We are delighted to welcome a new baby into the Union Church family today! At 6:00am, Elisha Craig Victory Owens-Park entered the world after 52 long hours of labor. Despite exhaustion, mom, baby, and dad are all doing great! Congratulations Whitney Owens-Park and Joshua Park on your new son!
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Nurture and Care Board
Retirement Housing in Berea? City-Wide Meeting Sept 10, 7pm Berea Municipal Building
Tore Borhaug, the first Norwegian ever to attend and graduate from Berea College, is considering constructing and designing assisted & independent living communities in Berea. A number of meetings with different officials and other professionals have been scheduled this week to start the preliminary research. Interested individuals who would like to attend a presentation by… Read more.
CaringBridge Info for Marlene Payne
CaringBridge is a free site that allows families and friends to stay informed about people they care about as medical and health issues unfold. The patient or family members can post journal entries that friends can subscribe to either by email, text, or just reading them online. Most importantly, you can leave notes and well-wishes… Read more.
A Reminder: Self Help
Wellinghursts' Baptism Spreads Love Far and Wide
In honor of her and her brothers’ baptism tomorrow, Whitney Wellinghurst and her mom took a large set of “Mother Goose” storybooks to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the University of Kentucky Hospital on Friday. Whitney was born very premature and spent many worrisome months in the NICU. Now, she’s a joyful, toddling… Read more.
Union Church Supports Those in Recovery from Addictions
Our special program for Wednesday Nite Live was presented by our own Dodie Murphy, a Berea social worker working with many who suffer from addictions to alcohol and other drugs. In recovery herself for the last 28 years, Dodie shared some of the devastating consequences of addiction as well as the many resources and great… Read more.