Tuesday Classes

Reiki Share

Tuesday, September 7 and
Tuesday, October 5
(First Tuesday of each month)
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum per session
Guided by Reiki Master / Teacher Kathy Flanigan.

This monthly gathering is an opportunity for Reiki practitioners and Reiki I graduates to practice giving and receiving Reiki treatments. Students of this healing art use this ongoing forum to ask questions, practice and gain experience.

About the facilitator: Kathy is a Reiki Master Teacher.
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The Power of the Present Moment

Tuesday, September 14
7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitator: Michelle Abraham
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum
Discover the importance of living in the present, and learn tools to help you live true to who you are in this very moment.  Learn how different elements of scriptures can be applied to staying present  in your life today ... and discover firsthand how being fully in the moment can enhance peace and well-being, and help you break free from your “stories.”

About the facilitator: Michelle has been a Transforma-tional Life Coach and inspirational speaker since 1993 Her personal life mission is to create an awareness that empowers individuals to claim their greatness by staying in the moment.  Since becoming a member of Unity of Phoenix in 2003, she has served in many volunteer positions; usher/greeter, Prayer Chaplain, courtyard volunteer and, most recently, in the Spiritual Education department.
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‘Evolving Consciously’ Series, Part 1 of 2:
Appreciating Your Body as a Spiritual Feedback System

4-Week Class
Tuesdays, September 14-October 5
7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitator: Rev. Mark Fisk
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum per session

Our physical vehicle carries us through every moment of our human/spiritual journey, yet few of us understand how bodies affect, reflect and mediate every experience.  This series will explore how we physically hold thoughts, feelings, energies, priorities and tensions which conflict with each other and the Higher Truth of our Being. We’ll sort through contradictory religious teachings about our physical form, and introduce spiritual practices to navigate what our bodies reveal.  Topics will include mind-body links, fight-flight dynamics, muscle testing and nerve balancing.

About the facilitator: Rev. Mark Fisk is an ordained Unity teen minister, long-time Licensed Unity Teacher and spiritual coach. He has served as a Family Ministry consultant for Southwest Unity Region since 1996.  He began volunteering at Unity of Phoenix in 1995 and has been mentoring our teens ever since. As a licensed Unity Teacher, he has also facilitated many classes and workshops.
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A Night of Transformation

Tuesday, Sept. 21
7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitator: don Jose Ruiz
Suggested Love Offering: $20

Join don Jose Ruiz in this journey to self-discovery.  By deepening awareness to the power of self, we are reminded of the greatest gift we can give  ourselves: the freedom to be who we are.  We are all messengers and we all have a message to deliver.  The question becomes, what is the message that we are creating? What kind of messenger are you?  Are you delivering an authentic message, or are you continuing to spread a message full of gossip and lies?

don Miguel Ruiz collaborated with don Jose on The Fifth Agreement: A Practical Guide to Self Mastery. This captivating book expands upon The Four Agreements with a powerful new agreement: Be skeptical, but learn to listen.  The Fifth Agreement prepares us to live our lives based on truth, which leads to self-mastery, to a life that’s very easy ... while believing in lies leads to needless conflict and human suffering. As messengers of truth, we are free to express ourselves and can live a life without fear, regret, or shame.

About the facilitator: don Jose Ruiz was born and raised in Mexico, and at the age of 21, he came to the United States to live and study with his father, don Miguel Ruiz. don Jose lectures widely across the United States and at sacred sites around the world.
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4T Prosperity Program

The Tithing of Time, Talent and Treasure
Tuesdays, September 21-December 7
7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitated by Rev. Kim O’Connor
Financial tithing is a requirement
This class can be taken for SEE Credit

Do you want to experience more abundance in your life?  This program will guide you through the spiritual work needed to make that a reality!  The powerful 4T Prosperity Program is a 12-week spiritual process that demonstrates how the Tithing of Time, Talents and Treasure can create prosperity and fullness of life.  This amazing program will help you release the old beliefs and limiting thoughts that block the flow of good, and implement the spiritual practices that increase the flow of good in every area of your life.

The 4T Prosperity Program will teach you to give without fear, and receive without limit.  It will teach you how to give with faith, and receive with joy.  Please join us for this amazing 12-week program  that will help you learn how to increase your abundance! The cost of materials — which includes a textbook and set of CDs or tapes — is $50 (available at the first class).

