Advent & Christmas at Union Church
Dec. 17 3:00-5:00 pm – Home, Sweet Home! Gingerbread House making Community Room
Dec. 20 5:30 pm – Open Table Supper (all welcome, no charge)
7:00 pm – Amadeus Lex Chamber Music Series will present “We Wi-Schumann ‘erry Christmas” Sanctuary, Free, donations accepted
Dec. 21 7:00 pm – LongNight Service for prayers for healing, Cowan Chapel
Dec. 22 5:00 pm – WhiteHall Christmas Tour
Dec. 24 10:30 am – Christmas Cantata: A Song of Christmas at worship service
6:00 pm candlelight service, sanctuary, followed by small-bite potluck afterward in the Community Room
11:00 pm – Late Christmas Eve service, Cowan Chapel
TODAY!!! Build a Gingerbread Village from 3 – 5, Community Room! Union Church’s Family Programming Team is looking forward to offering this opportunity for Parents, Children, and Youth. We’ll build a gingerbread village, have great snacks, hot chocolate and spiced cider & MORE! We’ll provide everything you need, so just come and enjoy this opportunity to connect with other parents and families.
Come and eat together on Wednesday! Open Table Menu Dec. 20 International Christmas -Peace on Earth!!
· Paella -Spain
· Ham – United States
· Pierogis – Poland
· Swedish Meatballs- Sweden
· Cabbage rolls – Ukraine
· Toffee Trifle – United Kingdom
All Welcome—No charge! Then come on up to the sanctuary for the Amadeus Lex Concert at 7!
Dec. 21, 7 pm Longnight Service, Cowan Chapel This service of prayers for healing is for anyone feeling hemmed in, bound by grief, sorrow, or hopelessness. Held on the longest night of the year, it is a reminder that the light increases a bit every day.
It is a quiet and welcoming safe service where prayers for the healing of hearts and the taking down of walls can be offered and received.
Dec. 22 5:00, Tour White Hall Historic Site FREE: Union Church member & Site Coordinator of White Hall, Mathew Parrish, will offer a Christmas light tour of Whitehall Historic Home for Union Church Members and Friends!
White Hall is the historic home of Cassius Clay, one of Berea’s early founders. Mathew is offering a free private tour of the home at 5pm on December 22. Children and adults are welcome. There will be short presentation followed by a self-guided tour of this home that dates back to the late 1700s. White Hall is located near Exit 95 and more info can be found here: whitehall.eku.edu
Mobility issues considered.
Compline Sunday evenings at 6:30 p.m. in Cowan Chapel. Union Church hosts a time of worship for everyone who yearns for a night prayer of quietness at the end of the day and the beginning of the week, a way to still your heart and mind. After this evening, the next service will be Jan 7.
Photos: Get ready to have your photo taken! Don Cardwell has offered to take photos for the Directory portion of Fellowship OneGo, (the church’s data management system) right after worship. Meet at the front of the sanctuary.
Christmas Baskets with St. Clare! For many years, Union Church & St. Clare have shared the opportunity to help our neighbors with a Christmas Food Basket and kids’ toys. If you’d like to do this, donations of toys are welcome; and funds for groceries. Use the QR code to reach the form.
Give An Incredible Gift This Christmas: Medical Debt Relief! $1=$100 of Forgiveness The Union Church Mission Board is joining with and supporting Kentucky Voices for Health and RIP Medical Debt to buy ALL of the current medical in central Kentucky AND FORGIVE IT ALL. KVH is a nonpartisan coalition of consumer health advocates dedicated to addressing the root causes of poor health in the commonwealth. 50% of funds given will support their local efforts and 50% will go to buying and eliminating $1.9 million owed by Kentuckians. Statewide, our goal is to raise $40,000 to do the job. Thanks to generous donations already given, the Mission Board has allocated $1000 to jumpstart the effort! You can make a gift at tinyurl.com/KVHGiving, or include “Medical Debt Forgiveness” in the memo line of a Union church contribution. Together we are shaping hope from shadows!!
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