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A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Eighth Sunday after Pentecost July 14, 2013 Welcome to this service of worship.  We are glad that you are here today.  You are invited to rise in body or in spirit as you are able and willing at points in the… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union  Seventh Sunday after Pentecost July 7, 2013 Meditation “God is persistently knocking at those closed doors of our lives behind which we have imprisoned ourselves in our spiritual hunger and thirst, behind which we cower in the nakedness of our horribly… Read more.

Today the United Church of Christ General Synod (the national setting of the church Rev. Rachel and Rev. Kent are ordained to), passed a resolution decrying the use and effects of mountain top removal in Appalachia. A second resolution forcefully committed the denomination to carbon reduction and a call for immediate global action to reduce… Read more.

Naomi Schulz addressed a gathering of Pacific School of Religion alumni (where she is currently a 3rd year seminarian) at the United Church of Christ General Synod in Long Beach, CA. She inspired and challenged those present with her experience of transformative work and vocation, and mentioned how Union Church was among her inspirations and… Read more.

Hi, everyone.  Our hopes for technological reporting were not realized in El Salvador, so we weren’t able to update as much as we’d like to have.  We have all made it safely home, though, and have recovered from our various travel-related illnesses.  It was an amazing and powerful trip.  We’re planning now for ways to… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Sixth Sunday after Pentecost June 30, 2013 Meditation “I will not tire of declaring that if we really want an effective end to violence we must remove the violence that lies at the root of all violence: structural violence, social injustice,… Read more.

We rejoice with our lesbian and gay brothers and sisters whose rights were upheld today by the Supreme Court striking down the Defense of Marriage Act.  We continue to pray for equal rights for all people, in marriage and tax law on the state level, as well as in voting rights laws for people of… Read more.

In the midst of doing hard things, hard times can come and come heavy. God often works through surprising communities of care in those circumstances and speaks in, through, and around the sound and fury of other, even demonic, voices. Here is the prayer written by Rev. Kent and offered so graciously by worship leader… Read more.