Breaking News
COTH Now Permanently Locationed at
First Congregational United Church of Christ
945 G Street NW
(Corner of 10th & G St)
Washington, DC 20001
Sunday Service 1:00pm
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Unity has no set creed or dogma that its members must follow. Unity encourages people to explore and apply Unity teachings based on their own spiritual understanding. This spiritual understanding is enhanced through reflective prayer and meditation.
The five basic ideas of the Unity belief system are:
1) God is all-good and is present everywhere.
2) The spirit of God lives within each person.
3) We create our life experiences through our thoughts.
4) There is power in affirmative prayer, which we believe increases our connection to God.
5) Knowledge of these spiritual principles is not enough. We must live them.
February Coordinator
John Bell
Feb 5
Speaker: Grady Poulard
Platform Assistant: Cheryl Welsh-Charrier
Piano: Dave Kane
Special Music: Anders Lundegard , Saxophone
Usher: Clyde Rufus
Feb 12
Speaker: Rev Charlette Manning
Platform Assistant: John Bell
Special Music: Pete Chauvette, vibes
and John Leonard, bass
Usher: Patty Guard
Feb 19
Speaker: Andrea Solay
Platform Assistant: Caywood Black
Piano: Rosanne Conway
Special Music: Russell Gross , clarinet
Usher: Alex Huber
Feb 26
Speaker: Rev LaFayette Seymour
Platform Assistant: Andy Carlson
Piano: Barbara Wilkinson
Special Music: TBD
Usher: Carol Hopson
Have you ever found yourself in a place that is new to you and yet instantly familiar and inviting? We are such a place. Come, walk with us for a while. There is room for everyone on this path.
We are CommUnity on the Hill, a Unity congregation. We are serious Truth students who follow the teachings of Jesus, the Christ. We reinforce each other in our quest to remember our oneness with God. We laugh, sing, and celebrate at our beautiful Sunday services, where all are welcome. Through prayer, meditation, forgiveness, and mindful, loving activities, we seek and affirm all that is Good and all that is True and, that we are all one.
Sunday Services - An Overview
• Worship services begin at 1 pm Sunday morning. Plan on arriving a few minutes before hand, so that you can mingle and find your seat.
• The Service lasts approximately one hour with additional time afterward for fellowship.
• Our services include a wonderful selection of music, meditation, prayer and an inspirational message from one of our many fine speakers.
• During our fellowship time, coffee and light fare are available for your enjoyment.
• Child care is provided for younger children during the service. If you are bringing younger children, please plan on arriving before ten so that you may meet our provider and discuss any special needs your child may have.
• We welcome individuals and families of all kinds at our services. If you have handicapped needs, please allow extra time for drop off and pick up.
Book Table
Books, pamphlets and other literature are for sale after the service at our booktable. Sylvia Sturm and Roy Berkowitz chair this effort and welcome your input.
Copies of the popular Daily Word are always available if you do not already receive a subscription.
Sunday Classes
Classes are held after fellowship, from 2:15pm to 3:00 in classrooms across from our meeting space.
Master Mind Group Prayer group
Course in Miracles Study group
Volunteer Opportunities
The Choir. COTH has an open choir and welcomes anyone who wishes to sing. See our Music Ministry page for lots more information on our music program.
Ushers. Ushers distribute literature and welcome visitors to our services. Patty Guard coordinates our usher staff and welcome volunteers.
Fellowship. Andrea Solay, along with other volunteers, set an ample table of delictables for the congregation to enjoy after the services. Please feel free to bring your favorite goodie.
Platform Assistants. Each service is facilitated by a volunteer Platform Assistant. If you are interested or willing to be a PA, please contact any board member or our office manager.
Mastermind Group
Group Format. Each Sunday our Mastermind Group meets for approximately an hour after fellowship following the service. After an opening prayer, the group attendees check in on their goals, set intentions for the future, identify prayer requests, determine a prayer list for the week, and denials and affirmations are formulated for those in need. Although no materials are required, many members find it helpful to keep a prayer journal or MasterMind Journal. These materials are available at the bookstore at the beginning of the calendar year. New members are always welcome and no time commitment is required.
The Master Mind Principle is a scientific method of focusing the power of thought to connect with the Master Mind (God, Spirit, your Source) for the purpose of making positive changes in your life.
It incorporates:
• Powerful goal setting and achieving
• Affirmation
• Praying for yourself, your Master Mind partner, and others in the Master Mind group.
The Master Mind principle is based on the ancient premise that "where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am in the midst of them." (Matthew 18:20)
It also teaches that other like-minded individuals can believe for you, and accept as true, things that you may find difficult to conceive or believe for yourself and that our combined energies are many times greater that the sum of our individual energies alone.
Eight Steps in the Master Mind Consciousness
1) I surrender. I admit that of myself I am powerless to solve my problems, powerless to improve my life. I need help.
2) I believe. I come to believe that there is a power greater than myself - God the Master Mind - can change my life.
