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Today the United Church of Christ General Synod (the national setting of the church Rev. Rachel and Rev. Kent are ordained to), passed a resolution decrying the use and effects of mountain top removal in Appalachia. A second resolution forcefully committed the denomination to carbon reduction and a call for immediate global action to reduce… Read more.

Naomi Schulz addressed a gathering of Pacific School of Religion alumni (where she is currently a 3rd year seminarian) at the United Church of Christ General Synod in Long Beach, CA. She inspired and challenged those present with her experience of transformative work and vocation, and mentioned how Union Church was among her inspirations and… Read more.

Hi, everyone.  Our hopes for technological reporting were not realized in El Salvador, so we weren’t able to update as much as we’d like to have.  We have all made it safely home, though, and have recovered from our various travel-related illnesses.  It was an amazing and powerful trip.  We’re planning now for ways to… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Sixth Sunday after Pentecost June 30, 2013 Meditation “I will not tire of declaring that if we really want an effective end to violence we must remove the violence that lies at the root of all violence: structural violence, social injustice,… Read more.

We rejoice with our lesbian and gay brothers and sisters whose rights were upheld today by the Supreme Court striking down the Defense of Marriage Act.  We continue to pray for equal rights for all people, in marriage and tax law on the state level, as well as in voting rights laws for people of… Read more.

In the midst of doing hard things, hard times can come and come heavy. God often works through surprising communities of care in those circumstances and speaks in, through, and around the sound and fury of other, even demonic, voices. Here is the prayer written by Rev. Kent and offered so graciously by worship leader… Read more.

A number of Union Church members and friends participated in the Energy for Change Rally in Louisville on Thursday, June 20. The Rally was in conjunction with the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly in Louisville over the week-end and was co-sponsored by Kentucky Interfaith Power and Light and Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. The participants numbered around… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Fifth Sunday after Pentecost      June 23, 2013 Meditation “And now there is merely silence, silence, silence saying all we did not know.”                                                             –William Rose Benet, from Starry Harness Gathering to Worship Welcome and Announcements                Prelude     Variations on Holy… Read more.