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Union Church member Silas House was one of two church related commencement speakers at Berea College’s graduation exercises this weekend. His remarks to graduates are well worth the read and we are thankful for his permission to reprint them here. –Rev. Kent Given at Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, 3 May 2014  I’ve spoken at many… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Third Sunday of Easter May 4, 2014, 10:30 am write this poem out of the darkness to you who are also in darkness because our lives demand it. This poem is a hand on your shoulder a bone touch to go… Read more.

Rev. Rachel preached a sermon illustrated by Bearington Bear and the inside, outside, upside downside ways we can feel about our lives and about our faith. In the gospel for this week’s reading, the disciple Thomas doubts and is still counted among the faithful. In fact he becomes the “stand in” for all of us… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Second Sunday of Easter April 27, 2014, 10:30 am Meditation Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe. ―  Henry David Thoreau Gathering in the Room Welcome & Announcements Prelude     Air       J.S. Bach… Read more.

Union Church is proud to host and sponsor a once-in-a-lifetime concert honoring world-reknown singer-songwriter Jean Ritchie. National folk icons Kathy Mattea, John McCutcheon and Susie Glaze will perform songs in honor of more than 75 years of Jean Ritchie’s contributions to American Folk music, and previewing the release of a special new album by these and other major artists celebrating her…. Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Easter Sunday  April 20, 2014, 10:30 am Meditation The temple bell stops ringing           but the sound keeps coming out of the flowers. ― Matsuo Basho, 17th Century Out of the Tomb  Bell Prelude         Aria     arr. Dobrinski The Good News!                         Matthew… Read more.

Berea Ministerial Association Good Friday Service April 18, 2014  Union Church Sanctuary Prelude                Greeting One:     Christ himself bore our sins in his body on the tree. All:      That we might die to sin and live to righteousness * Invocation One:     Almighty God, your Son Jesus Christ was lifted high upon the cross so that he… Read more.