News

This week we joined thousands of other churches, synagogues, mosques and temples in celebrating International Children’s Sabbath: giving thanks for children and youth, and pledging ourselves to their wellbeing and fair treatment. In Church the children helped Rev. Kent tell the story of the widow who knocked and knocked and knocked on the unjust judge’s… Read more.

Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost October 16, 2016 10:30 am   Meditation “On the Children’s Sabbath weekend and throughout the year and years to come, people of faith and goodwill must put their bodies and souls in motion to curb morally obscene and… Read more.

Union Church cares about children, their gifts and graces, their welfare and the future they are helping us build. On Sunday, October 16 as part of our “Faithfulness Growing by Leaps and Bounds” gratitude emphasis, we will celebrate International Children’s Sabbath. This is the “Bring Your Young Person” to church Sunday you don’t want to… Read more.

Congratulations to Rev. Rachel and Leslie Small Stokes on the birth of their son, John Stephen “Jack” Small Stokes, at 12:10am, October 9, 2016. Jack is a healthy 7lbs 6 oz. Blessings on the whole family, and welcome Jack to this wild and wooly, wonderful world! They have asked for some car seat tips and… Read more.

Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost October 9, 2016      10:30 am Meditation  “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero (Ancient Roman Lawyer, Writer, Scholar, Orator and Statesman, 106 BC-43 BC) From there… Read more.

We had an exciting World Communion Sunday in joint celebration with our friends at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Berea. We also were able to join in prayer via video with Rev. Kent and delegates from the One Great Hour of Sharing and Week of Compassion Delegation in the Middle East.  We prayed… Read more.

[embeddoc url=”https://union-church.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-Oct-Consider.pdf” download=”all” viewer=”google”]

We arrived in Jordan last night and today went with the Orthodox Initiative, a ministry of the Middle East Council of Churches, to a refugee camp of about 300 persons, just a kilometer or two from the Syrian border. Supported by One Great Hour of Sharing giving, the OI is trying to help people here… Read more.