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Finance and Stewardship Board
Solar Meter Now Live
At approximately 2:00 P.M. on June 21, 2016 the installation was completed, and 78 solar panels at Union Church went live! They are now generating what is expected to be at least 25% of the electricity that Union Church uses in a year’s time. Soon there will be a public display at church showing how… Read more.
Report of Dec. 8 Budget Meeting
At Sunday’s budget meeting, after opening with prayer and establishing a quorum, the congregation took up the discussion of the 2020 Budget. As presented, the budget showed a significant shortfall of $91,000 but a generous anonymous donor cut that in half with a donation of $45,500. The Church Council made significant cuts to several line… Read more.
Faith, Finances, and the Future
Dear Church Family & Friends, Our Financial Situation Seems Critical Our year has been filled with great faith, great planning, and hopes for a future of service to God and God’s people, all embodied in our recent year-long planning process. We have pledged ourselves to three great loves (support for families, creating relationships of depth and… Read more.
Information About The Proposed By-law Change to Establish a Union Church Endowment Fund And December 16th Vote
December 12, 2018 Dear Church Family, On Sunday, December 9 we had significant and detailed discussion of a proposal from the Finance Board to create a Union Church Endowment Fund by adding a by-law to our constitution establishing the fund, defining the accounts, and creating an investments oversight committee. The proposal is endorsed by Church… Read more.
Proposed Amendment to By-laws to Establish An Endowment Fund “Version 2”
On December 16th the congregation will vote on establishing a Union Church Endowment Fund. After previous discussion at a congregational meeting on December 9, the Finance Board proposes the following “Version 2” of by-law additions for your consideration. The vote will be taken on December 16, immediately following worship.
2017 Proposed Budget
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.
We're Pledging Too! Can you?
“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.
