A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost August 9, 2015, 10:30 am Meditation “If the angel deigns to come, it will be because you have convinced her, not by your tears, but by your resolve to make a beginning, to be a beginner.” —Rainer more »
A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Tenth Sunday after Pentecost August 2, 2015, 10:30 am Meditation God longs for God and uses us, rises in us…becomes in us. Let us be silent, a quiet dough where God moves into every pore… where God lives as God pleases. more »
A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Ninth Sunday after Pentecost July 26, 2015, 10:30 am Meditation “Once I knew only darkness and stillness… my life was without past or future… but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, more »
A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Eighth Sunday after Pentecost July 19, 2015, 10:30 am Meditation “Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.” —John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) From there to here Prelude Towers Cathy more »
The Loyal Jones Appalachian Center (working with the University of Kentucky Appalachian Center) will be accepting donations in response to the recent devastating flash flood events that took place in Eastern Kentucky and in particular the community of Flatgap in Johnson County, Kentucky (http://www.kentucky.com/2015/07/15/3945633/search-resumes-for-six-missing.html). Many farms and communities in counties close to Madison have also more »
Union Church member, the Rev. Bob Shaffer, was asked to address the Whipporwill Festival on the topic of proposed fracking (oil and gas extraction using hydraulic fracturing of the rock layers.) Fracking produces enormous quantities of poisoned waste water and can generate earthquakes and other unfortunate environmental impacts. Fracking has been proposed for the Red more »
Union Church is overjoyed that the Supreme Court has recognized the equality of same-sex couples’ marriages to opposite-sex couples’ marriages. The overall arc of Jesus’ teachings is that love is at the core of all our relationships, and recognizing that love does not have gender boundaries, we extend a hand of welcome to people of more »
Steve Rhodes, long-time member of Union Church and respected author and poet, has a brand new website highlighting his poems and essays. Steve’s spiritual and insightful words have touched many, as have his many contributions to the church life. He and wife, Ann Rhodes, have retired to Charleston, SC, but will always be part of more »
A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 5 2015, 10:30 am Meditation “The weakest among us has a gift, however seemingly trivial, which is peculiar to him, and which worthily used, will be a gift to this race forever.” —John Ruskin (1819-1900) more »
Beloveds, we are devastated by the hurt wrought on so many black churches in the South this week. We are praying and talking and planning on what actions we can take to help not only these specific churches, but all who experience the devastation and fear of racism. In the meantime, here’s something we all more »
Saturday Morning: 8:00 am
Saturday Vigil: 4:30 pm
Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:45 am,
12:30 pm, 5:30 pm
Saturday Vigil: 6:15pm
Sunday: 9:00am, 7:15pm
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 8:30 am
