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Hospitality & Cookies – can you help?! One of the things that we do best is making each other feel welcome and loved and included every single week. The Hospitality Team is committed to creating a space — with lemonade and cookies! — for this to happen after service. Can you commit to helping your… Read more.

Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 21, 2019       10:30 am Meditation You have made us together, you have made us one and many, you have placed me here in the midst as witness, as awareness, and as joy. Here I am. In me… Read more.

These two beautiful quilts, made by Jo Wernegreen, will be raffled off to benefit Samuel’s Kids Ministries International, which provides shelter, food, medical care, clothing, education and more for the homeless children of Uganda. Samuel’s Kids is a non-government, non-political, non-profit organization that was birthed in the heart of Samuel M. Ssengooba, a resident in Mukono… Read more.

Zen Meditation every weekday, 8:00 am. Join us for 20 minutes of unstructured quiet meditation in beautiful Cowan Chapel, on the Scaffold Cane Road side of the church. Zen Teaching Mondays at 6:30 pm, Cowan Chapel. David Parks will offer Zen teaching: Meditation, Koans, Conversation, 6:30 – 8:00 pm, Cowan Chapel. Thursday Noon Bible Study…. Read more.

Scribes to help our Pastor. You may see a member of the Pastoral Relations Board standing near the pastor as he greets folks on their way out of the worship service. These are scribes—their job is to note important conversations and details the pastor might forget in the activity. If you’ve ever wanted to try… Read more.

On Friday, July 12, thousands of Americans joined their voices in vigils to protest conditions at detention camps at our southern border. Many thanks to Hank Fay and Sue Peterson Blyth for organizing this in Berea, and to all the musicians and speakers! Photos by the Sparrow Hawks — thank you!

Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Fifth Sunday after Pentecost July 14, 2019          10:30 am     Meditation Said one oyster to a neighboring oyster, “I have a very great pain within me. It is heavy and round and I am in distress.” And the other oyster replied… Read more.

Friday: Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Concentration Camps, July 12, 7:30 pm. Union Church will host an event, one of many Lights for Liberty events happening July 12 around the country. Join us in songs of children and songs of protest. Join us in sharing messages of hope, of outrage, of humanity… Read more.