110.
Bond of Fellowship
As those who believe in religion,
As those who believe in freedom, fellowship, and character in religion, As those who believe that the religious life means the thankful, trustful, loyal and helpful life, and As those who believe that a church is a community of helpers, wherein it is made easier to lead such a life; We join ourselves together, name, hand, and heart, as members of Unity Church. —William Channing Gannett, March 9, 1879, adapted |