DISCIPLES OF CHRIST
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Please consider joining the Chancel Choir for FESTIVAL CHOIR — a special Wednesday and Sunday during which any member (or friend) regardless of vocal ability, music reading or experience is invited to come and join us for a one-time rehearsal and Sunday morning performance. No strings attached … click through to learn more.
Read MoreThe Union Avenue Christian Church Chancel Choir and members of the Union Avenue Opera orchestra will present Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts’ unforgettable Requiem Sunday, November 7, 5:30 p.m. in the Union Avenue sanctuary. Admission is free but advance reservations are required. Click through for more …
Read MoreThe Arts Group of Union Avenue and the Gretchen Brigham Gallery unveil the new Midwest Exhibit, “Visualizing Hope: Who is God?” This invitational show was juried by Father Terrence Dempsey, S.J., founder and director emeritus of MOCRA, the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art. Join him during the opening reception for his remarks at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 2.
Read MoreCULTIVATING AND SUSTAINING HOPE requires that we gather evidence from our own lives, history and the world at large and use that evidence to guide our plans, pathways, and actions. Click through to read about five strategies for cultivating hope in the year ahead.
Read MoreMany a Christian has committed to memory certain scriptures in their lives only later to find that memorized verse encourages strength or comfort in a moment unrelated or unintended. “If a country were a classroom, even when a poem might not heal it, it can suture it. It can be balm, waiting to heal, if only we can listen. A good poem understands that is not going to happen today, it says – listen! And it regrets its necessity, that its hunger is both promise and regret.” Click through for more …
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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.
