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The Union Church

Newsletter

October 2016

Sunday Worship 10:30

Mailing address CPO 2105; Berea, KY; 40404 Physical address 200 Prospect St.; Berea, KY; 40403 Phone 859-986-3725

Office [email protected] Rev. Kent [email protected] Rev. Rachel [email protected]

CONSIDER . . .

Inside this issue:

World Communion Sunday,

Stewardship, Nursery Staff

1

Birthdays, Anniversaries,

News of the Family

2

From Rev. Rachel 3

Stewardship, con’t, easyTithe 4

Our Faith in Action 5

Hope in Action, Music 6

Witness for Peace, Blood Drive 7

Bazaar, Faith Development 8

Strategy Dialogue and Pot-

luck, October 5

9

October is

Stewardship Month at

Union Church!

We’re Planning!

October is the month we start a

holy conversation every year, a

conversation about how we can live

faithfully and sustain a mission of

relevant important work as a church.

We’re talking about pledging funds for

next year’s work, and hope you will

join the conversation.

What sustains you about this

community? How could we help sustain

others? What’s the right amount to

contribute? What happens if someone is

in need?

All this month, pray with us, and be

a steward of our journey. Let’s talk

faithfully so we can grow by leaps and

bounds! (2 Thessalonians 1:3).

How Does this work?

Many hands and many wallets make

possible every aspect of our church

life: from worship services, to serving

others in need. (Continued on page 4)

Introducing new Nursery

Caregivers

Friends, it is with great joy that the

Faith Development Board introduces

you to our new Nursery Care Team!

Martina Leforce and Hope Tarter

will be with us in the nursery on

Wednesday evenings and Sunday

mornings to help care for our smallest

disciples.

Martina studied Child and Family

Studies at Berea College, and has

recently become well

known as hav ing

spearheaded the Berea

Summer Food Service

Project through Grow

Appalachia. You may

also know her from the

Berea Farmer’s Market,

Sustainable Berea, or

Berea Coffee and Tea. She loves kids

and finding interesting ways to teach

them. Martina has a son, Leif, and three

amazing neices that you might see with

her or her mother, Linda Leforce.

Hope surrounds herself with

children as much as possible.

She works both as a

caretaker in the 3 year-old

class at Bright Beginnings

Daycare and as a nanny to a

family in Richmond. She just

couldn’t get enough kids in

her life, though, so she’s

joined with Union Church

to spend time with our beloveds, too.

Hope is a student at Eastern Kentucky

University and is the daughter of Patty

Tarter and niece to Susie Ritchie.

Please help us welcome Hope and

Martina with big smiles and lots of

gratitude when you see them. They are

fantastic!

Sunday, Oct. 2, 10:40 am - Combined Service with First Christian Church!

Each year we celebrate World Communion Sunday with our sister church, First Christian.

This year we’ll be worship THERE (206 Chestnut). Due to construction at city hall, parking is

at a premium. We recommend parking at Union & walking, or taking as many people in your

car with you as possible. It’s going to be a great service & a visible example of cooperation

and discipleship! See you there! AND we’re invited to stay for Coffee Hour after the service.

Regular Events, Board

Meetings, Staff, Mission

Statement

10

October Birthdays & Anniversaries

Birthdays

1 Cole Warren

2 Jennie Kiteck

3 Dana Carlberg

3 Dorie Hubbard

5 Eli Woodie

7 Laurinda Pool

8 Eric Dodson

11 Katie Basham

11 Matt Jadud

18 June Fish

20 Gina Chamberlain

22 Sarah Stopenhagen

Broomfield

22 Thomas Brownrobie

22 John Payne

24 Haley Baker

25 Dale Barlow

28 Bill Stolte

28 Jude Embry

31 Noah Cain

Anniversaries

22 Howard & Shirley

Carlberg

24 Donnie & Darlene

Lytle

25 Tony & Katie Basham

If we don’t know your

birthday or anniversary, we

want to! Or if we’ve made a

mistake please call or email

the office.

