DISCIPLES OF CHRIST
News and Notes In The Life of Our Church
Union Avenue is holding a special “Holy Triduum” Prayer Vigil between our Maundy Thursday worship service and our Easter Sunday morning worship service. The Holy Triduum is the set of three days from sunset on Maundy Thursday to sunset on Easter Sunday that have been the ancient and traditional time of vigil and celebration for Christians at the arrival of the Resurrection each year. Click through to learn how to participate …
Read MoreThe three women disciples at the empty tomb. The earthquake and stone rolling away. Mary weeping in the garden. The walk to Emmaus and breaking bread. The appearance in the upper room. Thomas touching the wounds. These are all some of the great stories of Easter heard throughout the season — but not this year!
Read MoreAnd now, we finally come to Jerusalem where we enter into the great story of Jesus’s Passion and Resurrection once again. Please join us as we walk together and pray together in the week ahead. Click through for details …
Read More“As Easter people, we are called to dance our dances of freedom for all the world to see – even and perhaps especially in times of great difficulty. Dances of hope. Dances of justice. Dances of love. During this season, post-resurrection stories point to the joy of living in the beloved community and extending that fellowship through our witness as we dare to dance again!“ write our friends at the Worship Design Studio. Click through to learn how we dare to dance again this Eastertide.
Read MoreAs we move into the holiest of weeks in which we walk in the footsteps of Jesus, we are reminded at every turn that we are never alone. The good news of HOLY WEEK is that this temple called Jesus is our true home. That is where we are bound in faith to live our life and dream our dreams and claim our identities.
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Union Avenue Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is an open and affirming St. Louis, MO, faith community growing in the treasures of justice, stewardship, artistic expression and hospitality.
