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What if the spiritual life wasn't about getting it right, but about knowing what's true even when you're not living it yet?
Join Rev. Thomas DeSchutter for a 90-minute workshop exploring the Five Unity Principles, not as abstract ideas, but as a practical way of meeting your actual life.
Drawing on his own journals (the real, unfiltered record of a working spiritual practice), Rev. T walks through what it looks like when these principles hold, and what it looks like when we forget them and have to find our way back.
You'll leave with five clear anchors for daily living, a simple practice you can use the moment old patterns resurface, and a different way of relating to the gap between what you know and how you're living.
No prior knowledge of Unity teaching required, just a willingness to be honest about where you actually are.
This workshop is for anyone who has ever taught something they didn't fully believe yet, or hoped for peace while still circling the same worry at 4am. In other words: it's for anyone.
What to bring: Journal notebook and pen
Format: 90 minutes, in-person
Facilitator: Rev. Thomas DeSchutter, Sr. Minister, Unity Vancouver Island
Suggested Love Offering: $20
Meet Rev Thomas:
Rev. Thomas DeSchutter came to Unity the long way around — raised Catholic, walked away in his late teens, and spent the better part of three and a half decades quietly seeking what he didn't know was missing. At 53, an encounter with A Course in Miracles brought him back — not to religion, but to something more honest than what he'd left. He now serves as Sr. Minister of Unity Vancouver Island, leading three communities across Nanaimo, Victoria, and Comox Valley. He is also a member of the Unity Canada board of directors.
His teaching is grounded, direct, and built for people who have seen enough of life to need more than inspiration — people who want something that actually holds. He draws on Unity and New Thought metaphysics, the 12 Powers, and the work of Eric Butterworth, with a particular commitment to honest inner work over easy answers. Rev. Thomas believes the path back to wholeness doesn't require you to have it figured out. It just requires you to stay present to what's actually here.
Aug 30 with Sharon Carne -
The Wisdom of Chaos: Relaxing into the Process of Becoming
(Interactive session with singing bowls)
Just as a caterpillar must dissolve into "caterpillar soup" before emerging as a butterfly, our own greatest periods of growth often begin with uncertainty, change, and apparent chaos. In this presentation and immersive sound bath, Sharon Carne explores why chaos is not a sign that something is wrong, but an essential stage in the natural process of transformation. Drawing on insights from nature, science, and spiritual awareness, she distinguishes between transformation and transmutation—the profound process of becoming something entirely new. As humanity experiences deep shifts in consciousness, beliefs, emotions, and identity, participants will discover how to relax into change, trust the unfolding process, and embrace the emergence of their most authentic selves. The experience concludes with a deeply restorative sound bath using Himalayan and crystal singing bowls, supporting integration, inner harmony, and the affirmation: "I relax into and enjoy the process of transforming."
Meet Sharon Carne
Sharon Carne is a best-selling author, international speaker, musician, recording artist, master sound healer, mother, grandmother and evolving elder. She founded Sound Wellness in 2008 after participating as a facilitator in a study on stress through the Integrative Health Institute at Mount Royal University. Sharon has developed nationally recognized professional training for holistic practitioners who receive the highest level of tested competency training in Canada in using sound healing to support their practice.
Aug 30 - Community Circle: Serving Together to Grow Together 12:20 - 1:20
We come to Unity to learn from our speakers, the teachings and enjoy the music. But how else can we grow, both personally and as a community?
Plan to stay for an hour-long community circle after the Sunday Experience, where we'll continue examining the idea of Benevolence Teams (including expanding sacred service opportunities from our May Circle), review our fundraising efforts, discuss potential classes for the fall, and update Visioning our future home.
Plan to stay, become informed, and add your voice to our community!