Our Fellowship Principles “Union

Church welcomes all followers of Christ

and works with all who work with Him;

respecting each person’s conscience;

working by love, endeavoring to keep the

unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.”

You can join this movement!

New members are received the

second Sunday of every month, and

you are very welcome here! Come,

be part of this family working for

Christ’s justice and joy! Next

chance—October 9.

We welcomed these wonderful

folks to the Union Church family on

Sept. 11:

Elizabeth Barrett

[email protected]

Cheryl Moorhead Stone

[email protected]

Kiyah Ann Moore

[email protected]

Miriam Pride

[email protected]

Stephanie Runyan

[email protected]

Betsy Whaley

[email protected]

David Jones

[email protected]

Julia Whaley Jones

[email protected]

Sune Frederiksen is happy to

announce that he is now an

American citizen after passing the

mandatory interview and pledging

allegiance to the flag and the country

at a ceremony in Louisville.

Rev. Rachel and Les Small

Stokes’ new address is 568 Lin Wal

Rd., Lexington, 40505

Michael, Abby, and Jude Embry

have a new address: 2001 Newburg

Rd., Louisville, 40205.

Rev. Kent will celebrate the 25th

anniversary his of ordination on

October 12, and Oct. 30th, is the

anniversary of the FIRST sermon he

preached here, during his job

interview!

Consider...page 2

News of the Family

Consider...page 3

From Rev. Rachel

Dear Beloved Community,

Les and I are so joyously

overwhelmed by your love and

excitement for our baby boy! We

can’t wait to wrap him in all the

amazing blankets and outfits you

have given us, and to surround him

with the love that you have offered.

As we don’t yet know exactly when

he’ll make his appearance, we

wanted to go ahead and set some

expectations and answer some

common questions so that we’re all

prepared.

Our plan is for Les to deliver the

baby in the hospital where she

works in Louisville (University of

Louisville Hospital). Obviously, that’s

a bit far away, but we will let you

know through Pastor Kent and

Wyndee Holbrook (859-200-9880

cell) when The Big Event happens.

We promise to send a photo

through the church email once

we’re looking a bit presentable!

We’ve learned a lot lately about

the facial recognition software that

Facebook is using to tag peoples’

faces in a way that follow them

through life, and it’s rather

concerning to us. We’ve decided not

to post photos (except for a

possible very rare exception) on

Facebook. We hope you ’ l l

understand that we’re not planning

to use it as the main medium of

communication for the baby, but we

may use email to share some

photos. (A lot depends on how

much energy we have!) If we do

share a photo with you, please don’t

re-share it on Facebook or other

social media platforms without

checking with us. The same request

applies to your own eventual photos

of him. We appreciate your help in

that!

The other major concern we’ve

had is that there is a resurgence of

Whooping Cough in the last few

years, and doctors recommend that

all people who will hold or touch

the baby in the first six months be

vaccinated with a TDaP (Tetanus,

Diphtheria, and Pertussis (Whooping

Cough)) vaccine. It’s not the same

thing as a Tetanus booster, but it’s

free on most insurance plans and

can be given at a local pharmacy.

People that seem totally healthy can

carry the virus, which can kill a

newborn, so we hope you’ll

understand that we won’t offer him

around for holding the first many

months, just to be safe. We'll follow

our doctor's guidance here. If you’ve

had the vaccine, we'd love for you to

visit with him, though!

Some have asked how they can

help with things like meals, which is

so kind! Since we have recently

purchased a house in Lexington, I

suspect that not many will want to

make the drive, but we would

gratefully accept frozen gluten-free

meals that are delivered to the

church freezer. Gluten is a sneaky

substance which hides in many things

(sauces, soups, grains that have been

milled, etc), so a freezer bag of

chopped veggies for a crock pot

meal could be a great help to us if

you're wanting to feed us. Rev. Kent

has said that he would be willing to

drive them up. Please let him know if

you leave something in the freezer,

and be sure to mark it.

