Kent

The Day of Pentecost is always a great celebration! Members and friends wore reds and yellows and oranges for worship and Rev. Rachel preached the word with fiery love! Abby Embry, worship board member, made fabric tongues of flame that danced in the choir loft, and also created a new pulpit backdrop from Marrimeko fabric… Read more.

Vacation Bible School gets off to a great start. Join us for more every night this week!

Pentecost is a day for “Flipping the Script.” Just when the disciples felt most powerless and unheard, with a mighty rush they are speaking everyone’s language. They proclaim from the bottom, the liberation and hope that comes from above. It is that same wind that blows through us now and empowers transformation both personal and… Read more.

Join us for Atwater~Donnelly, 7:00pm Sunday, June 15, 2014 Great Folk duo Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly are coming back to Berea for another evening of great music, dance, and song. This is a great concert for kids and will be especially in honor of Father’s Day. They will also offer mountain (lap) dulcimer classes… Read more.

Dozens of Union church members joined Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and representative Rita Smart has he signed House bill 175 into law today. HB 175 supports affordable housing and the Kentucky Housing Authority. Gov. Beshear signed the bill at Silver Creek senior housing. Mayor Connelly, Rev. Kent and Rev. Rachel, and many union church members… Read more.

Union Church member Silas House was one of two church related commencement speakers at Berea College’s graduation exercises this weekend. His remarks to graduates are well worth the read and we are thankful for his permission to reprint them here. –Rev. Kent Given at Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, 3 May 2014  I’ve spoken at many… Read more.

Rev. Rachel preached a sermon illustrated by Bearington Bear and the inside, outside, upside downside ways we can feel about our lives and about our faith. In the gospel for this week’s reading, the disciple Thomas doubts and is still counted among the faithful. In fact he becomes the “stand in” for all of us… Read more.

Union Church is proud to host and sponsor a once-in-a-lifetime concert honoring world-reknown singer-songwriter Jean Ritchie. National folk icons Kathy Mattea, John McCutcheon and Susie Glaze will perform songs in honor of more than 75 years of Jean Ritchie’s contributions to American Folk music, and previewing the release of a special new album by these and other major artists celebrating her…. Read more.