Coming Up
Oct. 20 – 10:30 am – Morning Worship; Coffee Hour after Worship; 6:30 pm, Cowan Chapel, service of Compline
Oct. 22 – 7:00 pm Book Study Group, Conference Room; 7:00 pm, NA, Classroom
Oct. 23 – 5:30 pm, Open Table, Youth Group eats together before their meeting
Oct. 27 – Founders Day Celebration, After worship – CoCoDA watch party
Planning ahead: Congregational Budget Meeting Dec. 15, 3 pm
Visual Prayers, art by Jeff Pool. On your way down to Coffee Hour, stop in the Pross Gallery to see the newest installation. Jeff says “I created these ten works between 1968 and 2016. These pieces relate to numerous facets of my spiritual experience and journey during that approximately on-half century of my life.”
Dr. Pam Chabora to preach at Danforth Chapel on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at noon about both Disaster Relief and Local Missions. “Ten Minutes About Loving Others” (in honor of World Missions Sunday) at Berea College Danforth Chapel in the Campus Christian Center in Draper Hall (lunch is served after Chapel).
CoCoDA Watch Party – Save the Date—October 27 right after church: The Mission and Service Board is organizing a watch party for the 2024 Project Fair, a fundraiser organized by our long-term collaborators at CoCoDA (Companion Communities Development Alternatives), in support of several development projects in El Salvador and Nicaragua. These projects are proposals from our several in-country partners, targeting specific local needs. A soup and sandwich lunch will be provided. The projects include: home-scale chicken farming; human rights school; rainwater catchment for irrigation; support for pregnant women; and rebuilding of a storm-damaged community center. More information and budget details are available at cocoda.org. We hope to see you there on the 27th!
Pie Season’s Coming!
Rockcastle County Bands is selling pies from The Pie Peddler! Flavors & order form: https://forms.gle/zdXaA7BwxsU5MniEA due 10/25. Pick up date:11/11 at Rockcastle County HS from 3:30 -5:30 pm. Our Video Production Manager, Rina Tanaka, is Rockcastle’s new band director!
Flood Relief Ongoing: Union Church is actively working to secure relief for victims of Helene and Milton. We have tried to be in touch with as many of our affected church family members as possible, and have been working with any we have had contact with to be of service. Several of the agencies we know who are doing good work are Rural Organizing And Resilience (ROAR) at ruralorganizing. wordpress.com,/donate/ for western North Carolina. Church World Service and the Red Cross remain excellent places to direct funds as well. To help Union Church projects and families, please mark your donation “Hurricane Relief.”
About tonight’s Compline: The Sabbath Compline at 6:30 pm in Cowan Chapel is a night prayer of psalm, silence, and song — a creative hush with God at the end of the day at the beginning of the week. Cowan Chapel is adjacent to Union Church on the Scaffold Cane Rd. side.
AARP Tax-Aid Program: Tax filing season may be months away, but the AARP Foundation’s Tax-Aide program is seeking volunteers. Tax-Aide focuses on serving older adults with low to moderate income, and helps them secure much-needed income tax refunds. Volunteers are trained, and classes are generally held in December and/or January for the upcoming tax filing season. The amount of training required depends on the position.
During tax filing season February through April, the volunteers will assist taxpayers while the local site is in operation. AARP membership is not required. The time commitment is four to six hours per week during the filing season.
Visit aarpfoundation.org/taxaide for details fo becoming a volunteer.
Union Church Book Group Gathering Tuesday, 7 pm: Explore the inter-section of faith and the wide scope of human endeavors. All are welcome to join in a community discussion of topics ranging from science to politics to arts and letters. If you have suggestions for interesting books, send them to Steve Rutledge who will help convene the group: srutledge514 @gmail.com. All book lovers are welcome! Conference Room, Tuesday, 7:00 pm.
Making an Impact! We’re looking for a few volunteers to share short personal stories (on video) of the impact of Union Church – see Rev. Kent if you’re willing!
T-shirts for sale in the office – $20, hats $15. Limited sizes at the moment, lots of XLs.
Community Meals Every Wednesday 5:30pm-6:30pm: “Open Table” is a “pay what you can” ($0-$$) catered meal open to anyone. Chef Deb Beishline and a wonderful crew of volunteers prepare the menu each week always with GF and Vegetarian-friendly options (other needs can be accommodated on request!). Our hope is to remember the gifts of connection with great food the chance to “rub elbows” with neighbors. The food is great, the company is better, the hungry are fed, and we pray the love Jesus will be shown!
Menu for Oct. 30
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Disaster Preparedness Training Oct. 26 All are invited to this event, free, presented by our neighbors at First Christian Church.
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