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From Gabe Evans: Joseph and I thank EVERYONE for the wonderful send off notes, gifts, hugs, kisses, Liberace capes, etc. We will cherish and hold all of the wonderful memories that have been made in Berea and at Union Church! Keep being the wonderful church that you are! With lots of peace and love, Gabe.  Email:… Read more.

Need an awesome water bottle? Keep single-use plastic out of the environment AND help Faith Development with its great work! Water bottles are $10.00, $5.00 goes to support Faith Development programs! Available in the office and at Wednesday Nite Live (which, btw, starts with a potluck September 5, 5:45 pm. Bring a dish to share… Read more.

New Church Directory Coming and we NEED YOU! Berea Celtic Festival August 17-19 Children’s Church Visit from CoCoDa friends August 29 Music News from Gabriel Evans A Symphony of Grace Notes… A Note from Carla Healing Arts Retreat September 15 News of the Family and Birthdays and Anniversaries New Concrete for Church Porch Fifteen Reasons… Read more.

The 9th Berea Celtic Festival, August 17-19, is getting closer, and Union Church has been a significant partner all the years. Individual members of Union Church have also volunteered with various tasks. Several events will be held here at Union Church — the largest will be the Saturday night Celtic Gala Concert.   Please contact… Read more.

by Mary Lou Wiese Reason number one is Kent Gilbert. Our pastor has supported Stephen Ministry from the beginning of the project. He took five days to go to St.Louis and be trained with Betty Hibler, Jeff From, and myself. He also kept Union Church going while putting in ten hour days in St. Louis…. Read more.

I’ve just returned from the Wild Goose Festival, an eclectic mix of Music, Art, Spirituality and Justice…and people! This is my fifth year attending this Festival in Hot Springs, NC where this year 4000 people gathered…quite a few more than the couple of hundred the first couple of years.  It is a gathering of folks… Read more.

On August 29, at 5:45 pm, our /CoCoDA Salvadoran friends, Ivan Villasboa and Yunior Gomez are coming to Union Church and the Berea community for an unofficial Wednesday Nite Live.  They will bring their wonderful expertise and slides to catch us up on what is going on in El Salvador and Nicaragua, the two regions… Read more.

School’s starting soon! Berea Community School needs socks for kids ages 5-12and underpants for girls/briefs for boys, sizes 4/5, 6, 8, 10,12 Please drop off at church office, or leave money and Dodie Murphy will do the shopping. If paying by check please make it out to Union Church with No Child Cold/No Child Hungry in… Read more.