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Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost October 9, 2016      10:30 am Meditation  “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero (Ancient Roman Lawyer, Writer, Scholar, Orator and Statesman, 106 BC-43 BC) From there… Read more.

We had an exciting World Communion Sunday in joint celebration with our friends at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Berea. We also were able to join in prayer via video with Rev. Kent and delegates from the One Great Hour of Sharing and Week of Compassion Delegation in the Middle East.  We prayed… Read more.

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We arrived in Jordan last night and today went with the Orthodox Initiative, a ministry of the Middle East Council of Churches, to a refugee camp of about 300 persons, just a kilometer or two from the Syrian border. Supported by One Great Hour of Sharing giving, the OI is trying to help people here… Read more.

Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the CHURCH OF CHRIST, UNION Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 25, 2016    10:30 am Meditation In the alchemy of man’s soul almost all noble attributes—courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, and so on—can be transmuted into ruthlessness. Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between… Read more.

Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 18, 2016 10:30 am Meditation “Being prophetic is a matter of speaking truth to power, but it is much more than that. It is also a matter of speaking truth to suffering, to weakness, to laziness, and… Read more.

Parker J. Palmer, teacher, author, activist, and an outspoken advocate on faith and democracy issues, will teach an online course that is open to all from September 5-19, 2016. After that time the course will be accessible via the ChurchNext library, though it will no longer be free. We are in the midst of what… Read more.

Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Rekindle the Spirit Sunday September 11, 2016 10:30 am     Meditation Now I must write for myself    for this blind woman scratching the pavement    with her wand of thought this slippered crone    inching on icy streets reaching… Read more.