The Happy Years
Club is a senior citizens group sponsored by Union Presbyterian Church. Two
sisters, Miss Sarah Patrick and Miss Mary Lou Patrick (lifetime members of
Union) organized Happy Years in March 1973. Over the years and currently,
the membership in Happy Years has included not only the church members of Union
but also church members from Olney, First Presbyterian, and other Presbyterian
churches.
Happy Years is open to anyone who is interested in good fellowship and
fun. Age requirements and church affiliation are not necessary.
Happy Years meets the third Wednesday of each month, in the fellowship hall at
Union. At twelve noon there is a covered dish lunch with a brief program
starting at 12:45 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. If anyone is interested, please
join in this wonderful group. Happy Years welcome visitors and new members
with open arms.
Many ministry
opportunities are on-going at Union.
Youth
Strengthening of the Church
Witness and Service
Worship and Commitment
Building and Grounds
Long Range Planning
Presbyterian Men
Presbyterian Women
Sunday School Classes
Women's Softball Team
Commit your work to
the Lord, and your plans will be established. Prov. 16:3
"We" have been worshipping at this site since before 1850. In 1844 land was given for a church to be built. For years the Presbyterians and the Baptists shared the same facilities. The Baptist signed a quitclaim to the property and became Sandy Plains Baptist Church.
The present sanctuary was built in 1908 with later additions to it and to the church site: an educational building of the 1940s, the Educational Building of the 1960s, and the Youth Building of the 1990s.
Union was first an Independent Presbyterian Church. Later it became a part of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Within our lifetime, Union became part of the reunited Presbyterian Church in the United States of America.
The presbyteries of which we have been a part help to tell the story: Bethel, Mecklenburg, Kings Mountain, Covenant, Concord, and Western Carolina.
The ministers of Union play a vital part.
For many years elders and deacons did not rotate, so the first list of elders and deacons is not nearly as numerous as the present. It also was within the lifetime of most of us today that we have women elders and deacons and women ministers.
Today is going to be long ago. And when it is, may this be so: The people of Union Presbyterian Church in 1998 were receiving the grace of God in their earthen vessels and were showing forth the grace of God in their lives. Union Church members are living their lives so that they will have mattered.
--Wilma Ratchford Craig, August 1998
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