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First Christmas Pageant Rehearsal is Wednesday, December 5, after Wednesday Nite Live Supper!! Berea College Christmas Concert is 7:30 pm December 7 & 8 in our very own Sanctuary. December 9 – We are Home for the Holidays!! First worship service back in our Sanctuary! 10:30 am as usual! Poinsettias Needed for Christmas! If you would… Read more.

For this week’s prayer, we borrowed from an old favorite, the Prayer of St. Francis.  May God be with you all this week.  — Rev. Rachel   God who is constantly calling us toward your redemption, open our ears this Advent season.  Help us to hear your joy, your love, your call to serve: Make… Read more.

As we mentioned in our post a few weeks ago, the Central Appalachian Prisoner Support Network is hosting a Barn Dance and Cake Walk to raise money for their great work.  Come on out TONIGHT  at 8pm at Woods-Penniman Commons to support them, get your groove on, and eat some cake!  It’s a win-win!  See… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union First Sunday of Advent   Celebration of the Lord’s Supper December 2, 2012 Meditation Hope is the thing with feathers –That perches in the soul –And sings the tune without the words –And never stops – at all –                                                                                     —Emily Dickinson… Read more.

Last Sunday we wondered with Hannah if God would ever come through, and with the disciples if all the calamity Jesus predicted would ever amount to any good. Out of despair comes many frustrations, but also many new gifts. Here’s a prayer for transformation and for hope, whatever your circumstances might be this week. Lord,… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost November 25, 2012 Meditation “True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to be transformed.”                                                                                     —Tom Robbins Gathering to Worship… Read more.

Rev. Rachel preached this sermon on Sunday evening, Nov. 18th, for the Berea Ministerial Association’s Community Thanksgiving Service.  It was an interactive sermon — read the italics to understand what else was going on!   “Harvests of Joy” Rev. Rachel F. Small Stokes Nov. 18, 2012 (c) Psalm 126   Psalm 126  (read half on one… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost November 18, 2012 Meditation “The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts.  No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.”                                                 —H. U. Westermayer Gathering to Worship Welcome and… Read more.