Unity’s Spring Fashion Boutique is April 25-26! Come spruce up your spring and summer wardrobe. This sale includes gently used spring and summer clothes, shoes and accessories.
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Sue is retiring and we will be celebrating her on May 10th.
Sue Baggett-Day attended Unity of Springfield for the first time 37 years ago. She has been the Spiritual Leader for the past 20 years. Sue has impacted so many lives over the years and we want to celebrate her BIG! She will be greatly missed, but we are so happy for her. Please join us on May 10th, from 4-7 pm to celebrate Sue! This is a come and go event with light refreshments and cake. If you would like to donate to Sue’s party and gift, please click on the donate button above. Make sure you put “Sue” in the comment box.
Join us as we come together on Christmas Day for our annual potluck. Everyone is invited to bring a dish and share in a wonderful meal and conversation as we celebrate Christmas together. The turkey and ham will be provided. If you can’t bring a side dish to share, please don’t let that stop you from coming. There is always lots of good food and wonderful fellowship. Please call the church if you have any questions at 417-887-2214.
Join us for a transformative experience at our treasure mapping workshop led by Sue Baggett-Day, Minister at Unity of Springfield.
A treasure map, also known as a vision board, is a physical representation of your goals. It’s a collage of images and text that acts as a reminder of what you want to accomplish, and how you will do it. It intensifies the effects of visualization – a technique which acts on your subconscious mind to motivate and encourage you toward reaching those goals.
When you set an important goal, have you ever closed your eyes and imagined you have achieved that goal? You can feel it and clearly see every detail. But maybe it takes a lot of effort to recreate your visualization when you need inspiration. Treasure mapping is a tool to remind you what you’re working toward and keep you motivated. You’ve probably seen treasure maps in movies or games. This treasure map won’t show you how to find a buried treasure. Instead, your map will point the way to a goal you want to achieve.
This map is a physical representation of how you’ll achieve your goal. By creating and focusing on the steps you need to take, you can build confidence and belief in your own abilities to sachieve what you set out to do.
How Do I Use a Treasure Map?
Use your treasure map as a source of inspiration. Take a few minutes every day to focus on it. Reflect on what successes you’ve already had, and think about how you’ll reach the next milestone in your journey.
You may also find yourself thinking fresh thoughts about your goals, and looking at them from new angles. For example, if you’re visualizing a promotion, you might develop new insights into your current role and responsibilities.
Treasure mapping is a powerful technique for motivation and self-confidence.
Here are a few possible ideas for treasure maps to stimulate your imagination:
Health
Show yourself radiantly healthy, active, beautiful, participating in whatever activities would indicate perfect health.
Weight or Physical Condition
Show yourself with your perfect body, feeling wonderful about yourself (cut a picture from a magazine that looks like you would look in your perfect condition, and paste a photo of your head on the body!). You can make statements with balloons around them coming out of your mouth like in cartoons, to indicate how you are feeling, such as, “I feel wonderful and look fantastic now that I weigh 125 pounds, and am in great physical condition.”
Self-Image and Beauty
Show yourself as you want to feel about yourself… beautiful, relaxed, enjoying life, warm and loving. Include words and symbols that represent these qualities to you.
Relationships
Put photos of yourself and your friend, lover, husband, wife, family member, or co-worker in your treasure map, with pictures, symbols, and affirmations showing that you are happy, loving, communicating, enjoying a deep, wonderful sexual relationship, or whatever is appropriate and desirable for that relationship.
If you are looking for a new relationship, find pictures and words that represent qualities you desire in the person and the relationship; show yourself with the ideal person for you.
Job or Career
Show yourself doing what you really want to do, with interesting, agreeable co-workers, earning plenty of money (be specific about how much you want), in the location you desire, and any other pertinent details.
Creativity
Use symbols, colors, and pictures that indicate your creativity is really opening up. Show yourself doing and manifesting creative, beautiful, interesting things and feeling great about them.
Family and Friends
Show members of your family or friends in totally harmonious, loving relationships with you and each other.
Travel
Show yourself wherever you want to be, with plenty of time and money to enjoy your location.
As the year draws to a close, Unity of Springfield invites you to join us for our reflective Burning Bowl Ceremony. This powerful tradition allows us to release the old and make room for new blessings and experiences in the coming year.
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Embrace the transformative power of release at our Annual Burning Bowl Ceremony.
As we bid farewell to the year, gather with us in a moment of contemplation and intention-setting. This sacred ceremony offers you the space to let go of what no longer serves you, creating a clear path for your aspirations and dreams for 2025.
Write down the thoughts, habits, or memories you wish to release on a piece of paper and watch as they dissolve away. Let this act symbolize the end of one chapter and the beautiful beginning of another.
Together, we’ll ignite the promise of tomorrow with clarity and purpose.
It’s time for our Fall Fun-Raiser. Join us at our “Falling for Unity” dinner on Nov 9th from 5-8 PM. Inside there will be live music, silent auction, food and drinks. Outside there will be a bonfire and s’mores. Tickets are $20 and this includes dinner, s’mores and 2 drinks. Food items include chilli, pulled pork, desserts and more.
Join us each Thursday morning at 9 AM for chair yoga. This is a gently combination of stretching, exercise and yoga.
What Is Chair Yoga?
Chair yoga, a gentle form of yoga that’s done while seated or using a chair for balance, makes the practice more accessible. In chair yoga, it’s possible to move into poses like cat/cow, warrior, sun salutations and forward folds, all while seated.
Whether yoga is done in a chair or on the mat, the practice still focuses on the same core principles: focusing on your breath, paying attention to your thoughts, and staying in the moment.
The Benefits of Chair Yoga
Research shows yoga is linked to decreased levels of stress, anxiety, and depression, lowered cholesterol and blood pressure, improved energy, better sleep quality, less pain, and reduced body mass index. Matt Minard PT, DPT, physical therapist with Atrium Health in Charlotte, NC, believes those benefits extend to chair yoga.
Chair yoga is also a good, safe workout for beginners.