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U Matters

This week Pastor Matthew is going to preach on boasting at most services and I am going to preach at the U Cafe on pride. We didn’t consult each other—seems that great minds think alike.  We are team teaching a course on MERE CHRISTIANITY where C.S. Lewis claims that pride is “the great sin.”  He goes on to note that “pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.”

What about giving up pride for Lent this week?  What changes would you have to make in the way you think and act?

Pastor Greg

This Week

Peace Box 2017 Campaign 
Union Church is participating in the Hong Kong Church Network for the Poor (HKCNP) 2017 "Peace Box" Campaign by organising 150 boxes filled with essential items for under-privileged families and homeless people in Hong Kong. There will be 50 more boxes available this Sunday for those who would still like to support this campaign. Please come and support this great cause by picking up a box or two at the Kingdom Kids Table (in front of the Lower Annex). Fill the box/es and return them to us on or before 26 March and these boxes will be presented to the designated families. For more information, please visit us at the Kingdom Kids Table and pick up the information leaflet or email us at CHILDREN. 

Sunday Hike: Twin Peaks
19 March12:30-2:30PM
University, Twenties, Thirties, and Young Couples 
Join Antonin Ficatier, Director of Youth and University Ministries, and the young adults for a hike up the Twin Peaks.  Please bring snacks, water, and your octopus card.  Please be aware that you will climb 2,000 steps.  Contact .

  

Family Matters

Family in Need: FIN Sometimes life throws us challenges and we need to reach out for help. If you need spiritual, emotional, physical, and/or financial help please contact Pastor Michele and/or members of the FIN Team Charles Schmitt, Isabel Morrison, Jean De Groot. To maintain accountability, we ask that requests come through this group. If someone in need approaches you for financial assistance, please refer them to the Pastors or the FIN Team. 

Opportunities

SCREENAGERS: Growing Up In The Digital Age 
Sunday 23 April, 12:30PM - 2:00PM  
Union Church is thrilled to present SCREENAGERS: Growing Up In The Digital Age, a documentary about the biggest parenting issue of our time. SCREENAGERS reveals how tech time impacts kids’ development and offers solutions on how adults can empower kids to best navigate the digital world and find balance. It will be followed by a Q&A session with Dr.Mark L Gandolfi of St.John's Cathedral Counseling Services to answer questions you may have regarding the topic. 
All are invited, especially families.  The topic is relevant for everybody.  There is a suggested donation of HK$50 per adult. A light lunch will be provided. Sign Up NOW at the Welcome Table or the Kingdom Kids Table (in front of Lower Annex) or email us at  Kingdom Kids on or before 19 April.

Restored Lives: Recovery from Divorce and Separation Course is run over seven Thursdays, 20 April – 1 June, 7:00PM – 9:30PM in the Upper Annex. The course is both practical and supportive, giving any separated or divorced person the opportunity to discuss the challenges they are facing and the tools to deal with these effectively. The cost is HK$500 per person including dinner. Sign up Online. For more information, please contact Anne or Michael Birley at RD&S. 

Serving Opportunities: Interested in helping people get connected? Join pastor Michele at Table on the Green at 10:30-11:00AM and 12:00-12:15PM weekly. We would like to regularly schedule people to be a part of this important ministry. Both men and women are welcome. See Pastor Michele or Pastor Matthew if interested.

Lewis at Lent: Read Mere Christianity 
Wednesday Nights on 22, 29 March and 5, 12 April at 8:00PM
Prepare for Easter with Pastor Greg and Pastor Matthew as we read through Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis' greatest work!  Each meeting will begin with a 15-20 minute talk/explanation from Pastors Greg and Matthew, followed by a 40 minute open discussion.  

Easter Baptism? If you would like to be baptised through immersion (in the water) on Easter Sunday then this class is for you. Join Pastor Michele on Tuesdays 21 and 28 March 7:30PM - 9:00PM for baptism class. Please sign up at the Table on the Green.

Serving Opportunity for Women: Ladies you are invited to "Lo Wu Correctional Centre for Women” for an Easter Monday outreach service. If you speak Cantonese or English, sing, or would like to participate in a drama or games please see Pastor Michele or Melody Landes. Date: Monday, 17 April. We are excited about this new initiative.  There will be training provided.

Prayer for Union Come lift up the needs of Union Church. Join us every Tuesday morning at 7:30AM for a time of prayer in the sanctuary. 

