Special prayer concern: Don Jiskoot, a long-time frined of the congregation, has had a stroke.
Conversation about public spaces in Berea April 14: Grace McKenzie invites you to join her as part of her final work with KFTC (and her Master’s program) and take part in a conversation about public spaces in Berea. April 14th 2-4 in the basement of city hall.
The One Great Hour of Sharing offering will be received on Palm Sunday, next week, April 14. One Great Hour of Sharing offering received next week, Palm Sunday. If you are considering a gift, why not a sacrificial gift for each day of Lent?( $1? The cost of a daily cup of coffee for 46 days? Every dollar makes a difference!) Funds will directly support flood relief in the midwest and anti-poverty initiatives around the world in a time of desperate need.
Youth Group Fundraiser extended! Our Youth Group is selling cards as a fundraiser. Buy a box – buy 2 – never get stuck without a card when you need one – order soon! https://union-church.org/fd_ops/cards/
Come to Wednesday Nite Live! Supper at 5:45 ($5 if able) in the Community Room. Then – Spring Caroling Practice. Also: Youth Group at 6:30, Handbell Rehearsal at 7:00. All welcome! Now that the weather is warming up, we can look forward to a variety of dinner menus on Wednesdays. Soups, stews and chili are great, but so are pasta dishes, casseroles and main dish salads. If you’ve got a hankering to share chicken cacciatore or your favorite green curry, now’s your chance! Shirley will make some complementary dishes and we’ll all get to enjoy some delightful meals. Sign up on the sheet near the desserts and let the good times roll!
Sing to our Neighbors! Sunday, April 14, at 1:30. Let’s meet in the Community Room and carpool to spread our love and joy and the songs we have been practicing to our friends in local care facilities with some Spring Caroling!
Sunday, April 14, 3:00 pm. The Berea College Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, Stephen Bolster conductor, will present their annual spring concert in the sanctuary. The public is invited to attend, and there is no charge for admission.
The program is titled “Joy Ascending.” The first section is in Latin, and begins with Kyrie settings of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Josef Rheinberger, followed by other sacred music in Latin in honor of the Lenten season. The Chamber Singers will perform Eric Whitacre’s Five Hebrew Love Songs for piano, violin, and choir with Jeremy Mullholland, Chair of the Music Department at EKU, as featured artist. The Concert Choir and Chamber Singers will follow with a group of well-known folksongs including the famous “Simple Gifts” and “Shenandoah,” and a Scottish folksong arrangement accompanied by the Clavere Piano Duo. The end of the program will move from a theme of darkness to a celebration of joy. The Concert choir will perform two songs about faith, and conclude the program with Andrew Maxfield’s Whatever is foreseen in joy and René Clausen’s All that hath life and breath praise ye the Lord. Please come and enjoy an afternoon of contemplative and joyful music!
April 17, Retirement Workshop. Retirement Accumulation: How much should I save? What type of accounts should I have? Be confident in what you’re saving for retirement when you learn how to build a strong and adaptable financial strategy. Come at 5:45 p.m. for Wednesday Night Live dinner in the Community Room and stay for the workshop our Thrivent representative Joseph Volpi will give at 6:30 p.m. Also that evening at 6:30 is Kid’s Activity Night, so parents can go to the Thrivent workshop while the kids are having fun!
Country Drive to an Afternoon Easter Egg Hunt! Ally and David Nurre have graciously invited families with children to their home about 25 minutes outside of Berea for an Easter egg hunt at 2:30 on Easter Sunday. They have limited driveway space, so only the first six vehicles will be able to attend. If you are interested, let Laura know and we can arrange a carpool. (joyfulsunflower@ gmail.com or 859.358.0106).
Union Church seeks a nursery worker! If you are 18+, love kids (especially the 0-5 age group) and are available on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings, this might be a great opportunity for you. Nursery staff earn $12 / hour and must complete a background check and our free Safe Sanctuaries training. Interested? Contact Laura Nagle (859-358-0106 or joyfulsunflower@gmail.com) for more information.
Want to keep your hands busy during service? There’s a basket in the back of the church with knitting projects started by the knitters among us. You can knit a few rows and pray for the person who will receive the finished item, and then return it to the basket after service for someone else to add their stitches and prayers.
Our Properties Board would like to share with the congregation that the Southeast entrance to the Sanctuary was just given a facelift. John Nugent, a local painter, repaired, prepared and painted the walls, ceilings and door frames from the Sanctuary to the balcony and down to the entrance from outside.
The Call from Sunday Worship:
Love is reckless; not reason. Reason seeks a profit. Loves comes on strong, consuming herself unabashed. Yet in the midst of suffering love proceeds like a millstone, hard surfaced and straight forward. Having died to self interest, she risks everything and asks for nothing. Love gambles away every gift God bestows. Without cause God gave us Being; without cause give it back again. Gambling yourself away is beyond any religion. Religion seeks grace and favor, but those who gamble these away are God’s favorites, for they neither put God to the test nor knock at the door of gain and loss. — Rumi
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