1. Broadcasting the Message

Broadcasting means sharing our message outside the Sanctuary, from the Lobby to Friendship Hall to Wings Bookstore and beyond. Internet broadcasts are in our future. But this all begins with production capability within our current Sanctuary.

Production capability will include professional quality lighting, cameras and recording equipment and the talent to operate it. It means having the technology to transmit video out to the world through our website, both live and recorded.

Broadcasting the Message means reaching people beyond our current time and space restraints —reaching people anytime and anywhere, easily and simply. It means helping people connect with First Unity’s message of love and healing, whether or not they can be at the church on Sunday.

2. Campus as a Sanctuary

We see our campus becoming known as one of the most dynamic spiritual centers in Tampa Bay. We want to create a space that generates a feeling of peace, comfort and love.

We envision purchasing several properties surrounding our current church home, in order to increase the size of our Campus. Some visible changes we want to make:

• Build a small chapel for prayer and reflection
• Improve outdoor lighting
• Improve and increase landscaping
• Create pathways that take you easily from space to space
• Install better signage
• Paint all buildings to unify their look
• Install a fence to match the gate for the rose garden
• Refurbish the parking lot

3. CommUniteam

CommUniteam means reaching into the community to impact people’s lives. It means building our community at First Unity, helping people connect with each other from the moment they have contact with our church, to actively volunteering in any of our many ministries. We believe that active volunteering, tithing time and talent, is an essential step on the journey of spiritual awakening and growth.

Events and projects of CommUniteam will be wide ranging, from small to huge. It can mean helping families, connecting with people who are down and need healing, or a project to bring peace and love as a solution to problems faced by our city. CommUniteam is about extending the reach of our message and the impact of our beliefs through projects and activities that make a difference within, and beyond, First Unity.

CommUniteam also means education and growth through ongoing small groups. Groups will form around common interests, connecting people on their journey of spiritual development.

4. A Family Church

First Unity is a home for people of all ages. “Encouraging the awareness of Spirit within” need not be an adults-only activity! And we know that awakening occurs through families.

What will A Family Church look like?

• A curriculum for every age group that helps them develop and apply Unity principles and links them to what is being taught in the Sunday service.
• Music and worship to meet the unique needs of youth.
• Volunteers will be active and essential. As will all volunteer activities, being a leader of a Family Church is part of your spiritual growth and evolution.

5. Prosperity Focused

Prosperity consciousness is part of who we are. We will put this front and center, practicing what we teach. Building the prosperity consciousness of our First Unity home means:

• Establishing this as a ministry through the Faith Council
• Communicating regularly to the congregation about church financial matters, so we can continually learn how to apply our prosperity principles.
• Using small groups on an ongoing basis for communicating with our congregation.
• Supporting each other by talking about prosperity in all aspects of our lives: wealth, health and relationship.
• Educating our First Unity family about planned giving, starting by using the “Legacies of Love” brochure more actively.
• Providing an estate planning attorney able to do pro bono work. Creating a Legacy Society for those who put First Unity in their wills. This includes listing their names in the newsletter and creating plaques to acknowledge current givers.
• Putting “talent” on the treasure map bulletin board to make it easy for people to see how they can get involved.
• Have staff positions endowed.