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SUMMARY:Repairing the Breach: Climate Justice\, Land\, Debt and Reparations
DESCRIPTION:In preparation for Earth Day\, come learn the link between climate Justice\, land\, debt and reparations. We will examine the challenges faced by our global partners AND the innovative ways they are tackling them.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/repairing-the-breach-climate-justice-land-debt-and-reparations/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Wednesdays with the World
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220406T140000
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SUMMARY:Volunteer Ministries Celebrates National Volunteer Month: Stories\, Tips\, and Ideas to Honor and Inspire the Volunteers in your Church
DESCRIPTION:Churches run on volunteer power…but current conditions make volunteering harder. What can the UCC spaces do to support the essential role of volunteers? What do volunteers do in the wider church? \nThis event is for people who are interested in volunteer service and people who work with volunteers. Hear stories from full-time deployed Partners In Service about the meaning of volunteer service in their faith and lives. Learn ways to lead and encourage a volunteer community from the Milwaukee General Synod Volunteer Coordinator. Get some ideas for celebrating the volunteers in your congregation before the program year concludes. \nWith Rev. Elena Larssen\, Minister for Volunteer Engagement\, this event is a chance to learn about the historic Volunteer Ministries of the UCC and reflect on volunteer opportunities that may be calling you to service\, while picking up some inspiration for volunteerism in your congregation. All are welcome!
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/volunteer-ministries-celebrates-national-volunteer-month-stories-tips-and-ideas-to-honor-and-inspire-the-volunteers-in-your-church/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Wednesdays with the World
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220330T140000
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SUMMARY:Celebrating 100 Years with Back Bay Mission: Making Good Trouble on the Coast of Mississippi
DESCRIPTION:Join the executive director of the UCC’s historic Back Bay Mission for a celebration of 100 years of service “making good trouble” in Biloxi\, Mississippi. Back Bay is known for hosting up to 800 volunteers a year to repair homes\, serve the unsheltered\, and create positive systemic change in a highly diverse coastal city. Back Bay is the only UCC imprint in the state of Mississippi\, and holds a distinction as the #1 destination for UCC “Partners in Service” volunteers. \nCome to learn\, celebrate\, and participate as Rev. Elena Larssen\, UCC Minister for Volunteer Engagement\, interviews Ms. Sara Smith\, ‘Home at Last’ Case Manager to unsheltered people\, and Rev. James Pennington\, Executive Director\, about the history and future of this beloved humanitarian and activist institution as it enters its second decade of ministry.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/celebrating-100-years-with-back-bay-mission-making-good-trouble-on-the-coast-of-mississippi/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Wednesdays with the World
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220223T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220223T120000
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SUMMARY:The Politics of Persecution: Middle Eastern Christians in an Age of Empire
DESCRIPTION:Christians in the Middle East are the proud descendants of the first followers of Jesus\, continuing in the traditions of Christian churches\, some of which date back to the early centuries of Christianity. Despite their status as numerical minorities\, and living through a variety of difficult circumstances\, they persist in their presence and offer a vibrant witness to their faith. Discussion about them has become highly politicized\, to their detriment. \nThe Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb is founder and President of the Diyar Consortium\, which includes Dar al-Kalima University\, partners of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and United Church of Christ through Global Ministries. Rev. Raheb is a Palestinian Lutheran pastor and thinker from Bethlehem\, preeminent contextual theologian\, and author of more than forty books\, including The Politics of Persecution: Middle Eastern Christians in an Age of Empire.” \nJoin us on Wed.\, Feb. 23 to hear Rev. Raheb speak about his newest book\, which addresses the situation of Christians in the Middle East\, and discuss it with him. He will present a less-familiar narrative about Christians in the Middle East\, challenging us to reconsider how we think about our siblings in faith. Rev. Raheb’s book is available though Baylor University Press (https://www.globalministries.org/rev-mitri-rahebs-new-book-rebuffs-western-perceptions-of-persecuted-christians-in-the-middle-east-and-retells-their-story/)\, and we strongly encourage you to find a copy and read it before the webinar so you can engage with Rev. Raheb in the discussion.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/the-politics-of-persecution-middle-eastern-christians-in-an-age-of-empire/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Wednesdays with the World
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211201T140000
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SUMMARY:Global HOPE Blue Christmas Worship
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, Dec 1\, 2pm ET for a virtual worship service with Team Global HOPE at UCC National Ministries for a Blue Christmas worship service. Blue Christmas services traditionally provide space for those who don’t feel so “merry and bright” during the holiday season. \nThis service seeks to recognize and stand in solidarity with the experiences of those aggrieved or displaced by disaster or forced migration in 2021. We remember that we are called to stand in solidarity with the captive and the oppressed\, and work together with God’s guidance to create a just world for all. UCC Clergy and choirs engaged in humanitarian ministries across the denomination will be providing reflective liturgy\, music\, and preaching during this event. \nWe will be celebrating communion together virtually so please have something to eat and drink ready. It can be whatever you have on hand\, not necessarily bread and juice. This event will be recorded for later availability or use in local Blue Christmas events.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/global-hope-blue-christmas-worship/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Wednesdays with the World
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210929T140000
