Come celebrate Joyce Henderson! She is currently residing at the Terrace, Room 110, and will be going to Blacksburg, VA, soon. Union Church will throw party in her honor on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 2:30-4:00 in the Community Room. Finger foods are welcome. There will be a basket for cards. No gifts, please. You are welcome to invite those who might wish to come.
Sept. 22. Grammy Award Winning Violinist Mads Tolling In Concert, Sanctuary, 7:30 pm. Mads Tolling, a two-time Grammy Award winner, who hails from Copenhagen, Denmark, will perform in concert with premier jazz guitarist Jacob Fischer. Mads is a master of many genres and puts his special jazzy touch to most of it. This concert is made possible with the cooperation of the Danish American Friendship Association, “Rebild.” Adults $20, students $5, kids under 10 free. Tickets at the door or at eventbrite. We are lucky to have Mads and Jacob in Berea on their US tour, traveling from a concert in Chicago.
Debbonnaire Kovacs invites you to celebrate her birthday by coming to a picnic open house on September 29, any time between 2 and 10 pm. Address is 773 Big Hill Rd, ½ mile down Prospect, red house on the right. Bring food, a chair, and a song or story to share. Come and go as you please. 859-779-0793.
Berea Kids Eat. At the last Berea City Council meeting, Berea Kids Eat’s funding request from the City was cut in half. Can we help? Recognizing that food insecurity and childhood hunger are problems with solutions, Grow Appalachia and Berea College partnered with the United States Department of Agriculture and the Kentucky Department of Education to form the Berea Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Launched in 2016, Berea SFSP works with Berea College Sodexo Dining Services to prepare breakfast and lunch to are youth (ages 18 and under) during the summer months. Meals are of no cost to participants, and there are no income requirements, registrations, or limits on the numbers of meals that are available.
Grow Appalachia is also helping our Youth Group with their Wednesday suppers this fall. Donations can be sent to them at CPO 2122, Berea, 40404.
The children and teens of Union Church will be making handmade care-cards as part of their nurturing and caring for others. YOU are invited to contribute some of the following materials that you may have on hand around your house. Please bring your materials to the donation table in the back of the church on Sunday mornings, or to the table in the hallway across from the office at any time. Thanks in advance for enabling the fun card making activities. Please email Teri Mehler with any questions: teri@kelly mehler.com
- construction paper and other colored papers
- plain white cards suitable for greeting cards
- cardstock weight paper
- plain or colored envelopes
- stickers, stick-on rhinestones, anything fun for cards
- glue sticks
- washable and permanent markers – wide tip and narrow tip for writing
- any other supplies for card making
Inmates at the Madison County Detention Center are in need of books. They are only allowed paperbacks delivered directly from Amazon. If anyone is interested in sponsoring a book or two, please send $10 or $20 to the church (offering plate, mail, or easyTithe. If writing a check, put MCDC in the memo line) and we’ll place the order from the office. Rev. Nate has a list of requested titles. Thanks so much.
Art Exhibition: “Music to My Eyes,” [Sept 13 – Nov 2] an exhibit at the Berea Arts Council, 444 Chestnut Street, has been partially sponsored by Union Church’s Music Ministries. Please go for a visit.
Tour of Pre-Civil War Churches: Ten Pre-Civil War churches of Madison County will host an open house tour on October 5, 10-4. Members of Union Church will host the visitors and a photo and artifact exhibit will be staged at Union Church. You can register at the Berea Library or the Artisan Tourism Welcome Center.
Coming up—mark your calendars!
Sunday, October 13: Bring your lunch and come to the Community Room after church for a showing of the film “From Paris to Pittsburgh: the Climate for Change is Now.” This is a National Geographic Documentary Film and runs approximately 75 minutes. Rev. Carla and Betty Hibler viewed this film in Lexington and highly recommend it. “The film captures what’s at stake for communities around the country, and the inspiring ways Americans are responding.”
Saturday, November 23, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Celebration of Giving (Previously known as Alternative Christmas Market). Local non-profits can reserve a table by contacting: cheyenne @sustainableberea.org. Instead of another sweater or tie, give a donation to your favorite non-profit in your loved one’s name. Union Church organizations (e.g. Youth Group) can reserve a table for no charge, as we are one of the sponsors of the event. If you would like to volunteer, contact Tennant Kirk or Betty Hibler.
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