Handbell Ensemble begins tonight – August 28, 7 pm. Beginning August 29, our NEW Orchestra will meet Thursdays at 5:30 pm. Join us, no matter what you play – from violins to ukulele, from drums to guitars! Vocal Choir also begins August 29, 6:45 pm. All rehearsals in the 3rd floor Choir Room and YOU… Read more.
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Finance Report
Income Expense Pledges & Gifts $ 171,627 Staff $ 154,846 Investments $ 36,249 Properties $ 24,799 Miscellaneous $ 5,283 Missions $ 11,996 Program $ 31,402 $ 213,159 $ 223,043 Update about working with the financial consultant from Generis At this month’s Church Council meeting it was decided to put on hold our work with… Read more.
Sunday's Call: Sabbath Poem X by Wendell Berry
Whatever is foreseen in joy Must be lived out from day to day. Vision held open in the dark By our ten thousand days of work. Harvest will fill the barn; for that The hand must ache, the face must sweat. And yet no leaf or grain is filled By work of ours; the field… Read more.
Thrivent Action Teams & Our 5-4-3-2-1 Vision
Thrivent Members – We are making plans to raise awareness around our 2019 5-4-3-2-1 Vision and our relationship with Thrivent Financial. If you are willing to tell Dave Kobersmith you are a Thrivent Member he would like to talk to you about the possibility of using an Action Team that is available to you as… Read more.
Announcements
September 4 Potluck! Plan to gather for the 1st First-Wednesday-of-the-Month Potluck on Sept. 4 at 5:45 pm. The Mission & Service Board will provide the program: Berea College student Phurbu Tseten will speak about her experience over the summer at the Caux (Switzerland) Peace Workshop with other college students from around the world. Each year… Read more.
August 25, 2019, Worship Bulletin, Prayer Concerns and Announcements
Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost August 25, 2019 10:30 am Meditation Do you bow your head when you pray or do you look up into that blue space? Take your choice, prayers fly from all directions. —Mary Oliver, except from Whistling Swans … Read more.
Sunday's Call by Ted Loder
The Call Empower us To be bold participants, Rather than timid saints in waiting, In the difficult ordinariness of now; To exercise the authority of honesty; Rather than to defer to power, Or deceive to get it; To influence someone for justice, Rather than impress anyone for gain; And, by grace, to find treasures Of… Read more.
Announcements: Music Ministries Potluck Thursday!
Sean Mack is moving into a new apartment & is in need of furniture – esp. a couch and tv stand. If you have such to sell, contact him at seanmack93@gmail.com. Learn more about the church next week! Come One, Come All! Each fourth Sunday of the month anyone wanting to know more about Union… Read more.