Summer 2024 SOUL Circles
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SOUL Circles - Descriptions and Info:
Groups begin starting the week of June 16th.
Deadline to signup is June 9th.
(Circles are 4-6 weeks and are generally 90min or 2 hour sessions, though they may vary)
1. Play Dates with Rev. Liz
By Liz Luoma - In-Person - Fridays at 2pm
Rev. Liz will schedule 4 different fun Play Dates in July, mostly on Fridays - July 5, 12, 19, 26 - varied times (tbd).
Present ideas include Bowling, Museum Hill, Movie, Santa Fe Scavenger Hunt, or ? Exact times and location will be shared closer to July which Liz will let you know and then you can rsvp.
Each outing may also include sharing a meal at a local restaurant.
Each is responsible for any costs involved.
Max Participants: 10
-Various locations in Santa Fe
2. Insights From Emerson
By Ron Newman- In-Person - Saturdays at 9:30am
Mentor to Thoreau, friend of Walt Whitman, leader of the 19th century Transcendentalists, Ralph Waldo Emerson's phenomenal eloquence introduced "new thought" before New Thought - on which Unity is built - existed. A Harvard graduate who became a minister but left the church when it became too restrictive, Emerson's writing is challenging and refreshing at the same time.
"Within [you] is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal beauty, to which every part and particle is equally related, the eternal ONE." (sound familiar?)
No need to buy a book, we'll discuss one paragraph from Emerson's writing at each meeting in a spirit of mutual discovery How do the principles Emerson describes show up in our daily lives? How does he enlarge our imagination beyond where we've been before? Maybe we can experience new insight that the magic of a cohesive group mind can uncover.
"The things that are really for you gravitate to you." - Emerson
Max Participants: 6
-At Unity Santa Fe
3. Decoding Your Universal Energy: Using Astrology and Numerology to Decode the Energy of You and the Universe
By Brendan Mahan - In-Person - Fridays at 5:30pm
As part of the tithing of my time as prescribed in Prosperity Plus, I am offering this SOUL Circle as a dynamic basics class of Astrology and Numerology, which pair together to create a complete Universal Energy Reading. (Participants from the last group are welcome to join again.)
What that means is, as opposed to teaching a cut and dried curriculum, I will be teaching the basics you need to begin, and from there I will be offering myself as a resource and guide as you develop the ability to do your own fun and effective Universal Energy Readings for yourself and your family and friends.
This will include 2 classes to get the basics and stemming from there, plenty of open time to play with your own charts, and as you learn you will get to choose from which areas you would like to gain greater understanding and skill in, and you will have a professional astrologer/numerologist to guide you each step of the way. While in no way is this a complete certification, it will equip you with a greater understanding of Yourself as the Universe and God, and we will have a lot of fun in the process. (All resources provided, although a laptop or smartphone will help, but are not required. No prior experience required.)
Max Participants: 10
-at Unity Santa Fe
4. Let's play games
By Debra Desmond - In-Person - Saturdays at 1:30pm
We will start with Rummikub (the new and complicated way to play that my mom taught me), then we can move to other games.
Max Participants: 3
-Her Home - 3427 Via Janna, 87507
5. The Age of the Heart
By Bill Glaser - In-Person - Wednesdays at 6:30pm
What is your personal access to oneness? What opens your heart? What do you love to do? These questions may all be the same. Let's explore together as a group how to live in Spirit. Each of our meetings will include an activity and some discussion time and also be a planning session for the following meeting. We can also share what we do on our own to experience our true self. Activities might be taking a hike, seeing a play or movie, dancing, singing, painting a fence, reading to each other poems or excerpts from a book or visiting galleries or museums or a coffee shop. Let's be creative. Meeting times will vary. First meeting will be at my house.
Max Participants: 8
-First meeting at 711 Onate Place, 87505 (other locations will be considered for future meetings)
6. Creating Community As We Age
By Jeanne Kofron - In-Person - Thursdays 2:30pm
This discussion group will follow a Unity booklet to share how we create community and care for our body, mind and spirit as we age. There will be now required reading, just material presented at each meeting to discuss and consider.
Max Participants: 5
-Tribes Coffee House, 87507
PLEASE SIGNUP BY June 9th - CIRCLES BEGIN WEEK OF June 16TH.
“Miracles can occur and healings will happen”
Unity Santa Fe SOUL Circles (previously SpiritGroups) are small groups of members, congregants and friends who meet three times a year for 4-6 weeks. Each group has a Facilitator who offers to lead the group in an activity, book study, or discussion group of their choice. The group may meet at the Facilitator's home, the home of a Host who is part of the group, online via Zoom, or in a public venue. The purpose of SOUL Circles is to offer the opportunity to get to know others in your spiritual community on a deeper level than is possible at the Sunday service or other community activities. SOUL Circles also plan and carry out a Social Action that benefits either the Unity Santa Fe Community or the greater community of Santa Fe through volunteer efforts. All Facilitators will attend an orientation prior to meeting.
Through our SOUL Circles, we have the opportunity to experience a deeper level of the following qualities:
S - Spiritual Growth: We enrich our spiritual lives through the study and discussion of spiritual ideas as well as spiritually nurture ourselves with our devotion to prayer and meditation.
O - Openness: We open our hearts and minds to share freely our thoughts, beliefs, and stories of our individual journeys. We do this in an atmosphere of safety and confidentiality that warmly welcomes others from the greater community.
U - Unity: We come together to experience and express our Oneness with each other, our human family and indeed, the whole of creation, both material and spiritual.
L - Love: We put feet on the Power of Love through the support we offer to one another in our circles, especially during times of challenge. We also serve the larger community through acts of sacred social service that, in turn, expand and enrich our own lives.