Spiritual Education Classes
Unity of Phoenix classes will deepen your spiritual
awareness, growth and practices, and help
you make new friends, have fun, and enjoy
the journey.
Tuesday Classes
The Practical Path to Prosperity: Becoming Prosperous Even When Starting from Scratch
4-Week Class
Tuesdays, June 8-June 29
7 to 8:30 p.m.
Facilitator: John Schroeder, Unity of Phoenix Executive Director
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum per session
This class is geared toward people who feel prosperity has always eluded them, but still believe it is their divine right. The class will answer questions about:
- Simple budgeting: concepts that allow you to enjoy your lifestyle and still save money
- Credit scores: what are they and how to repair your credit for free
- Investment guidelines: for the layman on as little as $25 per month
- The law of prosperity consciousness: Why prosperity is as assured as the law of gravity when we learn how the law works.
About the facilitator: Unity of Phoenix Executive Director John Schroeder is a twice-published author and extremely successful entrepreneur who has inspired many to look at their own lives from a new, more prosperous perspective. Through his personal prosperity stories and the lessons learned from them, John brings to life how a spiritual approach to prosperity offers practical ways to overcoming a “poverty-consciousness.”
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Dramatically Improve Your Relationships
and Communication Language!
Two Tuesdays:
June 22 and 29
7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitator: Steven Connor
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum
Using new techniques outlined in his upcoming book, Steven will introduce you to a renewed sense of personal awareness regarding your communication language. You will learn how to better understand and connect with your significant other, family and friends!
Using the Enneagram — one of the main tools used to help gain a deeper experience of who we are — you’ll explore how your specific personality type communicates, how your partner communicates and where the breakdowns occur. Many people have found it to be an invaluable means to bett er connect with selfawareness, intention and desired outcomes.
About the facilitator: Steven Connor is an author and Transformational Life Coach. He delivers messages that touch the heart and soul, regardless of gender, culture, age or previous life experience.
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Reiki Share
Tuesday, July 6 and
Tuesday, August 3
(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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Meditation Practices
5-Week Class
Tuesdays, July 6-August 3
7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitator: Rev. Kim O’Connor
Eligible for SEE Credit
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum per session
This class explores several different meditation practices. You will have an opportunity to experience each and discover the one(s) that work best for you. Required texts: Meditation for Dummies by Stephan Bodian and Dean Ornish, Second Book and CD edition.
About the facilitator: Rev. Kim O’Connor is an ordained Unity Minster and graduate of the Ministerial Education Program at the Unity Institute. She has worked as a Hospice 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.
Radical Honesty
Tuesday, July 6 • 7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitator: Chris Kennedy
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum
Come explore more deeply what Radical Honesty is all about as discussed in Brad Banton's well-known book by the same title. This class will provide an opportunity to both investigate and apply the powerful practices that Rev. Richard will speak about in his July 4 Sunday worship message, which will focus on Blanton’s book. Don't miss this chance to come together in a more intimate setting and practice being “radically honest” with yourself and others. In doing so, you will be able to experience the freedom it brings and establish deeper, more life-enriching relationships with yourself and others.
About the facilitator: Chris currently serves as Ministerial Associate at Unity of Phoenix. She is ordained as a New Thought Minister, but her passion for Unity has led her to pursue becoming a licensed and ordained Unity Minister, as well. Chris is passionate about her children and helping others realize greater Truth and freedom.
Intuition, Empathy and Insight: Let Your Spiritual Intelligence Be Your Guide
2-Week Class
Two Tuesdays: July 13 and July 27 • 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Facilitator: Mary Delaney
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum per session
Have you ever felt led or guided during a difficult time? Have you ever known something, trusted and acted on it, and wondered how you knew? Do you listen with your heart? Would you like to learn to be more in tune with your inner knowing? Mary will share how Spiritual Intelligence (intuition, empathy and insight) can facilitate healing and growing by utilizing your spiritual gifts in your daily life.
About the facilitator: Mary is a Psychotherapist with over 26 years in private practice. She is a practical intuitive who specializes in teaching clients how to listen to and apply their intuition and inner guidance. Mary conducts workshops on such topics as spiritual intelligence, and has taught classes at ASU.
‘The Hidden Messages in Water’
Tuesday, July 20 • 7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitator: Jeff Pudwill
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum
Come explore more deeply “The Hidden Messages in Water” based upon Masaru Emoto's famous book by the same title. This class will provide an opportunity to both investigate and apply the powerful practices that Rev. Richard will speak about in his July 18 Sunday worship message, which will focus on Emoto’s book. Don't miss this opportunity to come together in a smaller setting and put into action the spiritual practices we learn!
About the facilitator: Jeff is a long-time Unity member, volunteer and, most recently, teacher of the 4T Prosperity Program at Unity of Phoenix. As a professional leadership development trainer, Jeff creates a powerful, fun and informational atmosphere for anyone to enjoy.
