Two New UOTA SpiritGroups Welcome You!
SpiritGroups give you an opportunity to connect with people in a deep, meaningful, and fulfilling way. They create a safe space where you are heard, appreciated, and loved for who you are. They are designed to inspire infinite connections, one small group at a time, by coming together in a spirit of love and support.
You are invited to participate in Unity on the Avenue’s new SpiritGroups, Building Community and Touching the Stillness Meditation. Both groups will meet in Fellowship Hall at Unity on the Avenue through Celebration Sunday, December 14, with the exception of Thanksgiving Day, November 27.
To sign up for a SpiritGroup, please look for the sign-up sheets in the back of the sanctuary.
Building Community SpiritGroup.
Thursdays
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
This SpiritGroup will be held on Thursdays, from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. beginning on October 23. This group will be facilitated by Penny Ware, LUT, and Linda Marsolek.
This SpiritGroup will be based on “The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness,” by Robert Waldinger, MD, and Marc Schulz, PhD. This book discusses what has been learned from the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which began in 1938. The authors, current directors of the study, show scientific proof that being in community is vital to our mental, spiritual, and physical wellbeing. Group exercises will help you consciously develop community in your life and will create a safe space to share at the soul level.
This group will also incorporate the meditations of Suzanne Giesemann, a spiritual teacher recognized on the Watkins Mind Body Spirit Magazine’s list of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People. A former Navy Commander who served as a commanding officer and aide to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, she now guides people to enjoy a consciously connected and divinely guided life.
Contact: For questions, please contact Penny Ware, 303-908-0879; or Linda Marsolek, 303-880-8570.
Touching the Stillness Meditation SpiritGroup
Thursdays
4:30 - 6:00 pm
This group will be facilitated by Carrie Solano and Lori Smith, LUT.
This group is designed expand and strengthen your practice of mindful living and meditation. Rev. Paulette Pipe, director of Touching the Stillness Ministries, demonstrates how you can cultivate your inner stillness through a video series hosted by herself and Mindy Audlin, founder of SpiritGroups. Discover practices designed to take you out of your head and into your heart. Experience the power of Centering Prayer. Find a rich stillness in the present moment. Allow this centeredness to become a conduit for experiencing a deeper connection with the Divine within you.
Contact: For questions, please contact Lori Smith, smith2960@comcast.net.
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Become a Beacon of Hope
Together, we can make a difference. The Outreach Team at Unity on the Avenue invites you to be a beacon of hope by donating canned goods to support the Park Hill Food Pantry, a mission of East Denver Bible Baptist Church.
To donate to the Park Hill Food Pantry through the UOTA Outreach Team, please bring canned goods to Sunday service, and look for the baskets marked Park Hill Food Pantry. Please ensure that the expiration date is after January 1, 2026. Each Friday and Sunday, this pantry opens its doors to hundreds of our neighbors, offering nourishment, compassion, and dignity.
As public resources grow scarce, our collective generosity becomes even more vital. Let’s fill the shelves—and hearts—by sharing what we can. Every can donated is an act of love that reminds those in need that they are not forgotten and that we are all connected in the spirit of community and care.
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A Grateful Gathering
Sunday, November 23
After Service
We’ll come together for our annual Thanksgiving Potluck following the morning service. As we do, we will celebrate more than a meal—we will celebrate the spirit of gratitude for the blessings of community. Turkey and ham will be provided. If you would like to bring your favorite Thanksgiving dish, please ask Opal James for the sign-up sheet in Fellowship Hall. Just as each person brings a dish to share, we each bring our unique gifts of love, joy, and faith to nurture our neighbor. The turkey may be the centerpiece, but the true feast is found in the warmth of community, the laughter shared, and the blessings multiplied when hearts are open in appreciation for the abundance of Spirit that feeds the heart and soul.
Preparing Our Hearts and Sanctuary for Christmas
Saturday, November 29
10:00 a.m. - Noon
As the season of light and love draws near, the UOTA Prayer Chaplains invite you to participate in a joyful time of preparation! On Saturday, November 29, at 10:00 a.m., we’ll gather to adorn our sanctuary with beauty, warmth, and Christmas spirit. We will decorate our sacred space with open our hearts to the Divine light of Christ within—the true ornament of this holy season. Bring your creativity, your helping hands, and your radiant joy as together we create a space that reflects the love, peace, and wonder of Christmas.
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Winter Solstice Gong Bath With Gregg Wilkins
Saturday, December 20th
6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
As we honor nature’s rhythms under the crescent moon of the winter solstice, we invite you to bathe in the sound and vibration of the Paiste Earth Gong and other sacred sound instruments in a glorious range of vibrational frequencies. This special event, with SonoAlchemist Gregg Wilkins of SpiritWave Rhythms, will be held on
You will be immersed in the vibrations and resonance of sound instruments, allowing the sound to “wash” over you. These sessions can have a profound effect on the physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional levels your being and consciousness, as well as facilitating the potential for reaching theta and delta brainwave states from your waking beta state.
During the Gong Bath, you will not only hear sounds through your ears, you will also sense the sounds through your skin and skeletal system, due to the broad spectrum of frequencies created by these instruments and the resonance created through them. This may even affect your being on a cellular level.
These frequencies will attune your vibration to the wonder and magic of the winter solstice, which arrives at 8:03 a.m. on Sunday, December 21. A winter solstice gift for each registered attendee invites you to contemplate the mystery of transformation, of light emerging from darkness, the new emerging from the ashes of the old. Deepen and anchor your visions and desires. Set space to shine!
Preparation:
Wear comfortable clothing you can relax in.
Bring a yoga mat, blanket, and bolster pillow for personal comfort.
Bring water.
Cost: $20, preregistration; $25 at the door.
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Where to Watch On-Line Services
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UOTA Commitment Form
Please fill out and return to Unity on the Avenue so our board can get a picture for budgeting purposes for 2024. Thank you.
