Archives for February 2019

Please keep Jennie Kiteck in your prayers, she’s in the hospital. Postponed til March 3: Our next Congregational Conversation: What Will it Take for What’s Next? March 3, 1:00 pm in the Classroom (pls note change. You’ll have time to get to the Handbell Concert at 3 pm) The next all-church conversation about “What Next”… Read more.

When people think of women slaves, landowner isn’t one of the terms that comes to mind. When Bridget “Biddy” Mason was born into the harsh reality of slavery in 1818, nothing about the future indicated there was a life beyond slavery. Most accounts say she was born in Mississippi, and sold to slave owners in… Read more.

Rev. Kent and other clergy urge persons of faith to consider opposing Kentucky Senate Bill 150, a bill moving swiftly that would allow “permitless carry” of concealed weapons to any person over the age of 21. This means any person would be allowed to carry a concealed deadly firearm, knife, or other weapon without a license,… Read more.

Friends, We have the very sad honor of hosting the funeral service for Wilma Chambers, a much beloved community member, on Sunday at 3 pm. A couple of events will be rescheduled. The New Members Gathering will remain this Sunday (24th) after worship in the Classroom. You’re welcome to come to that if you are… Read more.

Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany February 24, 2019          10:30 am Meditation “The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it…. Read more.

The Call   Immersion There is anger abroad in the world, a numb thunder, because of God’s silence. But how naïve, to keep wanting words we could speak ourselves, English, Urdu, Tagalog, the French of Tours, the French of Haiti…   Yes, that was one way omnipotence chose to address us—Hebrew, Aramaic, or whatever the patriarchs chose in their turn to… Read more.

Zen Meditation every weekday, 8:00 am. Join us for 20 minutes of unstructured quiet meditation in beautiful Cowan Chapel, on the Scaffold Cane Road side of the church. Mondays at 6:30 pm, Cowan Chapel. David Parks will offer Zen teaching: Meditation, Koans, Conversation, 6:30 – 8:00 pm, Cowan Chapel. Come to Wednesday Nite Live (WNL)!… Read more.

Congregational Conversations: What Will it Take for What’s Next? The next all-church conversation about “What Next” for our vision of mission and service will take place on Wed, Feb 20, at 6:30pm after Wednesday Night Live supper (all invited, supper provided, $5 suggested donation). Results of last month’s conversation have been reviewed and have begun… Read more.