Pastor's Blog, August 2023: Colors of Love

Posted by Pastor Elizabeth Gilbert on

August 8, 2023  Dear friends, I greet you with joy on this beautiful summer day on which I write this letter. The bright sun, light breeze, the sounds of birds and an active community all remind me of how good our God is! I pray you are knowing and enjoying God’s presence, as...

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Letter from Pastor Elizabeth: The "In-between" Times

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September 6, 2022 Dear Friends, We are quickly approaching my favorite time of year - fall - when the weather cools, nature takes on new colors and textures, and I can get out my favorite jackets and sweatshirts! But as it is still 80 degrees and muggy as I write this letter, I’m...

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NEWS: Holy Week at Union Chapel Indy

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Dear Friends, Thank you for all the ways you have contributed to a meaningful Lenten season here at Union Chapel Indy! I know that I - and so many - have been encouraged as we’ve gathered for worship, study, fellowship, prayer, and ministry together.  As we close the Lenten season...

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Happy New Year, 2022!

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Happy New Year!   I pray that you have had a safe and meaningful holiday season. And I wish you all the best in the coming months.  As we bid farewell to 2021 at Union Chapel Indy, we have much to celebrate and be thankful for. In 2021, Union Chapel Indy… Returned (again)...

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An April Return to In-Person Worship and a New Worship Time!

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March 23, 2021 Dear Friends, Happy Spring! Welcome to a new season in Central Indiana, and a new season in the life of Union Chapel Indy! I am so pleased to write to you with information about new life springing forth in many areas of our life together... On the top of all our minds is the...

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In-person worship or public activities Suspended Until April 1

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January 27, 2021 Dear Friends, Since I last wrote a letter to the congregation of Union Chapel Indy, we have celebrated the advent of a New Year - Happy New Year! Many were glad to see 2020 relegated to the status of ‘history.’ But we also know that God was working in powerful ways...

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Suspension of In-person Worship Until January 3

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Dear Friends -   Thank you for receiving with such grace last week's message that we would not meet for in-person worship this last Sunday, November 15, at Union Chapel Indy. Your flexibility in these ever-changing times is a blessing to many!   Yesterday, November 16, Indiana...

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Greetings from Pastor Elizabeth

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Dear Friends, I hope this greeting finds you and yours well and safe. When we all received word from Bishop Trimble way back in February that I would be coming to serve as pastor at Union Chapel UMC, none of us would have guessed that we would be making this transition during a global health...

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Advent Study at Union Chapel

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Dear Friends: Advent is approaching quickly. We will celebrate the "Hanging of the Greens" this year on Sunday, November 24th at noon, a few days before Thanksgiving and, then, the race is on! Sunday, December 1st is the first Sunday in Advent. Our theme for Advent this year is "Friends in...

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Finish This Story!

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Do you remember the opportunities in the magazines, back when you were a kid, to finish a drawing or to color a picture that you could then submit and, possibly, win a prize?  I was always surprised when the magazine published the finalists and the winners’ pictures, how different...

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