Church Council

Dear Friends, As you will have read or heard,  Associate Pastor Rev. Rachel Small Stokes has accepted a call to become Designated Interim Pastor at Immanuel United Church of Christ in Louisville, KY. She will serve here until February 11, 2018 then assume her new duties as head of staff at church of her own…. Read more.

Double Your $, Drop the Deficit! We’ve got a budget gap for next year. Generous members have come forward with matching funds that will double any increase or new pledge for 2017. One time gifts, too! $100 becomes $200! $500 becomes $1000! $2000 becomes $4000! And every dollar is a child getting to go to… Read more.

Budgets are a form of prayer: a sacred trust to steward our resources for the blessing God calls us to be. Here is the 2017 Proposed budget to be considered by the membership December 11, 2016, 12:30pm.  (Meeting follows worship and an 11:45 soup lunch). Both summary and detailed budgets are available below along with… Read more.

“Why do we support Union Church?  A significant part of the reason is because of the extent to which the Church historically and under current leadership has pursued the truth of what our founder famously said:  ‘God hath made of one blood all peoples of the earth.’  All people – as they find themselves having… Read more.

Over 50,000 people attended the 19th annual Spoonbread Festival in Berea over the weekend of Sept 19-20. The Festival is presented by the Berea Chamber of Commerce (of which Union Church is a member), and supported by a number of sponsors, including the City of Berea Tourism department. We were dismayed to see vendors selling… Read more.

Naomi Schulz, Union Church member and recent intern has graduated seminary at Pacific School of Religion, and accepted a call to the Congregation for Reconciliation in Dayton, OH. She will celebrate her ordination to ministry in the United Church of Christ, Saturday, September 19th in Dayton. We want to get her a gift from the… Read more.

Union Church can now receive a donation of used vehicles, just like the Car-Talk guys, NPR and many other foundations. There’s no cost to you, and we’ll even come pick it up: working or not! Click here to learn more!

Dear Church Family and Friends, We write to you unified in our feelings of disappointment and frustration, as well as hope and gratitude.  The Fairness Ordinance, which so many of you have worked so tirelessly for years to pass, was defeated by the City Council last night in a vote of 5 to 3. As… Read more.