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In the Dining Room

Gather + Grow Groups are for 2nd through 8th grades and are created to foster important connection and mentorship. Throughout the year the group does mission work, plays board games, has church-wide scavenger hunts, engages in deep discussions about our faith and plays music that is performed in church from time to time. *2nd - 5th graders are from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Middle School is 4:00 - 6:30 (with a fellowship dinner served) or anytime within that time […]

Friday, October 20, 7:00 p.m., in the Sanctuary Join The Ostrega Uhl Project in its premiere performance of its second season! Mozart and Musicals will begin with Mozart's famous Piano Quartet in G minor followed by string quartet performances of popular selections from Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music, and culminating with a medley of great tunes from West Side Story. With concerts that always deliver on variety for everyone, this is a season opening concert you don't […]

Union Church provides a healthy meal delivered to each client on the 4th Tuesday of each month. We are looking for volunteers to shop for healthy sides for the meals and to hand out and meals to the clients in the Interim Housing Center in Downers Grove. Please use the link below to sign to shop for sides or to distribute meals, or both! Sign up here!

Gather + Grow Groups are for 2nd through 8th grades and are created to foster important connection and mentorship. Throughout the year the group does mission work, plays board games, has church-wide scavenger hunts, engages in deep discussions about our faith and plays music that is performed in church from time to time. *2nd - 5th graders are from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Middle School is 4:00 - 6:30 (with a fellowship dinner served) or anytime within that time […]

October 27 through December 1, 2023. Please drop your coats off in the purple bin by the Third Street doors.

Gather + Grow Groups are for 2nd through 8th grades and are created to foster important connection and mentorship. Throughout the year the group does mission work, plays board games, has church-wide scavenger hunts, engages in deep discussions about our faith and plays music that is performed in church from time to time. *2nd - 5th graders are from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Middle School is 4:00 - 6:30 (with a fellowship dinner served) or anytime within that time […]

Gather + Grow Groups are for 2nd through 8th grades and are created to foster important connection and mentorship. Throughout the year the group does mission work, plays board games, has church-wide scavenger hunts, engages in deep discussions about our faith and plays music that is performed in church from time to time. *2nd - 5th graders are from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Middle School is 4:00 - 6:30 (with a fellowship dinner served) or anytime within that time […]

4 - 4:45 in the Sanctuary.

Sunday, November 12, immediately following 10:00 worship in Rowell Hall The CE Ministry will host a discussion on how social connections and participating in a community can help combat the loneliness epidemic that has been identified by the Surgeon General and discussed widely in the media & recent UCH sermons! Topics will include how to build and strengthen social connections, how these connections can influence our physical health, and how our Union Church community can help each other feel more […]

Gather + Grow Groups are for 2nd through 8th grades and are created to foster important connection and mentorship. Throughout the year the group does mission work, plays board games, has church-wide scavenger hunts, engages in deep discussions about our faith and plays music that is performed in church from time to time. *2nd - 5th graders are from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Middle School is 4:00 - 6:30 (with a fellowship dinner served) or anytime within that time […]

4 - 4:45 in the Sanctuary.

For our Thanksgiving Offering this year, we encourage you to make a special contribution to our Ministry for Change partner, DuPage PADS, which strives to keep families and individuals safely sheltered while ending homelessness in DuPage County. As you may know, in 2022 PADS purchased and converted a motel in Downers Grove into its Interim Housing Center (IHC). PADS continues to transform the space into a nurturing place for residents, including many families and seniors, as they focus on locating permanent […]

November 26 - December - 10 Christmas is coming…SOON! We are continuing our Poinsettia plant tradition starting November 26! Each plant costs $20. You can find forms around the church that can be turned in with payment to Adriana in the church office or follow this link to order online: https://onrealm.org/uchinsdale/-/form/give/now. This is a wonderful way to honor or memorialize your loved ones, and can even make a great gift to family and friends. All those honored and memorialized will […]

Donate mittens, scarves and gloves to benefit the children of our Mission Ministries on the tree at the top of the main stairs.

Gather + Grow Groups are for 2nd through 8th grades and are created to foster important connection and mentorship. Throughout the year the group does mission work, plays board games, has church-wide scavenger hunts, engages in deep discussions about our faith and plays music that is performed in church from time to time. *2nd - 5th graders are from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Middle School is 4:00 - 6:30 (with a fellowship dinner served) or anytime within that time […]

Our Christmas Offering this year will again be divided between Union Church and a special mission organization. The organization is our partner agency in Guatemala, Sueños y Esperanzas ("Dreams and Hopes"). The mission of Sueños y Esperanzas is to reduce poverty in Guatemala’s Mayan communities through education. They equip and empower Mayan children and youth to have the best future possible in Guatemala. They help young people develop the skills to successfully compete in higher education and obtain careers of […]

A children's shopping experience, December 2, 8:30 - 11:00 am A holiday boutique shopping experience for children through 5th grade. Our Youth Elves will help your little ones pick out gifts for family and friends. There will be coffee, cocoa, and a Santa sighting! Now accepting donations in the Gathering Place of gently used household goods and toys to be used as gifts

Help stuff stockings for children served by our Ministry for Change partners beginning at 3:30 pm. And/or donate leftover Hallween candy, travel toothbrushes, toothpaste, small toys or donate from the Amazon wish list (https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1VEU482J23S96?ref_=wl_share) by Nov 27. Collection bins are in the Gathering Place.

Gather + Grow Groups are for 2nd through 8th grades and are created to foster important connection and mentorship. Throughout the year the group does mission work, plays board games, has church-wide scavenger hunts, engages in deep discussions about our faith and plays music that is performed in church from time to time. *2nd - 5th graders are from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Middle School is 4:00 - 6:30 (with a fellowship dinner served) or anytime within that time […]

Gather + Grow Groups are for 2nd through 8th grades and are created to foster important connection and mentorship. Throughout the year the group does mission work, plays board games, has church-wide scavenger hunts, engages in deep discussions about our faith and plays music that is performed in church from time to time. *2nd - 5th graders are from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Middle School is 4:00 - 6:30 (with a fellowship dinner served) or anytime within that time […]

Enjoy a Christmas music-filled worship service in the Sanctuary and online featuring the vast musical offerings of the Music Ministry from UCH: Children's Chimes, Chancel Choir, WE, Union Bells, Cantata, Chamber Ensemble and the beautiful Steinway and our fabulous organ.

Sunday, December 17, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. In the church dining room For Grandparents and their Grandchildren (ages 3-6) Cost: $10 per child - please pay at the door Everyone wears pajamas/loungewear Each child will make a gift for the family Everyone will decorate and eat homemade cookies There will be singing and dancing under the twinkly Christmas lights The Christmas story will be acted out by willing Grandparents. No practice required! We will supply the costumes. Don’t worry, the […]

Gather + Grow Groups are for 2nd through 8th grades and are created to foster important connection and mentorship. Throughout the year the group does mission work, plays board games, has church-wide scavenger hunts, engages in deep discussions about our faith and plays music that is performed in church from time to time. *2nd - 5th graders are from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Middle School is 4:00 - 6:30 (with a fellowship dinner served) or anytime within that time […]

We will gather on the longest night of the year to reflect together. Join us at 6:30 pm in the Chapel.

AGES 4+ Rehearsals: Nov 29, Dec. 6, Dec. 13, Dec 20 4:00-4:45 p.m. Dress Rehearsal: Dec 23, 9-11 a.m. Performance: Dec. 24 during the 10:00 am church service Contact Penny Johnson to register.