About the facilitator: Rev. Kim O’Connor is an Ordained Unity Minster and a graduate of the Ministerial Education Program at the Unity Institute.  She has worked as a Hospices Chaplain, Minister of Pastoral Care Minister at Unity of Sun City and Director of Pastoral Care Services at Unity Center of Hope.  Currently she serves as guest speaker, teacher, and workshop presenter at various Unity Churches throughout the region.
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The Christ in the Bible

5-Week Class
Tuesdays, September 28-October 26
7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitator: Rev. Jimmie Scott
Suggested Love Offering:
$10 minimum per session
This class can be taken for SEE Credit

Learn how Old Testament messianic prophecy and New Testament accounts of the life and ministry of Jesus tell not only the story of Christ in history, but of Christ awakening in every soul. The central focus of the course will be the Gospel of John.   Required books: Bible (NSRV preferred).  Optional Materials: Meta-physical Bible Dictionary; and Revealing Word by Charles Fillmore.  (Note that these are reference resources that are used in all Unity Bible interpretation classes.)

About the facilitator: Rev. Jimmie has served as a Unity minister since 1985.  He has also served as the Chaplain at Unity Institute, and as Chairman of the Executive Board of the Association of Unity Churches International.  While serving in that capacity, he ordained our own Rev. Maraj!
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Levels of Attachment

Tuesday, October 5
7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitator: don Miguel Ruiz, Jr.
Suggested Love Offering: $20

In order to transform your life into a perfect work of art, you need to be able to let go of the attachments that keep you from achieving your own authenticity. Join don Miguel, son of don Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements, for a discussion of these attachments that can blind you to seeing life as it is, distorting and filtering the information you perceive.

Before you can let go of your attachments, you must first be aware of them and realize to what level you have invested your own sense of self in them.  With awareness, you can choose to continue in that level or decide to shift into the life you want ... and experience your life as a work of art, as the difference between “I have to” and “I want to.”

About the facilitator: From the age of 14, don Miguel, Jr. became an apprentice of his father, Toltec shaman Don Miguel Ruiz, and his grandmother, a powerful curandera (healer). As the eldest of three sons, don Miguel Jr. was called upon to translate his grandmother’s lectures and prayers from Spanish to English. Through the
constant repetition of her words, and by witnessing her ability to heal others both physically and spiritually, he came to a deep understanding of the power of faith.
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‘Evolving Consciously’ Series, Part 2 of 2:
Awakening Myths We Try to Live By

4-Week Class
Tuesdays, October 12-November 2
7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitator: Rev. Mark Fisk
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum per session

We all believe in things that are not true.  Alongside the highest teachings, we’ve each acquired subtle fears, confusions, shames and myths in our lifetime of experiences.  Myrtle Fillmore reminds us that part of the path to spiritually awakening is discovering within us “that which does not chord with Truth.”

This series will teach techniques to recognize and transform the distorted beliefs we live by.  While attending the first part of this series, “Your Body as a Spiritual Feedback System,” is not required, this class will draw on some of the concepts and practices taught in that class.

Recommended book:  Putting on the Mind of Christ by Jim Marion.
About the facilitator: See Rev. Mark’s biography above.
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A Journey Inward: Walking the Labyrinth

Tuesday, October 19
7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitators: Jeff Pudwill and Colleen Grace
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum

After several hundred years of essentially being forgotten, the archetype or divine imprint of the labyrinth has returned.  The simple act of walking this sacred path invites us to return to our center, to open our imagination and our creativity and the potential of transforming our soul.  

In this class we will explore the history of the labyrinth; basic approachs to the labyrinth; and the labyrinth as a reflection of ourselves and our world. Each participant will learn how to create their own labyrinth and we will close by walking this sacred path together.
About the facilitators: Jeff is a long-time Unity member, volunteer and, most recently, facilitator of the 4T Prosper-ity Program. As a professional leadership development trainer, Jeff creates a powerful, fun and informational atmosphere for anyone to enjoy.

About the facilitator: Colleen Grace is a Registered Nurse with a Masters Degree in Spiritual Psychology and is a Fellow in the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music.  She is currently involved in Consciousness Awareness Studies and Alternative Healing Techniques and conducts private healing sessions.
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Thursday Classes

‘Ask Yourself This’
Based on the Book by Wendy Craig-Purcell

Thursdays, September 2-30
7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitator: Mary Dunn
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum

During this inspirational class, you’ll have the opportunity to engage in discussions based on the book, Ask Yourself This, that will open your heart, expand your mind and awaken your soul.

