This week, I want to share the letter that I read to the congregation on Pentecost Sunday. Thank you for being such a wonderful church. Keep letting the Spirit lead you well!
Dear Union Family,
Thank you. Thank you for being the Church—not just in this building, but in the community and in the world. You serve with your hands, hearts, voices, prayers, and presence, and you bless more people than you know.
Thank you for offering warm smiles and a genuine welcome, extending hospitality as if welcoming Christ himself. Thank you for teaching and mentoring, encouraging children, youth, and adults to grow in faith and love. You nurture lives from the nursery to the neighborhood where you live.
Thank you for offering your time, talents, and treasures to God here at Union Church with generosity and love. Thank you for planning, organizing, volunteering, and serving behind the scenes to keep this church moving forward with hope and grace.
Thank you for doing the everyday things that keep our ministry strong—setting up chairs, preparing communion, watering flowers, mowing the lawn, fixing what’s broken, decorating the building for special services, washing dishes, taking out the trash, and so much more. You show that every task matters when it’s done in love.
Thank you for leading us in worship—through music, scripture, prayer, and technology—and helping us lift our hearts to God each week. Thank you for showing up for people in need—visiting the sick, writing notes and texts, praying for others, delivering meals, and offering comfort to those who are grieving.
Thank you for serving beyond these walls—volunteering with ACTS, hosting families at Family Promise, supporting outreach events, and collecting supplies for local schools and other community ministries. Your faith overflows into action, and the community is stronger because of it. Thank you for saying, “Yes, I’ll help,” You build up the body of Christ and remind us that everyone has a place and a purpose.
We are one body with many members. Many gifts. One Spirit. And because of you, Union Christian Church is more than a building—it’s a family, a home, and a vibrant local expression of the Body of Christ.
As Paul once wrote, “I thank my God every time I remember you… because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.” Today, I echo those words from the heart.
Jesus loves you, Union Family and I do too.
Grace, Peace, and love,
Pastor Heather