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Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union  Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost October 11, 2020 10:30 am  “Surely God does not exist so that we can think correctly about Him— or Her. Amazingly and wonderfully, like all good parents, God desires instead the flourishing of what God created and what… Read more.

Drive-through Blessing of the Animals October 10, 10 – noon, at the Berea Utilities Parking lot. Bring your animal buddy, stuffed animal buddy or a photo to receive a blessing in observance of the Feast of St. Francis, who loved all creation, and is the patron saint of animals and ecology. Rev. Kent will offer… Read more.

Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union and First Christian Church World Communion Sunday October 4, 2020 10:30 am  From there to here: we Gather Welcome As the Berea community responds to the governor’s suggestion to avoid gathering in large groups, we worship online to limit the risk of… Read more.

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 27, 2020 10:30 am  Meditation                        I say to people at our “welcome to house” brunches: I’m glad you love it here, but at some point, I will disappoint you, or the church will let you down. Please decide on this side of that happening if you will still stick around…. Read more.

Dear friends and church family, Yesterday’s events have illuminated so much of what is broken in our society. Souls are wounded, bodies have been shot and torn, and still so little is being done to address the root cause. I have spent the last 24 hours in consultation with clergy in Louisville, in prayer with… Read more.

Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 20, 2020          10:30 am Meditation When they were hungry, manna fell from heaven, and they were fed; but a disquiet robbed them of a vision of the miracle. There was only deprivation and… Read more.

Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 13, 2020      10:30 am   Meditation Yet while some have concluded that it is indeed the case that we humans are alone, others have looked at these same events and suggested a much different spiritual… Read more.

Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 6, 2020          10:30 am Meditation “Anything that leaves you more fearful, more isolated, more disconnected from other people, more full of judgment or self-hatred, is not of God, and does not follow the Rule of Love–and you… Read more.