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Holy Week 2025

Sunday, April 13, 10:00 AM From scripture scholar Marcus Borg: Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey and people cheer him, shouting “Hosanna – blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” Less well-known is the historical fact that a Roman imperial procession was also entering Jerusalem for Passover from the other side…

Celebrating Passover at Unity

Celebrating Passover with Our Unity Family   The Passover seder (from the Hebrew word for order) is a ritual meal and service that has been celebrated in the homes of Jewish families for over a thousand years, but over the years other spiritual groups have also used the seder as an affirmation of the desire to…

Spirit Group spring 2025

Join a Spirit Group this spring! They will run weekly for 8 weeks on Zoom or in person Currently available Groups: Tuesdays, 2:00 – 3:30 pm on Zoom – 8 weeks: 3/18-5/06 | Contact: Jerry Petell – jerry.petell[at]yahoo.com Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:00 pm in person, Unity Library – 8 weeks: 3/18-5/06 | Contact: Mary Myers…

Manifesto

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer And if we can’t save the world, and who says we can’t, then let us try anyway. Perhaps we have no superhuman powers— can’t see through buildings, can’t fly, can’t bend the bars of cages— but we have human powers— can listen, can stand up to, can stand up for, can…

Emergency Donations needed for Albany Refugees

~ by Peggy Kaufmann You may have seen a recent article in the Times Union stating that the US State Department suspended programs under its Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration. This cut off funding for organizations like USCRI and RISSE in Albany, whose purpose is to help refugees resettle here. There are 146 refugees who…

Monday Book Group update

This online Monday Evening Book Group meets on the 1st & 3rd Mondays at 7:00 pm on Zoom This group is open for new participants and will begin studying a new book this February: Discussion of “The Mystic Jesus” by Marianne Williamson begins on Monday, February 3, 2025 Contact host Karin Reinhold at [email protected] to…

Special Holiday Services

Burning Bowl Service Tuesday, Dec. 31, 5:30 pm Release what no longer serves and open to the New. Clear out the closets of your mind and make room for the life your soul desires. Open your imagination and heart to the blessings God is offering you. This is our traditional ritual of releasing to the…

In the Boat with God

by Joe Uveges God and I have become like too giant fat people living in a tiny boat. We keep bumping into each other and laughing. —Hafiz (Daniel Ladinsky, trans.) I love this poem for its playfulness which is often something we forget about God: that He’s wild about us and has an awesome (otherworldly)…

Peace Run visits Unity of Albany

On Sunday, August 11 we were privileged to receive members of the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run near the end of our morning service. The Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run is a global torch relay that offers everyone in the world a chance to express their longing for peace. Since its founding in 1987, the Run has…