The con-

gregation has

generous l y

offered eight

weeks of

paid parental

leave, and I’m

able to add

two weeks of my vacation to that.

We are so grateful for the church

being willing to invest in our family’s

bonding time and adjustment in this

way. It is truly important. I plan to

be totally away from church

(including email, cell phone, and

facebook) during that time.

The church has hired two people

at 10 hrs per week to help cover

some of my work. Things related to

Faith Development and Community

L i f e and Growth w i l l b e

administered by Kim Kobersmith.

Rev. Carla Gilbert will assist Rev.

Kent with pastoral care. This kind of

family growth is good for the church

family, too. Where you can, try out

a new role or a new way to help.

When everyone pitches in, the

church finds more abilities than it

thought it had!

I will miss you all while I am gone,

but I am so excited about this new

way that our family is growing. I

can’t wait to see how the church

family has grown in my absence, too!

Thank you for all of your love and

support. Lots of peace, love, and

new life to you all!

Rev. Rachel

Kim Kobersmith’s email address:

[email protected]

Carla Gilbert’s email adrees: [email protected]

Consider...page 4

Union Church receives no grants,

no outside support from Berea

College, and only a few “legacy”

dollars from trust or benevolence

funds. It is supported by our gifts and

tithes, and without the love and

kindness of all, we couldn’t reach,

serve, worship, or risk in God’s name

the way we do.

Can you help? Yes! Make an

estimate of what you can contribute

in 2017 by the

end of the month

and we’ll be able

to craft a

r e s p o n s i v e ,

effective budget.

Get involved

as a volunteer here or in the

community: exercise your faith

muscles in compassionate service so

we can BE the church, not just look

like one.

Try tithing (donating 10% of your

income), because it changes and

deepens you spiritually AND

empowers the hope and love in this

world that matter to you.

Truly there is no church without

you!

What’s Next? All this month we

ask you to pray, talk, ask questions,

and engage the idea of how we can

give thanks, and grow our faith by

leaps and bounds.

In the middle of the month

everyone will receive information on

what hopes and projects our board

members, our church council

representatives, and our pastors are

forecasting for next year. Then we’ll

pray hard and work to support those

goals with our time and talent.

Shortly before the end of the

month, everyone will receive a pledge

card in the mail to easily record your

estimate of how much

you can contribute.

Big or small, every gift

mat ters and i s

welcome. Our goal is

to have 100% of

U n i o n C h u r c h

supporters on-board

and part of the ministry by making a

pledge. Any amount, Any Time. We

want to be “all in” even if you’re just

testing the waters!

Also, instead of a paper card, you

can pledge ANYTIME by going to the

church website (http:/ /union-

church.org/donate/growing-faithfully-

by-leaps-and-bounds/ ). Both paper

and web pledges are confidential and

only handled by people supervised by

our Financial Secretary, Patti

Smithson.

Celebration Sunday, October

30! Final Budget Presented in

November. On the last Sunday of

the month, October 30, we will

celebrate with gratitude and offer up

our hopes in worship. Then our

Finance Board and staff get to work

matching what we’ve estimated to a

responsible budget. Everyone

discusses and then votes on the

result so we can enter the new year

ready to grow!

Faith Growing by Leaps and

Bounds. Our inspiration this year

comes from Paul’s 2nd letter to the

ancient church in Thessaloniki:

“Brothers and sisters, we must always

thank God for you. This is only right

because your faithfulness is growing by

leaps and bounds, and the love that all

of you have for each other is increasing.”

(Contemporary English Bible, 2

Thess.:1:3)

And Union Church is growing!

There are members joining the work

of love and justice, and we are

growing our faith by deeper

commitments to ending the toxic

effects of racial and gender injustice,

offering more support to refugee

families, speaking up against violence

and amplifying the ways we teach the

way of peace. Your pledge helps us

do that effectively and sustainably.

