Weekly Bulletin

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union First Sunday of Lent February 17, 2013 Meditation The merit of a fast day is the charity dispensed then.                                                                                                          —The Talmud Gathering to Worship Welcome and Announcements Prelude     Forty Days and Forty Nights (Heinlein)        David N. Johnson ¨  Call… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Transfiguration Sunday February 10, 2013 Meditation O Lord, refresh our sensibilities.  Give us this day our daily taste.  Restore to us soups that spoons will not sink in, and sauces which are never the same twice,  Raise up among us stews… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of Church of Christ, Union Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany   February 3, 2013 Meditation Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.                                                                                                             —Lao Tzu Gathering to Worship Welcome and Announcements    Prelude     Your Love, O God, Has Called  Us Here      … Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Third Sunday after the Epiphany January 27, 2013 Meditation From infinite longings Finite deeds arise… But in these dancing tears, What is often withheld can be found: Our strength.                 —Rainer Maria Rilke, Book of Images Gathering to Worship Welcome and… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Second Sunday after the Epiphany January 20, 2013 Meditation Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.              —Dr. Martin Luther… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Baptism of Jesus January 13, 2013 Meditation Console yourself: You would not be seeking me if  you had not already found me.  — Blaise Pascal Gathering to Worship Welcome and Announcements Prelude     Adagio (from Fantaisie, op. 16)        Cesar Franck ¨  Call… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union First Sunday of Christmas December 30, 2012 Meditation As we are glad, Creator God, when the dawn reveals the world to us, innocent and fresh, so may we discover the infant in the manger and in delight be ready to start… Read more.

Christmas Eve at Union Church December 24, 2012 Rev. Kent H. Gilbert, Pastor  Rev. Rachel Small Stokes, Associate Pastor  Larry Brandenburg, Organist, Director of Music Ministries Worship Leader: Merlin Kindel Gathering Music “Three Carols on French Folk Melodies”                arr. Robert J. Powell “Beautiful Star of Bethlehem” Two Spanish Carols Donald Busarow/Norberto Guinaldo “Follow the Light”… Read more.