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Posts from October 2015

A New Minister for Unity Church in Albany!

Unity Church in Albany is very excited and pleased to announce that we have a new minister, Rev. Crystal Muldrow! During the summer and fall of 2015 our Search and Find Team brought in three applicants they discerned to be both well qualified and a great fit for our church community. They were indeed, each one having…

Poetry – on loss and acceptance

Sue Oringel offers the following two poems as a reflection on the recent weekend retreat – Embracing Loss and Grief for Healing and Renewed Joy. Sue comments: “The first poem represents the shock of loss and the second, a move toward acceptance.”   The Fact of After Stomach sucker-punched, you double over, shaking.  Face flushes, hot…

Spotlight on Service: Orisa Skipper

by John Daubney Those who give of themselves; who have learned the benefits of service, freely-given, are among the happiest people you might encounter day-to-day. Possessing a beautiful smile and a giving spirit, Orisa Skipper, exudes the joy that emanates from being a giving person. Both in her work life and in service here at…

Bob Sima’s Practical Breathwork

Own Your Breath, Own Your Life .. with Bob Sima & Shannon Plummer Sunday, November 8, 1:00 – 3:30 pm Unity Church in Albany 21 King Ave., Albany, NY 12206 Investment: $30 The majority of us navigate through life in a constant state of low-grade stress. We are tapped out, stressed out, and poorly equipped…

President’s Corner

New Beginnings by Rob Geyer Do you remember your first day of kindergarten? Was yours an exciting and anxious time? Did you feel ready for the unknown? Right now Maureen and I are experiencing this through the eyes of our five year old granddaughter, Kirsten. We see and HEAR the unbridled enthusiasm in her face…

How Do I Love Thee?

…Let me count the ways By Roger Mock Well, apparently there are four possibilities. At least in ancient Greek there are four words given for love. They are: storge to describe familial love, philia to describe love for a friend, eros for sensual love and—the word for love we hear Jesus use most often in the New Testament—agape. Agape can be seen…