Please talk and pray and query and

then act, and bless, and spread

hope with your tithe or gift. You

matter, and so does the community

that God calls us to be and become.

By leaps and bounds!

Stewardship (Continued from page 1)

Faith Growing by

Leaps and Bounds!

Easy Tithe

You may have heard our messages sharing our online

giving tools with you. New things can often seem

overwhelming, I understand. When something is working,

we don’t like to change. But this tool makes a difference in

our ability to minister in times of need by knowing we can

expect regular gifts from the friends and members of

Union Church. Benefits of online giving to you are:

The ease of being able to sign up for, and to donate or

pay for an event all in one place.

Even when you’re traveling or visiting family away from

our four walls, your ability to give is with you through

our website, the mobile giving app, or through text

messaging to continue to faithfully give.

We now even have the ability to set up recurring

giving, meaning, you set the amount to want to donate

to a certain fund, and it’s automatic each month.

You can login to your giving account and track your

donations for the year. Use this for your taxes and set

pledge goals for yourself.

We welcome you to try our online giving resources.

We have support documents to help you sign up to give

online. Please contact the office or send us an email if you

have any questions.

Dave Kobersmith, Church Administrator

Our Faith in Action

Consider...page 5

Higher Ground

Moral Declaration,

September 12, Capitol

Steps, Frankfort

Clergy from around the

commonwealth gathered

w i t h a f f e c t e d a n d

vulnerable citizens to

present a national “Higher

Ground Moral Declar-

ation,” representing

that the deepest

public concerns of

our faith traditions

are how our society

treats the poor, those

on the margins, the

least of these, women,

c h i l d r e n , w o r k e r s ,

immigrants and the sick;

equality and represent-

ation under the law; and

the desire for peace, love

and harmony within and

among nations.

Jewish Rabbis, Muslim

Imams, Christian Ministers,

and persons of no faith at

a l l s i m u l t a n e o u s l y

presented this declaration

in 25 states and the

District of Columbia.

Rev. Kent spoke to this

declaration in Frankfort,

and both pastors attended.

To read the whole

d o c u m e n t g o t o

www.moralrevival .org.

Everyone is encouraged to

read and sign the

declaration.

Events to Attend Together

October 4: Interfaith Moral Revival service with Dr. William J Barber II, Dr. James Forbes, Dr. Traci Blackmon,

Sister Simone Campbell and local impacted persons and faith leaders and choirs. Not to be missed! St. Stephen’s Baptist

Church, Louisville, KY. Let’s make a church pilgrimage and go together! Carpool leaves Union Church at 4 pm Tuesday.

October 7: The Global Human Project will host the 2nd Annual “Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Migration Simulation,” a

unique and dynamic learning experience providing a powerful glimpse into what many refugees and migrants endure when

fleeing from their homes and living in a refugee camp. http://www.globalhumanproject.net/

Where in the World Is

Rev. Kent?

Rev. Kent is making a pilgrim-

age to Jordan, Israel, Palestine,

Egypt and Morocco as part of

small group of church leaders from

the United Church of Christ and

Disciples of Christ Global Minis-

tries Board. They are visiting ecu-

menical and interfaith One Great

Hour of Sharing refugee relief

partners and will be gone 13 days.

Union Church takes an

annual offering for OGHS

which supports the work

of Church World Service

in over 132 countries,

including the US.

While there, he will be

meeting directly with

those supporting refugees

from the Syrian wars, the

African economic hard-

ships, and political pres-

sures placed on Palestini-

an Christians and Muslims by the

state of Israel.

Please join in prayers for travel

mercies, not just for our minister,

but for all who are on the road,

displaced or dispossessed.

For more information on all of

the partners One Great Hour of

Sharing is supporting please visit:

The Middle East Initiative - Global

Ministries.

http://www.ucc.org/oghs_middle_e

ast_educational_journey

School kids from Syria in the single plastic

tent in their refugee camp in Jordan, which

has served as their only school for 3 years.