Health and Healing: 5-Week Series
Tuesdays, August 3-31
Come to all of the classes in this five-week series,
or pick and choose which one(s) you want to
attend! Each class will focus on a specific way
to improve your health and lead a more vibrant,
energized and peaceful life!
Week #1: Rebuilding the
Four Pillars of Health
Tuesday, August 3 • 7 to 8:45 p.m.
Facilitator: Noelle Stanley
Suggested Love Offering: $10 min.
This class will focus on how to implement the proper use of the four fundamentals of health: healthy oils in the diet; increased fiber in the diet; creating good bacteria in the body and intestinal tract; and increased enzymes in the diet. Nicole will discuss the food sources of each pillar, and how having proper amounts of each in your daily diet will create a healthier body.
About the Facilitator: Noelle is a holistic nutrition educator and raw chef who is an expert in corporate wellness and health coaching. She was awarded the Wellness Corporate Coach of the Year for 2009.
Week #2: Stress Management/Healing
Exercises to Refresh Your Body, Mind
and Spirit
Tuesday, August 10 • 7 to 8:45 p.m.
Facilitator: Mary Delaney
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum
Learn the effects of shallow breathing and how the body responds to stress by initiating the “fight or flight” response. Experience a simple breathing exercise to break the “stress breathing habit” and help your body return to its natural breathing rhythm, as well as a guided muscle-by-muscle relaxation method designed to de-stress and relax the body, mind and spirit. About the facilitator: See Mary’s biography under the “Intuition, Empathy and Insight” class in the second column of this page.
Week #3: How to Gently Cleanse the Body
Tuesday, August 17 • 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Facilitator: Noelle Stanley
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum
Learn to understand the benefits of a gentle cleanse and the proper way to implement it safely to effect greater energy and better health. You’ll explore the three elements of cleansing: minimizing exposure to environmental toxins; building and replenishing the body’s supply of nutrients; and opening the body’s eliminationchannels to clear existing pollutions and toxins in the body.
About the facilitator: See Noelle’s biography under the “Rebuilding the Four Pillars of Health” class see above.
Week #4: Basic Diet Guidelines
for a Healthier, Trimmer You
Tuesday, August 24 • 7 to 8:45 p.m.
Facilitator: Noelle Stanley
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum
You’ll learn how to implement a healthier, well-balanced, nutrient-filled diet into your busy lifestyle. You will also explore the obstacles that might get in the way of healthy eating, and how to overcome them.
About the facilitator: See Noelle’s biography under the “Rebuilding the Four Pillars of Health” class see above.
Week #5: Shopping and Meal Planning Made Easy
Tuesday, August 31 • 7 to 8:45 p.m.
Facilitator: Noelle Stanley
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum
Learn how to create a shopping list for healthy staples that will make multiple meals! You’ll receive shopping lists, meal plans and recipes for a week of healthy, low fat planned eating ... on a budget!
About the facilitator: See Noelle’s biography under the “Rebuilding the Four Pillars of Health” class above.
Creative Process of the Bible
5-Week Class
Tuesdays, August 10-September 14
7 to 9 p.m.
(No class August 31)
Facilitator: Rev. Mark Fisk
Eligible for SEE Credit
Suggested Love Offering:
$10 minimum per session
Explore Unity's unique interpretation of the seven days of creation from the first chapter of Genesis in the Bible. Unity metaphysically interprets and uses the seven days of creation as a model for the creative process; learn to use these seven steps to create your own life.
Required texts: The New Interpreter's Study Bible, New Revised Standard Version with the Apocrypha; a journal for writing private responses to reflective questions; the Metaphysical Bible Dictionary and The Revealing Word by Charles Fillmore.
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.
Saturday Classes
Financial Abundance
Saturday, June 26
10 a.m. to Noon
Facilitator: Victoria Benoit
Suggested Love Offering:
$10 minimum
Money and its flow in your life are influenced by the messages you received growing up and by the generational patterns of your ancestors. You will do a Group Repatterning to clear those messages so money can flow easily and effortlessly your way. You will explore the clichés you have about money, such as “Money isn’t spiritual” or “There is only so much money to go around” or “Money destroys relationships.” Then you will learn a simple process and healing modalities that you can do at home to activate the vitality and power of who you are to manifest more money, success and happiness in your life.
About the facilitator: Victoria completed her Master in Counseling degree in 1993. Upon learning about Holographic 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.
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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Trust Your Vibes!
Saturday, July 10
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Facilitator: Sunny Dawn Johnston
Suggested Love Offering: $30 minimum
Everyone has an inner vibe. Most people ignore it, but it has a purpose! Your body is your best oracle. When you listen to your intuition and guidance, you can release negativity and fear. You will learn that developing your intuition gives you the opportunity to create a life of love that you may have only dreamed of ... all you need to do is listen!
