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Weekly Announcements: Artist Talk Thursday, New Members to be welcomed, Annual Meeting & Lenten Lunch March 10!
Pls. note: Bible Study will meet at 11 am,not noon, this week only. Bob Boyce would like an audience for his talk at the Berea Arts Council this Thursday night at 7pm at the new location, the Tate Building; to be only an hour. He will talk on George Fred Keck: Passive Solar Residential Architecture. Keck was… Read more.
Lent begins Wednesday, March 6, with Ash Wednesday. Service at 7 pm in Cowan Chapel
Ash Wednesday is the first day of the Season of Lent. Its name comes from the ancient practice of placing ashes on worshippers’ heads or foreheads as a sign of humility before God, a symbol of mourning and sorrow at the death that sin brings into the world. It not only prefigures the mourning at… Read more.
March 3, 2019, Worship Bulletin
Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Transfiguration Sunday March 3, 2019 10:30 am Meditation “Every once and so often, something so touching, so incandescent, so alive transfigures the human face that it’s almost beyond bearing.” — Frederick Buechner, Transfiguration From there to Here: We… Read more.
Announcements: Congregational Conversation Rescheduled, Handbell Concert March 3, 3:00 pm
Please keep Jennie Kiteck in your prayers, she’s in the hospital. Postponed til March 3: Our next Congregational Conversation: What Will it Take for What’s Next? March 3, 1:00 pm in the Classroom (pls note change. You’ll have time to get to the Handbell Concert at 3 pm) The next all-church conversation about “What Next”… Read more.
Sunday's Justice Candle Lit in Honor Of Bridget "Biddy" Mason
When people think of women slaves, landowner isn’t one of the terms that comes to mind. When Bridget “Biddy” Mason was born into the harsh reality of slavery in 1818, nothing about the future indicated there was a life beyond slavery. Most accounts say she was born in Mississippi, and sold to slave owners in… Read more.
Kentucky Council of Churches Prayer in Action, tomorrow at the Capitol. Topic: Gun Violence
Rev. Kent and other clergy urge persons of faith to consider opposing Kentucky Senate Bill 150, a bill moving swiftly that would allow “permitless carry” of concealed weapons to any person over the age of 21. This means any person would be allowed to carry a concealed deadly firearm, knife, or other weapon without a license,… Read more.
Changes to Sunday Afternoon Schedule
Friends, We have the very sad honor of hosting the funeral service for Wilma Chambers, a much beloved community member, on Sunday at 3 pm. A couple of events will be rescheduled. The New Members Gathering will remain this Sunday (24th) after worship in the Classroom. You’re welcome to come to that if you are… Read more.