Weekly Announcements: Artist Talk Thursday, New Members to be welcomed, Annual Meeting & Lenten Lunch March 10!

Pls. note: Bible Study will meet at 11 am,not noon, this week only.
Bob Boyce would like an audience for his talk at the Berea Arts Council this Thursday night at 7pm at the new location, the Tate Building; to be only an hour. He will talk on George Fred Keck:  Passive Solar Residential Architecture. Keck was the first to incorporate the concept of passive solar and various heating systems that became an accepted part of American architectural practices during the 1930s and ’40s.
On February 24 the Union Church family shared the joy of dedicating a child. AnnaBella Christine Wescott was presented by her parents, Rob and Andrea. AnnaBella is the granddaughter of Mike & Sara Murphy. The entire church family shared this pledge: We rejoice to welcome you, AnnaBella, to our care. With you we commit to be a community that embodies Christ’s life and ministry and lives as faithful heirs of Christ’s promise. In all that we do, we will seek God’s grace to make the radical and inclusive love of God, the beloved community proclaimed by Jesus, and the continuing inspiration of the Holy Spirit visible and real to you and to all.
Betty Sarafin is seeking a place to store an antique car. Have any ideas or leads? Call her at 412-498-7598.
Next Week: new members welcomed! As a family of faith committed to boldly and creatively embodying the life and ministry of Jesus, we would like to join with YOU. We’d like to be a context and inspiration for your own spiritual path, and work with you to make your heart, your world, your life more peace-filled and joy-full. Next Sunday there will be an opportunity to covenant together. No prior action on your part is required, but if you have any questions at all, we’d like to help. Working together, we want to make God’s love visible and real to all.
Union Church’s Annual Meeting will be March 10, after worship and lunch. The Annual Report is available in the vestibule, the office, and will be emailed tomorrow with the announcements.
Stay for Lunch during Lent! Lenten Lunches to begin on March 10. Finance and Pastoral Relations Boards are preparing the lunch on March 10, the first Sunday of Lent and the day of the Annual Meeting.  Stay after the worship service  for a “Mardi Gras pancake supper,” ($5 if able), followed by the Annual Meeting.
March 14, 6:00 pm in the Community Room: Come on out to the Annual (Pi)e Auction hosted by your local Madison County Kentuckians For The Commonwealth (KFTC) Chapter! We will have great pies to bid on for Pi day!
We are anticipating an exciting auction filled with laughter, love, and pie! We look forward to seeing our beloved KFTC members and soon-to-be members.
March 15:  Everyone is invited to the SongFarmer Gathering in the Community Room and Cowan Chapel.  A community supper will begin at 5:30 in in the Community Room.  Sign up to perform by 6:00 pm, music in Cowan Chapel.  A “SongFarmer” is any musician, songwriter and fan who use their music to make their families, hometown and lives better. Everyone is welcome—no charge.
Please make a change in your Church Directory — Betty Wray’s numbers are 859-986-4377 (home) and 859-302-4877 (cell).
Sustainable Berea’s Victory Garden Blitz April 5 and 6!  Can you help? Each year, the Victory Garden Blitz seeks to boost local food security by installing raised garden beds at discounted cost to low-income families, or beds for families who don’t have the ability to build their own. It also offers education to new gardeners. We need 5-gallon buckets to transport soil for the Victory Garden Beds. Drop them at the Berea Urban Farm or at Union Church where Sustainable Berea can collect them. Scribble your name on the bucket if you want the bucket back! We need volunteers to help install beds and we need trucks and trailers.   All work will be done Friday from noon til 6 pm and Saturday 8 am to 2 pm. A REAL BLITZ this year!