ARCHIVE February, 2018

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Save the Date! Church’s Annual Meeting, March 18 HELP! From the Nominating Board Lent Opportunities and Holy Week Read “An Other Kingdom” With Union Church! Discussion Group on Sundays! From Rev. Kent Thank you from Rev. Rachel Music in March New staff Members, In Memoriam Gloria VanWinkle, March Birthdays & Anniversaries 5th Annual Refugee and more »

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Collecting Light by Deborah Cooper

COLLECTING SCRAPS OF LIGHT [This lovely poem was found and submitted by Theresa Scherf. As we journey through Lent and through life, teachers come in many forms and grace is assembled in many ways.] I see the way the chickadees take turns at the feeder. I watch a neighbor take her husband’s hand.   I more »

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Habitat Update from Russ Barclay, Executive Director

It’s been too long since I last sent a Big Hearted Hammers (BHH) update.  For this I greatly apologize and I must say that I’ve longed to send you an update about all of the goodness, generosity, and gratitude flowing through our shared mission. Today seems like a most appropriate day to encourage us to more »

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The moral case for cleaning up radioactive fracking waste illegally dumped in Estill County. By Bob Shaffer

Kentucky officials last month endorsed a plan to leave radioactive fracking waste, illegally dumped in a landfill in Estill County, in place rather than requiring its removal and proper disposal in a facility designed to contain such waste. While it would be possible to make a sound technical case for removal, I submit the strongest more »

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5th Annual Refugee and Immigrant Day at the Capitol March 7th

WHERE: Rotunda of the Kentucky State Capitol 700 Capitol Ave Frankfort, KY 40601 WHO: Organized by a coalition of agencies: Catholic Charities of Louisville, Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Americana World Community Center, the International Center of Kentucky, Adelante Hispanic Achievers, La Casita Center, Doors to Hope and the Backside Learning Center. WHY: It is important for more »

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New staff Members, In Memoriam Gloria VanWinkle, March Birthdays & Anniversaries

Familiar Faces in New Positions Two new part-time positions are helping support our growing teen program and provide pastoral care in the interim following Rev. Rachel’s transition to a new position Louisville. Maggie Park has accepted the position of Assistant Youth Director and will be working with Director Chris McKenzie with programming and team leadership. more »

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Music in March

Union Church Choir March 4: My Faith Looks Up to Thee, Daniel Kallman March 11: If My People, Don Wyrtzen March 18: For the Beauty of the Earth, arr. Sally DeFord March 25:  Hosanna to the Song of David, Allen Pote Union Church Handbell Ensemble March 25: Hosanna, Jason Krug Special Music Happenings: Maundy Thursday, more »

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Thank you from Rev. Rachel

Friends at Union Church, I want to take a moment to say Thank You. I spent hours and hours my first week away from you reading the cards you gave me and cherishing the gifts you shared. My ever-flowing tears were ones of deep gratitude. Please know that each note, message, and gift is dear more »

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From Rev. Kent

An Other Kingdom Jesus and several of his prominent followers proclaimed not only that another world was possible, but indeed it was already here, emerging among us. Paul writes that we are citizens not of the empire but of this proclaimed kingdom of Heaven. Citizens of such a kingdom, of course have different allegiances, different more »

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HELP! From the Nominating Board

We are seeking several people on the following Boards:  Administration,  Finance, Properties,  Mission and Service, Nurture and Care, Community Life and Growth, and on Faith Development, for varying term lengths (1-3 years). Job descriptions can be found here: https://union-church.org/home/about/.  Carla can tell you about it, too –  859-358-2962. We also need a CLERK (term is 3 more »

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