Especially in our prayers: The Wellinghurst family, at Dave Wellinghurst’s passing yesterday.
We’re Worshiping with First Christian Church in a Combined Service, October 7! On October 7th there will be no service at Union Church. Instead, we will be the guests of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) two blocks away at 206 Chestnut St! There are even two services to choose from: 8:30am or 10:40am. All three pastors: our Rev. Kent and FC’s Rev. Mark and Rev. Lisa will be leading both services. In addition our choirs, both handbell and vocal, will be combining for some wonderful praise and song. You will not want to miss!
The choirs are performing only at the 10:40am service, but everyone is welcome to either or both worship opportunities. Our offering will support the church named on the check or envelope. Any undesignated plate offering will be shared to Berea Faith Community Outreach (BFCO) to assist their vital work. Contributions to the Food Bank especially welcomed, as well on this Sunday.
Rev. Kent will be away leading our sister city delegation to Japan Oct 8-20. Rev. Bob Shaffer will preach on October 14.
2 spaces available for New York City Church Trip! Act Fast! Due to unforeseen circumstances, two spaces have opened up for the November 23-27 Union Church Trip to see the choir sing at Carnegie Hall. Non-Singers can come and receive backstage passes, tickets to the concert, and admission to special performers reception. If you are able and willing to rehearse with the choir leading up to the trip, you are more than welcome to sing in the performance! Cost is $1700 per person, and we have to know SOON! You will be sharing a double room, so it’s good to have a buddy!
Welcome to Dr. Bernardo Scarambone, our Interim Director of Music! Dr. Scarambone is professor of piano and keyboard at Eastern Kentucky University and has a long history with church music. Originally from Brazil, Bernardo lives in Richmond with his wife and 3 children.
Come to Wednesday Nite Live! It’s a potluck for the first Wednesday of the month! All welcome for supper at 5:45 pm ($5 donation if able). Youth Group at 6:30, Handbell rehearsal at 7.
Pick up your Directory in the vestibule or the office. PDFs available for the asking. We didn’t include the skill share section—though it’s a terrific idea, we didn’t get a lot of participation. We’ll ask again at Stewardship season. Thank you!
Meals for Jennie Kiteck. Friends, if you or your children ever played strings with Jennie Kiteck, now might be a nice time to reconnect briefly. She’s not doing much cooking these days and Union Church has set up a MealTrain to provide a home-cooked meal for her once a week on Friday evenings. She is an adventurous eater and does a great job washing up your containers! Use this MealTrain link: https://mealtrain.com/dwkg44 (the link will be live in the emailed Monday announcements).
About to turn 65 and want to know about your Medicare options? Confused by the Individual Marketplace? Info sessions October 10 in the Training Room off the Community Room. Union Church friend and insurance guru, Karen Hoskins, will come help us again! Come at 5:30 to talk about individual insurance plans and 6:15 to talk Medicare. Grab dinner at WNL before or after.
Anybody Can Use a Stephen Minster! Ever have a feeling that life is getting a bit too hard to handle? Would you like to be able to talk to someone regularly? Stephen Ministry just added four new caregivers. If you would like to talk to someone, please contact Mary Lou Wiese at 26-571-4959. If you have a friend with a need, let them know about Stephen Ministry at Union. They do not have to be church members. This can be either a short-term or a long-term match, so pass on the news.
The nursery and children’s church are both in need of volunteer substitutes for those rare occasions when our amazing nursery worker and children’s church teachers aren’t here. If you’re called to this way of serving the church family, please contact Laura Nagle (358-0106) or Jenny Hobson (893-1075) and we’ll get the process started.
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.
Witness for Peace Southeast Speaker and Program on October 17 at Wednesday Nite Live. We are fortunate that Berea, KY is once again on the Witness for Peace Southeast Fall Speakers Tour. Union Church will be privileged to host Alicia Sevila Hidalgo from Havana, Cuba on Oct. 17 at WNL.
She will also be speaking at a luncheon event on campus that day, sponsored by the Peace and Social Justice Program.. Alicia Sevila Hidalgo from Havana, Cuba’s Martin Luther King Center lives and works in Matanzas, Cuba as a pastor, ecumenical leader, popular educator and prison educator focusing on gender and liberation theology. She will be accompanied by a WFP Team from Raleigh, NC.
Union Church has been privileged to serve as a host for the Fall Speakers Tour for a number of years, thanks to Michelle Tooley’s involvement as a Board Member and arranging for Berea to be a stop on the Tour while she was on the Berea College Faculty. Mark October 17 on your calendar now!!
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