Unity of Ames's Podcast

Welcome back to Jonas Magram! How delightful it is to have Jonas back. Today's lesson from Jonas was entitled "In All Things, Give Thanks".

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We have been blessed once again with Lauri Boyd's presence.

Lauri's lesson was entitled "Remember The Sabbath" 

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Also today Juliann recited an original poem written by her entitled "Remember the Sabbath and Keep It Holy".

Well folks, Seth was back today! Always a great lesson and today's was no different. His lesson was entitled "Powerfully Directed Emotions".

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Chris Foster was here today with a great message! Make sure you listen to that! Oh, don't forget to pay close attention to Chris's music. What a treat!

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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.

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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!

Welcome back, everybody, to the Unity Church of Ames! We're glad you're here!

Jo Schechinger gave us a wonderful lesson entitled "Service - The Rent You Pay To Be On This Earth". Oh my, Jo did a wonderful job!

We have had so many wonderful speakers in our CommUnity the past few months - both from within our Church and from the outside - it's just been delightful!

Remember - Let Your Spirit Soar!

Also, don't forget, your comments are always welcome....

Today we had a very special guest...  Terry Murray.

Terry is a student at Unity Village. Her goal is to become a Unity Minister. Terry's lesson, presence, attitude and laughter all earned her an A+ from the Unity Church of Ames folks.

Thank you Terry.

Clark has composed a third music line for our Unity Blessing. It was unveiled this morning. Putting our Blessing to music really enhances the giving and receiving of the Blessing. Thank you Clark! 

Let Your Spirit Soar!

Don't forget - your comments are always welcome........

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. - Jewish proverb

What a Mother's Day treat today! Our guest today was Chris Foster.

Chris today sang several original songs and did a wonderful lesson on "A Commitment to Motherhood". Wait 'till you hear this!

And today's picture shows Michelle and a card that one of her daughters drew and another daughter gave to MOM. I hope you can see the picture. It says Mommy and has hearts all over it. The drawing looks just like Michelle!

Let Your Spirit Soar!  And don't forget, your comments are always welcome.

Today's lesson, "I Honor You As My Teacher" was given by Teresa P

We sang a lot of great songs including Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah !

Today's photo courtesy of and copywrited by Alyson P..........

And don't forget, your comments are always welcome

Good Morning and Happy Easter. Welcome to a season of new life.

I am finally getting the Easter podcast posted. What a great Easter service. We all participated in Clark's Easter Readers Theater. We all had a wonderful time and I hope you will too listening to it.

 Photo courtesy of Alyson P...........

Like the spring bird in this picture, we are back with all of our beautiful colors showing.

Today Scott Kalberer led us with a lesson on Mary, the Mother of Jesus. This is a very interesting metaphysical lesson - well worth listening to!

We are letting our spirits soar!

Copywrited photo courtesy of Alyson P.

Welcome back to The Unity Church of Ames podcast after a couple of months off.

Like a butterfly, we are emerging and learning............

Copywrited photo courtesy of Alyson P.

Here we are again - another great Sunday morning at the Unity Church of Ames. What a wonderful experience it is to join our commUnity members each Sunday!

And today was Pot-Luck Sunday. Lot's of good eats...

We're glad you're here!

Photo complments of and copywritten by Alyson Propes

Today's service was just a little different than most Sundays. The service was shortened a little because the annual meeting was held afterwards. There was still a lot to listen to at the service so I would suggest that you call up the audio and give a listen. I do not have the annual meeting audio on the podcast. I will have it available to members of the Unity Church of Ames if you would like a copy of it.

Let Your Spirit Soar!

Photo compliments of and copywritten by Alyson Propes

Today was a brutal day for weather. Seems like everything was called off today, so we called off the service at the Unity Church of Ames. We made an attempt to call everyone, but missed a couple. One person we missed was Scott. You can see Scott in this picture actually looking for the church! "It's under that pile Scott!"

You can also hear Scott singing if you tune in to the audio portion of the podcast.

LET YOUR SPIRIT SOAR and we'll see ya next week..........

There is no podcast for today as your humble podcaster was not in church today. I'll bet that, as usual, it was a GREAT service!

I have put a short selection from Will Tuttle on the audio part of the podcast for two reasons. Number one because it's beautiful music, and two, because you have to have something in the audio portion in order to post the podcast.

The picture I have included is compliments of Alyson Propes. Let go of the negativity of 2008 and have a GREAT 2009.

See ya and      LET YOUR SPIRIT SOAR!

Welcome to the Unity Church of Ames Iowa

Today the kids of our commUnity were introduced. Those who were there were brought up and given presents. It was a great service hearing about and seeing the kids.

Merry Christmas to all...................

                                     It was a strange morning for weather! When we came to church, it was about 45 degrees. The temperature dropped suddenly at about 10 am to about 25 degrees and got windy. That was strange.

But there was nothing strange about our service today. It was just great to have Joy read the Daily Word this morning. She reminded us, when someone remarked that the sun was not shining, that it was still shining above the clouds!

Please tune in to our PodCast. You'll really enjoy it. Sally C has a great lesson and there is a lot of music!

Today's picture is courtesy of Alyson Propes. She calls it Winter Tree.

Welcome to the Second Sunday of Advent at The Unity Church of Ames!

We're so glad you could join us today........

LET YOUR SPIRIT SOAR!

Welcome home to the Unity Church of Ames.

This is the last day and last Sunday in November. Please join us in this Sunday's activities.

We are glad that you took the time to listen to our podcast.

LET YOUR SPIRIT SOAR!

Today's photo is courtesy of Alyson Propes.........