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U Matters

It's Family Fiesta Sunday at Union!  As we meet new friends and reconnect with old, this Sunday promises to be a celebration of community. Our special speaker will be Gregory Slayton, the author of  "Be a Better Dad Today!" He is a diplomat, businessman, and philanthropist with a passion for China.  Besides the worship and the fellowship, there will be a fiesta of food at noon. Bring your family, bring your friends, and join the fun fiesta of following Jesus together.

Pastor Greg

Legge Lecture 5:00PM This Sunday

Title: The Leadership Challenge: Succeeding on the Business Front and the Home Front in the 21st Century 
Speaker: Hon. Gregory Slayton

Opportunities at Union

Family Fiesta Please join us for our "Family Fiesta" this Sunday as we kick off a new season with a Mexican lunch. Come celebrate Union Church family and Get Connected! Lunch commences at 12:00PM. All welcome.

2014 Church Directory Is Now Available! If you have provided information to us, please pick up a copy at church this Sunday.

8:30AM Worship Service will resume on 7 Sep. 

Oasis

Wed, 27 Aug, 8:00PM (Refreshments starts 7:30PM) 

All are welcome to join our young adult fellowship and hear a great speaker. 

Kingdom Kids

Thank You to Our VBS Volunteers  Over the past five Sundays of summer, our children have been coming together at our vacation bible school learning about Jesus' one-of-a-kind love through the tangible love of our volunteers, who made such great memories and lessons to remember possible. We give them much thanks.

Elise Bland | Tess, Sebastian and Jasper Caldwell | Connie Chan | Karen Chan-Mulvenna | John Choi | Rennan Du | Lindy and Tashi Fok | Ice, Rina and Yuya Funbashi | Angela and Johanne Grelet | Charlotte Griffin | Citrine Ho | Judy Hon | Kwai Law | Kathy Leung | Carol Li | Annie Liu | Esther and Christine Luk | Lee-Ann Mcfarlane | Sophia Morin | Theresa Mou | Daniel Ng | Joshua Ng | Koon San Ng | Jonathan Nichols | Malama Pilae | Daphne Shyuan | Mike Small | Denby, Asha and Shae Tamms | May and Jenny Tang | Terence Teo | Pat, Mariam and Elza Wong | Tinja Wright | Wendy Wu | Louise Yong | Liang Zhang

Sunday School 2014-2015 Registration Kingdom Kids Sunday School reopens today! Our kids will join their new classes after the first set of worship with their families. Please register your children (born 2004 to 2011) for classes by filling up and signing forms found at our Children's Ministry Board or church website. Registering your children will help us keep them safe, communicate well with you and plan better. For more information, please contact us at   or +852 21010414.

Sunday School Teachers Needed  Kingdom Kids is looking for committed volunteers who will partner with us in the ministry of teaching our children God's Word. We are looking for teachers for our 5 year old and 10 year old classes at 9:30AM and 4 year old class at 11:00AM. If you would like to help us as lead teacher or assistant, please contact children@unionchurchhk.org or call +852 21010414.

Youth

First U'th Group of the Year Come one, come all to the First U'th Group of the Year! Fun, Fellowship, and good Food! Jr. High 6:30 to 8:00PM and Sr. High 7:30 to 9:00PM for questions contact Brenna. 
 
Christmas in October??? The Youth & Family mission trip in the fall is going to be celebrating Christmas in October in the Philippine,s and we need your help! We are looking to bring down 300 bags of hygiene products that will be Christmas gifts for the 300 new homes that are being re-built after a recent typhoon. To sponsor a bag or two contact Brenna. It a big task but we know that Union is a church with a big heart!

Outreach & Missions

The Spirit of Christmas in October 
 
From next week 31 Aug, please look out for the Christmas Tree on the Green, As the youth and their families prepare to travel to Tacloban in the Philippines In October, an area devastated by a super typhoon last year, we will be asking the congregation to participate by sponsoring Hygiene Packs for 300 families (HKD100 per bag).  For more information on the sponsorships or the trip, please contactBrenna Dykman or Lee-Ann Mcfarlane.

Small Group and Course

"The Jesus Lifestyle" course

Adapted by Nicky Gumbel from Jesus' famous Sermon on the Mount where He teaches t he disciples how to be good Christians and the 'salt' and 'light' of the world, from a practical point of view. In this course, you will learn the secrets of happiness and how to handle anger, sex, marriage, divorce, integrity, conflicts, prayers, worries, criticisms and so on. 

When: Tuesday evenings from 7:30PM to 9:00 starting on 2 Sep

Contact: Pastor Michele or Alexander Mak for details

Small group on Tuesday night 

What: "Prayer - Does it make any difference" by Philip Yancey.

When: Tuesdays August 26 for 6 weeks in the Upper Annex.

Emmanuel Group start a meeting with light food and fellowship at 7:00PM, and then commence the learning Session video by 7:30PM, finishing by 9:00PM. Our group focus is for Christian to discuss and learn together, with fun and fellowship... Contact Michelle Borgeest.

Last Week's Sermon

Please click on the link below to download

 "Rejection and Recovery" by Pastor Greg Anderson

 

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