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Budgeted Income and Expense through February 28, 2019                                      Income                                                       Expense Pledges & Gifts     $51,490                    Staff                $46,348 Investments           $  1,643                    Properties    $    9,113 Miscellaneous        $ 1,369     … Read more.

Every Sunday night from Jan 20- March 10 (8 weeks) during rain, snow and at times single digit temperatures we had homeless guests spending the night in our Community room.  Registration for these guests took place in a donated storefront on Chestnut St from 5-6 pm every night during this time. Five churches and one Dance… Read more.

Next Week is Pretzel Sunday. These little breads were shaped in the form of arms crossed in prayer and were called bracellae (Latin, ‘little arms’). In German the word became ‘bretzel’. These pretzels were a common Lenten food throughout the Middle Ages in Europe, and became an all year round snack in the 19th century…. 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. Wednesday Nite Live: The… Read more.

Settle Into Scripture! Sundays at 4:00 pm; Wednesdays at 8:30 am Cowan Chapel.  For thirty minutes, Rev. Kent will lead the traditional Benedictine practice of Lectio Divina, a four-step process that treats scripture as a living word, rather than just a text to be studied.  (Note: Sunday and Wednesday of each week will use the… Read more.

Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Third Sunday of Lent March 24, 2019             10:30 am   Meditation Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a hundred ways to kneel and kiss the ground.  ― Rumi Is it not dread… Read more.

Wednesday Nite Live tomorrow! Supper at 5:45 ($5 if able), followed by … Offering of Letters for Bread for the World (all supplies will be on hand, along with sample letters for our Senators and Representative in Congress).  bread.org for more info And there will be locally handcrafted pottery for sale, as well, to benefit our local… Read more.

This shield took about three years to make, including a two-year Bible study of all the “Do not fear” passages. It is centered on God’s Genesis 15 covenant with Abram in which God says, “Do not fear, for I am a shield to you.” The design, hand-drawn on leather with precision markers, is copied from… Read more.