Deck and Ramp Projects Made Possible: Union Church in Chicago is again coming down to Berea for a work experience. They are looking for households in need of accessibility ramps, decks to improve their homes, and other construction projects that would benefit those who could not otherwise afford the work. If you or someone you know has such a need, please contact Rev. Kent or Guy Patrick (859-986-7942) before April 19, when site evaluations will be considered.
Help Wanted! Set up for Coffee Hour! Read at Worship! Serve as Usher! Learn the Sound System! Sign up for these (and other) tasks to help put the YOU in “Union!” (sorry … ) at union-church.org under the Volunteer tab. Thank you!
Union Church’s Annual Meeting will be March 15, 2020. Board chairs, please start thinking about your Annual Reports. They’re 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.
From our Nominating Board: Its that time again! Union Church can only be the church with the excellent leadership of its members. The Nominating Board is seeking to fill positions on all Union Church’s Boards to be elected at our Annual Meeting in March. Worship, Faith Development, Nurture and Care, Finance, Properties, Mission and Service, Administration, Community Life and Growth, and Pastoral Relations all have space for you. Job descriptions are printed in the front of our directory. Regular terms are three years, but there are many which are less due to persons unable to fill their term. Please consider where God may calling you to serve and let that be known to Carla Gilbert, Kim Kobersmith, and/or Rachel Lakes who are seeking your gifts.
Congratulations! Pearl Marshall has been named Associate Conductor for the Handbell Musicians of America’s Spring Festival in Louisville March 6 & 7.
Beautiful 2020 Calendars for a Donation: By a lucky accident, Jennifer Melton has extra copies of the gorgeous 2020 calendars she makes using her own photographs. She’d like to offer them to any who’d like them – for a donation to Union Church (sugg. $10). Pick up in the vestibule or in the office.
Group Hikes! On Fridays. 12:30 – Meet at the fountain by the Alumni Building to hike at Brushy Fork. On Saturdays Meet at the Forestry Outreach Center to hike the Pinnacles from 1-3:30 pm. More info on the poster in the back hallway.
Upcoming Construction: Berea College is demolishing Kettering Hall, beginning in the next couple of weeks. Traffic and parking will be affected for the span of the demolishing and rebuilding (a year +). Use extra caution, especially when pulling in and out of the parking lot.
Save the Date & Watch for Details
Feb. 11 – Union Church Day at the Legislature. Join Rev. Kent, and the Mission and Service Board, for a chance to Learn, Pray, and Act with our faith. We’ll join with the Kentucky Council of Churches “Prayer in Action” day opposing gun violence, then have a chance to meet with Madison County lawmakers. Our youth group will also be joining us. We will return to Berea mid-afternoon. Come learn about and participate in the conversations that affect millions!
Everyone is welcome to attend all the Prayer in Action Days, held on Tuesdays through March. See next page for topics to be considered.
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