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Saturday Classes

Beginning/Intermediate Yoga

Saturdays (Ongoing)
9:30 to 11 a.m.
Facilitator: Sally Jo Bannow
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum per session

Each class begins with a teaching to illustrate a diff erent yogic principal, which is then applied to the yoga postures for the day. We will practice yogic principles to fi nd greater stillness and contentment ... and use our postures as a metaphor for fi nding stillness in all of life’s day-to-day situations. (Please bring your own mat.)

About the facilitator: Sally Jo is a certified Yoga Instructor and well-known congregant and musical guest artist at Unity of Phoenix.
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Emotional Intelligence- Taking Control of Your Life

TRAVEL ALERT: Award-winning author Dean Van Leuven is traveling here from Oregon!

Saturday, August 28
11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Facilitator: Dean Van Leuven
Suggested Love Offering: $30 minimum

Without inner peace, it isn’t possible to fully experience genuine love, joy, calmness and happiness. Learn to understand and take control of your own emotions so that you can create the life experience you desire. It is possible to live without anger and stress at home, school, in the workplace and within all your relationships. Learn how to use this process for incorporating the principles of New Thought into your life and take control of your own health and happiness.

About the facilitator: Dr. Dean Van Leuven is an award-winning author of Life Without Anger and founder of World Emotional Literacy League. As a retired City Judge and former Air Force Captain and Aircraft Commander, Dean developed a keen interest in anger issues and began his passion for personal growth.
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Science and Spirituality: Claiming Your Divine Lineage

TRAVEL ALERT: Renowned medical physicist Dr. Padikal is coming to us from Pennsylvania!

Saturday, September 11
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Facilitator: Thomas Padikal, Ph.D.
Suggested Love Offering: $30

For years, different factions have argued that science and spirituality are mutually exclusive ... that we must choose only one to “believe” because it is impossible to marry the foundational tenets of each.  During this empowering, experiential workshop, Dr. Padikal will demonstrate how you can bring science and spirituality together to increase your awakening, growth and spiritual development ... with life-altering results.  You will participate in a number of exercises that will unlock your capacity to generate optimal health, functionality and well-being. The degree of success you have depends on your participation ... so come ready to participate fully!

About the facilitator:  A Medical Physicist specializing in Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Dr. Padikal has participated in the treatment of over 20,000 cancer patients. He is also a teacher, author, international speaker, and a Diplomat of the American Board of Radiology, and is also an active Energy Medicine Practitioner at the Center for Vitality in Philadelphia.
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Connecting as a Couple

2-Week Class
Two Saturdays: September 18 and 25
9 to 11 a.m.
Facilitators: Mark and Lisa Salazar
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum per session

This workshop is open to couples who are interested in improving the quality of their relationship. Whether your relationship is new or you have been together forever, this class will provide skills and experiences that will help partners share open and honest communication; experience a deeper, more spiritual connection; be more supportive of each other as individuals; resolve relationship conflicts or difficulties in a loving way; and become best friends.

About the facilitators: Mark and Lisa Salazar have been married 15 years, have two daughters, and are active members who have attended Unity for over five years. Lisa volunteers for the Hospitality Team and Mark is a Chaplain Emeritus and Y.O.U. sponsor. Mark has also been a spiritual teacher in Phoenix for over six years.
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Are You ‘Being’ the Partner
You Want to be With?

Saturday, October 2
9 a.m. to Noon
Facilitator: Victoria Benoit
Suggested Love Offering: $20 minimum

We all have our “lists” about what we want in a partner ... but do we, ourselves, bring to the relationship the very things we are seeking?

During this insightful class, you will complete a “Relation-ship Repatterning” exercise to identify and clear hurts from previous relationships that are being either projected into your current relationship — preventing it from being all it can be — OR that are preventing you from having the relationship you desire.  You will also explore the qualities that your parents brought to their relationship, which may also be preventing you from having the relationship you know is possible.  This class will help you put the past in the past — where it belongs  — so you can have more space to create the partnership you want.  Come join the fun!

