The special guests represent the four types of individuals that comprise First Unity’s community: Activists, Artists, Seekers, and Healers.
February 2, 2018 – ST. PETERSBURG, FL – First Unity welcomes a diverse trio of accomplished special guests in the month of February: Bishop Carlton Pearson on Sunday, February 11th, Jill Colucci on Sunday, February 18th, and Will Arntz (with Deirdre Hade) on Sunday, February 25th. Each week, the special guest will be featured within both Sunday services, 9:30am and 11:30am, and then offer a program to the public at 1:30pm in the Sanctuary on a love-offering basis.
ABOUT BISHOP CARLTON PEARSON
Carlton Pearson was Oral Roberts’ protégé and pastor of a Tulsa, OK, megachurch when he experienced a personal epiphany and preached that he no longer believed in eternal damnation. He lost his congregation and nearly everything, branded a modern-day heretic (a story made more prominent by a segment on NPR’s THIS AMERICAN LIFE and NBC’s DATELINE), but his faith journey led to the writing of The Gospel of Inclusion, and becoming a leading voice of reason in a world of religious extremes. Just before he comes to First Unity, the biopic of his life, Come Sunday, starring Chiwetel Ejofor (Oscar-nominee for 12 Years a Slave) as Bishop Pearson and Martin Sheen as Oral Roberts, gets its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival. He will conduct a Q&A on Sunday, February 11th at 1:30pm. More in the full press release HERE.
ABOUT JILL COLUCCI
Jill Colucci has made her mark on Country Radio as a songwriter with hit songs such as Song of the Year “No One Else On Earth” by Wynonna Judd and #1 Award winning songs “I’m Gonna Be Somebody” and “Anymore” by Travis Tritt. Jill’s songs have sold over 20 million records worldwide. Jill received her first gold records with Anne Murray and Gloria Loring. She is the songwriter and vocalist for ABC’s “America’s Funniest Home Videos” theme song entitled “The Funny Things You Do“. Her national TV and radio commercials include Toyota, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Coors Beer, Burger King, Oldsmobile, Taco Bell, Chevrolet, Glidden Paint, and many more. She will present a concert of her music, both familiar and new, on Sunday, February 18th at 1:30pm.
ABOUT WILL ARNTZ / THE MYSTIC AND THE PHYSICIST
Physicist and filmmaker William Arntz, creator of What the BLEEP Do We Know!?, and his wife, mystical visionary Deirdre Hade, founder of, The Radiance Journey, met in destiny, and the Mystic and the Physicist married. Will was a research laser physicist for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), otherwise known as “Star Wars.” About that same time, Deirdre was beginning to realize that the visions she had been experiencing since the age of three were not the norm. And as she sat by the bed of her cancer-stricken mother, she discovered the healing power of light, which ultimately enabled her mother to live 13 years longer than the doctors had ever thought possible. Together, they will present a program on the intertwining of Physics and Mysticism as it relates to our world view, our understanding of Reality, and our personal lives, on Sunday, February 25th at 1:30pm.
ABOUT FIRST UNITY SPIRITUAL CAMPUS
First Unity Spiritual Campus is a spiritual community who welcomes all, committed to teaching a positive, practical, and progressive approach to spirituality. The St. Petersburg campus features a sanctuary which also serves as a performance venue, spiritual education classrooms, chapel, meditation garden, gallery and visual art center, bookstore, coffee shop, and is home to Spice Routes restaurant. In addition to weekly Sunday and Wednesday services, First Unity Spiritual Campus continually offers support groups and a variety of events, activities, and classes. This thriving community is under the leadership of internationally-recognized minister / author / speaker Temple Hayes. For more information, visit firstunity.org.
FOR CALENDAR / LISTINGS
Bishop Carlton Pearson, Featured Sunday Service Guest
Sunday, February 11, 2018 at 9:30a.m. & 11:30a.m.
Bishop Carlton Pearson, Q&A
Sunday, February 11, 2018 at 1:30p.m
First Unity Spiritual Campus
460 46th Avenue North
St. Petersburg, FL 33703
More information online at https://www.firstunity.org/event/special-guest-bishop-carlton-pearson/?v=7516fd43adaa
Jill Colucci, Featured Sunday Service Musical Guest
Sunday, February 18, 2018 at 9:30a.m. & 11:30a.m.
Jill Colucci in Concert
Sunday, February 18, 2018 at 1:30p.m.
First Unity Spiritual Campus
460 46th Avenue North
St. Petersburg, FL 33703
Tickets are free (love offering will be collected)
More information online at https://www.firstunity.org/event/jill-collucci-concert/?v=7516fd43adaa
The Mystic and the Physicist
Sunday, February 25, 2018 at 1:30p.m.
First Unity Spiritual Campus
460 46th Avenue North
St. Petersburg, FL 33703
Tickets are free (love offering will be collected)
More information online at https://www.firstunity.org/event/the-mystic-and-the-physicist/?v=7516fd43adaa