Revealing Word
Newsletter
May & June 2017
Our Mission
“Unity of NEPA provides our diverse
community with practical, spiritual
teachings of self-empowerment and
compassionate living.”
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Greetings
by Reverend Diane Sickler
Dear Friends,
Let us reflect on eternal
life. When Jesus resurrected
on Easter morning, he was
demonstrating the eternality of
the soul. Death is the last great
fear for humankind to
overcome.
As children, we were
taught many fears that, as
adults, we are working to let go
of. The fear of snakes, the fear
of strangers, the fear of the
dark, the fear of thunder, the
fear of being alone, the fear of
ghosts, etc., are all going by the
wayside as we mature and face
them head on. Some of these
old fears are harder for us to let
go than others… but let go of
them we will, as we persist in
our pathway of unfoldment.
Life is of God. Often we
even use the world ‘Life’ or
‘Being’ as a synonym for God.
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We recognize God as the great
creative force in the universe
and remember we are created
in God’s image.
Most of us have long
since discarded the notion that
we are the physical image of
God; but are, instead, the
mental and Spiritual image of
our creator. If we are the
image of a Creator whom we
can call “Life”, then it follows
that we also are life. There is
no beginning or end to life; it
just exists.
Jesus taught, “I am the
resurrection and the life” (John
11:25). Many would have us
believe that Jesus was teaching
us to believe in Jesus. But if we
think of Jesus as symbolic of
the “I Am” or the “Christ”
nature, this verse says
something else entirely. It says
that the presence of God within
every person is the resurrection
and the life.
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There is no death! There is
only life eternal!! Praise God!!!
With Love,
Rev. Diane
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blessings always and all ways!
Sunday Lessons
May 2017 –
May 7 – Salt and Light –
Davienne Piatt, Speaker
May 14 – Mother Knows
Best – Rev. Diane Sickler
May 21 – Fulfilling the Law
– Cheri-Kim Race, Speaker
Sunday Speakers
We are very fortunate to have a
wide array of Spiritual Speakers
sharing their light with us here at
Unity NEPA. Our Head Minister,
Rev. Diane speaks on Sunday
twice a month. We have guest
speakers from our Ministerial and
Licensed Unity Teacher
candidates as part of their
curriculum, and our Board of
Trustees are well grounded in
Unity Truth Principles. We round
out our celebrations with ministers
and musicians from both Unity
Worldwide Ministries and the New
Thought movement. Brightest
May 28 – In Memorium –
Rev. Diane Sickler
June 2017 –
June 4 – Killing and
Reconciliation – Tawnia
Converse, Speaker
June 11 – Adultery and
Swearing – Rev. Diane
Sickler
June 18 – Father’s Day –
Davienne Piatt, Speaker
June 25 – Nonresistance –
Rev. Diane Sickler
Metaphysics Classes
Continue
In Memorium – Our Beloved Simone Kiven
Metaphysics Classes Continue. Every
fourth Sunday after services Rev.
Diane will continue to teach classes in
Metaphysics. Scheduled for Sunday,
May 28th is working on developing and
expressing the twelve powers.
Scheduled for Sunday, June 25th is
investigating the “fourth dimension”,
the kingdom of heaven.
Church Clean Up Day
Thursday May 25th 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Lunch will be provided
Projects:
The Meditation Garden
Removing the sand meditation circle
that has become the neighborhood cat
sand box
Raking old leaves
General trimming and perhaps
planting???
Filing in the church office
Organizing and cleaning the upstairs –
if we have enough help to do this.
Making and serving lunch to the
workers.
Can you come? What job do you want
to help to take on?
Passed from this earth plane on Wednesday April
5th. She will always be remembered for her
contagious smile, her love of music, her joyful
support of the children, her beautiful art work, her
willingness to serve, her laughter and (of course) her
French accent.
Simone had a stroke that left her speechless and
unable to walk and lived the last couple of years in a
nursing facility. She inspired all the nurses and aids
as she inspired all of us with her cheerful attitude
despite her circumstances. At the time of her passing
she was surrounded by family and friends. We who
have been missing her presence with us in worship,
will miss her physical presence on this earth plane.
The family is planning on having a Memorial service
for her this summer (when they can all attend). We
will be hosting this service here at Unity of NEPA.