Rev. Jan Little

Dear Spiritual Seeker,

If you’re tired of religion and are hungry for a deeper spirituality, welcome home! You will find Fox Valley Unity a place where you can ask questions, study and explore, learn to pray more deeply, experience empowering meditation practices, and be involved in a supportive spiritual community.

We are a loving, accepting, joyous spiritual community that is open to everyone who wants to develop and deepen their spiritual life. We have an exciting music program, a prayer chaplain program, retreats and mornings of spiritual renewal. There are exciting special events for “fun raising” and community building. If community service interests you, ask us about our Silent Street Ministry, our out-reach ministries to Jamaica & Guatemala, and our community service projects.

For our adults we offer an extensive schedule of on-going spiritual classes for personal development or credentialing as a spiritual leader. We also have a group of people certified in Spiritual Direction available to help you on your spiritual path. There’s a monthly Chant Circle, “A Course in Miracles” study group, a Women’s Chat group, and a powerful, dedicated Men’s Group.

We are proud of our youth program with its emphasis on developing the spiritual power within our young people. There are classes, retreats, rallies, and opportunities for community service for every age group.

There’s so much more but you have to experience us to feel how unique we truly are. Come join us for a Sunday worship service and you’ll know why we’re so excited to be part of this special spiritual community.

Love & blessings,

Rev Jan Little

Unity
is a positive, practical, progressive approach to Christianity based on the teachings of Jesus and the power of prayer. Unity honors the universal truths in all religions and respects each individual’s right to choose a spiritual path.

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.

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 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.

The Bible
Unity co-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.

Our Teachings
Unity teaches that each person is a unique expression of God created with sacred worth. Living from that awareness transforms our lives and the world.

Unity emphasizes the creative power of thought in our life experience. We refer to this as the Law of Mind Action. When we take personal responsibility to choose life affirming thoughts, words and actions, we experience a more fulfilling and abundant life.

Unity emphasizes the importance of applying spiritual principles in our daily lives.
Unity teachings continue to evolve as we identify, embrace and apply spiritual insights and the spiritual implications of new discoveries.

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.

Youth and Family Ministry
Unity recognizes that there are many expressions of family life. All are welcome. Unity creates an affirming environment that fosters positive self image, personal responsibility and unconditional love and acceptance.
Unity:

• Beholds all children as whole and perfect expressions of God
• Empowers children to fulfill their divine potential
• Teaches children to meditate and pray
• Invites children to experience a loving God

Unity provides a strong spiritual foundation for children’s lives.

Spiritual Action
In Unity, we feel a sacred responsibility, individually and collectively, to make a positive difference through personal example and active service in our churches, our communities and our world.

Honoring Diversity Within the Unity Movement
We believe that all people are created with sacred worth. Therefore, we recognize the importance of serving all people within the Unity family in spiritually and emotionally caring ways. We honor all spiritual paths and strive to be free of discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, creed, religion, national origin, ethnicity, physical disability or sexual orientation.

Daily Word

Fox Valley Unity Church is a member of the Association of Unity Churches.

This will be a fun Heavenly Host fund-raiser event co-hosted by Rev. Jan, Michelle Schultz, Sandy Donnelly, Ginny Palmer and Mickey Cowles.  We’ll be serving delicious finger foods, appetizers and drinks, a 50/50 Raffle – all while you’ll be enjoying live music as we roll down the river.  What more could you want on a beautiful summer afternoon!

The boat will be leaving from Pottawatamie Park in St. Charles – off Rt. 25 just north of Rt. 64.

$35.00 per person (for all ages).  Only 50 tickets available – first come, first serve.

Click here to view other upcoming events.

These courses present an overview of critical ideas and resources while refining the skills you need for lifelong spiritual growth. People from all backgrounds and faiths are welcome to attend courses from this program. A wide variety of classes are available and no long-term commitment is required.

Completion of the Spiritual Development Program is necessary for application to the Unity ministry ordination path, the Leadership Development Program, or the Licensed Unity Teacher Program.

We offer courses in the following areas:

Biblical Studies

BI-820 Bible Overview: Hebrew Scriptures
Build your Bible knowledge with this overview of biblical history and metaphysics. Make sure you take this basic course as early in your studies as possible.

BI-821 Bible Overview: Christian Scriptures
Build your Bible knowledge with this overview of biblical history and metaphysics. Make sure you take this basic course as early in your studies as possible.

