Announcements

Memorial Blood Centers Bloodmobile Success!

Thank you to the 26 donors who participated in the blood drive on June 20th, to the wonderful staff of the Memorial Blood Center and to the community for its support. We hope to make this an annual event!

There is an urgent need for blood and Minnesota is now in a blood emergency. If you weren’t able to join us (or even if you were), please consider signing up to donate blood with www.mbc.org .

Next Executive Council Meeting

The next Executive council will be held on Wednesday, July 8th at 1:00 pm. We will meet in the Conference Room at Union. Everyone is invited to come. If there is anything you would like to add to the meeting agenda for the Council to address, please let Randy know.

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 teams will meet on Saturday, July 18th 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

This summer we will study Robert Macfarlane’s book, Is a River Alive?. 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.

Here is the schedule for discussions:

6/17 & 6/20 : Prologue & Intro

6/24 & 6/27: Pages 32-73

7/1: Pages 73-114

7/8 & 7/11: Pages 115-154

7/15 & 7/18: Pages 154 – 192

7/22 & 7/25: Pages 193-227

7/29 & 8/1: Pages 227-261

8/5 & 8/8: Pages 261 – End

Book Sale for Shadrach Furnace Fund

Our pop-up book sale raised over $200 for the Shadrach Furnace Fund, which is growing incrementally. The books that did not sell went to Magers and Quinn, wherewe will receive a credit for our next book study. Thank you, everyone!

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.