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Union Church is an active supporter of Luther Luckett Christian Church, one of a very few congregations that operate completely behind locked bars. Supporting external churches bring preaching and music to nearly 80 inmate-members of LLCC, and Union Church has the service scheduled for Friday evening October 26, 2012. We’re allowed to bring up to… Read more.

Each year to celebrate World Communion Sunday Union Church and First Christian Church worship together. Both churches were founded by Kentucky Abolitionist John G. Fee, and we celebrate our common heritage worshipping together and celebrating the Lord’s Supper. This year the event is hosted by First Christian, 206 Chestnut Street, right across from Presser Hall… Read more.

An update from our mission team at Back Bay: Back Bay Mission has several arms of mission — from drop-in centers for homeless individuals, to food pantries, to housing recovery programs for people in need of home improvements.  Our team from Berea is working on their newest initiative: the mission has purchased a foreclosed house… Read more.

Concrete floor being poured over vapor barrier and reinforcement, kitchen-to-be is on the left, the stage is at the far end of the photo.   Workers completed pouring the new concrete in the community room. Now that the floor is hardened, workers start Monday Oct 8 to build the new walls for kitchen, stage, Woman’s… Read more.

Come to Lazy Eight Stock Farm for Dinner & a Movie!  Community Farm Alliance invites you…..From the film’s website: COMING TO GROUND is a feature documentary that portrays Kentucky’s efforts to move away from tobacco dependency to create a new agricultural economy and culture. It looks at the historic changes that have taken place in… Read more.

Union Church Cares for Creation! Volunteers needed! Join us at the Solar Fair and Blessing of the Animals, 11am-2pm Oct. 6th, at the Berea Welcome Center (Train Depot). To love the creator is to necessarily love creation. As part of our ongoing stewardship of God’s gifts, we are letting people know of our efforts to… Read more.

Join Us for Supper at Wednesday Nite Live!  We gather at the Quaker Meeting House on Wednesdays for supper and fellowship and, frequently, a program — please come at 5:45 for supper (donations if able).  Drinks and table service provided, ‘course you are welcome to bring your own to save water.  Youth Groups & Bob… Read more.

In the scriptures for this week there are potent examples of faithful people trying to do what is right: sometimes well, and sometimes less well. Esther, takes courage and uses her position to save her people. Meanwhile, the disciples in the Gospel of Mark, try to stop someone healing demons in Jesus name whom they… Read more.