The Hard News
Just home from a hospital visit with a beloved parishioner. Early this morning, I felt a nudge, a push—get up and go to the hospital soon. Off I went. I sat in the quiet room for a half hour. Quiet prayers. Thinking about this good man’s life; imagining him...
New Creation Care Ministry Plans Gardening Days at Union Chapel
Union Chapel's Creation Care Ministry Last Sunday you got a chance to hear our own Nancy Tatum give her testimony about how Union Chapel is expanding ministry to positively in impact our environment and our community with God's own creation: "Nature shows us a God of supreme intelligence...
Taking in the Spiritual Colors of Fall
Dear Friends: I've been the primary dog walker in our home the past few days. Chloe walks in the morning and just after she eats her supper late in the afternoon. As we "fell back" into Eastern Standard time, we've adjusted, Chloe and I, so that the afternoon walk comes just...
The Path We Are To Follow
Dear Friends: Be imitators of Jesus. What a bold challenge! Be imitators of the One who is perfect. Be imitators of the One whose mind is pure and purely compassionate. Be imitators of the One whose courage exceeds our imagination of what it means to be...
Love is an Action Verb: Pay It Forward!
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God...
Chapel U Lunch & Learn: Bird's The Word!
Psalm 84:3 "Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young— a place near your altar, my God." Bird’s The Word! WHEN:Wednesday, October 18, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Nature lovers, join us for a Lunch &...
Young Singers, Lend Your Voice!
If your youngster is humming and singing around the house, this is a great opportunity to harness and train that natural talent! Nora Community Children's Choir is a partnership between the Indiana Fine Arts Academy and Union Chapel UMC. The goal is to provide an engaging...
Reflections Upon Fall & Forgiveness
Dear Friends: Change is in the air. I look out the window into the woods and see colors that were not there even yesterday. The greens of last week are being replaced by yellows and oranges and reds; the beauty of these colors should not be ignored, even as we are conscious...