Join Us for These Exciting Workshops
Bringing people, ideas and experiences together to enhance spiritual development is a core part of our church program. Check frequently for additions to our Workshops page as new workshops always are in development and will be posted as details are finalized.
Keys to the Kingdom Class
Sundays, July 18-August 29, 6-8 p.m.
This class is designed to help participants identify and change their limited beliefs about abundance, happiness, and success. The class is a guide to developing a higher level of spiritual awareness. The program leads to an understanding of the spiritual foundation of true abundance and creating a life in greater harmony with spiritual law.
Facilitated by: Katie McCall and Ed Hayes.
Let the "Lord's Prayer" Transform Your Life
Tuesdays, July 27 and August 3, 7-9 p.m.
Participate in this two-part workshop based on the book by New York Times best selling author Kathleen McGowan, titled The Source of Miracles: 7 Steps to Transforming Your Life through the Lord's Prayer." Find out how you can unlock the hidden power of the Lord's Prayer using seven steps that will put you on a path to a more abundant, successful life.
Facilitated by: Cheryl Fare, a lifetime performing arts professional, a Licensed Unity Teacher candidate, and Director of Unity Bon Air's Youth & Family Ministry.
Feed Your Soul this Summer
Come, bring a friend and an open mind to one of our Thursday night series of interesting and intriguing topical discussions. You’re sure to learn something new to enhance your spiritual journey and enrich your life. Each is led by an expert in the topical area. The seminars are open to the public and are provided on a love offering basis. Below is a listing of the topics, dates and times.
Are You Tired of Clutter?
Thursday, July 22, 7-9 p.m.
Clutter is a universal problem in our busy world. Although clearing clutter can change your life, it also can be difficult to do. There are so many decisions to make. And then, what do you do with all that stuff? Join Feng Shui (pronounced “fung shway”) practitioner and certified Professional Organizer® Debbie Bowie to learn principles of Feng Shui in clearing clutter more easily.
About the Facilitator: Debbie Bowie is a veteran speaker, Certified Professional Organizer®, Feng Shui practitioner and author of Rock Scissors Paper: Understanding How Environment Affects Your Performance on a Daily Basis. She is the owner of the Rock Scissors Paper Institute, formerly Simply Organized, a company she formed in 1998. Its mission is to help people clear a path to getting more of what they really want from life.
Listen to Your Body Talk
Thursday, July 29, 7-9 p.m.
Discover a complete system of healthcare that balances the innate wisdom of the body on physical, emotional and spiritual levels. Feel balanced and healthy, and reduce chronic stress and its effects on the body. Learn all about this consciousness-based healthcare system with simple techniques to improve your daily health and performance at school, work and in sports. Be introduced to the innate wisdom of the body, which knows how to heal itself.
About the Facilitator: Wilma Langeveld was born in the Netherlands, where she lived and worked as a physical therapist. At 32, she immigrated to Canada and worked as a massage therapist. Two years later she immigrated to America, where she became a Bowen therapist in California and a BodyTalk specialist and personal trainer in Virginia. Wilma uses all these modalities to her clients’ advantage in her personal training sessions at ACAC wellness and fitness center.
Science and Spirituality
Thursday, August 5, 7-9 p.m.
What do laser lights and electromagnetic fields (EMF) have to do with your higher self? Did you know that some aspects of the higher dimensions of the human existence can be scientifically measured and studied? This seminar provides conceptual and practical models to explain the dynamics of your higher self using laser lights and EMF as both metaphors and instruments. You'll experience some of the higher dimensions of your existence through the effects of lasers and pulsed EMF. You’ll also be given techniques without instruments to experience your higher self.
About the Facilitator: Dr. Nelson Marquina was born in Peru and now resides in Richmond, where he is the president of USA Laser Biotech Inc. He earned a master’s of science in mathematical statistics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and doctoral degrees in systems engineering from the University of Houston and in chiropractic medicine from Logan University. Nelson is a former senior scientist at NASA/Johnson Space Center, and he has served on the faculties of several universities in systems engineering, in biophysics, and in electrical engineering.
Creation: Masculine and Feminine Aspects
Thursday, August 12, 7-9 p.m.
Rev. Dwight Smith will present an interactive discussion on the universal principle of cause and effect on creation using Ernest Holmes’ Science of Mind and Christ Returns -- Reveals Startling Truth texts for references. You’ll get the chance to request what you want to manifest or release from your lives.
About the Facilitator: Rev. Dwight Smith is an ordained minister of Religious Science/Science of Mind. Dwight and his wife Thelma co-founded the Spiritual Mind Center, which has been in operation since 1994, teaching classes in the Science of Mind philosophy and other ministerial services and ceremonies.
The Foot Tells the Story
Thursday August 19, 7-9 p.m.
Come and join us for a hands-on-session in basic Foot Reflexology. The body wants to heal itself. Your feet are a mirror of your body. Reflexes in your feet correspond to every organ and system in your body. In this fun, hands-on workshop, you will learn how to target specific areas of the foot to help release imbalances. This will enhance your body’s natural healing ability – sometimes in just few minutes – for many conditions, including back or neck ache/pain, stress, headaches, sleep difficulty, muscle tension, indigestion, constipation, depression. Come with clean, toe-nail clipped feet and talcum powder.
About the Facilitator: Gina Marques pursued her doctorate (counseling) at the University of Colorado and is a Reiki master/teacher. She teaches metaphysical and health-related classes nationally and internationally. In her private practice as an Energy Medicine practitioner she incorporates such modalities as the healing touch of Reiki, reflexology, acupressure and aromatherapy.
Add Some Drama to Your Life
Thursday, August 26, 7-9 p.m.
Join us for this Dramatic Expression Workshop that promises an evening of fun and discovery. This workshop will explore creative dramatic expression, employing the voice and body as vehicles for inspiring others and deepening our connection with Spirit. This adventurous process will feature scripted scenes, improvisation and basic exercises to explore many forms of creative human communication.
Please come dressed comfortably, prepared to let go of your inhibitions and have a good time.
About the Facilitator: Cheryl Fare is a performing arts professional and educator with an MFA in theater from Virginia Tech. She has years of professional theater credits in the mid-Atlantic region as a performer and stage manager, including locally at Theatre IV, Barksdale Theatre, Dogwood Dell, Ashland Stage Company and SPARC. At Unity Bon Air, Cheryl directs theater programs in addition to being the director of the Youth & Family Ministry Program.
Awaken to Your 12 Powers
First Sunday of each month through January 2011, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Licensed Unity Teacher candidate and church member Ann Frances is conducting a class that focuses on the Twelve Powers within that can help us reach our Divine potential. This class is being held simultaneously with the Unity Institute and Unity Churches around the world. The Twelve Powers are twelve expressions of the one Power. We each have within us a supply of untapped spiritual energy that is limited by our ability to connect with and develop it. Each month the class will focus on one of the Twelve Powers.
- January – Faith
- February – Love
- March – Strength
- April – Wisdom
- May – Power
- June – Imagination
- July – Understanding
- August – Will
- September – Order
- October – Zeal
- November – Elimination
- December – Life
You can attend one of the classes at anytime. For more is available at Twelve Powers.