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Today Rev. Kent and several members  of Union Church have been putting their faith into action. They need your help, too, and here are ways you can advocate for sensible gun safety in light of the ongoing bloodshed here and across the country. Gun violence affects every American and has already taken more than 2,015… Read more.

Weekly Lenten Social Justice Action: This week’s Prayer In Action Day in Frankfort focuses on gun violence. This week, please call  or write your legislator in Frankfort to ask them to protect Kentucky students  through supporting meaningful and sensible gun legislation and by opposing legislation that makes students less safe. Currently, HB210 is under consideration… Read more.

“Thoughts and Prayers” alone mean nothing in the wake of nearly 400 children and teenagers killed THIS YEAR SO FAR by gun violence. Join Kentucky Council of Churches President, Rev. Kent Gilbert, local church leaders, Moms Demand Action volunteers, and experts in the field of sensible legislation that can help. We’ll pray then help everyone… Read more.

Feeling like a pawn in the world? Tired of the morally bankrupt consumer culture? Looking For a Different Way? “An Other Kingdom” by  Peter Block, Walter Brueggemann, and John McKnight is a call to communities of compassion, resilience, and hope. Union Church is engaging in an all-Church read of this during February and March. Copies… Read more.

This year’s Lenten theme will be an all-church focus on where we’re headed next in discerning God’s path for Union Church. As part of this, we invite your purchase of An Other Kingdom by Walter Brueggemann for an all-church read. We’ll be hosting weekly discussion groups on this book, as well as an online group…. Read more.

Lent is the 46 days prior to Easter, celebrated by Christians since the 3rd century as a time of penitence, reflection, and service to others. The original 40 days of prayer and fasting, representing the 40 days Christ prayed in the desert, was supplemented later with 6 Sundays that were mini-celebration days of Christ’s ministry…. Read more.

Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Transfiguration Sunday February 11, 2018  10:30 am  Meditation    We of the Taizé community look upon the transfiguration above all as the celebration of that presence of Christ which takes charge of everything in us and transfigures even that which disturbs us… Read more.

Urgent Action Needed! HB326 Targets Trans Kids 19 Republican Co-Sponsors Introduce Bill Kentucky’s transgender kids are under attack again–but this time it’s serious. 19 Republican State Representatives introduced House Bill 326 Wednesday to prevent transgender students from using restrooms in which they feel safe. Don’t hesitate–make the call right now to leave a simple message with the operator… Read more.