In Jeremiah 31, God speaks of writing a new covenant, not on stone or on paper, but on the hearts of the people. The words of love and relationship will be inside and indelible. As you think about your heart, and perhaps the heart of your work and time this week, here is the prayer… Read more.
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March 22 Worship Bulletin, Prayer Concerns and Announcements
A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Fifth Sunday of Lent March 22, 2015, 10:30 am Meditation God works in hidden spaces: in the inner being, in the secret heart, in the earth. There is work that God needs to do in us in secret; out of sight,… Read more.
Union Church's 162nd Annual Meeting is this Sunday, March 22
Bread for the World Offering of Letters This Week
Today began the first of a week of prayer through writing as we engage our government on behalf of those who have too little. With Bread for the World, our covenant partner, we wrote letters to our congresspeople advocating for nutrition programs for the one in five children in the U.S.A. who live in poverty… Read more.
Prayer for the Week: March 16, 2015
This week we are praying with Bread for the World to end childhood hunger. Here is the prayer we offered on Sunday morning reminding us of our common humanity, one shared by Jesus and proclaimed holy by his saving love. We Long for Community O God, the source of our common life, When we are… Read more.
Prayer for the week March 9, 2015
This week in our readings Paul spoke of the foolishness of the Gospel saving those who are perishing and Jesus turned the tables on the money changers in the 2nd chapter of John. Here is the prayer offered by Bill Srsic, our worship leader, as we consider the tables in our lives that need to… Read more.
Paris Deaths Inspire Reflection
Harriet “Jenny” Bromley writes very movingly of the critical need for sound judgment and resistance to stereotyping. This short essay from a few weeks ago, is a reminder that every event touches us. Many thanks to Jenny for sharing her thoughts and prayers. The tragedy of the murders to silence the free speech of the… Read more.
March 15 Worship Bulletin, Prayer Concerns & Announcements
A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Pretzel Sunday Fourth Sunday of Lent March 15, 2015, 10:30 am Meditation The incarnation means therefore above all things that nothing—literally nothing—that happens in human life and in the world here and now can be regarded as having no relationship with… Read more.