Hope in Action

Union Church is so

excited and honored to

receive this Hope in

Action award!

We have long had a commitment

to being environmentally conscious,

seeing it as a clear mandate in our

role as stewards to the earth. In

2008-9, that commitment became

firmer as we adopted a mission

statement that included a charge “to

seek the well -being of our

community, of all our volunteers and

staff, and of God’s earth in all that we

undertake alone and together.”

The church began tak ing

intentional action to live into this

mission by addressing low-hanging

fruit of energy efficiency: switching

our incandescent bulbs to CFLs,

closing doors and not heating or

cooling rooms not in use, obsessively

switching off lights, and then doing a

capital campaign and renovation that

included lots of unsexy but vital

upgrades. We moved from a boiler

and chiller system to a high efficiency

dual fuel heat pumps and mini-split

system, which allows for greater

flexibility in what rooms can be

climate controlled and when. All

this allowed us to reduce our energy

use – both electricity and natural gas

- by 50%!

This year was the icing on the

cake – or the roof, as it happens! We

had been dreaming of installing solar

panels on our sanctuaries south

facing roof and determined that 78 –

260 watt solar panels would provide

at least 25% of our current electricity

use and this seemed like a feasible

dream. With the plan in hand we

then received a $25,000 anonymous

donation toward the project cost of

$61,000.

We funded the rest of the

project using a maintenance fund

donated years ago. This fund will be

repaid by the dollars saved on

electricity and electricity sold to the

uti l ity company through net

metering.

The system was installed by Solar

Energy Solutions and started

producing energy on the summer

solstice: June 21st, 2016. Our plan is

to continue looking for ways to

reduce our energy use with the help

of the monitoring system installed at

the same time to track electricity use

throughout the building with the goal

of further reduction of electricity

usage and adding more panels, so

that one day we will be fully solar-

powered.

Celebrating Union Church receiving a

Hope In Action award from

Kentucky Interfaith Power and Light

for our new solar panels and energy

conservation! — with Rachel & Les

Small-Stokes; Michael, Abby and

Jude Embry; and Dave & Kim

Kobersmith.

Musical Notes

Union Church Chancel Choir

Oct. 2-- Declare Your Maker’s Praise, arr. L. Larson,

sung with First Christian’s Choir AT FCC

Oct. 9-- I want to Walk As a Child of the Light,

K. Thomerson

Oct. 16-- Order My Steps, G. Burleigh

Oct. 23--No Choir. Guest Musicians: Richard &

Jenny Bromley

Oct. 30--Roll Down Justice, M. Miller

Union Church Handbell Ensemble

Oct. 30--Be Thou My Vision, arr. D. Schwoebel

Musical Happenings At and Around the Church

Nov. 12, Black Music Ensemble Concert, 1:30 pm.

Nov. 13, Berea College Homecoming Choir sings

at worship, 10:30am.

Musical Adventures of Our Music Director

On October 4 at 12:00pm, Gabriel Evans will

present an organ recital at Campbellsville University.

The school hosts a once a month, noon recital series

at the university’s Ransdell Chapel. Each recital is 30-

45 minutes, and includes organist from all over the

tristate area. Gabe’s program includes organ works

by Bowden, Raney, Vaughn Williams, Boellmann, and

others. For more information on the recital series

a n d p r o g r a m d a t e s , v i s i t h t t p : / /

www.campbellsville.edu/music.

Consider...page 6

Consider...page 7

Witness for Peace

Witness for Peace Program at WNL

on October 12, 5:45 p.m. — Mark your calendars now!

On Wednesday evening, October 12, the Mission and

Service and Community Life and Growth Boards are

joining together to sponsor this year’s Witness for Peace

Southeast program and speaker from Columbia, South

America.

