Unity of Ames's Podcast

Today we had a very interesting guest speaker. Seth Braun's Truth Lesson was " Health & Spirit: Embodying Truth, Expressing Potential". Seth is a very enthusiastic, energetic and funny guy. Actually, that's what his talk was about - Health & Spirit. Seth has that! He is now living in Fairfield Iowa with his wife and two children. We are fortunate that Seth will be visiting us again October 25, 2009. If you like what you hear on this podcast, you'll want to put Oct 25 on your calendar!

Seth also did a workshop after our service.

Please listen to Seth's meditation and Truth Lesson. You're gonna like it.

Chris Truckenmiller and Caleb Woodley provided the music.

Take a look at Alyson P's. picture. It reminds me of the Wizard of Oz and the saying out of the movie "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." Well, that's how today's service was, we had a feeling we weren't in Iowa anymore.

Claire put on a wonderful puppet show this morning. The puppet stars were Ella and Henry, Stripes, Gussie, Sissy, Suzie and Sassy, and a shadow puppet show. You do miss something by not seeing the puppets, but let your imagination go and enjoy the "puppets" in your mind. And if you did see the show, relive the great show.

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to Jonas Magram and his dog, Bruiser! It's only been a few weeks since Jonas and Sandy have been here. Sandy couldn't make it today. Jonas has started a multi week tour today and is being accompanied by Bruiser.

Jonas's lesson today was entitled "Freedom from Conflict". What a joy and a real treat to have Jonas with us. And guess what?! He'll be back in November. Lucky us. If you can't make it to the Church, tune in to this Podcast!

Please visit Jonas's website     http://www.jonas-magram-music.com/  You'll love the CDs, so just go ahead and purchase one.

Once again, special thanks to Chris Truckenmiller for the wonderful piano music.

We're back! And feeling GREAT! Because this week we have Diana Kennedy with us.

Diana spoke with us about "True Abundance". Very interesting Truth Lesson for today.

My apologies to you gentle listeners. My battery ran out right after Diana's talk on abundance. Fortunately we are able to hear Diana's meditation and Truth Lesson.

Thanks again to Chris Truckenmiller for the wonderful piano music.

Again, today's photograph courtesy and copyrighted by Alyson P. 

Welcome folks to the Unity Church of Ames Podcast. Your faithful podcaster is back. Okay, not so faithful. It's been a while since I posted a podcast. But here we go..................

Today's hour at our Unity Church was absolutely delightful. We were honored and privileged to have back Amy and Adams. You won't be disappointed listening to this hour.

Please check out their website    http://www.amyandadams.com/

Mark Adams-Westin did the lesson this morning entitled "When Faith Doesn't Come Easily"

Today's photograph copyrighted and courtsey of Alyson P.

And don't forget, your comments about the Podcast are always welcome.

Mary Cochran brought us a very interesting lesson today. She has been studying a book entitled "The Lost Gospel: The Book of Q and Christian Origins" by Burton L. Mack. It's an intriguing study of the life and times of Jesus, and the times before and after. Mary opened with a brief discussion of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and who the authors were. Then Mary went into the political history of the area north and south of Galilee during about the 100 years before Jesus's birth. Mary could have gone on for hours, but she definitly has us all thinking about the history. I know I'll be reading more about the Gospel of Q!

We are blessed again with our music played by Chris and Caleb. And an extra special treat with a song sung by Caleb! 

And today we celebrated the 16th birthday of the Unity Church of Ames.

Today's photo is copywritten and courtesy of Alyson P.

Remember, your comments are always welcome. Otherwise, how will I know how I'm doing as the podcaster and how will I know you are tuning in?

Welcome - Welcome - Welcome!

Our guest speaker today was Brad Freihoefer. Brad works for Iowa State University primarily with LGBT groups and individuals. Don't know what that is? Then you need to tune in to our Podcast for today.

Brad is quite an accomplished speaker, very engaging and interesting!

You will enjoy Brad's talk today. Many thanks to Fred for setting this up for today.

And of course, a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to Brad.

LET YOUR SPIRIT SOAR!

We're Back........

A big welcome to our very special guest - Rachel Simpson. Rachel is a student at the Unity School of Christianity and blessed us with asking a series of provocative "what if" questions intended to help us re-think who we think we are, and remove whatever negative, self-handicapping limitations we may have - to wit...

-What if we didn't believe what others think of us?

-What if we didn't believe what we think of us?

-What if we give ourselves permission to goof up?

-What if we used "stumbling blocks" as "stepping stones"?      

Very thought provoking! Thank you Rachel for joining us today!       

Today's photo courtesy and copywrited by Alyson P.                   

Today was a very special day at the Unity Church of Ames for two reasons. Claire did the service today - that was special. And the service was our Pet Blessing.

Claire told the story about Ginger, a cat that was abandoned in a vacant lot. Ginger was rescued by a very special person. Claire talked about the things that Ginger was thinking and experiencing. Claire made it sound as though she was reading from a book. As it turns out, Ginger was... Well, you'll just have to listen to Claire on this podcast. It is worth it.

The photo is courtesy of Alyson P.

Remember, your comments are always welcome, even if it's only to say hello and that you stopped by our podcast.

Phil

WOW - What a Sunday we had today! Our special guest was Jonas Magram and his wife Sandra.

Jonas's lesson for today was called "How to Survive the Dissolution of Universe and Other Personal Crisis; Awakening to Our Eternal Nature"

Those of you who have experienced Jonas before know what a joy it was to have Jonas and Sandra with us.

We sing a song called "Welcome Song" by Volpe and Rowell. The last line is "You're not a stranger any more, now you're family". Jonas and Sandra are now part of the Unity Church of Ames family. We were all touched by Jonas's lesson, songs, laughter, spirituality, and on and on and on. Rumor has it that they may be back on August 2! Call the church for further updates.

Thank you Jonas and Sandra!