First Unity Church will celebrate on Sunday, December 22, 2024, at 10:30:a.m., with our annual Christmas Candle Lighting Service. Each season, this beautiful event helps us bring forth and celebrate the birth of Christ consciousness within our souls. All are welcome after the service for lunch, a bake sale and a special visit with Santa for the children!
What Does the Celebration of Christmas Mean for First Unity?
Unity co-founder Charles Fillmore taught, “The bringing forth of the Christ child is not a work that is finished in Bethlehem. It is taking place in our midst every day. It is this we celebrate.”
The Candle Lighting service also celebrates the “12 Living Lights” within each of us, as represented in the Christmas story. These twelve lights or powers are gifts from God for the purpose of unfolding our unique, individual Christ nature. As we unfold the Christ consciousness within, we also use these powers to express the eternal activity of God in all things and in all ways.