3) I am ready to be changed. I realize that erroneous, self-defeating thinking is the cause of my problems, unhappiness, fears and failures. I am ready to have my beliefs and attitudes changed so my life can be transformed.
4) I decide to be changed. I make a decision to surrender my will and my life to God, the Master Mind. I ask to be changed at depth.
5) I forgive. I forgive myself for all my mistakes and shortcomings. I also forgive all other persons who may have harmed me.
6) I ask. I make known my specific requests, asking my partners' support in knowing that God the Master Mind is fulfilling my needs.
7) I give thanks. I give thanks that God the Master Mind is responding to my needs and I assume the same feelings I would have if my request were fulfilled.
8) I dedicate my life. I now have a covenant in which it is agreed that God the Master Mind is supplying me with the abundance of all things necessary to live a successful and happy life. I dedicate myself to be of maximum service to God and those around me; to live in a manner that sets the highest example for others to follow and to remain responsive to God's guidance. I go forth with a spirit of enthusiasm, excitement and expectancy. I am at peace.
A Course in Miracles Group
Group Format. Each Sunday our Course in Miracles reading group meets for approximately an hour after fellowship following the service. Anyone may attend the group, you need no prior experience. If you have a book, bring it and if not you are welcome to use one of ours. We offer an informal gathering place for reading and discussion.
Board of Trustees
• Trustees of our Board are volunteers who are members of COTH.
• Trustees each serve a two-year term on a rotational basis. Elections for the trustees are held at the annual membership meeting on the first Sunday of November.
• Please feel free to contact any Board member with suggestions, questions, praises, or concerns. We believe an open dialog is a vital element of a loving relationship and welcome all input.
Membership at COTH
• A member of COTH shall endeavor to live in accordance with the Jesus Christ principles of love and truth as taught by Charles and Myrtle Fillmore.
• He/she shall further the work of this ministry through his/her active interest, love, and support.
• New member orientations are held throughout the year.
• As a member, you are eligible to serve on the Board of Trustees and to vote at the November annual membership meeting.
• Please contact our Board President or Office Manager if you wish to attend the next membership orientation.
Brief History of COTH
• CommUnity on the Hill was founded by the late Reverend Amalie Frank in 1994.
• Originally located on Capitol Hill in Southeast Washington, we relocated in 2000 to the National Cathedral School on the grounds of the National Cathedral in Northwest Washington DC. and in 2012 moved to our current church home in the First Congregational United Church of Christ in the heart of Washington DC.
• We are a member of the Association of Unity Churches, headquartered in Kansas City, MO.
• We have no permanent minister, but rather have an abundance of excellent speakers from which to choose from for our Sunday services.
• We are governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees which is elected by the membership at our annual membership meeting held in November.
• We have three paid positions: our Office Manager, our Music Director and our Child Care Provider. All other activites are contributed by volunteers.
• We are a non-profit, charitable organization, 501(3)(c), incorporated in the District of Columbia.
Sunday Services are held 1 pm, 945 G Street NW, Washington DC 20001
Located in the First Congregational United Church of Christ, next to the Martin Luther King Library.
Free parking in building garage from 12-3pm.
Directions and Parking By Car
Click here to open google maps for directions from your location.
From Maryland and the North. Take Georgia Ave south, turn right on Rhode Island Ave, go two blocks, turn left on 10th Street. Go about a mile, turn right on H Street. Go 1 blcok, turn left on 10th Street. Go half block, turn left on G Place to parking entrance on your right.
From Virginia and the South.
Take 395, cross the 14th Street bridge. Proceed down 14th Street. Pass G street, turn right on New York Ave, at light, bear right on H Street. Go 3 blocks, turn right on 10th Street. Half way down the block turn left onto G Place and immediately right into the parking garage.
Street Parking
If you drive and park on the street, the entrance to the church faces G Street at 10th Street. This brings you into the Narthex, the sanctuary is immediately to your right. Street parking on Sunday is free.
Parking in the Building
There is some parking available in the building's underground garage. This is accessible from a small street behind the building named G Place (unmarked on map) As you determine your route, note that both 10th Street and G Place are one-way. Traveling south on 10th Street from H Street, turn left into onto G Place just past the building. The garage entrance is immediately on your right. A sign says Welcome to 733 10th & G - you are in the right place!
The ramp into the garage is technically a two-way ramp, but it is a bit tight -- if you see another car coming up the ramp you may want to wait for it to exit before proceeding down.
As in any underground garage with automated equipment, at the bottom of the ramp take a parking ticket and the automated arm will rise. Keep the parking ticket with you, because you will need to validate it inside the church. As you exit the garage insert your validated parking ticket in the machine, and the automated arm will rise. Don't worry-if the arm doesn't rise for some reason, the parking attendant (located in the small office to your left) can help you.
