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2013 August Consider

In the reading for this week, we enter the house of Mary and Martha. One of them is doing the exact right thing in the wrong way, and the other is doing the wrong thing in the right spirit. We find ourselves in both of these situations, seeking to balance competing goods, competing needs. Here… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Ninth Sunday after Pentecost     July 21, 2013   When we are really honest with ourselves, we must admit that our lives are all that really belong to us.  So it is how we use our lives that determines what kind of… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Eighth Sunday after Pentecost July 14, 2013 Welcome to this service of worship.  We are glad that you are here today.  You are invited to rise in body or in spirit as you are able and willing at points in the… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union  Seventh Sunday after Pentecost July 7, 2013 Meditation “God is persistently knocking at those closed doors of our lives behind which we have imprisoned ourselves in our spiritual hunger and thirst, behind which we cower in the nakedness of our horribly… Read more.

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.