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In the 1880s Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, co-founders of Unity began to work with some new ideas about life that they had found. Charles had a withered leg; Myrtle had tuberculosis. But in a short time, she was healed, and his health was so much improved that other people, seeing the changes in them, were drawn to them to find out how they, too, could change. The Fillmore's had no thought of starting a new religion; they just wanted to help themselves and others who turned to them for help. In 1889 they began to publish a little magazine called "Modern Thought", which a few years later they renamed "Unity." In this magazine, they represented the ideas that had helped them heal themselves and find peace and strength. These are ideas are simple. They are centered around two basic propositions: One, God is good. Two, God is available; in
fact, God is in you. Unity of Santa Maria began as a ten member study group in the mid 1960’s. In 1968, under the leadership of Reverend June Jones, the Unity Church of Santa Maria was founded. Chartered in 1969, it elected its first Board of Directors and conducted weekly services and classes. In 1971 it purchased a one-acre parcel of land located at 1165 Stubblefield Road in Santa Maria. Services and classes were held in the building that is known today as the June Jones Activity Center. In 1986, construction began on the main sanctuary known as the Unity Chapel of Light. The late Charles Dorsey served as architect and supervised the entire project. In 1990 after more than 20 years of dedicated service, June Jones retired. Pastor James Schrotel assumed ministerial leadership. By Eleanora Coleman |
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