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Please join us for 10:00am Sunday morning services


We are located at 4750 Venture Dr Suite 350 Ann Arbor MI 48108
Unity of Ann Arbor also offers fellowship and learning activities for your spiritual growth. 
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STATEMENT OF TRUTH
There is only one presence and one power in the universe and in my life – God the Good Omnipotent
VISION STATEMENT
One God, One Heart, Many Paths for All People.
MISSION STATEMENT
To nurture the paths of healing and spirituality.
To awaken God within all through Love, Peace, Joy, and Abundance.
CORE VALUES
* Caring Community * Welcoming Spirit * Fostering Diversity  * Growing Spirituality * Loving Service

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Services and Office: 4750 Venture Dr Suite 350 Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Staff cell: 734-434-8545 
US Mail: P.O. Box 6010, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 
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Member:  Unity Worldwide Ministries, Unity Village, MO

 
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Unity of Ann Arbor

Unity of Ann Arbor

Unity of Ann Arbor is a spiritual community that welcomes people of all backgrounds and lifestyles. Unity is a positive path for spiritual living. A "thinking people's church"! Member of Unity Worldwide Ministries (HQ in Unity Village, MO).

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From Rev. Tom Frederick, Sunday Service Feb 8, 2026.When the Moment Is Hard“In every life, there are times of ease and times of struggle.”Life can be hard.There are moments—personal and collective—when the weight of disappointment, uncertainty, and fatigue feels heavy. And there is a powerful modern story that speaks directly to moments like this one in our nation.On June 3, 2008—the night Hillary Clinton conceded the Democratic primary to Barack Obama after one of the most grueling campaigns in American history—something unexpected happened.At midnight, Barack Obama picked up the phone.Not to celebrate. Not to negotiate. Not to secure power.He called Hillary Clinton simply to say:“I know how much this hurts. And I want you to know I could not have become a better candidate without you pushing me every single day to be sharper, stronger, and more prepared than I ever thought possible.”In a moment when fear could have hardened the heart— when rivalry could have calcified into resentment— grace entered instead.Hillary Clinton later shared that those words began healing a wound she thought might never close. And just weeks later, they met privately—not as rivals, but as human beings—sharing doubts, family stories, and dreams for the country they both loved.From that space of mutual respect came one of the most effective partnerships in modern leadership. Not because they avoided conflict—but because they refused to let fear define the relationship.What made that midnight phone call so powerful was not strategy.It was determination of spirit.Determination to stay aligned with something deeper than ego. Determination to choose relationship over resentment. Determination to believe that what is being born can be greater than what is being lost.The Daily Word reminds us:“In every person’s life, there will be times of ease and times of struggle.”That moment in 2008 was not a moment of ease. It was a moment of disappointment, vulnerability, and emotional exhaustion.And yet—determination showed up not as force, but as grace.Unity teaches us that determination is not stubbornness. It is not pushing harder. It is the quiet strength that keeps us aligned with Truth, even when appearances tempt us to close our hearts.The Daily Word says:“When discouragement sets in, I remember I am fully human and fully divine.”Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were fully human in that moment—tired, wounded, uncertain. And yet something divine moved through them: a willingness to stay the course of integrity, dignity, and shared purpose.In 1944, at the Willow Run plant, skeptics said it couldn’t be done. The factory stretched over 3.5 million square feet—so vast that supervisors used bicycles to get from one end to the other. When Ford Motor Company agreed to build B-24 Liberator bombers, critics scoffed. These weren’t cars. Each plane required over a million parts and absolute precision—life and death precision.Pause here.What looked impossible demanded determination—not panic, not force, but sustained alignment with a vision larger than fear.Inner message: We do not fail because life feels hard. We feel hard moments because we are human.Determination as Grace“Determination is the strength to stay aligned with Truth.” “We are only limited by our beliefs. The only adversary is within us.”The midnight phone call in the Obama–Clinton story was not political strategy. It was a spiritual act of determination. Obama chose relationship over resentment. He chose alignment with Truth over ego or fear.Determination is not force. It is grace in motion.Grace says, I will not close my heart just because I’m hurting. Grace says, I choose connection even when withdrawal would be easier.Inner message: Determination keeps the heart open when fear would close it.Fully Human, Fully Divine“I am fully human and fully divine.”In every person’s life, there are times of ease and times of struggle. In the tougher times, it is natural to feel discouraged and tempted to give up on plans and dreams.When discouragement sets in, I remember who I am: fully human and fully divine—a spiritual being endowed with divine gifts. I fortify myself by invoking innate qualities of strength and power. They give me the determination to keep going, to stay the course.I use my body and mind to accomplish what I set out to do, but I also know there is more to me than that. The attributes of God are not distant. They are mine to use.I believe in myself and move forward with determination.Lyndon Johnson, running against John F. Kennedy, had every reason to resist Kennedy’s vision. Yet when Kennedy was assassinated, Johnson made a determined choice—not to advance personal ambition, but to stand behind a vision larger than himself and help carry a grieving nation forward. Doing everything in his power to promote the Civil Rights Bill. His determination against all odds. Many strongly opposed, yet he moved forward. His reasoning can be questioned but what is unquestionable is the will of the people, faith and prayer. This is spiritual maturity: determination aligned with love and service.Inner message: What carries us forward is not willpower alone— it is God within us.Determination That Transforms“Determined love transforms the world.”“So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God, but also our own selves…”Determined.Eleanor Roosevelt reminds us: “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”Determination is inner sovereignty—choosing love, dignity, and Truth no matter the outer conditions. Nothing and no one can shape us unless we allow it. Charles Fillmore tells us the adversary is within us. We always have a choice about the direction life will take.As we’ve seen in Dara’s class on The Great Demonstration, these stories show what happens when we set aside the false belief that we are separate—and choose to work together for the higher good.Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Johnson and Kennedy. A nation choosing, again and again, to stand against oppression by standing together.Not just speaking love. Not just believing Truth. But sharing ourselves—our presence, our compassion, our steadiness.Inner message: When we stay determined in love, we become part of the healing. ... See MoreSee Less
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