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Ben Whaley-Jones, one of our amazing youth leaders, was part of a team at the Appalachian Media Institute that created this 13-minute documentary on Black Lung Disease; it has been nominated to go to the Sundance Film Festival!  We had technical difficulties screening it today in church, but you can see it here!!  We’re so… Read more.

Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Youth Sunday August 27, 2017       10:30 am  Meditation   Compassion, which I would define as unconditional love, is essential to a Jedi’s life. So you might say that we are encouraged to love. –Anakin Skywalker, Star Wars Episode… Read more.

 Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost August 20, 2017           10:30 am  Meditation   We saw a stranger yesterday. We put food in the eating place, drink in the drinking place, music in the listening place. And with the sacred name of the triune God… Read more.

WKYT had a really nice video of some of the speakers and participants in last night’s vigil in solidarity with the anti-racism efforts in Charlottesville. We are honored to be part of this work.   Click here to watch the video: http://www.wkyt.com/video?vid=440239913

[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”14″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow” gallery_width=”600″ gallery_height=”400″ cycle_effect=”fade” cycle_interval=”5″ show_thumbnail_link=”1″ thumbnail_link_text=”[Show thumbnails]” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] On August 13, over 150 Bereans joined in the sorrow and outrage over the white supremacist hate crimes in Charlottesville, VA on August 12. Representatives from many churches, many faiths, many organizations, as well as concerned citizens spoke about the… Read more.

Violence and intimidation by white supremacist hate groups dominated our thinking and deepened our sorrows this weekend. In the scripture readings yesterday we were reminded of Jesus walking across the water to the nearly swamped disciples. Peter asks for this ghostly figure to prove he is Jesus by telling him, “Lord if it is you,… Read more.

Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Tenth Sunday after Pentecost August 13, 2017              10:30 am  Meditation   … the religious contradiction: simultaneously to be out on 70,000 fathoms of water and yet be joyful.          —Søren Kierkegaard   From there to Here Welcome & Announcements… Read more.

Like the roots of the different plants in a garden, joys and sorrows are intertwined in the moments of our lives. In the midst of other joys, I’m so sorry to share the news that Loretta Mountjoy, long-time member and former director of the “Woman’s Industrial” sewing program, died early Tuesday morning at Central Baptist… Read more.