Mission and Service Board

Women’s Creative Sewing with the best sewing machine and Crafts, an historic outreach program of Union Church, Berea, KY, seeks a new quarter-time Director to serve women of Madison and surrounding counties. WCSC teaches participants marketable sewing and craft skills, and provide health, parenting and nutritional education, while affording an atmosphere of empowerment, fellowship and… Read more.

On Wednesday, Feb. 19th, Fairness advocates from around the state will gather at the Rotunda in Frankfort to ask for a statewide Fairness Ordinance.  (Read more about the bill here.)  This is a great opportunity to make heard the voice for fairness for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender in our state.  … Read more.

Willie Dodson thanks everyone who donated water, gas money and puppy-sitting services! Willie made a delivery to West Virginia on Monday and another  trip is planned for Friday. He believes that somewhere close to 100 gallons of clean water was delivered on Monday, pictured below. If you would like to donate water, bring it to… Read more.

Wondering what to get for family and friends this Christmas? Does your sister really need another sweater? Why not give alternative gifts this year that reach toward your loved one’s hopes and dreams for a better world? Maybe what your friends & family really want for Christmas this year is health care, food and housing… Read more.

The Mission & Service Board will be discussing a gift to a Disaster Relief organization from Union Church, but your family may want to consider a gift to a group engaged in disaster relief. The information below is compiled from Charity Navigator, Inter-Action, and a few news sources. Typhoon Haiyan, considered the most powerful storm… Read more.

Pope Francis has issued an urgent call for fasting and prayer for Syria.  The wider faith community of Berea is invited to join  members of St. Clare to respond in a Prayer Service for Peace in the Middle East on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at 4 pm at St. Clare Church. The prayer service will… Read more.

Hi, everyone.  Our hopes for technological reporting were not realized in El Salvador, so we weren’t able to update as much as we’d like to have.  We have all made it safely home, though, and have recovered from our various travel-related illnesses.  It was an amazing and powerful trip.  We’re planning now for ways to… Read more.

A number of Union Church members and friends participated in the Energy for Change Rally in Louisville on Thursday, June 20. The Rally was in conjunction with the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly in Louisville over the week-end and was co-sponsored by Kentucky Interfaith Power and Light and Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. The participants numbered around… Read more.