This year’s speaker is Marcia Mejia, an indigenous

Nonam leader from the community of Santa Rosa de

Guayacan, located along the San Juan River, a

southwestern community of Columbia. Marcia is also a

s p o k e s w o m a n f o r t h e n e t w o r k

CONPAZ(Communities Building Peace in the

Territories), which has sent delegations to Havana

about the issues of victims’ rights and reparations.

And she is a representative for ACIVA, the larger

departmental indigenous network of Valle del Cauca and

has been working on a proposal for training indigenous

women to safeguard ancestral knowledge. Marcia will be

accompanied by her nine-year old son, a translator, and a

driver from WFP Southeast (USA).

Marcia Mejia will also be speaking at a noontime event

on campus and to P&SJ (Peace and Social Justice) classes.

As is traditional, St. Clare’s Catholic Church and the

Friends Meeting are invited to join us for the evening

program. We will be inviting students for the evening, as

well.

The meal will be rice and beans. CL&G will be cooking

up a generous amount of both, but we also invite all of

you, if you have a favorite rice and beans dish, to please

bring it along. Desserts are also welcome.

http://witnessforpeace.org/

Blood Drives

Blood Drives done here at Union

Church have been organized by Joyce Henderson

as the volunteer for the Kentucky Blood Center. They

call the position the Chairperson of the blood drive.

This past month on September 20th Joyce “chaired” her

last blood drive. Therefore the Blood Center and the

church are looking for someone to continue this

valuable service to our community. The last blood

drive was a great success—73 pints were collected

and, since each pint is separated and assists 3

procedures, our blood drive participants assisted in

219 medical procedures! 25 were first-time donors!

Chairperson responsibilities include the following

every other month:

Tape directional arrow signs the morning of

the blood drive and take down after the blood

drive.

Lock the doors after KBC staff has cleared all equipment out of church.

The church staff has the

doors unlocked and tables and

chairs are available. An optional task that the

Chairperson can take on is finding two volunteers during

the blood drive. One to meet and greet donors and the

other to maintain the canteen area for drinks. This could

be done by one volunteer. There are already 5-6

volunteers who have been providing this service,

therefore it is a matter of making sure they are available

and putting a schedule together.

Many other tasks that Joyce does will be taken on by

Diane Kennedy who works for the Kentucky Blood

Center and is the contact person for the Chairpersons

of each blood drive.

Please consider this important service to our

community. Contact Dave Kobersmith if you can

help out, [email protected] or call 986-3725.

MORE Faith in Action!

Consider...page 8

Annual Bazaar total proceeds in excess of $2000

Noodling Around with Theology...at Noodle Nirvana Oct. 6 !

Interested in deepening your “TQ,” theology quotient? First Thursdays are for you — and you can enjoy

some neat noodles at the same time! The class will meet at Noodle Nirvana (315 Chestnut St), 8pm, Oct. 6 You

can purchase food, or just come for the discussion.

Everyone has a theological perspective, regardless of academic training. Thinking about God, and our

relationship to spiritual matters, is for everyone. While “theology” is an important academic discipline and a

systematic way to think about God and the human relation to the divine, is isn’t limited to dead German white-guy

professors. We’ll explore our own theological thinking and look at the thought of some of the great theological

thinkers, and try to do some of our own, too!

Here’s our schedule of topics:

Oct. 6: “God: Person, Place, or Thing?” Exploring Who and What is God

Nov. 3: “A Little Lower Than the Angels?” Who, What, & Why are Human Beings?

Dec. 1: “The Word Made Flesh” Exploring incarnation in Jesus and beyond

Bible Reading for October

October 23

Joel 2:23-32

Psalm 65

2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18

Luke 18:9-14

October 9

Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7

Psalm 66:1-12

2 Timothy 2:8-15

Luke 17:11-19

October 16

Jeremiah 31:27-34

Psalm 119:97-104

2 Timothy 3:14-4:5

Luke 18:1-8

October 2

Lamentations 1:106

Psalm 137

2 Timothy 1:1-14

Luke 17:5-10

October 30

Habakkuk 1:1-4;2:1-4

Psalm 119:137-144

2 Thessalonians 1:1-4,11-12

Luke 19:1-10

Many, many thanks to those

who set up, cleaned up, and did all the

jobs in between of carrying, baking,

staffing, cashiering, buying, and hanging

out!

