Sound and Spirit
Before each keynote presentation, the Kaleidoscope Music Team invites you into a sacred half-hour of music, prayer, meditation, and a reading of the Daily Word.
Before each keynote presentation, the Kaleidoscope Music Team invites you into a sacred half-hour of music, prayer, meditation, and a reading of the Daily Word.
Join Revs. Neusom Holmes, Senior Minister at Unity of the Triangle, as he leads us into a powerful opening ceremony to begin our retreat journey.
As the retreat day draws to a close, we gather for Vespers—a quiet, contemplative service of prayer and meditation.
These yoga sessions are rooted in traditional Hatha Yoga, ideal for beginners or those seeking slower-paced practice, making it a comfortable practice for all levels.
Whether or not you attend the yoga class, you are welcome to join Frances Beasley at 7:30 am to sit in quiet reflection, breathe deeply, and open your heart to the day’s unfolding.
Before each keynote presentation, the Kaleidoscope Music Team invites you into a sacred half-hour of music, prayer, meditation, and a reading of the Daily Word.
Step onto the paths of realization with Rev. Ana Quintana and Rev. Michael Gadway.
News from Unity World Headquarters and Unity Worldwide Ministries with Revs. Juan del Hierro, Maggie Alderman, and Roxanne Graves.
Experience the Divine through Sacred Chants with Rev. Mike Davis.
Explore three simple, yet powerful practices you can use anytime, anywhere: intentional spiritual forgiveness, focused breathing and movement, and awareness of the transformational power of your sacred anatomy. These methods, rooted in ancestral and indigenous wisdom, support emotional clearing and help you reconnect with your True Nature.
The International Room is closed for this hour to allow the UMMAS Retreat Band time for rehearsal.
Before each keynote presentation, the Kaleidoscope Music Team invites you into a sacred half-hour of music, prayer, meditation, and a reading of the Daily Word.
Vocalist and Songwriter Flamy Grant blends country, folk, gospel, and roots music to deliver a theatrical, therapeutic, and wholly original experience of intrepid storytelling, all shared through the evocative art of drag.
This sacred time in prayer and meditation invites us to release the day’s energy, reflect in gratitude, and enter the stillness of evening with open hearts.
These yoga sessions are rooted in traditional Hatha Yoga, ideal for beginners or those seeking slower-paced practice, making it a comfortable practice for all levels.
Whether or not you attend the yoga class, you are welcome to join Frances Beasley at 7:30 am to sit in quiet reflection, breathe deeply, and open your heart to the day’s unfolding.
Before each keynote presentation, the Kaleidoscope Music Team invites you into a sacred half-hour of music, prayer, meditation, and a reading of the Daily Word.
Our UMMAS keynote this morning is about honoring three powerful invitations that life gives us over and over again: the call to accept change, the necessity of acknowledging loss, and the healing that becomes possible when we allow for our feelings.
Led by Rev. Tami Johns, this workshop uses imagery, music, personal reflection, and heart-centered sharing to engage you in experiential practices that awaken your divine potential. Explore how life’s journey may have created spiritual blocks, learn to map and understand those imprints, and gently return to the radiance of your true self.
Join this experiential workshop to explore sacred sound as a path to stillness, presence, and inner peace. Rev. Christy leads us in Zikr (or Dhikr)—the Sufi chanting practice of repeating the names of God to cultivate inner peace and a sense of oneness - as well as chants and practices from the Hindu, Buddhist, and Native American traditions .
This workshop invites ministers and spiritual leaders to see youth ministry not as a program, but as a mindset—one that recognizes the sacred relationships we already hold with young people: our grandkids, neighbors, nieces and nephews, graduated youth, and the kids playing down the street. Whether or not they walk through our doors, they’re part of the sacred kaleidoscope of ministry.
An energetic, hands-on, and inspiring workshop that empowers participants to step into the art of affirmative prayer with confidence and clarity through fun group activities, myth-busting games, guided visualization, and real-time prayer creation.
