Archives for September 2017

Welcome to our newest member, Diane Jennings!! Sue Peterson Blyth and Family of Andy Blyth would like to thank the ministry/staff and membership of Union Church who so generously gave of their time, hugs, cards and emails  providing us with lots of encouragement as well as the use of the church facilities during this particularly… Read more.

Union Church Choir Anthems   1: Sizohambe Naye, arr. T.D. Taylor (combined with First Christian Church) 8: I Want to Walk As A Child of the Light, trad. 15: The Peace of God, J. Rutter 22: I Choose Love, M. Miller 29: For Everyone Born, T. Trenney Union Church Handbell Ensemble October 29, 2017 Guest… Read more.

All the prophets from Moses to Jesus remind us that we are not called by God to be slaves to an unfeeling deity. We are not given meaningless work or spiritual busy work to honor God. No, we are called to life and living justly and to the making of abundant joy. It’s where we… Read more.

500 years ago this Halloween, a Roman Catholic monk named Martin Luther posted 95 theses (points of argument) on the door of his local church in Wittenberg, Germany. These articles of his faith were in response to a number of things he saw as abuses by the Church, including the selling of indulgences as a… Read more.

Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 24, 2017             10:30 am  Meditation   Divine Care supplies everybody with the means necessary for salvation, so long as one on one’s own part does not put up obstacles.     —Thomas Aquinas, 13th Century From there to Here… Read more.

Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 17, 2017                  10:30 am  Meditation   “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” ― Louis B. Smedes From there to Here Welcome & Announcements Welcome to this service of… Read more.

We pray this week fully aware of so many in harm’s way from the storms raging across the US and Caribbean. Many have storms ranging more quietly at home, too. And so we pray together, keeping in mind Romans 13:14’s encouragement to “dress yourself in the light of Christ.” For so many in our world,… Read more.

Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 10, 2017                 10:30 am  Meditation   We should conduct ourselves toward our enemy as if he were                        one day to be our friend. ― John Henry Newman  From there to Here Welcome & Announcements Welcome to this… Read more.