Dear Friend,
Welcome to Unity of Fayetteville, a Center for Conscious Living! We are truly grateful for your interest in our community. It is always a joy to share the vibrant life of Unity of Fayetteville with new friends.
Our community is more than just a church or religious organization; we are a gathering of like-minded individuals who seek to live life more consciously. We come together to share our joys, love, challenges, and everything in between. At Unity of Fayetteville, our intention is to live, move, and express from the Innate Goodness that is always present within and around us. We celebrate the Divinity that each of us is here to express.
Our programs, services, and classes are guided by our mission: “Inspiring transformation, we enrich lives.” We are dedicated to creating a deeper experience of life through the practices of prayer, meditation, and service to ourselves and others.
We invite you to explore the many opportunities we offer throughout the year to enrich your life. From classes and small group ministries to youth and family programs, meditation sessions, and more, there is something for everyone.
When the weather is nice, be sure to check out our beautiful grounds. We have a Prairie Restoration project with a walkway for you to enjoy and numerous gardens, including a rainwater garden in front of our building. Feel free to take one of our inspirational stones along the front walkway as a token of our community’s spirit.
We also have a Little Free Pantry in front to support those in our neighborhood who are food insecure.
If you feel that Unity of Fayetteville might be the right place for you, please sign up for our weekly E-news. Visit our website at www.unityfay.org and also www.unity.org to learn more about our larger Unity Movement.
We are blessed by your presence and invite you to continue being a part of our CommUnity, exploring conscious living with us. We honor all spiritual paths, and wherever you are on your journey, you are welcome here.
In Peace and Love,
Rev. Annette Olsen
Minister of Unity of Fayetteville
4880 W. Wedington Dr
Fayetteville, AR 72704
479.442.0680 | unityfayar@gmail.com
Welcome to Unity of Fayetteville
A Center for Conscious Living
God
God is Spirit, the loving source of all that is. God is the one power, all good, everywhere present, all wisdom. God is divine energy, continually creating, expressing and sustaining all creation. In God, we live and move and have our being. In Unity, some other ways we speak of God are Life, Light, Love, Substance, Principle, Law and Universal Mind.
The Nature of Humankind
We are each individual, eternal expressions of God. Our essential nature is divine and therefore inherently good. Our purpose is to express our divine potential as realized and demonstrated by Jesus and other master teachers. The more we awaken to our divine nature, the more fully God expresses in and through our lives.
Our Teachings
- Heaven is not a place, but a state of consciousness; we create our own heaven and hell here and now.
- We all have an innate capacity to know God through direct experience.
- The “Christ” is that part of God that is in every person. There is a spark of divinity within all people, just as there was in Jesus.
- Prayer works.
- We are here to set a positive example and be a role model for others.
- We are here to make the world a better place.
Jesus
We believe that Jesus expressed his divine potential and sought to show humankind how to express ours as well. We see Jesus as a master teacher of universal truths and as our Way Shower. In Unity, we use the term Christ to mean the divinity in humankind. Jesus is the great example of the Christ in expression.
The Bible
Unity founders Charles and Myrtle Fillmore studied the Bible as history and allegory and interpreted it as a metaphysical representation of humankind's evolutionary journey toward spiritual awakening. In addition, Unity recognizes that the Bible is a complex collection of writings compiled over many centuries. We honor the writings as reflecting the understanding and inspiration of the writers at the time they were written. The Bible continues to be a valuable spiritual resource for us.
Prayer and Meditation
Affirmative prayer is the highest form of creative thought. It includes the release of counterproductive, negative thoughts, as well as holding in mind statements of spiritual truth. Through meditation, we experience the presence of God. Prayer and meditation heighten our awareness and thereby transform our lives.
Unity's Five Principles. -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_Church
- God is all there is and present everywhere. This is the force of love and wisdom that underlies all of existence.
- Human beings are divine at their core and therefore inherently good.
- Thoughts have creative power to determine events and attract experiences.
- Prayer and meditation keep us aligned with the one great power in the universe.
- It is not enough to understand spiritual teachings. We must live the Truth we know.
Unity aims to demonstrate that the teachings of Jesus Christ can be lived every day. Its followers believe that the true "Church" is a "state of consciousness in mankind."[18] Unity teaches that each person is a unique expression of God and is sacred and worthy. It emphasizes the creative power of thought, and encourages taking personal responsibility to choose life-affirming thoughts, words and actions, to experience a more fulfilling and abundant life.