Pastor Log

Dozens of Union church members joined Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and representative Rita Smart has he signed House bill 175 into law today. HB 175 supports affordable housing and the Kentucky Housing Authority. Gov. Beshear signed the bill at Silver Creek senior housing. Mayor Connelly, Rev. Kent and Rev. Rachel, and many union church members… Read more.

Pastor Kent returned from sabbatical today after four months of travel, reading, eating, and rest. As the picture shows, however, there may have been some unfortunate side effects to his long absence. 🙂  Ready or not, Rev. Kent will return to the pulpit on February 9 with a special communion service to welcome him home…. Read more.

This week we shared reflections from the delegation to El Salvador.  They reflected on their experiences in light of the Lord’s Prayer, which we said together in both English and Spanish.  As we pray this week, we pray for people around the world still fighting for basic justice and fair treatment.  — Rev. Rachel God,… Read more.

Naomi Schulz addressed a gathering of Pacific School of Religion alumni (where she is currently a 3rd year seminarian) at the United Church of Christ General Synod in Long Beach, CA. She inspired and challenged those present with her experience of transformative work and vocation, and mentioned how Union Church was among her inspirations and… Read more.

We are a few days behind on our reflections due to some technical complications, but here’s a reflection on our first day written by delegation member Paul Smithson. — Rev. Rachel Friday 14 June 2013 Today was our first full day in El Salvador, and a busy day, from 7 AM breakfast to 8:30 PM… Read more.

This message from the El Salvador delegation was written yesterday, June 13th: Blessings/Bendigas! We are happy to inform you that the Union Church delegation to El Salvador has safely arrived in San Salvador along with their luggage!!!! After a 4:30am departure and eight hours of travel, this felt nothing short of a miracle. We began… Read more.

In Sunday’s sermon, I read the comments of Waynel Mayes, a teacher at a Moore, OK, elementary school and niece of Union Church members Al and Alice White. Waynel was interviewed on CNN and wrote these comments at the request of the Governor of Oklahoma. Her words give us all a window on both the… Read more.

Peter’s vision of all the unclean animals suddenly being placed ‘on the table’ of what God calls “clean,” opens him to visiting the gentile Cornelius. While there, the Holy Spirit falls on Cornelius and his family just as it had on the Jewish disciples, and Peter asks himself, “who am I to hinder God?” The… Read more.