Announcements
Need an awesome water bottle? Water bottle fundraiser $10.00, $5.00 goes to support Faith Development programs!
Acheiveing & Building Life Equally (ABLE) Support Group for those with visible and invisible disabilities and care givers) meets August 27 (tomorrow) at 11:15 am in the Fellowship Hall of Berea Baptist Church. Speaker will be James Easter presenting Advances in Mobility Seating and Devices. Bring paper and pencil along with snack and drink.
CoCoDA Visit & Dinner, Wednesday, August 29: At 5:45 pm, our CoCoDA Salvadoran friends, Ivan Villasboa and Yunior Gomez will visit Union Church. Food will be provided! Bring interested friends as well as yourself for a great evening of catching up, good humor and renewal.
Time to make a Joyful Noise! Handbell Choir begins August 29, 7 pm. Vocal Choir begins August 30, 6:15 pm. Both in the 3rd floor Choir Room and YOU are very welcome to join them!
Socks & underwear needed for kids 5– 12 year olds, boys & girls, for back-to-school. Bring to the church office and Dodie Murphy will collect and deliver them. Or write a check to Union Church with “No Child Cold, No Child Hungry” in the memo line.
Help needed with our youngest members! The nursery and Children’s Church seek members of the congregation to volunteer as substitutes during the school year. If you would like to volunteer on an occasional basis with the children of Union Church, please see Jenny Hobson or Laura Nagle. Email jennyhobsonschoice@gmail.com OR call 859-893-1075.
Spoonbread Festival (Sept. 21-23) and Berea Business Fest (Sept. 13) need Union Church Ambassadors! Staffing the Spoonbread Festival table for 2-hour shifts, and the Business Fest event for the entire 11-2 event (plus set-up and take-down). Offer church brochures, postcards, and conversation. Photos of fellowship, mission, worship events needed too!
LifeLine is coming to Union Church October 5. Info in the vestibule. Union Church is pleased to offer a preventive health event. Life Line Screening , a leading provider of community-based preventive health screenings, will host their affordable, non-invasive and painless health screenings on 10/5/2018. Five screenings will be offered that scan for potential health problems related to: blocked arteries which is a leading cause of stroke; abdominal aortic aneurysms which can lead to a ruptured aorta; hardening of the arteries in the legs which is a strong predictor of heart disease; atrial fibrillation or irregular heart beat which is closely tied to stroke risk; and a bone density screening, for men and women, used to assess the risk of osteoporosis. Register for a Wellness Package which includes 4 vascular tests and osteoporosis screening from $149 ($139 with our member discount). All five screenings take 60-90 minutes to complete. There are three ways to register for this event and to receive a $10 discount off any package priced above $129, please call 1-888-653-6441 or visit www.lifelinescreening.com/communitycircle or text the word circle to 797979
New Church Directory Coming. Especially our newer folks – we may not have your info – please let us know if you’d like to be included in the new Directory! Does your Directory photo show you with a smiling toddler….who’s now driving? Ditched your land line? College student left the nest? OR are you a college student new to Berea? Or maybe you’d like to opt out of the Directory? Let us know! office@union-church.org. Thanks.
Sometimes our church members need help. If you have a skill you are willing to share, please email the information to dodiemurfmsw @yahoo.com. It will be printed on a page in our new church directory for folks to contact you directly. Thanks for consider-ing! Possible categories (include your own skill if it’s not listed):
- Yard work –planting, weeding, watering
- Making a meal
- Babysitting
- Baking
- Driving to appointments
- Running errands
- Grocery shopping
- Doing laundry, ironing
- Mending or hemming
- Writing thank you notes
- Lending books, DVDs or CDs
- Typing
- Computer software/hardware instruction, repairs
- Small plumbing jobs
Programs upcoming at the bell hooks Institute – all at the Institute, 300 Center St. at 4:00 pm:
· August 27 – Talks with bell hooks about his new novel, Silas House
· September 10 – Identity Politics and Feminist Studies, Beverly Guy-Sheftall
· September 27 – White Men Engage Feminist Studies, Billie Korinko & Eric Carter
Berea Home Village Fundraiser Sept. 13. Berea Home Village presents “September Serenade” featuring The Jigs! Join them on September 13 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at Churchills in Berea. Help them to continue to provide services for Berea Home Village members! Call Katie Heckman for more information or to purchase tickets at 859-985-0099.
Healing Arts Retreat Saturday, September 15, 8:30-5:30. Led by Donna Eder, this year retreatants will enjoy the centering and meditative movement of calligraphy, brush painting (bamboo), and Tai Chi. Chinese brush work is an ancient tradition which strengthens “chi,” while promoting sensi-tivity and an appreciation for simplicity. Advanced registration requested online at union-church.org or by calling the Union Church office, by September 5. Please bring a suggested $25 materials & lunch fee to the retreat (can be waived). Adults only. Limit 12.
Please Sign up to Read Scripture or to Help Greet and Usher! Please use our electronic sign up system, http://signup. com/go/xkdVtB, where you can pick a date that works for you and get reminders! OR you can also call the office and we’ll get you on the lists.
Church Council Votes to Partner with Thrivent Financial. At the August Church Council Meeting, board members voted unanimously to accept the recommendation of the Finance Board to partner with Thrivent Financial and their affiliated agencies to create Union Church endowment funds and strategies for long term generosity.
In the coming weeks, Finance Board will be working closely with Thrivent’s InFaith Foundation to craft the legal language and ongoing mission statement for our endowment funds. Stay tuned to learn how we can live generously together and serve God and our Community in new ways!
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