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Bring Hope to Hurricane Victims through Church World Service
In the wake of two devastating hurricanes, CWS’ Domestic Disaster Program has been activated to reach out to vulnerable communities. It is because of supporters like you that we can connect more people to the supplies, information and other resources they need to recover. That’s why we feel it’s so important to keep you in… Read more.
Kentucky Council of Churches Annual Assembly October 19 & 20 in Louisville, KY, all welcome!
Topics to be discussed include: Members of Kentucky Council of Churches’ Creation Care committee will discuss “Environmental Privilege.” Dr. Charisse Gillette, president of Lexington Theological Seminary, will lead the workshop “Working to Remove Systemic Privilege.” A workshop discussing our 2018 theme “A House Divided” will be led by representatives from the Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange. They… Read more.
Celebration of Traditional Music October 26-29
Thursday October 26 Start this year’s Celebration of Traditional Music by attending In These Fields: A Folk Opera written by Silas House and Sam Gleaves. 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM – Union Church A play exploring the importance of food in Appalachian history and culture, covering 175 years in the American South. The monologues are written… Read more.
October News of the Family, Medicare & Health Insurance Info Session, KFTC Halloween Spectacular, Birthdays & Anniversaries
Welcome to our newest member, Diane Jennings!! Sue Peterson Blyth and Family of Andy Blyth would like to thank the ministry/staff and membership of Union Church who so generously gave of their time, hugs, cards and emails providing us with lots of encouragement as well as the use of the church facilities during this particularly… Read more.
October Musical Notes
Union Church Choir Anthems 1: Sizohambe Naye, arr. T.D. Taylor (combined with First Christian Church) 8: I Want to Walk As A Child of the Light, trad. 15: The Peace of God, J. Rutter 22: I Choose Love, M. Miller 29: For Everyone Born, T. Trenney Union Church Handbell Ensemble October 29, 2017 Guest… Read more.
From the Pastor
All the prophets from Moses to Jesus remind us that we are not called by God to be slaves to an unfeeling deity. We are not given meaningless work or spiritual busy work to honor God. No, we are called to life and living justly and to the making of abundant joy. It’s where we… Read more.
Here We Stand: Called to Life
500 years ago this Halloween, a Roman Catholic monk named Martin Luther posted 95 theses (points of argument) on the door of his local church in Wittenberg, Germany. These articles of his faith were in response to a number of things he saw as abuses by the Church, including the selling of indulgences as a… Read more.