What do we mean when we say “community”? A few months ago, we got together at tables and discussed our new Mission statement: “We are a vibrant inclusive community for personal growing and joyful knowing of our oneness with Spirit and each other.” One of the prominent points that came out in all the discussions was that we love our Unity community. We come to church to experience that community. We feel the gap when we miss a Sunday and we come to the events and classes to get even more of it.
I have been reading a Jerry & Esther Hicks book. Esther / Abraham talks about contrast – the difference between what we want and what we see in front of us can help us focus on what we want. We know we want community. We now get to redefine how that community looks and functions. We love getting together. Rev. Kitty and the leadership teams are working out new ways to make that happen. We still have the livestream Sunday service. They are moving classes online where possible. They are setting up chats and other opportunities to continue to share our lives.
I am not much of an online person. I spend at least 40 hours a week on the computer and tend to find a paper book once I am off. Here’s where we apply one of those Unity in Naperville Core Values – open-mindedness (and some humor too). I must be willing to expand my knowledge and change a few habits to maintain that community I so love. The technology and I went a few rounds the last two Sundays. The lessons I learned last week when trying to view the livestream, only got me a few steps further this week. I keep missing half the meditation in the fight with the computer (hence the humor practice – the computer is still in one piece, so I am succeeding there anyway). I hope to get a do-over for the meditation on the YouTube viewing. There are lots of new videos to watch on that site. We, as a community, will keep growing and expanding our ways of experiencing our oneness with Spirit and each other.
