Do you ever wonder about the impact of Union Chapel on our community? In just the past week, our congregation has served about 200 hot meals, provided food and assistance to two families in distress and two homeless individuals, helped to connect an estranged teen with his mother, and provided...
Hey, Grownups... It's Back-To-School Time! Beginning in August, Union Chapel will be hosting a new Adult Ministry -- a monthly lunch-and-learn event that will be held on select Wednesday and Saturdays through December. Chapel University will bring together adults from all over the community...
In messages over the past couple of weeks, I have referred to life as being both terrifying and amazing. Life today presents us with great uncertainties, and there is much to fear if we choose to live our lives afraid. Today, though, I was given the opportunity to experience the...
A steel-strong woman. An amazing teacher. A shining asset in our community. In case you missed the May 19 edition of the Indianapolis Recorder, let us catch you up! Our own Saundra Brown was recently featured in that newspaper for receiving the David Hanna Golden Touch Award by the...
We’ve been reading Scripture from First Peter, the letter attributed to the Apostle Peter but almost certainly written years after his death. The letter was written at a time of great persecution of those who chose to follow the examples and teachings of Jesus—in other words, not...
Dear Friends: We will not all die, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye.... Paul wrote to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 15) of the resurrection. Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord...
Dear Friends: The stories passed down from generation to generation had taught them that the soul leaves the body three days after death occurs. I don't know why. But Lazarus had been dead now for four days--long enough that his soul must have departed. And here came...
Dear Friends: You'll know where to find me at the party. I'm the guy in the corner, sitting on the stairway, outside on the deck or, maybe, talking with one other kindred soul. I'm the early-leaver, the one who engages sincerely with others but, on the inside, is dying to...
Rupert Boneham is probably a familiar face in your household. If your child is involved in youth ministries at Union Chapel, he's about to be even more familiar! Known to the world for more than a decade as fan-favorite "Rupert", from the reality television show Survivor, Boneham has...
Dear Friends: Life takes unexpected turns; we can't see around the corners that we approach and, in truth, it is just as well that we cannot. I rounded a corner in the past week, one that was inevitable and, yet, dreaded. My sister--my big sister, Carol--fell gravely ill...