Grace and Gratitude and a New Christmas Series Starts Sunday!
This week is such a good time to remember those who make life better, who lift and heal and help and plan and pray. Thank you for being one of those people in the Union Church family, and in our wider community! I am deeply grateful and praying that you and your family will be more »
Faith, Finances, and the Future
Dear Church Family & Friends, Our Financial Situation Seems Critical Our year has been filled with great faith, great planning, and hopes for a future of service to God and God’s people, all embodied in our recent year-long planning process. We have pledged ourselves to three great loves (support for families, creating relationships of depth and more »
Well Done, Good and Faithful Church Dog: Murphy at Rest
Dear Church family and our Many Friends, Beloved office staff beagle Murphy died this afternoon at home after a brief but devastating illness. For the last 11 years Murphy has spent nearly every work day and every Sunday morning traipsing between meetings, sleeping under conference tables and consoling the hurts of those who came for more »
We Got the Fruit!! Thanks from Rev. Kent
Hey, Everyone! Thank you so much for such a great send off for sabbatical! The picnic was a lot of fun and the stream clean up gathered tires, carpet, trash, metal and styrofoam that would have poisoned the waters for years. The fruits of the spirit are so evident in our midst. Thanks for sharing more »
Picnic and Creek Clean Up Mission: Volunteer for Sunday, June 30!
Let’s Eat! June 30 will be Pastor Kent’s last Sunday with us before he starts a well-deserved sabbatical rest. After worship that morning everyone is invited for a picnic to wish him well and to meet and welcome our sabbatical replacement minister, the Rev. Nate Craddock. Help Needed! The picnic will be at Rev. Kent more »
Rev. Kent Quoted in Story on Clergy Advocating in Nation’s Capitol
Rev. Kent spent time this last week attending Ecumenical Advocacy Days, a gathering of clergy and lay members of diverse denominational background. They gathered to learn, pray, and act on behalf of our Christian commitment to the most vulnerable in the US and in the world. A story about this public witness appeared yesterday in more »
We’re Making an Offering of Letters to End Hunger! Join In!
Urge Congress to Advance Global Nutrition We have the tools to move toward our goal of ending hunger. Good nutrition during the 1,000-day period from the beginning of a woman’s pregnancy to her child’s second birthday is critical to a child’s health and future well-being. To accelerate progress on nutrition, we must scale up what more »
An Evening with Chris Crass, “Courage for Racial Justice, Courage for Collective Liberation” Feb 27, 6:30pm!
Chris Crass is a longtime organizer, educator, and writer working to build powerful working class-based, feminist, multiracial movements for collective liberation. He is a one of the leading voices in the country calling for and supporting white people to work for racial justice. In partnership with the Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education, Union more »
Eye Glass Collection This Sunday!
In this week’s scripture reading from Luke, Jesus quotes a passage from Isaiah 61 proclaiming “recovery of sight to the blind.” For our action prayers on Sunday, January 27, we will be collecting any and all used eye glasses. They will be donated to the Lions Club who cleans, sorts, and distributes them around the more »
