Announcements
Elaine Pagels at Union
The Friday dinner will be at the church.
We are excited to announce that Elaine Pagels will be a featured guest and speaker for two days of events at Union. On Friday, May 29th at 6pm, there will be a dinner at Union Congregational UCC. On Saturday, May 30th, there will be a keynote at Union at 11AM. Both events are ticketed and there is a cost for the dinner. Seating is limited. Elaine Pagels is the Harrington Spear Pain Foundation Professor of Religion at Princeton University. She is the author of The Gnostic Gospels, which won both the National book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award . Pagels was a MacArthur Fellow and was awarded a National Humanities Medal in 2015. Other books include Why Religion; Miracles and Wonder- The Historical Mystery of Jesus; Reading Judas- The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity; Beyond Belief- The Secret Gospel of Thomas; Created Equal; The Origin of Satan, Adam, Eve and the Serpent; Paul the Gnostic; and The Johannine Bible in Gnostic Exegesis.
Spring Clean-up Day
Saturday, May 16th starting at 9:00am, come and join with others to spruce up the building and grounds. Tasks small and large are available both inside and outside. Bring a bag lunch and join in. Come when you can and stay as longs as you can. Tasks are listed on the whiteboard in the Narthex.
Worship time is now 10:00 am on Sundays
Beginning on Easter Sunday, April 5th, Sunday Worship will be at 10:00 am.
We Welcome Peace Presbyterian
We will be now sharing worship and the building on Alabama Ave. with Peace Presbyterian. We look forward to this new time for both churches as we work together to continue our Mission and Ministry serving the wider world and the St. Louis Park community both churches call home.
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 May 20th at 6:30pm 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 at 5:00 pm and a repeated session on Saturdays at 10:30 am 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.