Archives for February 2016

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Third Sunday of Lent February 28, 2016 10:30 am         Meditation There is a really deep well inside me. And in it dwells God. Sometimes I am there too. But more often stones and grit block the well and God is buried beneath. Then God must be dug out again. — Etty… Read more.

Lilies for Easter! Easter morning flowers are a glorious way to celebrate the joy of resurrection. Now you can order sanctuary lilies in honor or memory of loved ones for just $15 with a click! Sales will support our Annual Budget, providing loving care in our many ministries. We’ll see that the lilies are delivered… Read more.

Date correction — “Where I’m From” Writing Workshop is NEXT Monday, Feb. 29th, 7pm, Classroom. Ruthie Maslin of the Madison County Library will lead this workshop using our state poet laureate George Ella Lyons’ poem “Where I’m From” as a starting point. This is part of a statewide initiative to celebrate people’s sense of place… Read more.

In today’s reading from Phillipians (3:17-4:1) Paul speaks of our body of humiliation being transformed by and into the Body of Christ, an expression of God’s great grace. Rev. Kent preached on the many humiliations we suffer, and carry, and act out upon, reminding us that there is no shame that God cannot transform: both… Read more.

  Meditation Let us develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness. — Martin Luther King, Jr. FROM THERE TO HERE Welcome & Announcements Welcome to this service of worship! During the service, you are invited to rise in body or in spirit, standing or sitting, at points in the service marked “•.” Please sign in using… Read more.

Come join a Union Church community builder, an evening of Contra Dancing for the whole family. Rev. Kent, Deborah Payne, Howard and Shirley Carlberg and host of other Bereans are excited to share this great community recreation. We’ll start at 7pm at 128 N. Broadway, the home of Shirley and Howard Carlberg. Use the stairs… Read more.

Join us in studying Jim Wallis’ new book: America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to New America. This book, written by a white evangelical minister who has been at the forefront of Civil Rights advocacy since the 1960s, will be a jumping-off point for the church to discuss issues of race, religion,… Read more.