ARCHIVE March, 2015
A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Palm Sunday March 29, 2015, 10:30 am Meditation If we take care of the means, we are bound to reach the end sooner or later. When once we have grasped this point, final victory is beyond question. Whatever difficulties we encounter, more »
March 27, 2015 in News, Weekly Bulletin by union
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In Jeremiah 31, God speaks of writing a new covenant, not on stone or on paper, but on the hearts of the people. The words of love and relationship will be inside and indelible. As you think about your heart, and perhaps the heart of your work and time this week, here is the prayer more »
March 22, 2015 in News, Prayer of the Week, Worship Board by Kent
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A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Fifth Sunday of Lent March 22, 2015, 10:30 am Meditation God works in hidden spaces: in the inner being, in the secret heart, in the earth. There is work that God needs to do in us in secret; out of sight, more »
March 20, 2015 in News, Weekly Bulletin by union
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Come to the Annual Meeting on Sunday, March 22, 12:15 pm. Share lunch and fellowship first! Click on the link below to visit the page, which includes the 2014 Annual Report. https://union-church.org/reports/annual-meeting-march-22-2015-1215-pm/ Cover art: Render Me Fearless by Jessica Holly
March 16, 2015 in Announcements, Events, News by union
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Today began the first of a week of prayer through writing as we engage our government on behalf of those who have too little. With Bread for the World, our covenant partner, we wrote letters to our congresspeople advocating for nutrition programs for the one in five children in the U.S.A. who live in poverty more »
March 15, 2015 in Announcements, Mission and Service Board by Rachel
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This week we are praying with Bread for the World to end childhood hunger. Here is the prayer we offered on Sunday morning reminding us of our common humanity, one shared by Jesus and proclaimed holy by his saving love. We Long for Community O God, the source of our common life, When we are more »
March 15, 2015 in News, Prayer of the Week by Kent
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This week in our readings Paul spoke of the foolishness of the Gospel saving those who are perishing and Jesus turned the tables on the money changers in the 2nd chapter of John. Here is the prayer offered by Bill Srsic, our worship leader, as we consider the tables in our lives that need to more »
March 14, 2015 in Kent, News, Prayer of the Week by Kent
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Harriet “Jenny” Bromley writes very movingly of the critical need for sound judgment and resistance to stereotyping. This short essay from a few weeks ago, is a reminder that every event touches us. Many thanks to Jenny for sharing her thoughts and prayers. The tragedy of the murders to silence the free speech of the more »
March 13, 2015 in Mission and Service Board, News by Kent
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A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Pretzel Sunday Fourth Sunday of Lent March 15, 2015, 10:30 am Meditation The incarnation means therefore above all things that nothing—literally nothing—that happens in human life and in the world here and now can be regarded as having no relationship with more »
March 13, 2015 in News, Weekly Bulletin by union
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A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Third Sunday of Lent March 8, 2015, 10:30 am Meditation Anger is a mode of connectedness to others and it is always a vivid form of caring. To put it another way: anger is—and it always is—a sign of some resistance more »
March 6, 2015 in News, Weekly Bulletin by union
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