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Rev. Beth Ann Suggs is the featured speaker at Unity of Ventura, Sunday, May 21. Services are at 10:00 a.m. at "The Chapel" at the Ventura Seventh-day Adventist Church, 6300 Telephone Rd. in Ventura CA. Rev. Beth Ann’s topic is “Points of Mastery.”

Rev. Beth Ann explains: “The path of life can seem to be always shifting and changing in unpredictable ways. It’s as though our destiny is changing and we don't really know where we are headed or why. We can experience feeling confused, lost or even worried that we must be on the wrong path. Nelson Mandela wrote; ‘I never lose. I either win or learn.’ This points out that there is always Divine Wisdom and Divine Possibility present--if we look for it.”

Join us live on Sunday May 21, or stream the service at your convenience on Unity of Ventura Facebook.

Music during the service will be provided by Smitty and Juljia, Ojai-based artists known for their uplifting sounds and beautiful vocal harmonies. All lifestyles, faiths, genders and ethnicities are welcome. Following the service is an informal gathering for coffee/tea/snacks. For more information, 805-653-1059 or go to www.UnityofVentura.org.

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On January 25th at 7:00 PM, the Ventura County Interfaith Community will present an introduction to Judaism led by Rabbi Michael Lotker. Rabbi Michael Lotker is a second career rabbi having been ordained at age 55 from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in 2003. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Physics from Queens College in New York City and from the University of Illinois. Prior to his ordination from HUC-JIR (the Reform movement’s rabbinic seminary) in 2003, he received his Master of Hebrew Letters degree from this same institution. He is presently Rabbi Emeritus at Temple Ner Ami in Camarillo, California, the Scholar in Residence at Temple Adat Elohim in Thousand Oaks, CA and the Community Rabbi for the Jewish Federation of Ventura County. He is a member of the Central Conference of America Rabbis and the Board of Rabbis of Southern California.

His interest and participation in interfaith dialogue stimulated his rabbinic thesis entitled “Ezer Knegdo: Toward a Theology of Jewish-Christian Partnership.” Author of A Christian’s Guide to Judaism, He is a sought after speaker at synagogues, churches and campuses. In June, 2014, he offered the opening prayer at the United States House of Representatives Join us on Zoom as we explore the Judaism’s origins, beliefs, and practices. Go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82086759058?pwd=empucmhhbWc3RGJMdmRtcS9wQXpLQT09 at the appointed hour to join by Zoom or join by phone by calling 669 900 6833 and entering the meeting ID (820 8675 9058) and passcode (825051) when prompted.

Join us for our next Film in the Gallery!

This month, we will be screening Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru. A tough but enriching look at the last days of a man who is dying of stomach cancer, Ikiru brings together the Japanese master with one of his frequent on-screen collaborators, Takashi Shimura, in career-high marks for both the director and actor. Partially inspired by Tolstoy’s seminal The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Ikiru finds beauty in its search of purpose in ways which are unique within the Kurosawa canon.



VIP tickets include priority seating and a free drink and snack from our bar.