Sound Connections for Tranquility and Hertz to Help your Hurts explains the science of sound as it connects to your personal energy fields. Whether it is physical, mental, or emotional, sound can balance the energetic flow of the chakras and meridian channels in the body.
Join Rev. Denise Yeargin for a romp through a few strategies and practices to help your spiritual community master change.
Please join Mike Davis as we create a pop up choir! We’ll rehearse two or three simple songs in the afternoon, and then sing at the Spirit Sharing Experience that evening.
Enjoy a soul-stirring and heartfelt 30-minute performance by Rev. Mike Davis and the UMMAS Community Choir. Do you want to sing in the choir? Rehearsals are earlier in the day on Thursday at 4:30 in the International Room. Everyone is welcome to participate!
Bring your light, your laughter, and your gifts to our Spirit Sharing Talent Show - this is your chance to shine! Sign up during check-in or anytime throughout the week. Just be sure to come to rehearsal on Thursday at 4:30 in the main room to get ready for the show.
During the closing ceremony we will create magic in the room by singing together, spending time in the silence together and sharing the gifts we have received during the week.
These yoga sessions are rooted in traditional Hatha Yoga, ideal for beginners or those seeking slower-paced practice, making it a comfortable practice for all levels.
Please be sure to check out of your room by 10:00 AM on Friday.
These yoga sessions are rooted in traditional Hatha Yoga, ideal for beginners or those seeking slower-paced practice, making it a comfortable practice for all levels.
Whether or not you attend the yoga class, you are welcome to join Frances Beasley at 7:30 am to sit in quiet reflection, breathe deeply, and open your heart to the day’s unfolding.
As we bring our 2025 Fall Retreat to a close, we invite all attendees into a Town Hall conversation with the UMMAS leadership team. This is a time to reflect together on the retreat experience—what nourished you, what you’d love to see more of, and how we can continue to grow.
Join Rev. Pat to share what's in our hearts, respond to where Unity stands on Social Justice, and learn and grow together. We'll move through Sacred Circle, group sharing, and open conversation. Handouts on Unity's official stances on social justice will be provided, along with time to respond and reflect together.
What if the places in your heart that feel empty, wounded, or disconnected are not simply places of pain, but doorways to something precious that has been waiting to be reclaimed?
When music and message work together, you have the possibility of creating a profound spiritual experience for those in attendance. Sue will offer some ideas on music resources that sound great for all levels of singing, and songs that are doable for your music team, giving you the possibility of using music to orchestrate not just a great talk, but also a powerful worship experience.
In this interactive and experiential session, we'll explore the "physics" of spiritual elevation and discover how faith, prayer, encouragement, and authentic community become the forces that lift us through life's challenges.
The Twelve Spiritual Laws of Success is an inspiring, interactive 90-minute to two-hour workshop based on Dr. Herbert Harris best-selling book, The Twelve Universal Laws of Success. The workshop explores the Laws of Thought, Change, Vision, Affirmation, Attraction, Focus, Action, Value, Relationships, Supply, Persistence, and Truth from biblical and metaphysical perspectives. It goes beyond positive thinking and the Law of Attraction to discover practical, step-by-step techniques for creating meaningful change. This workshop makes learning fun, inspiring, and transformational.
Rather than a workshop, this gathering will be a discussion for those who have already read *Theo of Golden*. This self-published book became what *The New York Times* called a “word-of-mouth smash hit.” Come prepared to share, listen, and discuss together.
In this experiential two-hour workshop, Rev. Victoria Loveland-Coen will guide participants through a compassionate and empowering process for navigating disappointment, unmet expectations, and life's unexpected detours. Drawing from Unity principles we'll explore how to release attachment to specific outcomes, practice forgiveness (of ourselves and others), reconnect with our deeper purpose, discover new possibilities, and trust divine timing.
What if discovering what is ours to do doesn’t begin with doing, trying harder, or figuring out the next right step—but with awakening? In this interactive and experiential workshop with Rev. Ellen Barron, we’ll create space to pause, reflect, listen, and connect—exploring what we may be ready to release and what may be seeking to emerge.