June 7 Announcements

Thanks to a grant from the Lilly foundation, Union Church will offer special events and experiences in a season we are calling “Breathe and Sing: Together with One Voice.” In Sunday worship, in special events and classes you are invited to explore how to catch your breath in challenging times.  Everyone who wishes can experience voice lessons, breathing techniques for health, Alexander Technique classes for alignment and ease of movement, song classes with local and national leaders, and much more! Rev. Christina Ryan Perkins will be our pastoral guide April-July. Find out more at union-church.org/breatheandsing

June 10, 6:00 pm, Guided Painting Party!

June 20 & July 18, 10 am  MORE Chair Yoga! Room 101. Registration link to come —no charge, we just need a count to set up  chairs.

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Dress the Rainbow!  On Pentecost Sunday, your red finery inspired us! What better way to represent Union Church than to dress in the rainbow?! For the next weeks we will dress in rainbow order and take a photo at the end of each service. 
Today: June 7–Yellow
Next week: June 14–Green
June 21–Blue
June 28–Purple
July 5–Wear any color of the rainbow!!

Around the Area …

June 12, 5:30 pm. Second Friday Sharing!  Katy Lashbrook, Sue Peterson Blyth and Jennifer Elam invite you to 2nd Friday Sharing of Co-Creativity: potluck (bring food), fellowship, music, moving and more; June 12, 5:30-8 at 300 Harrison Rd, Berea. Bring yourself, food, and something to share!

June 12, 7 pm Christ Cathedral Church, Lexington. Singing a Journey of Freedom: Songs of Slavery & Emancipation. Join Kathy Bullock for an evening of music that carried a people through bondage and into freedom! This concert begins a 14-day tour over Underground Railroad sites.

June 13, 12-8 pm Richmond Pride, Downtown Richmond. See Laura Nagle to volunteer to help show the Union Church love and unity! Sign up to help!

June 13 & 14 Madison County Juneteenth Festival Info: naacprichmond madisonky.org

· Richmond –  June 13 12—4 at Dillingham Park

· Berea – June 14 3-7 Musical at Berea Skate Park

Music lineup:

· Nikki ‘D’ & The Sisters of Thunder, a multi-generational family-based Sacred Steel Band steeped in Gospel and the Blues

· Billy Duvall Jr, gospel vocalist and Berea College alum.

· Local favorites!  Randy Westbrook & Vera Stonestreet-Paige, Redbud Revival (with OUR OWN Maranda Weckman), Central Kentucky Brass Quintet, Maddie Caudill, poetry from Alesha Cornelison & Gabby Harris, food trucks, free meals from Berea Kids Eat, and more.

~ Presented by Berea Human Rights Commission, Berea JAGKY & AMP Berea; with support from Madison County Historical Society, Berea Home Village, Berea College, Levitt Family Foundation, Union Church Berea, First Christian Church-Berea, Top Drawer Gallery, and Margie Pride.