Drumming has been a part of many religious traditions and ranges from being loud and exuberant to delicate and textured. In this circle we will learn a few simple rhythm patterns and repeat these patterns in a meditative way as a means to connect and open to Spirit to express itself through our playing.

Previous experience of drumming is not required, nor is a drum; simple percussion works just as well. There will be percussion to share. Held at the Unity Church office, Benton Plaza Building, 408 SW Monroe.

Special Services
At Unity of Corvallis we come together at sacred times of transition to acknowledge and explore the expression of the divine in our lives. At weddings, funerals, christenings, and other times of life, we share with one another and invite what is holy within each of us into expression.

Alternative Programs
We realize that for many, the typical Sunday service format is only marginally adequate to express, experience, and celebrate the divine. We offer a number of alternative services that are not focused on listening to a sermon; most are led by the community. On the solstice and equinox we celebrate with a Taize (chanting) and Labyrinth. We offer Dances of Universal Peace (Sufi dancing) monthly, as well as a meditation circle. At year end, we provide a burning bowl ritual and on the first service of the New Year we celebrate a “white stone” intention setting ritual. There are other activities spaced throughout the year.

Workshops and Classes
We recognize a special and unique relationship with our creative nature and our relationship with our Creator, and thus have offered classes and workshops on such topics as Finding our Inner Muse, Naive Art, and Treasure Mapping. We have a fall program theme on Spirituality and Ecology, and offer classes and discussion groups on these topics as well as community service projects related to ecology. In the winter we are the host church for the Season of Non Violence, and have offered classes in Non Violent Communication, Forgiveness and Loving What Is.

We teach applied spirituality and so offer classes and workshops throughout the year from many teachers and spiritual traditions. We have many famous authors as guest speakers on Sunday. Our classes range from workshops on prosperity, spiritual laws of success, and finding right livelihood, to seminars on Life without Anger, Being Spiritually Street Smart, Healing Ambivalence, etc.

Social Activities and Community Service
In addition to doing the activities of a more traditional church, we also have social activities as well as community service projects. We have helped feed the hungry, given a Christmas dinner and celebration to runaway teenagers, planted bulbs and flowers at the Children's Farm Home along highway 20 (come in the spring and check out the daffodils) and lately as part of our fall program of Spiritually and Ecology, we have done trail maintenance at Chip Ross park.

We also have enjoyed hiking, biking, camping, white water rafting, movie nights, poker nights, talent shows, apple pressing parties, picnics etc. If someone has an interest in an activity, we can usually pull it together.