Plan for Your Golden Years

Saturday, October 18th
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

Navigating and Organizing for the Second Half of Life will be held in the UOTA’s main building on Saturday, October 18, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. All are invited to attend this workshop. There is no charge to attend; love offerings are appreciated. 

This event is sponsored by the nonprofit foundation Designing Brighter Tomorrows, founded and directed by Linda Marsolek, MS, who will also be a speaker. 

The keynote speaker will be Sue Mackey, founder of Out of the Box End-Of-Life Planning and creator of the Exit File™. Sue will speak on how to choose your Medical Durable Power of Attorney (your health-care agent). She will also address a dementia directive and provide an overview of the services that she provides for her clients. For more about Sue Mackey’s background and credentials, click here.

After the refreshment break, Penny Ware, PhD, will present information on home sharing, in which she has participated for the last three years. This program enables two or more unrelated people to share housing for their mutual benefit. 

Then Linda Marsolek will present on seven important areas for those in the Second Half of Life: Creativity; Movement; Health Practices; Planning; Caregiving; Personal Growth; and Connections. A former Certified Senior Advisor, she is dedicated to helping others thrive and grow. For more about Linda’s background and credentials, click here.

URLS:
Designing Brighter Tomorrows: https://designingbrightertomorrows.org/

Out of the Box: 
https://www.outoftheboxendoflifeplanning.com/

Exit File: https://www.outoftheboxendoflifeplanning.com/copy-of-home-funeral-educa…

Sue Mackey: https://www.outoftheboxendoflifeplanning.com/about-sue-mackey

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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. (beginning on October 23)

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 (beginning on October 23)

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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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.