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SUMMARY:World Communion Sunday Worship
DESCRIPTION:Join us the Wednesday before World Communion Sunday as we celebrate and worship together. The first Sunday of October has become a time when Christians in every culture break bread and pour the cup to remember and affirm Christ as the Head of the Church. On that day\, we remember that we are part of the whole body of believers. Whether shared in a grand cathedral\, a mud hut\, outside on a hilltop\, in a meetinghouse\, or in a storefront\, Christians celebrate the communion liturgy in as many ways as there are congregations. \nWe will be celebrating communion together virtually so please have something to eat and drink ready. It can be whatever you have on hand\, not necessarily bread and juice.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/world-communion-sunday-worship/
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CATEGORIES:Wednesdays with the World
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SUMMARY:Reflections on Mission in the Time of COVID
DESCRIPTION:Join mission co-workers serving around the world as they reflect about their call\, serving during the pandemic\, and what mission means to them as they live and work with global partners. \nAndrew Larsen\, serving with the NCCP in the Philippines\, Kahala Cannon\, serving with the Council of Churches of Swaziland in eSwatini\, Nishan and Maria Bakalian both serving with the Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East in Lebanon\, will be in conversation with Cathy Nichols\, Executive for Mission Personnel.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/reflections-on-mission-in-the-time-of-covid/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Wednesdays with the World
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SUMMARY:Together in Hope: A Journey through Southern Asia
DESCRIPTION:Join Brande Crosby\, Global Ministries Communications Associate\, at the premier of a 37-minute travel documentary\, “A Story from Southern Asia”\, on her encounters with people and their initiatives for change. To make connections between continents for Global Ministries’ Southern Asia Initiative\, Brande travelled to India\, Sri Lanka\, Bangladesh and Indonesia in 2019\, and captured stories and images of people engaged with the challenges of human trafficking and forced migration\, caste discrimination\, religious and ethnic conflicts and climate change. \nNearly two years since then\, these partners now find themselves in circumstances more complex and challenging on account of Covid 19. Deenabandhu Manchala\, Southern Asia Executive\, will reflect on what these mean to the churches there and here\, and to our journey of hope together.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/together-in-hope-a-journey-through-southern-asia/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Wednesdays with the World
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210602T140000
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SUMMARY:Testing Justice: the Divide of COVID-19 Vaccine Access Globally
DESCRIPTION:The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every country around the world. Yet\, we’ve seen developing countries shut out from vaccine access\, while developed countries have horded supplies to make vaccines along with manufactured doses. This divide has impacted our global partners and will continue to impact them for years to come. \nThe Rev. Michael Kalito\, Training and Capacity Development Manager at the Theological Education by Extension\, Zambia\, will give a theological reflection on COVID-19 and the uneven and inequitable rollout of the vaccine. Each Area Executive will then speak to specific challenges facing our partners in their region.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/testing-justice-the-divide-of-covid-19-vaccine-access-globally/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Wednesdays with the World
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210519T110000
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SUMMARY:The Middle East in Transition\, and the Future and Role of its Christians
DESCRIPTION:The counties of the Middle East region continue to experience major social\, political\, and economic shifts with uncertain outcomes. What is sure is that the people of the region have been impacted in significant – and even tragic – ways. The Christians and churches of the region have not been exempt from these shifts. What is their future? What has been their role in responding to needs\, and what will their role be in what is to come? Join us to hear from the General Secretary of the Middle East Council of Churches\, Dr. Michel Abs\, as he offers his insight into the context and his vision for the place of Christians in the future.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/the-middle-east-in-transition-and-the-future-and-role-of-its-christians/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Wednesdays with the World
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210505T140000
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SUMMARY:State of Global Racial Justice
DESCRIPTION:Racism\, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination are on the rise globally. Afrophobia refers to a range of negative attitudes and feelings towards black people or people of African Descent around the world. It is a perceived fear and hatred of the cultures and peoples of Africa and the African diaspora. Casteism prejudice or antagonism directed against someone of a different caste. These are global problems diminishing the human rights of the world’s population. Join us for a conversation on the state of racism and discrimination globally.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/state-of-global-racial-justice/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Wednesdays with the World
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T150000
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SUMMARY:Spiritualities and Powers
DESCRIPTION:The spiritualities of colonized peoples survived and are being recovered by new generations. The project of decolonizing Christianity and dismantling Empire is one that must confront the realities of spiritualities that give life and flourish in spite of past and present oppression. How are these surviving and contributing to resilience and justice? \nThe Wednesdays with the World webinar series will be highlighting the ways in which the quest for justice is intersectional and global\, allowing UCC members greater opportunities for increased awareness of global concerns and highlighting options for advocacy and action.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/spiritualities-and-powers/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Wednesdays with the World
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