First Wednesday Potluck, October 2! 5:45pm in the Community Room. Students, you’re our guests – no need to bring anything. The Mission & Service Board is planning a trip to The Red Bird Mission in Beverly, Ky. Tennant Kirk will give a brief presentation of their services to the remote Appalachian community. Red bird was founded in 1921, and is one of the organizations Union Church helps with our mission giving. Read about it here: http://rbmission.org/ and learn more at the Wednesday potluck!
October 2: Opportunity to volunteer with ACEky (Arts Connect Eastern Kentucky) in Pineville, Kentucky to prepare 2 classrooms on third floor of Bell County Jail where incarcerated women will engage in the arts and gain marketable skills and ready the RISE Youth Center where young people will engage in the arts and have access to after-school tutoring. Work will include carpentry, laying floor tile, painting walls. Tools & supplies will be ready on-site. Bring your own gloves, favorite hammer, knee-pads, safety glasses. Reply to betty_hibler@berea.edu if you are interested in volunteering.
We’ll car pool from the church October 2 at 8:15 am and return about 6:00 pm.
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.
Next Week is World Communion Sunday! Each year churches around the world celebrate World Communion Sunday as a deliberate way to recognize God’s work in all its many forms. Union Church and First Christian Church have a long tradition of celebrating our unique common heritage (both churches were founded by Rev. John G. Fee) by holding a joint worship service on this day.
We will worship together and celebrate communion with our sister church, First Christian Church, as we pray for and with Christians all around the world. This year, we will host our brothers and sisters from First Christian, and their pastors, Mark and Lisa Caldwell-Reiss. The vocal choirs and handbell ensembles from both churches will sing & play together as well.
Another tradition: loose plate offering will be given to Berea Faith Community Outreach (BFCO) to assist their vital work.
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.
Coming up—Mark Your Calendars!
Tuesday, October 8
6:00 pm Fall Fiesta at Churchill’s. Fundraiser to benefit Berea Home Village. Reserve your spot – call 859-985-0099
Sunday, October 13
Celebration of Traditional Music Hymn Sing will be held in Cowan Chapel, 9:00—10:15 am. All welcome!
After church bring your lunch and come to the Community Room for a showing of the film “From Paris to Pittsburgh: the Climate for Change is Now.”
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 @sustainable berea.org. Instead of another sweater or tie, give a donation to your favorite non-profit in your loved one’s name. If you would like to volunteer, contact Tennant Kirk or Betty Hibler.
Around Town
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.
Photography Exhibit at Hutchins Library: When she wasn’t writing last spring and summer, Dodie Murphy was arranging a photography exhibit for Lexington art photographer Ray LeBlanc at Hutchins Library on the Berea College campus. An artist’s reception will be between 4 and 7 pm this Thursday, Oct. 3. Refreshments will be served. Ray has devoted his life and his art to finding beauty — not just nature’s flora and fauna, but weathered barns, fences and gates, rainbows, clouds, light and everything else that touches his heart. A story about Ray will be published Tuesday, Oct. 1, in the Richmond Register.
Expungement Fair October 1, 2:00-5:00 pm at Richmond First United Methodist Church, 401 W. Main St. Email laree.jacobs@goodwill.org or call 859-624-1394 for more info
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