Welcome to Living Water Spiritual Community
Living Water Spiritual Community is a joyful and supportive Unity community based in Arvada, Colorado. 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.
Whatever your religious upbringing, we invite you to join us for our weekly congregational services. Our various guest speakers draw from their own life experiences and the teachings of numerous wise teachers, including Jesus the Christ, our way-shower. We use their lessons to enlighten, inspire, and prepare us to apply “practical Christianity” in our lives.
We meet every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. (Mountain Time) via a combination of in-person and virtual gatherings. See calendar for details on which services are in-person. Join us for music, affirmative prayers, meditation, fellowship, and an uplifting message intended to strike a Divine spark in you. We are all connected in Spirit, and we hope you feel at home with us.
**PLEASE NOTE: For our in-person services, we encourage attendees to be vaccinated, but it is not required to attend. Masks are optional. Please do not attend if you have any symptoms of illness, fever, or have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for Covid-19 within the last 10 days.
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Do you have a prayer request? Send us a message through our contact form or call 720-576-9193. Our community will include your request in our prayers at the next Sunday gathering and we will also submit your request to Silent Unity. Each prayer request is held at Silent Unity for 30 days of continued prayer. The requests are placed in the prayer vigil chapel where someone is praying 24 hours a day. You may also contact Silent Unity to speak with a prayer associate directly by calling 1-816-969-2000. Visit their website to learn how to submit prayer requests directly to them via their online request form, mobile app, or by mail.
WISDOM FOR THE WEEK
Offered by Rev. Catherine Klein, Minister of Record
LEMONS INTO LEMONADE
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
And this our life, exempt from public haunt,
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
I would not change it.
-- Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 2
Ten years ago, on a Sunday morning, my husband Sepp had a medical emergency. The outcome was positive, but still, on Monday morning I woke up obsessing the “worst that could have happened.”
Recognizing that this is the kind of thinking that makes matters worse, I tried to turn my mind in a new direction… and the thought “turn this lemon into lemonade” came into my mind. And so, I googled it… and would you believe the quote above came up. It moved me to tears.
When something traumatic happens, fear and shock can overwhelm us, can’t they. We may feel as though our whole world has fallen apart. But once we’ve had a chance to calm down, our focus expands and we realize that life goes on, and most things are totally fine. I thought about all the tests Sepp was put through in the hospital and how the results showed that 99% of his body was functioning perfectly.
What great conversations we had once our minds turned from fear to the possibility that even more abundant living might have been opened up by this “wake-up call.” Surely, we would be less likely to take each other for granted. Surely, we would do our best to make the most of whatever time we were blessed to have together. This week let’s remember that change need not mean “worse”; it could mean “better than ever.”