Adult Education

Class: Hymns and Paintings Expressing Faith 
Lecturer: Dr. Sung Kim, Lutheran Theological Seminary 
Date: Thursdays 16 March - 13 April 7:00PM-9:00PM 
Location: Union Church 
Course Fee: HK$400 
By looking at and listening to works of art, we will try to understand how Christian faith finds its expression in every aspect of life. For more information, please contact Pastor Matthew.

The Book of Revelation Won the Vote
Bible Class with Pastor Matthew
Sunday 26 March, 12:30-1:30PM
Christians claim: 1) God is the author of life AND history, and 2) God knows how his story and our earthly life will end.  Revelation paints a gory picture of the final days.  Begin with your end in mind as we explore deeper the most bizarre, love-filled, wrath-filled, Trinitarian, Old-Testament-quoting book of the New Testament.

Men

Union Men's Pub Quiz Night, Saturday, 25 March, 6:30PM-9:30PM Exchange Square: Join Union's men for fellowship, unlimited food and drinks, and a pub quiz. We rented the Upper Room of Liberty Exchange, an Italian restaurant and bar in Central. Quiz categories will be Bible, Money, History and Geography, Entertainment, and Hong Kong. Teams are welcome. $450 per man. Preferably pay in advance to Pastor Matthew. Scholarships available.

Young Adults

Uni-On, the University-Aged Fellowship at Union!
Are you between 18 and 23? Studying or interning in Hong Kong? Please join us at Starbucks at HKU (near the library) on Thursdays at 5:30PM-7:00PM for a chance to relax and experience community with other university-aged young adults from Union. Friends are more than welcome. Contact .

Youth 

Sponsor our Hike to the Peak 
On 26 March the Youth Mission Trip members are organizing a hike to the Peak (and back) as part of a drive to raise funds (we pledged to raise HK$25,000 as a group) and awareness for this Spring Mission Trip to Oral Cambodia.
Please see the Youth Table on the Green this Sunday to register as a sponsor and/or donate. We are grateful for your generosity!

Kathy Leung on Friday Night Youth Group  
We are all very excited to have Kathy Leung, a long time member of the Congregation here at Union, coming to our Friday Night Youth Group to give her testimony and answer questions about what it has meant for her to live a Christian Life.
6:00 to 8:00 PM for Juniors, 
7:30 to 9:00 PM for Seniors (with optional hang out in the Youth Lounge after until 10:00PM)

Youth Life Summer Camp Last Chance! 
All Youth (ages 11-18) are invited to an amazing opportunity with Young Life this Summer. They will join numerous other Hong Kong youth in traveling to Seattle Washington for an awesome week long camp experience. Please contact Anto or Hunter if you have any questions!
Deadline is 20 March!

Youth Sunday Life 
This week Josh Powell, Director of YoungLife in Hong Kong, will be coming to deliver the weekly lesson. He will also discuss opportunities for the youth to be involved with a YoungLife Camp in the US this summer.
9:30-10:30AM, Youth Lounge

Questions? Email 

Kingdom Kids

Sunday School Registration
If you are new to Union Church or if you have yet to register your children for our Sunday School program, kindly register your children here. All children enrolling in our Sunday School and Crèche Center MUST BE REGISTERED by filling in and signing the Registration Form. For more information, please visit Union Church's website or contact us at CHILDREN or 21010414.

Community & Mission

Philippines Mission Trip We offer an opportunity to see what the Church is doing in the Philippines. Union and some small groups sponsor students from Bawing Alliance Evangelical Church and Shekinah Alliance Bible College as well as various programs run by International Care Ministry. We invite our congregation to join a trip to General Santos from 28 March – 2 April to celebrate with the graduates as well as witness how ultra poor communities have been transformed. For more information, please email Marga or Dennis.

Financial Giving at Union

For HK Taxpayers wishing to make tax-deductible donations for the tax year of April 2016 to March 2017, please ensure that cheques are made payable to “Union Church” and are dated before 31 March 2017.

Please send your cheques to our Church Admin Office latest by 31 March 2017, otherwise your donation will not be recognized in the 2016/2017 tax year. Thank you for your continuous support of Union Church. 

Last Week's Sermon

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"185,000 Dead Assyrians" by Pastor Greg Anderson

 

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