Sunday, February 5 ~ Community Meeting to Vote in New Leadership Team

Time to Elect a New Leadership Team!
Community Meeting ~ February 5
after service

It is that time again! Unity of Berkeley will elect a new Leadership Team on February 5, after service. Please plan to attend as we need a quorum of Unity of Berkeley members to vote in a new team.

Four (4) current team members are stepping down.

According to the by-laws 4.04(d), “The two nominees receiving the largest number of votes will be elected to full two (2) year terms. The candidate receiving the next highest number of votes will be elected to the longest unexpired term, etc. All persons elected in such a manner will be considered to be fulfilling a term of office.”

Vote for:
3 2-year term openings
1 1-year term opening
2 alternates

Please make it a priority to attend this meeting and be a part of the forward motion of our community!

Below are our candidates and there bios:

DEE CLUTTS
My name is Dee Clutts, I have been a member of Unity of Berkeley, since Easter 2003. I ran my own business from 1993 to 2005, at which time I retired. Most recently have been employed as a nanny.

I have served several terms on the Unity of Berkeley Leadership Team between 2004 – 2011. I have a strong commitment to Unity of Berkeley – it has been my extended family. I do see a future for us and want to be a part of that. I can be a leader or I can take a back seat and support others. I like to think I have some wisdom, I’m flexible and most of the time can hear all sides of an issue, without judgment. I am the leader of the Unity of Berkeley Prayer Chaplains, I’m in Unitas, the Unity of Berkeley Choir, and have had home study groups at my home.

TIM MCGRAW
Tim McGraw was raised near Kansas City, Mo. and in 1997 joined Christ Unity Church in San Francisco. A Berkeley resident since 1996, he has been involved in Unity of Berkeley since 2002 and has previously served on the Leadership Team. Tim is a consultant specializing in business-to-business marketing and has been self-employed for most of his professional life.

ANNE RICHARDS
Anne Richards has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1976. She began reading the Daily Word in 1984 and joined Unity Christ Church in San Francisco in 1987 where she was on the Board of Directors was also a Lay Minister. She has also attended Unity of Richmond, Unity of Walnut Creek and Unity of Shepherdstown (WV). For 5 years Anne acted in the capacity of Lay Chaplain at VNA Home Hospice in Emeryville. She is an interdisciplinary social scientist in psychology and anthropology and has worked in behavior medicine and public health research since 1989.

DAVID OWEN
I have been a member of Unity of Berkeley for 3 years and have been attending services for nearly 5 years. My work background is in Engineering working on network planning for AT&T Mobility (previously Cingular Wireless). I have worked with AT&T Mobility for about 15 years and before that worked for Vodafone in Sydney, Australia, I moved to California in 1997.

My interests are restoring and working on cars, seeing plays at the Berkeley Rep, wine appreciation, cooking, jogging and dog walking/hiking.

I work with the sound and lighting team on setting up the sound for the regular services and special events, concerts , etc. I am willing to put in the time required for being on the Unity of Berkeley Leadership Team and to make a contribution to improving Unity of Berkeley.

I live in Berkeley with my wife Robyn and our cat Sneezy and dog Wolfie

The Dark Side of the Light Chasers ~ New class with Rev. DeeAnn Weir Morency

8 Thursday, February 9th – March 29th ~ 7-9pm Unity of Berkeley
Cost: $150

Reclaiming Your Power, Creativity, Brilliance and Dreams

Why do certain situations or people affect us more intensely than others? The annoying co-worker who truly gets under your skin, an arrogant boss, or a rude stranger? Why do they continue to get to us time after time?

Each situation, person, or event that triggers us is actually a messenger, offering us rich clues as to where we are not experiencing Wholeness. They illuminate aspects of ourselves we are not willing to look at directly, that live in the shadow. When we consciously and compassionately recognize and embrace our own shadow, we heal in deep and profound ways. We liberate ourselves and unlock our greatest gifts and talents.

Using Debbie Ford’s book – The Dark Side of the Light Chasers – Reclaiming Your Power, Creativity, Brilliance, and Dreams, this 8 week experiential workshop will be a personal exploration of the shadow realm as a path towards Light and Wholeness. We will be drawing from many traditions including New Thought, Ken Wilbur’s Integral Theory, as well as Transpersonal Psychology.

About Rev. DeeAnn
Rev. DeeAnn Weir Morency is an ordained Interfaith Minister and an Agape Licensed Spiritual Practitioner. She is a dynamic teacher and facilitator with a private practice in Rockridge, CA. Her ministry includes spiritual counseling and mentoring, classes and workshops anchored in the principles of New Thought and Universal Spiritual Principles, women’s retreats, guest speaking, and as an officiant she creates personalized custom wedding ceremonies and other life rituals. Rev. DeeAnn actively practices this process of embracing shadow and is continually awed by its transformative healing power. She is deeply committed to sharing this powerful work with others.

Yoga x 3 | History, Philosophy, Practice with Eric Shaw ~ Sunday, February 26

Sunday, February 26 ~ 1-4pm
$20 pre-registration / $25 day of

Yoga isn’t just physical. It’s a full-on practice that has expanded its skill set for 3000 years. This is barely touched on in daily classes, but in Yoga x 3, we’ll focus broadly, learning touching the unity the tradition: it’s history, philosophy and practice . . . in a 3-hour sweep.

In this training, we’ll re-engineer mind and body with new postures, breathing practices, and health secrets, while learning the philosophy and history behind yoga’s vast and varied techniques.

Students who finish this workshop will learn how yoga came to be, understand its beliefs, and learn new ways to align breath, body and mind.

Marianne Williamson at Unity of Berkeley

Last November Marianne Williamson spoke at Unity of Berkeley about the Occupy Movement. Watch the video and learn more about Marianne at her website.