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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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

An opportunity to participate in our Berea city government You are invited to attend the Berea City Council meeting this Tuesday, August 20, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers. Public comment will be received beginning at 6:30 regarding a proposed Order revising the current policy & procedure of offering invocations – which had invited… Read more.