For quite a few years (decades?), a team of our congregants lovingly recorded the Daily Word on our phone system each day so anyone could call in, press extension 15, and hear Unity’s inspiring message for the day. This past spring it came to our attention that this practice was not in line with the…
We were beyond blessed and thoroughly overjoyed to celebrate the official installation of Reverend Brigid Beckman as our Senior Minister at Unity of Albany on Sunday, May 1st at our 10:00 AM Sunday service! And what a joyful celebration it was! Even the Daily Word chimed in with just the right message: “Joy! – I…
Unity acknowledges a painful past of systemic racism and works toward fully embracing the practices of love, oneness, and unity that are at the heart and soul of our Unity teachings.
A PROPOSAL FROM STEVE Adapted with permission from the Lombard Mennonite Peace Center Our Unity Board is is giving consideration to adopting this document as a policy for our ministry. We invite you to read it and take it in. It’s very much a call to deepen our consciousness both as individuals and as a…
UNITY CHURCH IN ALBANY HISTORICAL TIMELINE Unity Church in Albany: Founded on Prayer Consciousness; Sustained by Prosperity Consciousness One of the first things taught to candidates for Church membership is the tale of how the Unity movement was founded by Myrtle and Charles Fillmore. Similarly Unity Church in Albany also was founded by two individuals.…
by Rev. Steve Colladay Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King said, “We are challenged to rise above the narrow confines of our individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. …Through our scientific genius we have made of the world a neighborhood, now through our moral and spiritual genius we must make of it a…
In line with our current Membership Class, and as a reminder to all of us who attend Unity, here are Unity’s most essential beliefs and teachings. Unity is a positive, practical, progressive approach to Christianity based on the teachings of Jesus and the power of prayer. Unity honors the universal truths in all religions and…
from the writings of Myrtle Fillmore, Co-Founder of Unity An excerpt from a letter Myrtle wrote to a friend whose mother had recently died. I was once an emaciated little woman, upon whom relatives and doctors had placed the stamp “T.B.” [tuberculosis]. And this was only one of the ailments–there were others considered beyond help,…
by Heather Diddel Hello, dear Unity family— I MISS you all! I am writing this little love note to you right after participating in the Thursday morning Chaplain’s zoom call. We had people on zoom and on the phone. It was wonderful to see familiar faces and hear familiar voices. We talked about everything from…
Dear Unity Family, This letter is an update of things that are going on at Unity. First of all, THANK YOU to all that serve in the many ministries of our community. You are strength of Unity, you keep Unity vibrant, loving and strong. We love you madly!!! And thank you to all that came…