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.
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June 30 Worship Bulletin, Prayer Concerns and Announcments
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.
Union Church celebrates the Supreme Court's ruling on DOMA
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.
Prayer for the Week: June 23, 2013
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.
Union Church cares about Clean Energy!
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.
June 23 Bulletin, Prayer Concerns, Announcements
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.
Report from El Salvador Mission Trip
Today was our first full day in El Salvador, and a busy day, from 7 AM breakfast to 8:30 PM reflection and debriefing. We first visited the National Assembly, where we were addressed by a legislator of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FLMN), the former guerrillas turned politicians, and the main leftist party. The… Read more.
News from the Union Church delegation to El Salvador
We are a few days behind on our reflections due to some technical complications, but here’s a reflection on our first day written by delegation member Paul Smithson. — Rev. Rachel Friday 14 June 2013 Today was our first full day in El Salvador, and a busy day, from 7 AM breakfast to 8:30 PM… Read more.
