Faith for Haiti

Sale of Faith prints to benefit Haiti’s earthquake victims will continue through the end of this year in the Unity bookstore. To date, Unity of Madison has donated $180 in print sale proceeds to Physicians for Peace for their work there! Contact Helen Kenyon at 608-217-3696 for information.

Share the Harvest

Urgent! Your help is needed due to the loss of our main produce supplier for “Sharing the Harvest.” That means we may only have a SMALL amount of produce to sell this year. So, if you have any produce, (even a few items), please help us out by bringing it to sell or donate!

Would you like to sell or donate produce OR arts, crafts, jewelry, jellies/jams, cloth shopping bags, etc.? Would you like to set up an informational table?

Share the Harvest will take place 2nd and 4th Sundays this summer after the 8:30 and 10:30 services. Remaining dates are:

  • Aug. 22 (4th Sunday)
  • Sept. 12 & 26 (2nd & 4th Sunday)

Reminders:

  • The event will be on the lawn (or hospitality in case of rain).
  • Set up from 9-9:30 am, so that we are ready for people coming out after the first service. Customers might browse before the 10:30 service.
  • If selling, you will be 100% responsible for your own table.
  • Please bring your own table, or Unity has extras.
  • Bring money for making change and paper bags for customers.
  • A love offering is requested as a donation to Unity of Madison – 10% of proceeds is suggested.
  • Please price items, even if you are donating them. (If you are donating and would like to help sell that would be great!)
  • We will have a table set up and paper bags for customers.
  • Baked goods must have an ingredients card posted in the display area, or attached to the baked goods.
  • You may set up an informational table that relates to sustainability, our environment or any of the items you bring.

For more information, talk to Diane Pauly and members of the Green Team.

Garden Team

The garden team will meet each Thursday from 5-7 pm. Call Joanne Ruzicka at 608-838-4867 or Ann Munkres at 608-221-2252 for info.

If that time is not convenient or you are new to the team, please call Mary Miyagawa to arrange a time to come. No experience necessary- just a love of flowers and growing things.

Adopt A Highway

The Unity Green Team is sponsoring Adopt A Highway. Work date is Sunday Sept. 19. The group will carpool from the Unity parking lot at 12:30 pm (after a bring-your-own brown bag lunch in the hospitality area).

Volunteers should dress for cleaning/picking up on the highway. Wear strong shoes, and cover your legs.

The cleanup area will be on County Hwy AB starting at 12 & 18 to County Hwy MN (about two miles).

Look for a sign up sheet located on the table at the parking lot side of the foyer. Volunteers must be 11 years of age or older.

Well Being and Scents

We are happy to be a welcoming, healing community for all.

In this spirit, we kindly request that members and visitors avoid wearing perfume and other products with strong, lingering fragrances in our gathering space, out of consideration for everyone’s well-being.

(Products with strong, lingering, scents tend to include the following: perfume, aftershave, hairspray, fragranced laundry products, certain lotions and hair gels, and any other products with scents that remain strong long after application.)

Thank you!

Special Events Recordings

Now you can hear a recording of Unity’s upcoming special events after office hours! Just call the office, and listen to the greeting—it will direct you to press #8 for special events. Also, if Sunday services are canceled due to severe weather (a rare occurrence), this information will be on the phone greeting and website as well.

Battery Recycling Program

Unity is now collecting household batteries, including rechargeable batteries (not car batteries).

“Thou Shall Not Throw Away Thy Batteries!”

WHY?
Did you know:

  • The average person buys 21 batteries per year.
  • The average household buys 100 batteries per year.
  • And currently less than 2% of all batteries are recycled.

Did you know:

  • When batteries are dumped from our garbage they leach mercury, lead, cadmium, and nickel into the ground water, lakes, and streams.
  • When incinerated these heavy metals, which are linked to cancer and respiratory illnesses are released into the air.
  • Recycling batteries allows some of these heavy metals to be reused to make new batteries lessening the global impact of mining.

Did you know:

  • You can make a difference by recycling your batteries and telling at least 10 people to do the same.

Bring your batteries to Unity!
Drop them in our battery collecting container (located downstairs under the table next to the kitchen door) or drop them off at any Batteries Plus location. They collect and recycle all batteries.

The Green Team thanks you for helping in this effort. No Batteries Needed – You have the power! RECYCLE!

Course in Miracles

Join us for a “Course in Miracles” discussion group on Tuesday evenings from 7-8:30 pm in the church house. This ongoing series is an ongoing study group whose purpose is to bring about enlightenment through transformation and awakening of mind. Questions? Call Gerry Shelhamer at 825 2985 or Betty Smith at 217-0533.

Donate to Porchlight

The blue bin for donations to Porchlight is under the counter in the coat room. We need: disposable shavers, old clean towels, travel shampoo, conditioners, mouthwash, single sheets, writing materials, greeting cards, socks, tennis shoes, men’s summer shorts and t-shirts.