As you proceed down the parking levels, you will see signs for the church elevator as you drive down the ramp. Park in any unreserved space. There is an entrance to the church elevator at each level (P1, P2, and P3). The entrance to the church elevator on each level is marked by a very large P1, P2, or P3, and the name of the church is on the glass panel. There is a second elevator for 733 10th Street-do not take this elevator.
The elevator stops at:
each parking level of the garage,
the first floor (for the Narthex, Sanctuary, and Living Room), and second floor (for the Sanctuary balcony, Chapel, Social Hall and kitchen, and education and office suites).
By Metro
From Metrorail.
The church is at 945 G Street between Metro Center and Gallery Place.
From Metro Center
Take trains to Metro Center. Exit the Metro Center terminal at the 11th Street exit (east). As you come up to the street you will be facing south at the top of the escalators and the street on your right will be 11th Street. Turn right or left and double back to the cross street (that is G Street), turn right and go one block to 1oth Street. The church is a large modern building on the NE corner of 10th and G Street.
From Gallery Place
Take trains to Gallery Place. Exit at the Galleries exit that brings you up to 9th and G Street NW. As you come off the escalator, turn right. The street going off to the right is G Street. Walk one block to 10th and G Street. The church is a large glass building that juts out at the corner. The entrance into the church is faces G Street.
For more information on public transportation, contact Metro Information at 202-637-7000, TDD 202-638-3780 or www.wmata.com .
What volunteer work do you enjoy?
Curt Huff has headed our fellowship ministry for several years now and he will be turning over his position to Andrea Solay. No one can do this big job alone, Andrea will need additional support. Can you lend a hand?
Let us know how and when you can help with this important service. Contact Jan by email or phone.
Annual Meeting Report.pdf
Newcomer Welcome Final.pdf
All I Ever Needed.pdf
Sharing The Love.pdf
GuidelinesforPlatformAssistants.doc
GuidelinesforMonthlyCoordinators.doc
Marianne Williamson
Transforming Ourselves, Transforming Our World
10-12pm and 2-4pm
The spheres of spirituality and social change have begun to merge, a la Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. As people we are taking more and more seriously the injunction that we must "be the change" we want to see happen in the world. In this special workshop, Marianne Williamson explores the interface of personal and global transformation - a healing of the world from the inside out - and how every individual has a unique and important part to play in it.
Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed author and lecturer. Six of her ten published books have been New York Times Best Sellers. Four of these have been #1 New York Times Best Sellers. A Return to Love is considered a must-read of The New Spirtiuality, and her quote from that book beginning, "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate; our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure" has become a spirtual anthem for a generation.
She founded Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves homebound people with AIDS in the Los Angeles area. Today, Project Angel Food serves 1,000 people daily. She also founded a grass roots campaign to establish a United States Department of Peace.
Steve Sisgold
Staying Resilient, Engaged and On Purpose...No Matter What
9-10am
In this highly engaging talk author and body centered therapist Steve Sisgold will share his findings and innovative strategies for how to access and listen to your body's intelligence (BQ), in a proven, very effective way. Steve masterfully uses humor, experiential processes, guided visualizations and story telling to create a transformative environment for innovative thinking, enhanced well-being and performance.
Steve Sisgold has taught thousands how to use their innate body intelligence to create better health, prosperity and richer, more authentic relationships through inspirational speaking. writing and coaching. He has appeared on major radio and TV shows including PBS and Oprah radio and he blogs for Psychology Today and several other sites.
Kenny Loggins says, "Steve is one of the best facilitators of change I know". Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks say, "Our work with Steve was the watershed turning point of our lives". His latest book, Waht's Your Body Telling You? from McGraw-Hill, launched at number 7 on the S.F. Chronicle Bestseller List and #1 on Amazon.com in several categories.
Bob Sima
Singer, Songwriter
When Bob Sima opens his mouth to sing what comes out is far beyond the human sounds of a warm and soulful voice, yep, theres more. A story, a nudge, a reminder, an angle on something very familiar you probably have never considered the way he presents it. What draws you in is his warm yet powerful voice, but once inside, you are often transformed.
Bob Sima is a poet, observer, scribe, sometimes reluctant healer all bundled up into one singing songwriting bundle of energy so tapped in he kinda needs a glass. His right hand slaps the guitar in a seemingly casual fashion, usually in rhythm with all of the toes in the room.
Bob is a different kind of singer-songwriter, there is more than the songs, there is more than the voice, there is more than the stories, yes there is more. Bob truly moves his audiences. He moves their hearts and minds and his concerts are known for evoking full range of emotion. Bob is probably more influenced by the likes of Rumi and Gandhi as he is by Dylan or Guthrie.
Event Details
UMUC-Marriott Inn&Conference Center
3501 University Blvd East,
College Park, MD 20783
$99 Lecture
$119 Premier Seating
Includes vegetarian lunch
Free Parking
Complimentary same day entry
to co-located Women's Expo
Mail your check to:
Heaven At Home, LLC.
2 Sutherland Court
Pikesville, Maryland 21208
