Weekly Bulletin

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.

Christmas Eve services at Union Church will be at 5:30 pm and 11:00 pm. For the early service, special gathering music will begin at 5:10 pm, with Larry Brandenburg on the organ, with bluegrass specialists Al, Alice and Emma White, Ruth Smith, and a host of other musicians! Come early to get great seats and… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship offered by the People of Church of Christ, Union Fourth Sunday of Advent  December 23, 2012 Meditation “He who loves brings God and the world together.”                                                             —Martin Buber, At the Turning, 1952 Gathering to Worship Welcome and Announcements Prelude     Chorale Prelude on WACHET AUF!    J.S. Bach Introit       Lift… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Third Sunday of Advent December 16, 2012 Meditation I have little patience for those who fail to see the sufferings of the world.  I am skeptical of those whose joy seems forced, happy no matter what befalls them.  But there is… Read more.

December brings Christmas music, holiday shopping, and our annual planning for the year ahead. In preparation for our all-congregation deliberation on that topic, the Proposed Budget and Budget Policy for 2013 are attached.  Printed copies will be available in the vestibule on Sunday or in the church office. Here’s the Brief: Funds Are Critically Short… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union First Sunday of Advent   Celebration of the Lord’s Supper December 2, 2012 Meditation Hope is the thing with feathers –That perches in the soul –And sings the tune without the words –And never stops – at all –                                                                                     —Emily Dickinson… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost November 11, 2012 Meditation “The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union All Saints Sunday  November 4, 2012 Meditation “To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.  Love is my true identity.  Selflessness is my… Read more.