Date correction — “Where I’m From” Writing Workshop is NEXT Monday, Feb. 29th, 7pm, Classroom. Ruthie Maslin of the Madison County Library will lead this workshop using our state poet laureate George Ella Lyons’ poem “Where I’m From” as a starting point. This is part of a statewide initiative to celebrate people’s sense of place in Kentucky.
Berea United for Racial Justice will meet tomorrow, Feb. 23, 6:30 in the Community Room.
Lost & Found: Did you, or a young person in your life, leave a Pokemon notebook at Weds. Nite Live last week? It’s safe in the office if so.
Next week Fourth Sunday New Membership Info: Come One Come All! Each fourth Sunday of the Month anyone wanting to know more about Union Church or wanting to explore church membership, as well as new members who have not been able to participate in a previous meeting, are invited to come to the classroom two doors past the church after lunch for conversation with the Pastors and the Community Life and Growth Board.
New members will be received each Second Sunday of the month at the close of worship.
We Need YOUR PICTURE for a New Church Directory! We’re coming up with a plan for taking photos BUT if you’ve got one you’d like to use, please send it to the office. Also — if there’s a chance we don’t have your address, phone, email address, anniversary, or birthday(s)—please send that info on as well: office@union-church.org. There will be a draft available at Lenten lunches and WNL for you to check and correct if needed. If we left you out — we don’t mean to!! Please add your info! Also, if you happen to know that someone has moved or attends church elsewhere, let us know that too.
Want to Chime In? The Union Church Handbell Ensemble is seeking $450 in donations to acquire one more octave of handchimes. We’ve all greatly enjoyed the warm, rich sound of our first two octaves of chimes, and would now like to expand the set to three octaves to match our current three octaves of bells. If you would like to contribute any part of this amount, please contact Pearl Marshall, Director, or drop your clearly marked contribution in the office.
Special Lent Opportunities
Calling All Knitters, Needle-workers, Crafters, Crocheters and More! Sunday mornings of Lent, 9:45am-10:15am, bring your own creative project to work on, and join others for relaxed and unstructured conversation, community-building, and coffee before the church service begins. Led by Ashley Cochrane.
Let’s Do Lunch! Lenten lunches through March 13 Each year the Boards work together to provide lunch for the Sundays of Lent (through March 13, which is our ANNUAL MEETING!) and the income from these lunches helps to fund the budgets of our Boards — suggested donations of $5.00/single or $15.00/family. Next week: the Faith Development and Mission & Service Boards will serve us some yummy brunch dishes!
Tuesday Evenings in Lent: Walking Meditation Please join us and meet at 5:45 at Alumni Field. Walks will be led by David Bellnier and will be a chance to revel in nature and inspiration, while enjoying exercise and new friends. Listen together to a reading, then walk together in meditation!
Story time! Wednesdays, 6:30 pm, Community Room. After Wednesday Night Live supper, we’ll have a different member of the community tell a story. Have a story you’d love to tell? Contact Rev. Rachel.
Book Study America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America Wednesdays, 7pm, Classroom. Rev. Kent and Rev. Rachel will lead a discussion of this new book by Sojourners executive director and long-time Civil Rights ally Jim Wallis. This will be a time of non-judgmental, thoughtful, and prayerful study as we try to learn more how to be effective advocates for racial justice. (If you can’t attend the class, you can read along with us; discussion guides available online.)
Other Highlights
ABLE (Achieving and Building Life Equally) will meet on Tuesday, February 23 (and every 4th Tuesday), at 5:30pm in Room 101ABLE is a support group/network for those who self-identify as differently-abled: to inspire, encourage, and empower one another, and to make Berea a more accessible community.
Board Annual Reports Are Due Soon! Reports from all boards are due in the office by March 1. If you’d like to consult previous Annual Reports, several years of Board minutes and/or newsletters, those are all available on the church’s website, union-church.org. Call the office if you need a hand navigating. Our Annual Meeting will be March 13, Board retreat and orientation will be April 16.
Festival of Spirituals writen by African American Composers Saturday, Feb. 27. This concert will be held in the sanctuary, 7:00 pm. All welcome! Concert participants include our own Choir, Liza & AJ, and other soloists and local choirs!!
Music, music, music!! Sunday, Feb 28 8:00 – 9:30 Tri-State Duets: An Evening of Fiddle & Banjo with Dave Bing & Ben Townsend (appetizers from the College Farm Store start at 7:30)Loyal Jones Appalachian Center Gallery, Free & open to the public.
Sustainable Berea’s Annual Meeting March 14 at First Christian Church. Join us at the meeting to hear about Sustainable Berea’s upcoming projects for 2016. 6:30 pm for desserts and 7:00 pm for the meeting, followed by the baked goods auction at 8:00 pm.
Lisa Hilgenberg, Horticulturist of the Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden at the Chicago Botanic Gardens, will be the featured speaker. Lisa supervises four employees and 30 volunteers and grew 55,000 plants that yielded three tons of food in 2015.
She will talk about Edible Landscaping: Beauty and Bounty in Your Yard. We are looking for people to donate a baked item for the event, either to be in the auction or to feed people in the dessert-meal, prior to the meeting. If you are interested, please contact Cheyenne Olson at 859-893-4590.
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