UWM Convention

Registration will then open at the end of January 2025 at an early-bird rate of $650.

The 2025 Unity Convention returns to the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel at the Convention Center in Overland Park Kansas. A unique booking link with discounted room blocks will be announced when registration opens at the end of January 2025.

Q: What if I've purchased a ticket for 2025 but cannot attend?
A: 2025 Convention tickets are non-refundable and do not roll over to future years. Please email Joy Perrie if you wish to donate your ticket or sell your ticket to someone else.

Q: When does registration open?
A: Registration will  open at the end of January 2025 at an early-bird rate of $650.

Q: If I'm already registered, can I purchase additional ticket options?
A: Absolutely! Additional ticket options will be available at the end of January 2025.

Q: Will there be a business meeting during Convention?
A: No. At the business meeting held during the 2023 Convention, a vote was cast to separate the Annual Business Meeting from future conventions going forward. This was affirmatively passed, with an amended stipulation the business meeting will always be in hybrid or online-only formats. Date for the 2025 business meeting TBD.

Q: How do I connect with other attendees, see if anyone can share a room, and schedule times to meet up with my ministerial colleagues?
A: All of this can be done through Whova, the official Convention app and use the community forum, post pictures, ask questions, etc. Download details are below. 

The convention theme this year is “Leadership Intelligence.”

• All breakouts must be related to this theme and be presented using an experiential/competency-based format. (See this link for more information: https://www.simplypsychology.org/learning-kolb.html )  
• Please refrain from submitting proposals that are advertisements for products or services or are in a more traditional lecture format.  

Due Dates

• This form is due, in its entirety by Sunday, November 10, 2024.
• You will be notified whether your proposal has been accepted by Monday, December 2, 2024. 
• Your acceptance, bio, headshot, and tech needs are due by December 31, 2024.  

It is a long standing tradition, at our annual convention, to honor those credentialed leaders who have been of great service to Unity. If you know someone who fits into one of the categories below, please consider nominating them for us to consider.

The deadline for submitting the nominations is December 1, 2024

• There is a link to each form within each description.
• The form is a fillable Word document
• Once the form is filled out, please email it to Brenda Hicks-Wiggins, bhicks-wiggins@unity.org 
• The team will make selections and send out a notification by January 15, 2025.

Myrtle Fillmore Award Criteria

Credentialed Unity Leaders should meet at least two of the three criteria or should demonstrated other significant contributions that exemplify the consciousness of our co-founder.

• Demonstrates services through a consciousness of prayer.
• Ministered in supporting roles such as counseling, prayer ministry, and non-Sunday-oriented programs.
• Exhibits a presence of love fan an affirmation of the idea of the Christ.
• Demonstrates ministerial acceptance of self and others, and resolution through prayer.

Click here for the nomination form

Charles Fillmore Award Criteria

Credentialed Unity Leaders should meet at least two of the three criteria or should demonstrated other significant contributions that exemplify the consciousness of our co-founder.

• Demonstrates dynamic leadership.
• Pioneered innovative programs and/or ministries.
• Achievements indicative of a visionary consciousness (may include such measurable criteria as establishing several successful churches, exceptional success in a single ministry or other contributions/achievements that raise the awareness of Unity in the world in a positive, meaningful way).

Click here for the nomination form

Light of God Expressing in Unity Criteria

• Individual has made an ongoing and lasting contribution beneficial to the entire Unity Movement.
• The individual’s life exemplifies qualities that are an inspiration and model to the entire Unity Movement.
• The Individual’s Contribution was made in one or more of the followings areas:
  • Healing | Teaching | Speaking | Writing
  • Leadership and organizational skills | Interpersonal relationship development
  • The arts

Click here for the nomination form

Light of God Expressing in Society Criteria

• The Individual’s message or contribution is compatible with the teachings of Unity and the message of Jesus Christ.
• The individual has made an ongoing contribution to world betterment as opposed to a “flash-in-the-pan” experience.
• The individual contributes to an expanded spiritual awareness of humanity.
• The individual’s contribution was made in one or more of the following areas:
  • Enlightenment | Service to humankind | Healing | Teaching
  • Speaking | Writing | Leadership | Inspiration | World Ministry
  • Interpersonal relationships | Media | Science

Click here for nomination form