Archives for October 2012

Well, after months of planning, the day has finally come to pick, pack, and pull my travel kit and kaboodle into a plane and fly about as far as you go from Berea. Thanks to all of your generosity for my 15th anniversary, I’m headed off this morning to Hokuto, Japan, our sister city, and… Read more.

Each year we give thanks for the blessing of creation with a special service inspired by St. Francis of Assisi. This year, held in conjunction with our Care of Creation booth at the Berea Solar Fair, more than 35 pets and their “persons” were part of our blessing. Special thanks to all of the Union… Read more.

Our mission team in Biloxi, MS at Back Bay Mission have finished their work! Here’s their latest report from Rev. Rachel. It is finished!  (Well, our part, anyway.)  We ultimately worked on three different houses: one that was being repaired after a fire, and two that were being flipped to sell to low-income buyers.  Our… Read more.

Union Church is an active supporter of Luther Luckett Christian Church, one of a very few congregations that operate completely behind locked bars. Supporting external churches bring preaching and music to nearly 80 inmate-members of LLCC, and Union Church has the service scheduled for Friday evening October 26, 2012. We’re allowed to bring up to… Read more.

Each year to celebrate World Communion Sunday Union Church and First Christian Church worship together. Both churches were founded by Kentucky Abolitionist John G. Fee, and we celebrate our common heritage worshipping together and celebrating the Lord’s Supper. This year the event is hosted by First Christian, 206 Chestnut Street, right across from Presser Hall… Read more.

An update from our mission team at Back Bay: Back Bay Mission has several arms of mission — from drop-in centers for homeless individuals, to food pantries, to housing recovery programs for people in need of home improvements.  Our team from Berea is working on their newest initiative: the mission has purchased a foreclosed house… Read more.

Concrete floor being poured over vapor barrier and reinforcement, kitchen-to-be is on the left, the stage is at the far end of the photo.   Workers completed pouring the new concrete in the community room. Now that the floor is hardened, workers start Monday Oct 8 to build the new walls for kitchen, stage, Woman’s… Read more.

Come to Lazy Eight Stock Farm for Dinner & a Movie!  Community Farm Alliance invites you…..From the film’s website: COMING TO GROUND is a feature documentary that portrays Kentucky’s efforts to move away from tobacco dependency to create a new agricultural economy and culture. It looks at the historic changes that have taken place in… Read more.