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Nurturing Healthy Relationships – Parenting Sunday School Class Do you wish you could have more cooperation in your family? Do the challenging feelings of your children bring out your own challenging feelings? Do you want some practical tools to help you set limits or handle conflicts between siblings? Join other parents who share the same… Read more.

Christmas Eve at Union Church December 24, 2012 Rev. Kent H. Gilbert, Pastor  Rev. Rachel Small Stokes, Associate Pastor  Larry Brandenburg, Organist, Director of Music Ministries Worship Leader: Merlin Kindel Gathering Music “Three Carols on French Folk Melodies”                arr. Robert J. Powell “Beautiful Star of Bethlehem” Two Spanish Carols Donald Busarow/Norberto Guinaldo “Follow the Light”… Read more.

All the hours of work and rehearsal came to great fruition in this morning’s performance! Here are some images from the service. Special thanks to Rev. Rachel for leading the charge and to Stephanie Woodie, our director. We also want to thank all of you who volunteered for acting, costuming, transport, scenery and all the… Read more.

Christmas Eve services at Union Church will be at 5:30 pm and 11:00 pm. For the early service, special gathering music will begin at 5:10 pm, with Larry Brandenburg on the organ, with bluegrass specialists Al, Alice and Emma White, Ruth Smith, and a host of other musicians! Come early to get great seats and… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship offered by the People of Church of Christ, Union Fourth Sunday of Advent  December 23, 2012 Meditation “He who loves brings God and the world together.”                                                             —Martin Buber, At the Turning, 1952 Gathering to Worship Welcome and Announcements Prelude     Chorale Prelude on WACHET AUF!    J.S. Bach Introit       Lift… Read more.

You are welcome to attend the Long Night Service for Prayers of Healing tonight at 7:00 pm, in the Sanctuary. This special quiet service is for anyone who is suffering in body, mind, or spirit during the holidays: Those who have lost loved ones, who are divorced or widowed, suffering depression, lost their jobs, or… Read more.

Church Council of Union Church, at its December 17, 2012 meeting, drafted the following letter, acting on its own, and not necessarily on behalf of the entire congregation: President Barack Obama Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner Senator Harry Reid Senator Mitch McConnell Senator Rand Paul The White House and Capitol Hill Washington,… Read more.

Friends Devastated.  Union Victoria (the Guatemalan town that generously supported our group last summer) has been devastated by hurricane, nearby volcano, and earthquake.  They need emergency food aid.  The Mission and Service Board has already wired $1,000 to help.  Send your donation to the Church designated for Union Victoria relief.