BI-803 The Christ in the Bible
Learn how Old Testament messianic prophecy and New Testament accounts of the life and ministry of Jesus tell not only the story of Christ in history but of Christ awakening in every soul. The central focus of the course will be the Gospel of John.

BI-804 The Creative Process in the Bible
Explore Unity’s unique way of interpreting the seven days of creation from the first chapter of Genesis in the Bible. Learn to use these seven steps to create your own life.

BI-802 Jesus’ Teachings in the Bible
A literal and metaphysical exploration of the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth uncovers the heart of the Unity message and how that message evolves through the process of life. The primary focus of the course will be the three synoptic gospels–Matthew, Mark, and Luke–and the first part of Acts.

BI-605 Bible Interpretation: Hebrew Scriptures
The tools of metaphysical interpretation will be used to explore various stories from the Old Testament.

BI-604 Bible Interpretation: Acts-Revelation
This course will utilize the tools of metaphysical interpretation to explore the letters and the Book of Revelation.

Prayer Studies

PR-800 Life of Prayer
Explore the benefits and purposes of prayer, seek methods for deepening your personal prayer life, and develop a credo for your prayer life.

PR-801 Meditation Practices
This class explores several different meditation practices. You will have an opportunity to experience these practices and discover ones that work best for you.

Interdepartmental Studies

IS-800 Development of the Unity Movement
Examine the development of the Unity movement as an institution and an idea. Review the spiritual evolution of Charles and Myrtle Fillmore and their unique contributions and consciousness, the influence of Emma Curtis Hopkins and H. Emilie Cady, the development of focus and identity in the teachings, the emergence of Silent Unity and the field ministries, and the spiritual principles and mystical themes underlying the expansion of Unity’s work.

HI-604 Background of New Thought
Explore the ideas and events that led to the emergence of Christian Science, the New Thought tradition and Unity. Students will gain a greater understanding of both the similarities and differences among these three traditions.

Metaphysical Studies

MS-800 Prosperity
You’ll discover what it means to develop a giving consciousness, what the truth is about money, how to replace a consciousness of lack with a lasting consciousness of abundance and more.

MS-801 Twelve Powers
Explore the 12 fundamental attributes of Divine Mind that form our spiritual nature and express themselves through our minds as divine ideas and faculties. Based on Charles Fillmore’s The Twelve Powers of Man.

MS-802 Lessons in Truth
Broaden your consciousness with a basic introduction to metaphysical study and the practical use of Truth principles in daily living. Based on H. Emilie Cady’s classic Lessons in Truth, first published in 1895, with the addition of newly formulated metaphysical insights.

MS-804 Discover the Power Within You
Take a fresh look at the teachings of Jesus from a metaphysical and philosophical point of view. See how the great idea of “Christ in you”-emphasized in Eric Butterworth’s book-can lead to biblical and personal revelations.

MS-815 Myrtle and Charles on Healing and Wholeness – Part 1
MS-816 Myrtle and Charles on Healing and Wholeness – Part 2

These courses are based in the spiritual laws and universal principles that support the expression of heath and wholeness in our bodies and affairs as Jesus presented them.  We will be working with Myrtle and Charles Fillmore’s interpretation of how Jesus used and demonstrated those in his own life.

MS-820  Metaphysics I Part 1
MS-821 Metaphysics I Part 2
MS-822 Metaphysics II Part 1
MS-823 Metaphysics II Part 2
During these courses you will explore some of the fundamental principles of spiritual law and how they can be applied to your life for greater love, health, and prosperity.  By studying the works of prominent Unity writers, as well as specific metaphysical and theological views, you will be encouraged to awaken your awareness and understanding of spiritual Truth.  Through the consistent use of these practical principles, you will realize more of your spiritual potential and find that your life is transformed!  Some of the topics explored in this class are:

• God
• Three fold nature of humankind
• Heaven
• Healing
• Denials and Affirmations,
• and others

“Unity is a link in the great educational movement inaugurated by Jesus Christ.
Our objective is to discern the truth in Christianity and prove it. The truth that we teach is not new, neither do we claim special revelations or discovery of new religious principles. Our purpose is to help and teach humankind to use and prove the eternal Truth taught by the Master.” – Charles Filmore, Co-Founder of Unity

Our purpose is to be a joyful, loving community where you deepen your spiritual journey through prayer and meditation, spiritual study, social action and metaphysical interpretation of the Bible.

Fox Valley Unity is a church of the Daily Word Magazine and Silent Unity.