CFU Fundraising Update 2024 DEC

CFU Fundraising Update

By Rick Lyon

Donor Appreciation Event / Exclusive Premiere

Our donor appreciation event for 2024 will be held on Saturday, December 21st, at 1:30pm Eastern. We have over 200 individuals, corporations, and Urantia organizations that have helped to financially fund our efforts for the past three years. We want to share our gratitude for your prayers, encouragement, and support by sharing with you an exclusive viewing of our film trailer called "Equal" before it is released. If you are a financial donor anytime during the past three years, you should have received a Zoom link invitation.

And Now For The Moment We Have All Been Waiting For!

Today, December 21, 2024, is a day we have all been waiting for. We have all dreamed about a film project for The Urantia Book and today we are taking a major step forward in converting that dream to reality.

Today, at 1:30 pm Eastern, The Center For Unity is hosting a special Zoom meeting for all our financial donors to get a first look at the trailer for the first season of "The Divine Within" film series from our Divine Mother Productions (DivineMotherProductions.com). Season one is called "Equal."

"Equal" is the story of the spiritual equality of women today in parallel with the truth about Mary Magdalene and the Women's Corps. If we can lift up and empower the women of this world, we can create better families; and better families create better civilizations. If a culture is judged by its treatment of women, then let us send the message to all women, and men, that in the eyes of God they are "Equal" and loved and valued but the creator of this and all the universes.

Today, you can help make this happen by sharing the trailer for "Equal" with everyone you can to generate "buzz" about the film series and attract the financial investors we need to begin production. The following three seasons will be about Truth, Beauty, and Goodness respectively.

Help us find those people of means, Urantia students or not, who will see the value of this project for the world. For more information, attend our "Ask Me Anything" meeting on December 28th. An invitation will be sent to you closer to that day.

CFU Annual Team Celebration

On December 14th, The Center For Unity hosted our third annual team celebration. Each active team member received a certificate of appreciation and a 2025 wall calendar featuring the artwork of Gary Tonge from our DiscoverJesus.com website. One of these beautiful calendars was mailed to all team members and 2024 donors that we have postal addresses for.

Sharing the Revelation Quick and Easy

Many of you have seen and used our new UrantiaBookpod.com website or listened to these podcasts on YouTube, @thecenterforunity , or other social media sites. We are getting lots of really nice comments about these. Several study groups are using them to add something new to their study time together. We believe that these podcasts are a wonderful new way to share this revelation with others in a quick, easy, and comfortable manner. All you have to do is suggest that someone you know or meet should listen to a particular podcast. Then ask them for feedback on what it says. Invite them to share their opinion with you. Few people can resist that invitation.

We want to invite all of you to listen to one of the podcasts each day and then share that podcast on Facebook or your other social media sites. It only takes a few clicks to share it. Email the link to your family, friends, and local religious leaders. Remember what it says in The Urantia Book 178:1.14.

Fundraising Update

Thanks to your prayers and support, 2024 has been another successful year for CFU fundraising, in fact, our most successful year yet. 136 individuals, corporations, or Urantia organizations contributed to our success this year. We had 33 new first time donors.

Of course, much of our financial success this year came from a bequeath by our beloved friend and brother, Ted Blaney. We want to thank Ted and his family for their generous support. The film trailer "Equal" is only the first result from that support.

CFU Updates

The CFU team is taking a well deserved two weeks off for the holidays but we will be hosting our Donor Appreciation Zoom meeting on Saturday, December 21st, and our AMA meeting on Saturday, December 28th.

But we are always available when the need or opportunity arises. We certainly hope that you are pleased with the results of the trust you have placed in us and the prayers and donations you have invested in us. We wish you all the merriest Christmas or whichever holidays you celebrate during this season. We wish you the best new year ever for you and yours. And may all we do continue to be according to our Father's will, in accordance with Michael's plan for this world, in service to all mankind, and bring a smile to your face and joy to your heart.

See you all at the meeting later today, the AMA, or next year!