REJOICE … AND WEAR PINK!

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REJOICE … AND WEAR PINK!

The SEASON OF LENT can be a time of deep reflection and connection with God as we prepare for Easter, but we can often get lost in the middle of it all. Wouldn’t it be great if there were some way to take a moment’s pause, catch one’s spiritual breath, and be refreshed and refocused for the second half of the journey? Wouldn’t that just tickle us pink? Turns out, there is! And you’ll need to wear pink…

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A PORTRAIT OF GHANA

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A PORTRAIT OF GHANA

The ARTS GROUP OF UNION AVENUE welcomes the Reverend Geoffrey Black to the GRETCHEN BRIGHAM GALLERY for an exhibition of his photographs titled "A PORTRAIT OF GHANA" March 22 through April 14. Rev. Black is the former General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ and a former Visiting Professor of Church Leadership and Ecumenical Studies at Eden Theological Seminary. 

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WEDNESDAY LENTEN STUDY

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WEDNESDAY LENTEN STUDY

LENTEN WEDNESDAYS AT UNION AVENUE begin Wednesday March 13 and continue for five consecutive Wednesdays, through April 10. Each Wednesday evening will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a simple common meal in the Fellowship Room. Following our fellowship at the table, we’ll move into discussion and close with evening prayer. Click through to read more about it …

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ON THE ROAD TO JERUSALEM

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ON THE ROAD TO JERUSALEM

More than any other season of  the liturgical year, LENT DRAWS US INTO A LANDSCAPE that is distinctive for the many ways that it intertwines extremes and calls our attention to how brokenness and beauty, horror and hope, privilege and oppression dwell intimately together. From the moment we follow Jesus into the wilderness, we step across a threshold that calls out to us to see beyond the stark black and white of our daily rituals and lives. 

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