Welcome to our newest member, Garret Nunley, who officially joined the church family yesterday!!
Next Movie Night will be March 28 — Sound of Music.
Children’s Church seeks teachers for the 2020-2021 school year. Teachers commit to leading activities one Sunday per month during the school year. Interested folks should contact Laura Nagle.
Union Church’s Annual Meeting will be March 15, 2020. Board chairs Annual Reports are due in the office February 26 and we plan to have them available at worship on March 8. Thank you! If you need copies of previous years’ reports for reference, I can them send to you. Joan English, Office Admin. PLUS if you have any photos of church life in 2019, send ‘em along. We’d love to include them.
Around Town:
Alzheimer’s Support Groups in February: all at the Madison County Extension Office, 230 Duncannon Lane , Richmond. Call to register: 1-800-272-3900, all from 10-1.
· Early Stages Feb. 14
· Middle Stages Feb. 21
· Late Stages Feb. 28
“New Visions” exhibit at Hutchins Library. Dr. Valeria Watkins will present her solo exhibit during the month of February. The exhibit of abstract art, in celebration of Black History Month, can be viewed in the main floor of Hutchins Library.
Second Work Day in Pineville, KY, Feb. 20, project of ACEky. Sponsored by our Mission & Service Board. We have been invited back to help with the on-going renovation of the new Pineville Youth and Outreach Center (previously a Presbyterian Church), a teen-and-community meeting place with after-school homework help available, as well as evening and week-end events. Tasks may include wall paper stripping, painting, carpet removal, etc. Depart: 8:00 a.m. from Union Church parking lot; back in Berea by 5:00 p.m. Bring lunch and water or, as the location is right downtown, you can buy lunch close by. Please call/text Betty Hibler: 859-940-8735 with questions or to confirm. Thanks from the M&S Bd.
Free tickets available for Woodsongs live radio show at the Lyric Theater in Lexington. The show is taped live on Monday nights, and you have to be seated no later than 6:45 pm. The show runs till approx. 8:15 pm. Dates available through the spring and summer. Contact Sune Frederiksen for availability, 859-248-0690.
Host families needed for Danish students March 22-26. 23 boarding school students from Skals Efterskole in Mid-Jutland will visit Berea, including Berea College & Community School. They are 16-17 years old and speak English. The tour leader is Peter Sloth, who worked with the Danish American Exchange Program at Berea College and the Folk Circle Ass’n around 2005-06. Contact Sune Frederiksen, 248-0690.
Victory Garden Blitz, April 3-4, 2020 Order your raised garden beds at: sustainableberea.org/garden-blitz And contact Sustainable Berea to volunteer!Cell/Text – 859-893-4590
Office – 859-985-1689
Construction Update: It has begun… Traffic and parking will be affected for the span of demolishing and rebuilding Kettering dorm (a year +). Use extra caution, especially when pulling in and out of the parking lot. Please ONLY use the spots facing in to the building, along the fence row. The spots in the center of the lot will need to be left empty for moving large equipment (except Sundays).
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