Nov 15, 2009 -- 3:42PM, malachibone wrote:

I have been attending a Unity church for the last year. I have recently commited to being a member and look forward to getting involved. I come from a evangelical christian background and initially found Unity extremely refreshing and welcoming. My only potential gripe, and I'm still on the fence about this, is that it's too "new-age"... All this talk about consciousness and good, not so much about God. I dunno, I guess I'm still a little confused on what I believe and what I don't believe. I enjoy my church, but is it really a church if it rarely mentions God?? 

Keep in mind that there is a difference between a Unity church and a Unitarian church (UU although there are differences within UU especially along Unitarian and Universalist lines.)  From your description however it could well be a complaint about many UU churches. In some God is a four letter word and is never used, although that extreme humanism seems to be fading in UU circles.  A UU church expects you to actively build a faith for yourself built on what you bring to the church in your case evangelical Christianity and what others of different traditions and perhaps an atheistic tradition can contribute.  Obviously EC didn't work for you, but God beliefs of some sort are still important.  It is perfectly all right to pray to God in the meditative parts of the service, whether the service leader suggests it or not.  

Of interest to you either as a Unity or Universalist theist is Forrest Church's,  The Cathedral of the World.  One wonders if God gave him another year of life just so he could finish this definitive statement of his lifelong ministry.  (He had a six month terminal cancer for 18 months before it finally ended his life on Sept 24.)  I have not read it yet but I know what it says having been a member of All Souls for much of his active ministry. It will be a special present under the tree for many in my family.