About the facilitator: Victoria completed her Master in Counseling degree in 1993. Upon learning about Resonance Repatterning, she began studying under Chloe Faith Wordsworth. Utilizing this unique approach to physical, emotional and mental wellness, Victoria knew she had found her life’s work.
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12 Steps for Everyone

Saturday, October 9
9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Facilitator: Rev. Michael J. Brooks
Suggested Love Offering: $30 minimum

We all know someone who is in need of forgiveness and recovery.  Learn how to better understand yourself and others through acceptance, forgiveness and the practical application of spiritual truths. In addition, you will participate in “Mind-Full Meal” time.  Please bring a brown bag lunch.

About the facilitator: Ordained Unity Minister Rev. Michael Brooks comes to us from Unity of the White Mountains. He is an agent for positive change in the Unity movement and a member in good standing of the fellowship of AA. For the past 23 years, Michael has worked with scores of people in recovery and is willing to share what he has learned from them, and how recovery principles can apply to everyone.
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Emotional Clearing and Enlightenment

Saturday, October 16
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Facilitator: Gary Springfield
Suggested Love Offering: $20 minimum

Consciousness and spiritual awareness are expanding very rapidly on the planet, and this new energy is creating tremendous opportunity for manifesting even more love, prosperity, health and joy.  When we consciously co-create with these energies, life flows beautifully and effortlessly.  When we are out of sync with these energies, we feel out of balance, cranky and generally beaten up ... NO FUN!

This workshop will teach you the Golden Light Meditation and provide simple tools and techniques to release emotions of fear, judgment, frustration, addictions and anger which allows healing and transformation to take place.  The power of a dynamic spiritual group working in co-creation will intentionally be harnessed in order to create lasting transformation.

About the facilitator: Gary Springfield is a Gifted Teacher, Intuitive and Visionary. He teaches how to create balance in our lives during hectic times by grounding and opening ourselves to the Golden Healing Light. Gary has over 25 years of research into the higher consciousness and the perfecting of spiritual harmony. Through his reading of auras, workshops and lectures, he has proven the dedication of his healing and teaching ministry in assisting others on their personal journey towards enlightenment.
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Reiki Workshop I & II:
Learn How to Open Yourself to the Healing Energy of Spirit

3-Week Class
Saturdays, October 23-November 13
No Class November 6
9 a.m. to Noon
Facilitator: Kathy Flanigan
Suggested Love Offering: $20 minimum per session

Learn how Reiki opens the healer to allow the energy of Spirit to move through them.  Reiki is a laying on of hands, touch healing system of incomparable ease and power. It is a part of every one of us.  During the class, you will learn how to open yourself up to that power.

Recommended reading for the class is Essential Reiki.
About the facilitator: Kathy is a Reiki Master/Teacher.
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Difficult Conversations: How to
Communicate What Matters Most

Saturday, October 30
9 a.m. to Noon
Facilitator: Steven Connor
Suggested Love Offering: $20 minimum

There will always be differences of opinions in every relationship, whether it involves friends, lovers, children or spouses.  Discover the insightful advantages that empower you to engage in difficult conversation — anything that we typically don’t want to talk about — without fear of the consequences.  Our relationships involve three levels of awareness: first, knowing who you are; second, knowing who the other person is; and third, understanding how the two of you can happily co-exist.

Steven will demonstrate how the Enneagram is an invaluable tool to strengthen interpersonal relationship and developing healthy communication with all the important people in your life.

About the facilitator: Steven Connor is an author and Transformational Life Coach. He delivers messages that touch the hearts and soul of both women and men, regardless of culture, age or previous life experience.
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Healing Grief Workshop-The Journey of Grief; the Path of Healing

Saturdays, Sept. 11-October 23
1 to 3 p.m.
Facilitator: Joan Bacchus

This seven-week class offers spiritual support and bereavement education for people who are experiencing grief from personal loss. Reservations are required, and only 12 participants will be accepted. For more information, please contact Rev. JImmie Scott in the Pastoral Care Department at 602.978.3200.

Sunday Workshop

Rev. Lynne Brown

The Power of Prayer in Your Life and in the World
Sunday, September 26 
1 to 3 p.m.
Unity of Phoenix Sanctuary
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum donation to Silent Unity

This workshop will guide participants in how to pray affirmatively, establish a life of prayer, and experience the oneness of all life.

About Lynne: Lynne is an ordained Unity minister and serves as vice president of Silent Unity, Unity’s prayer ministry. Silent Unity is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and receives two million prayer requests each year. Lynne has served Unity in various capacities for 30 years, including a position on the Board of Trustees for two years.