Archives for January 2013

Don’t let the weather scare you off!  Call us and we’ll come get you!  Call the office, 986-3725. Come Celebrate the completion of our new Community Room with an evening dedicated to the Immortal Memory of Robert Burns, Scotland’s national poet.  Songs, Poetry, Toasts, and a delicious Scottish Dinner await, complete with the redoubtable Haggis,… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Third Sunday after the Epiphany January 27, 2013 Meditation From infinite longings Finite deeds arise… But in these dancing tears, What is often withheld can be found: Our strength.                 —Rainer Maria Rilke, Book of Images Gathering to Worship Welcome and… Read more.

Lara Mack from the Central Appalachian Prisoner Support Network addressed our Wednesday Night Live supper crowd with a great report of the work they’ve been able to offer in connecting dislocated prisoners to distant family. Working with member Willie Dodson, Lara reported that the powerful prison industrial complex supports many state and private prisons in central… Read more.

Union Church hosted the opening of the annual MLK Day march through the town on Monday, January 21st.  We began our journey with a warm welcome from Rev. Kent Gilbert, a rousing song from Berea College’s Black Music Ensemble and an inspiring speech by Rev. Dr. Gail Bowman of the college’s Campus Christian Center on… Read more.

Michelle Tooley was featured twice on KET in the past week, once as a panelist on KET Presents: The Price of Poverty in Kentucky, a panel that also included Reid Livingston.  And Michelle was interviewed separately by Renee Shaw on her Connect program on the topic of global violence against women and the relationship with… Read more.

Wednesday Night Live starts with supper at 5:45 pm (donation if able)! WNL got off to a great start this past Wednesday with over 50 folks enjoying food and fellowship. The program this week is presented by Lara Mack with the Central Appalachian Prisoner Support Network (CAPSN), who will bring us up to date on the work… Read more.

Larry Brandenburg, Union Church Director of Music,  is organizing a new community-based mixed chorus, the  BEREA CLASSIC CHORALE.  Organizational meetings are planned for Sunday, Jan. 27 at 6 p.m. and Monday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Choir Room at Union Church, Berea, KY (across from Boone Tavern).  Interested singers are encouraged to come… Read more.

Jesus first “sign” recorded in the Gospel of John is the changing of water into over 150 gallons of wine for a wedding celebration. That the coming Kingdom is characterized by joy and abundance is hard to miss in Jesus’ actions. That we are continually surprised by this–that the life of faith is not a… Read more.