Wednesday Nite Live Live is a POTLUCK this week, first Wednesday of the month! Join the church next week! Union Church is a vital and growing family of faith, a home to those committed to the way of Christ’s sacrificial love and service. All who feel led to join will be received in joy! New… Read more.
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Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, Worship Bulletin, Prayer Concerns, Announcments
Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany February 4, 2018 10:30 am Meditation A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wings in the orange sun rays and dares to claim… Read more.
How to help with Refugees: Global SEEDS
In January we had a presentation from Global SEEDS, a Knoxville based mission service helping refugees. Dan and Mary Butler described the needs of refugees and pointed to many ways that local churches can help. If you’d like to know more about their work you can explore their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Global-Seeds-198236700189479/. Contributions can be made… Read more.
Youth Group to Begin OWL Curriculum
Starting the first week in March, and finishing up in May, Carla Gilbert and Chris McKenzie will lead a class on comprehensive sexuality for High School aged youth (Grades 9-12). This class will use the “Our Whole Lives” – OWL – curriculum developed from a collaboration between the United Church of Christ and the Unitarian Universalist churches…. Read more.
February Consider…
From Rev. Rachel Sad for Us, Great for the Wider Church: Rachel’s Farewell and What Comes Next Lent: The Season of Transitions Let’s Do Lunch! Lenten Lunch after church begins Feb. 18 Stephen Ministry is recruiting for another training class! From the Nominating Board Youth Group to Begin OWL Curriculum Music in the Life of… Read more.
Friends of CoCoDA Tour June 10-17, 2018
CoCoDA will once again host our Friends of CoCoDA tour. We’ll tour El Salvador from June 10-17th. This inexpensive, family friendly adventure introduces donors, faculty, project champions and interested friends in our work in Central America. The tour includes two days of cultural and historic orientation in San Salvador, trips to volcanoes and waterfalls, visits… Read more.
Legislative Alerts for People of Faith!
The Kentucky Council of Churches closely monitors both state and national legislation that impacts area of concern to persons of faith: Children’s education, health care, immoral military spending, criminal justice bills, and more are all part of caring for God’s people. Getting alerts is easy. You can sign up right here: If legislators… Read more.
Lexington Herald-Leader Op-Ed by Deborah Payne
January 12, 2018 President Donald Trump’s less-than-glowing generalization of countries across Africa and Haiti comes with little surprise. The president has said horrific things before. While social media has had a heyday with comedic responses, what I find most sad is how much the president is missing. When he says these places are “sh-thole” countries,… Read more.