The Bazaar raised over $2000,

which will be used to help fund our

Mission Board’s important work at

home, nationally and internationally!

Consider...page 9

Regular Weekly Happenings

Sundays 9:15 am ........ Lectionary Study, Classroom

9:30 am ........ Adult Book Study, Conference Room

9:45 am ........ Creativity, Community, Coffee & Community

10:30 am........ Morning Worship

Weekdays 8:00 am ........ Zen Meditation, Cowan Chapel

Mondays 5:30 pm ....... QiGong, Cowan Chapel

6:00 pm ....... AlAnon meets, Wayside Room

7:00 pm ....... AA, Comm. Room

7:00 pm ....... Classic Chorale, Choir Room

Tuesdays 1:00 pm ......... Quilters, Classroom

6:00 pm ....... AlAnon Step Study, Classroom

7:30 pm ....... Berea Community Drumming Circle, Cowan

Wed. Wednesday Nite Live

5:45pm .......... Supper (Potluck 1st Weds, $5 donation other

weeks, if able)

6:30 pm ......... Youth Group

7:00 pm ......... Handbell Rehearsal

Thursdays 12:00 pm ...... Bible Study

6:15 pm ......... Choir Rehearsal

Saturdays 10:00 am…...Depression & Bipolar support group, 302

11:00 am…...ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholics), Classroom

Other Regular Events 1st & 3rd Sundays 1:30 pm…….ShapeNote Singers, Parlor

2nd Sundays New Members welcomed at Morning Worship

4th Sundays Noon………..Newcomers’ Gatherings 2nd Mondays 6:30 pm……..Bereans for Fairness

2nd & 4th Mons 9:30 am……..Berea Knitters, Classroom

1st & 3rd Tues. 4:00 pm……..Psalm Study, Classroom

3rd Tuesdays 1:00 pm……..Flying Solo, Wayside Room

4th Tuesdays 5:30 pm……..ABLE, Room 101

1st & 3rd Weds 7:00 pm……..Safe Space Group

Board Meetings

Oct. 10 3:00 pm .............. Properties

6:00 pm .............. Administration

6:00 pm .............. Faith Development

Oct. 12 6:30 pm .............. Finance

7:00 pm .............. Mission & Service

Oct. 17 7:00 pm .............. Church Council

Oct. 25 6:30 pm .............. Worship Board

We, the people of Union

Church, seek to live out our

discipleship to God as a community inspired

by Jesus’ transforming love.

As a gathering of those seeking to

boldly and creatively embody Christ’s life

and ministry, we commit ourselves to work

and fellowship that makes the radical and

inclusive love of God, the beloved

community proclaimed by Jesus, and the

continuing inspiration of the Holy Spirit

visible and real to all.

As one in body with Christ, we commit

ourselves to acts of:

Unbounded Hospitality to Build a

Beloved Community of Christ

Thoughtful, Inspirational and

Intentional Faith Development

Passionate Worship

Risk-Taking Mission and Service

Extravagant Generosity and Care in

Our Stewardship

About Us...

All who seek & serve the love of God are ministers

of Union Church

Gail Wolford, Moderator

Rev. Kent Gilbert, Pastor

Rev. Rachel Small Stokes, Associate Pastor

Dave Kobersmith, Church Administrator

Gabriel Evans, Director of Music Ministries

Pearl Marshall, Handbell Director

Martina LeForce & Hope Tarter, Nursery Care Team

Chris McKenzie, Youth Director

Joan English, Office Administrator

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