Services / Talk Titles & Lessons
Sunday Service & Youth Education begin at 10:30am
You will find the Sunday Service relaxing and welcoming to all, regardless of your religious background. During the service you will experience wonderful music, a guided meditation, and an inspiring 20-30 minute talk. Following the service, you can meet other friends of Unity in our Social Hall and enjoy some snacks and beverages. We hope you find a community here at Unity of Santa Rosa!
Prayer Circle: Join us for early-morning prayer and meditation before the Sunday Service. Sunday 9:40-10:00am in the Youth Ed Room.
Enjoy a sample of our Sunday Services with this video:
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Recent and Upcoming Lessons
May 5, Rev. Margie Brach
Lesson: Who Have We Come Here to Be?
Special Music: Maury & Cheri
Focusing on our purpose, as individuals and in spiritual community.
Rev. Margie served children and families in her law practice in California for 17 years before beginning her studies at Unity Village. After her ordination in 2006, she established an Alternative Ministry, Unity in Action, involving guest speaking, teaching and workshops at ministries throughout Northern California and in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and at Unity of New York. She served Unity Worldwide Ministries as the Director of Credentialing, overseeing ordination of new Unity Ministers, from 2007 to 2012. Her special passion is to empower young adults working toward Unity licensing or ordination.
May 12, Richard Southern, Ph.D.
Lesson: Let it Be: The Power of Nurturing and Nourishing
Special Music: Star Tom
Dr. Southern is a graduate of the University of Southern California and Claremont Graduate University. He has long had an interest in American religious history and contemporary spirituality. He is senior consultant for Church Development Systems, a religious non-profit, which has worked with more than a thousand spiritual communities committed to church growth and organizational clarity.
Dr. Southern is co-author with Robert Norton of two books published by Jossey-Bass/John Wiley: Cracking Your Congregation’s Code, and SoulTypes: Decode Your Spiritual DNA. He currently is working on a third book with Robert Cromey, SBNR–the Emerging Spiritual but not Religious Majority.
May 19, Rev. Bob Brach
Lesson: Speaking the Words of Prosperity
Special Music: Congregation
Using our power of the spoken and unspoken word to activate prosperity and abundance in our lives.
Rev. Bob was ordained in 2009 and was among the first group of Unity Institute’s graduates to earn a Masters in Divinity. He has been the Main Speaker at Unity of St. Joseph, MO while in ministerial school, and a regularly scheduled speaker at Unity churches in Warsaw, MO and Joplin, MO for the last 3 years. He hosts the Unity Online Radio Show, Unity Classic Radio: Words from Our Past, featuring unpublished talks and lessons of Unity’s co-founder, Charles Fillmore. He conducts SEE classes, Unity Basic Classes, and workshops on “The Rhetoric of Charles Fillmore”.
May 26, Rev. Alyzsa Van Til
Lesson: Love Your Enemies
Special Music: Andoni Panici
As well as honoring those who have given their lives for our freedom, let us also feel the calling to follow Jesus’ words: “Love your enemies” – the truth that will lead to peace in the world.
Rev. Alyzsa formerly taught Bible Interpretation at Unity Institute. She was Education Minister at Unity of Palo Alto and has served a number of Unity churches along the west coast. She is now a member at Unity of Santa Rosa where she speaks regularly and offers a variety of thought-provoking and heart-felt classes.
June 2, Allan Hardman
Lesson: Celebrating Our Divinity
Special Music: Narayan & Janet Baltzo
The most important thing we can do for ourselves is to recognize our divinity. To find balance in the world and our lives requires that we recognize and embrace all aspects of ourselves. The Divine Self resides in all of us — it is what unites us and breaks down the barriers of color, race, religion, and gender. Recognizing and celebrating our divinity is essential to living a loving spiritual life.
Allan Hardman’s background includes over twenty years as a practitioner and instructor of Alchemical Hypnotherapy and spiritual psychology, and a ten year personal apprenticeship with Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements and other books. He is a Toltec Master in that tradition and brings his wisdom of the Toltec path to his work with spiritual counseling and emotional healing. Allan is the author of The Everything Toltec Wisdom Book, and co-author of The Heart of Healing and Healing the Heart of the World, with Deepak Chopra, Dean Ornish, Caroline Myss, and others.
June 9, Richard Southern, Ph.D.
Lesson: Peace is Good for Your Health
Special Music: Congregation
Dr. Southern is a graduate of the University of Southern California and Claremont Graduate University. He has long had an interest in American religious history and contemporary spirituality. He is senior consultant for Church Development Systems, a religious non-profit, which has worked with more than a thousand spiritual communities committed to church growth and organizational clarity.
Dr. Southern is co-author with Robert Norton of two books published by Jossey-Bass/John Wiley: Cracking Your Congregation’s Code, and SoulTypes: Decode Your Spiritual DNA. He currently is working on a third book with Robert Cromey, SBNR–the Emerging Spiritual but not Religious Majority.
June 16, Rev. Margie Brach
Lesson: The Spirit of Love in Action
Special Music: Maury & Cheri
A focus on celebrating our Fathers and all who have shown us their love in wonderful, supportive ways.
Rev. Margie served children and families in her law practice in California for 17 years before beginning her studies at Unity Village. After her ordination in 2006, she established an Alternative Ministry, Unity in Action, involving guest speaking, teaching and workshops at ministries throughout Northern California and in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and at Unity of New York. She served Unity Worldwide Ministries as the Director of Credentialing, overseeing ordination of new Unity Ministers, from 2007 to 2012. Her special passion is to empower young adults working toward Unity licensing or ordination.
June 23, Rev. Alyzsa Van Til
Lesson: Relationships – with God, Myself and Others
Special Music: Amitabhan
In this month of weddings, you are invited to focus on relationships and what Jesus calls the greatest commandments: “Love God above all and your neighbor as yourself.”
Rev. Alyzsa formerly taught Bible Interpretation at Unity Institute. She was Education Minister at Unity of Palo Alto and has served a number of Unity churches along the west coast. She is now a member at Unity of Santa Rosa where she speaks regularly and offers a variety of thought-provoking and heart-felt classes.
June 30, Rev. Bob Brach
Lesson: Faith and the Power of Imagination
Special Music: Andoni Panici
Using the 3rd Unity Principle, this talk focuses on how we create our experience by the activity of our thinking.
Rev. Bob was ordained in 2009 and was among the first group of Unity Institute’s graduates to earn a Masters in Divinity. He has been the Main Speaker at Unity of St. Joseph, MO while in ministerial school, and a regularly scheduled speaker at Unity churches in Warsaw, MO and Joplin, MO for the last 3 years. He hosts the Unity Online Radio Show, Unity Classic Radio: Words from Our Past, featuring unpublished talks and lessons of Unity’s co-founder, Charles Fillmore. He conducts SEE classes, Unity Basic Classes, and workshops on “The Rhetoric of Charles Fillmore”.
