Church Information

Location New Meeting Address: Hanging Gardens Event Center 1443 S Main St (SW corner of Main and Danieldale Road) Duncanville, TX 75137-3211 Tel: 972-296-3157 www.hanginggardensonline.com

Mailing Address: P. O. Box 690 Cedar Hill, TX 75106-0690 E-mail: info@unitycedarhill.org Website: www.unitycedarhill.org Tel: 972-291-6868 Office: 972-780-1010

Spiritual Leader Telephone: 972-291-6868 (Church) Rev. Janet Ellis As of September 1, 2009 Rev. Janet Ellis is our Spiritual leader. She will represent us to the Association of Unity Churches and be speaking here on a regular basis. The Board voted her in at a Board meeting and we are very excited that Janet has agreed to come aboard. We look forward to renewed growth and grace. Congratulations, Janet and welcome. We love you; we appreciate you and behold the Christ in you. Janet Ellis is a speaker, trainer, facilitator and coach of Life Improvement Seminars. She facilitates a number of processes that guide teens and adults to become aware, acknowledge and claim their purpose in life along with 8 basic steps that will give them the power to follow their dreams. Janet is a co-creator of the Teen Field Guide for "The Path - Creating Mission and Vision for Work and Life" by Laurie Beth Jones. Janet has been trained and licensed by Laurie Beth Jones to work as speaker, presenter and facilitator. Janet has extensive group leadership and counseling training from the Texas Association of Drug and Alcohol Counselors. She has training and experience in work style assessments, communication skills, behavioral intervention techniques and time management skill building. She has served hundreds of individuals and organizations in business, non-profit and faith-based sectors. She has been ordained as an inter-faith minister. See her website: http://www.janets-planets.com/
Staff Kay Carrell, Administrator

Musicians

Our band: Brent Rozell, Guitar, Phil Gibson, Bass; Cy Speck, Drums

Mary Williams - sometime piano player

Kay Carrell, Song Leader

Pat Rider,

Bass

We lost Pat on September 7th, 2007. He nearly made it to his 50th birthday, but died of complications of diabetes and heart trouble. We honor his contributions and talents to our church.

Choir: Bill Kavanaugh, Burnie Glenn, Kay Carrell, Senora Swygert, Leta Kavanaugh, Sandy Pruitt, Robin Covington and Paulette Nairne

Children's Church

Christina Coomes (right) with Valerie Mendoza (left),

and assistance from Cecile Ozley, Sandra Coston, Grady Coomes, Marcia Glenn and Burnie Glenn.

Cecile Ozley and Jackie Sturgeon with children

Board of Directors

Back: Jerry Spivack, Chuck Franz, Kay Carrell, Cy Speck

Front: Senora Swygert (President), Leta Kavanaugh (has resigned)

Teachers

Mary Williams leads the book discussion at 9:30 every Sunday in the church bookstore.

She also keeps up the UCCH website.

Book Store

Unity Church of Cedar Hill has a growing bookstore featuring books by Unity and metaphysical authors. CDs, children's books, the Daily Word and gift items are also available.

Our bookstore manager is Lynne Witten. She frequently adds new offerings and freshens up our space.

Now on sale is the DVD "The Secret." Other books available are A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson, The Sermon on the Mount, by Emmet Fox, Rocco Errico's Mysteries of Creation, Loving What Is by Byron Katie, Seven Whispers by Christina Baldwin, Sacred Secrets edited by Paula Godwin Coppel and our current discussion book The Third Jesus, by Deepak Chopra.

See Notes from the bookstore

See information on Ellen Debenport's new book - The Five Principles. We recently discussed it in our study group and found it wonderful!

There is also a lending library of metaphysical and Unity books.

Fund Raiser

How many of you shop at Tom Thumb and have a reward card?

You can help the church with fund raising by telling the store where you shop that you want to link your card to Unity Church of SW Dallas.

You have to give the account number. Ours is 4839. Every time you shop with your reward card our church gets 1% of the total shopping bill donated to us. We have been receiving a small check quarterly (About $38.00) so we have already been signed up.

Someone is already using the card to help us. I intend to link up and so should you. It doesn't cost a dime, but would be a great way to benefit the church. To find out more visit this website:
http://www.tomthumb.com/ifl/grocery/Good-Neighbor

When you go to this link there is a place to print out an application, put
your reward card number on there and our account number. Then just turn it
in at the store.

Some of the other chains have similar programs; ask your favorite store!

Church History

The Unity Church of Cedar Hill was founded in the spring of 1986 when a newly-ordained Unity minister, Rev. Ben Andrews, was appointed to lead a Unity study group in the Duncanville area, a suburb of Dallas, Texas. Initially, it consisted of fewer than ten people, and was officially organized as the Unity Church of Christianity of Southwest Dallas. The group met in a hotel room on Camp Wisdom Road, and soon outgrew those quarters. After moving to a larger leased facility on Center Street, the group continued to prosper until it was necessary to find a few facility.

In 1990, an existing church building in Ovilla, ten miles further south, was available and became the church's new home. In the fall of 1991, the church split into two groups, the larger of which joined its founding minister in relocating to the Holiday Inn in DeSoto, Texas. It continued to meet regularly there until September of 1995, when it moved into its current location in a larger, more permanent, leased property on Kenya Street in Cedar Hill.

After Rev. Andrews retired, visiting speakers from the Unity Church of Dallas and Unity Church of Arlington conducted Sunday services. In May 2002, Ben Sturgeon was selected as the Spiritual Leader of the church and served through November 2007. During that time the church has continued to experience a steady growth and expansion of its music and educational ministries.

Exciting plans are being formed to find permanent home with a larger more affordable facility in the future. Guest speakers have been invited to speak at the Sunday services until a new spiritual leader is chosen. Visitors are cordially welcomed and invited to become a part of the dynamic, loving fellowship that characterizes this spiritual family.

Contributions

Your contributions are always welcome and needed. Please contribute as you are spiritually fed, sending your donation to the office address at P. O. Box 690, Cedar Hill TX 75106-0690.