About the facilitator: Sunny has become widely known and respected spiritual teacher. As a national speaker, Sunny's dynamic methods effectively reach out to help people to help themselves, and she has been featured on many local and national television and radio shows, including Coast to Coast with George Noory and Good Morning Arizona.
TRAVEL ALERT: Cynthia Williams is traveling here from Dewey to offer this special one-time class!
What Animals Teach Us
Saturday, July 24
9 to Noon
Facilitator: Cynthia Williams
Suggested Love Offering: $20 minimum
Explore animal communication and how you can better relate with your pets, other animals and yourself by connecting the dots between humans and animals. Learn how to transform your life by opening your heart and letting the light of love “overshadow” any fears you may have.
About the facilitator: Cynthia’s love of animals began 20 years ago as her experiences and trust in animals created positive effects in her life. She is the an author of The Eye of the Dolphin and currently swims with dolphins through Wild Dolphin Tours in the Sea of Cortez.
TRAVEL ALERT: James Twyman is traveling here from Oregon for this one-time event!
A Special Opportunity to Meet Best-Selling Author James Twyman, and Discuss His Upcoming Release, The Barn Dance
Saturday, July 31 • 10 a.m. to Noon
Facilitator: James Twyman
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum
On November 27, 2005, two men broke into Linda Twyman's apartment in Evanston, Illinois, and brutally ended her young life. More than three years later, guided by a series of visions and dreams, James Twyman was mystically drawn to a barn deep in the Nevada wilderness where Heaven and Earth collide and magic changes lives. His book, The Barn Dance, tells about his experience. Amazon.com says, “If you’ve ever wondered if we really can communicate with our loved ones who have passed to the other side, this book is your answer. Once you pick it up, you won’t want to put it down, and your life will never be the same.”
Get a FREE advance copy of The Barn Dance ...
Here’s How!!!!
James is generously offering 100 advance copies
of this book FREE to Unity of Phoenix. To get one,
all you have to do is promise to read it before
July 30 and then attend his July 31 event.
The books will be available mid-June. The July 31 session will be videotaped, so be sure to read the book so you can be an active participant in this morning of music, inspiration and conversation.
About the author: James has written 12 books, including Emissary of Light, Emissary of Love, The Art of Spiritual Peacemaking and, more recently, The Moses Code, The Kabbalah Code and The Proof. He has also produced or directed four films, including the award winning Indigo, and the film version of The Moses Code.
TRAVEL ALERT: The renowned Dr. Susan Shumsky is traveling here all the way from New York City to teach the following two classes!
Spiritual Healing and Self-Protection
Saturday, August 7 • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Facilitator: Dr. Susan Shumsky
Suggested Love Offering: $20 minimum
You’ll explore proven methods of spiritual healing that you can use to heal your mind, body, and emotions by learning and practicing:
- The Prayer of Protection (develop spiritual selfdefense
and experience the divine presence); - Thought-form healing (release negative thoughts
and emotions); and - Golden substance healing (fill your energy field
with divine light).
About the facilitator: Dr. Susan Shumsky is a best-selling author, spirituality expert, self-development pioneer, professional speaker, New Thought minister, and Doctor of Divinity. She has authored Divine Revelation, in continuous print with Simon & Schuster for 14 years, as well as the award-winning Miracle Prayer, Exploring Chakras and How to Hear the Voice of God, plus Exploring Meditation and Exploring Auras. Her latest book, Ascension, was a #1 Amazon.com bestseller.
How to Hear the Voice of God
Saturday, August 14 • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Facilitator: Dr. Susan Shumsky
Suggested Love Offering: $20 minimum
Deep within the heart of every soul is the desire to experience and communicate directly with God. In fact, the divine presence is not the exclusive property of great saints, sages, and holy men ... everyone is a child of God and worthy to receive the blessings of Spirit. In this profound workshop, Dr. Susan will introduce proven techniques for opening your heart, mind and spirit to riches of inner divine contact. She will lead you in a guided meditation which will open the pipeline to Spirit and begin the flow of divine guidance, love, healing, wisdom, and inspiration from the center of being within.
About the facilitator: See Dr. Shumsky’s biography under the “Spiritual Healing and Self-Protection” class in the previous column.
Promoting Peace Through Art
Saturday, August 21
10 a.m. to Noon
Facilitator: Marita Gale
Suggested Love Offering: $10 minimum
Using chalk pastels to connect to the Divine within us, this class provides an opportunity to see yourself in brilliant, shining colors. Come learn to resolve conflicts through art, or to simply have fun in a peaceful and calming atmosphere.
About the facilitator: As a single mother, Marita raised two daughters while running her own business as a temporary legal secretary. During that time, she discovered art as a way to release fears too painful for words. Marita says she felt guided by her inner voice and began to understand that she was more than just the ‘fears’ she felt and that, beneath her fears, were true colors of love and joy.
Emotional Intelligence- Taking Control of Your Life
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.
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 Regina Best in the Pastoral Care Department at 602.978.3200, Ext. 255, or rbest@unityphx.org.
