ARCHIVE October, 2016
“Why do we support Union Church? A significant part of the reason is because of the extent to which the Church historically and under current leadership has pursued the truth of what our founder famously said: ‘God hath made of one blood all peoples of the earth.’ All people – as they find themselves having more »
October 29, 2016 in Church Council, Consider, Finance and Stewardship Board, News by Kent
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Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost Reformation and Consecration Sunday October 230, 201610:30 am Meditation “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” —Winston Churchill “I have held many things in my hands, and more »
October 28, 2016 in News, Weekly Bulletin by union
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Ever feel like all you have in this world is a lot of nothing? Emotionally, physically, relationship-wise, materially we can feel entirely less than perfect. It doesn’t help, though, to try to puff ourselves up, or boast about anything that separates us from good relations with each other or with God. In Luke we read more »
October 26, 2016 in Pastor Log, Prayer of the Week, Worship Board by Kent
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“Our spirits have been long fed by the church. Now, as our family grows in leaps and bounds, we give so that our son and all children can have that same nourishment of faith.” ~Rachel & Leslie Small Stokes with Jack! Union Church is a special place and we’re planning for the future. Teaching more »
October 25, 2016 in Consider, Finance and Stewardship Board, News, Pastor Log, Rachel by Kent
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Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost October 23, 2016 10:30 am Meditation Poverty, being poor, being rich is about being in or out of relationship: with God, with the other, with creation. You can have all the money in the world and be more »
October 21, 2016 in Announcements, Weekly Bulletin by union
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Rev. Kent will present photos and show and tell items from his recent trip to the Middle East as part of a One Great Hour of Sharing visit refugee and migrant support partners. His presentation will start at 6:30pm in the Community Room, but everyone is invited for supper at 5:45pm, as part of our more »
October 18, 2016 in Announcements, Events, Mission and Service Board, Pastor Log by Kent
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This week we joined thousands of other churches, synagogues, mosques and temples in celebrating International Children’s Sabbath: giving thanks for children and youth, and pledging ourselves to their wellbeing and fair treatment. In Church the children helped Rev. Kent tell the story of the widow who knocked and knocked and knocked on the unjust judge’s more »
October 16, 2016 in Community Life and Growth Board, Faith Development Board, Kent, Mission and Service Board, News, Pastor Log, Prayer of the Week, Sermons by Kent
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Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost October 16, 2016 10:30 am Meditation “On the Children’s Sabbath weekend and throughout the year and years to come, people of faith and goodwill must put their bodies and souls in motion to curb morally obscene and more »
October 14, 2016 in News, Weekly Bulletin by union
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Union Church cares about children, their gifts and graces, their welfare and the future they are helping us build. On Sunday, October 16 as part of our “Faithfulness Growing by Leaps and Bounds” gratitude emphasis, we will celebrate International Children’s Sabbath. This is the “Bring Your Young Person” to church Sunday you don’t want to more »
October 13, 2016 in Events by Kent
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Recently returned from a trip to the Holy Land, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco meeting with refugee and displaced migrant families, Rev. Kent meditated in his sermon on the nature of “Home” when no permanent place can be claimed in that way. The experience of those fleeing persecution and war may be far from our insulated more »
October 13, 2016 in Announcements, Kent, Pastor Log, Prayer of the Week, Sermons, Worship Board by Kent
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