Announcements
Daylight Saving Time
Don’t forget to spring ahead. Daylight Savings time starts on March 8th.
New Service Time beginning on Easter Sunday
Beginning on Easter Sunday, April 5th, Sunday Worship will be moved back to our previous time at 10:00 am.
Lenten Meals and Services with Peace Presbyterian
The Lenten mid-week services will also be held at 6:00 pm, beginning with supper the first hour and worship at 7:00. These Lenten services will be our first opportunity to have joint worship with Peace Presbyterian. We hope that you will plan on coming to meet new friends and find meaningful worship experiences in this Lenten season. Our worship will be held in the narthex on these Wednesdays except for March 18th which will be held at Peace Presbyterian Church, 7624 Cedar Lake Road, St. Louis Park.
Lenten Meals and Services with other UCC Churches
We will also be holding Thursday meals and services with other UCC churches in the area. A light dinner will be held at 5:30 PM and Worship will be at 6:30 PM at theseUCC events.
Here are the dates and locations:
Feb. 26: Morningside Hills UCC, 4201 Morningside Road, Edina
March 5: Chapel Hills UCC, 6512 Vernon Ave. S, Edina
March 12: Lynnhurst Congregational UCC, 4501 Colfax Ave. S, Mpls.
March 19: Union Congregational UCC, 3700 Alabama Ave. S, SLP
March 26: Morningside Hills UCC, 4201 Morningside Road, Edina
Leadership Teams
In an effort to let everyone have a say about what is happening at the church, leadership teams have been established. The next team will meet on March 15th at 10:30 AM. These teams will address issues and concerns and make decisions about items that need to be taken care of at Union. Decisions that need final approval by the Executive Council, will be discusses and recommendation will be sent to the council. Everyone will be able to attend at least one Leadership meeting. There is a list of groups in the Narthex with dates and times of the meetings. Thank you in advance for your participation. If you are not assigned to a group, but wish to have input concerning an agenda item, you are welcome to attend. Your input is valued and essential for the health of the church and the plans for our church’s ministries. We are a congregation based church. You make this church work.
Book Study
Our next book study will begin on April 8th, the Wednesday following Easter and a repeated session on Saturdays beginning on April 11th. We will study John Fugelsang’s book, Separation of Church and Hate. The books will again be provided for free from a generous anonymous donor. The donor suggests that, if you are so moved, perhaps you could make a thank you gift for receiving the free books since we began holding book studies in September. You might consider the Shadrach Fund for our furnaces or the General Fund.
STEP Donations
When We Eat, They Eat! Please remember to bring something for the Food Shelf whenever we have holy communion. If you cannot or just forget to bring a food item, cash donations are welcome. We will bless the food shelf items along with our morning offerings.