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SUMMARY:Partners in Building: A Virtual Conference with the UCC Church Building and Loan Fund
DESCRIPTION:Is your church contemplating ways to have a positive\, long-term impact in your community? \nYour church property might be a key ingredient to your congregation’s future mission and growth. Join us forour annual Partners in Building virtual conference to learn how to navigate possibilities and take steps torepurpose\, finance and manage church-owned property to create a lasting impact. \nPartners in Building is the only Church-led\, faith oriented event that provides comprehensive education aboutreal estate redevelopment\, from concept to completion. The conference is open to church leaders of anyChristian denomination based in the United States. It includes opportunities to connect with loan partners\,capital fundraising executives\, building professionals and other experts to discuss your goals. There will bepresentations and workshops on land use\, repurposing resources for mission\, faith-based entrepreneurship\,fundraising and the future of ministry as well. \nDon’t miss this important event that could help shape your church’s future. Sign up today. \nRegister: https://web.cvent.com/event/03c4dfed-e9a8-4094-8b83-fd73533e5628/summary
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/partners-in-building-a-virtual-conference-with-the-ucc-church-building-and-loan-fund/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230916T100000
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SUMMARY:Trails of Hope and Terror - Ames UCC Theologian-in-Residence
DESCRIPTION:Every four days\, five immigrants attempting to cross the desert to enter the United States end up dying in on our southern border. This is probably the greatest human rights violation currently occurring in our country … why? Trails of Hope and Terror is a documentary film whose mission is to explore the political\, economic\, social and historic reasons for this tragedy.\n\nJoin the 38th Annual Theologian in Residence Program broadcast from Ames UCC in Ames\, Iowa. This year’s theologian is Rev. Dr. Miguel Torre\, professor of social ethics at Iliff School of Theology in Denver\, CO.\n\nThe program will be in two parts: 10-11:30 am ET – Video broadcast “Trails of Hope and Terror” (2009) followed by a Q&A session with Rev. Dr. Torre. 11:30-11:45 am ET – Break 11:45 – 1 pm ET – “Confronting the Hopelessness of Immigration” keynote address by Rev. Dr. Torre followed by Q&A.\n\nLearn more about the program here.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/trails-of-hope-and-terror-ames-ucc-theologian-in-residence/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230915T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230915T150000
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SUMMARY:From Surviving to Thriving: Healing for the Forgotten Survivors of Racial Terror
DESCRIPTION:Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing and Supporting Sarah Collins Rudolph\nOn September 15\, 1963\, four members of the Ku Klux Klan planted dynamite inside the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham\, Alabama and at about 10:20am\, it was detonated.   When that dynamite exploded into the history of our nation\, it destroyed the lives of four girls\, Addie Mae Collins\, Denise McNair\, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley who were attending Sunday School services.  Unknown to many is the fact that there was a 5th little girl\, 12-year-old Sarah Collins\, who survived the bombing and whose life has been shaped by that trauma ever since. \nOn September 15\, 2023\, Join the Movement toward Racial Justice is partnering with Nurturing Justice to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the bombing and to support survivor Sarah Collins Rudolph.  Through an online symposium\, we will seek healing from the horror of past harms\, while keeping the power of the story of survival alive in our communities.  Through education\, skill-building and reparatory justice\, this symposium promises to not only honor the past but to equip us to build a future free from racial terror\, one where people of African descent cannot only survive\, but thrive. \nThe ongoing rise of white nationalist terror in our contemporary context\, the prevalence of trauma for Black and Brown people in America\, and the political and systemic roll back of voting\, educational\, reproductive and other basic human rights and freedoms\, require our persistent attention.  Let us join together on this historic day to see what history has to teach us about repairing our present and creating a more just future. \nContribute to the community restorative justice campaign to support Sarah Collins Rudolph by donating here. \nSymposium Format\nMorning Session\n\nOpening Worship\nInterview with Sarah Rudolph Collins\nPlenary Keynote: Racial Terror\, Trauma and Survival – Then and Now\n\nRegister here for the Morning Session:\nhttps://UCC.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Nn4Ltq2PQnWlpdd-u2pm0w  \nAfternoon Session\n\nWorkshops\n\nCombatting Christian Nationalism\nHealing Intergenerational Trauma\nCommunity Organizing against Racial Terror\n\n\n\nRegister here for the Afternoon Session:\nhttps://UCC.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vdu6oqD4vHNYx9RninS_ncA2q0XBHci-A \nSymposium Speakers and Leaders\n\nRev. Dr. Willie Dwayne Francois III\nRev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis\nRev. Dr. Velda Love\nSarah Collins Rudolph\nDr. Obery Hendricks\, Jr.\nRev. Dr. Danielle Buhuro\nBishop Dwayne Royster
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/from-surviving-to-thriving-healing-for-the-forgotten-survivors-of-racial-terror/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Join the Movement
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230914T153000
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SUMMARY:Then Let Us Sing! A Case Study (Reimagining Ritual Series)
DESCRIPTION:Then Let Us Sing! is a new online hymnal and music resource developed by the United Church of Canada for release in fall 2024. The Education Justice\, and Ethos (EJE) sub-committee works to create strong theological criteria and rubric for music selection and edits from an anti-oppression\, anti-colonial lens — including an ethical framework for copyright. Members of the sub-committee\, including UCC Minister of Worship and Theology\, Cheryl Lindsay\, discuss the process and impact of the theological and ethical commitments in the development of this resource.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/then-let-us-sing-a-case-study-reimagining-ritual-series/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Thursdays for the Soul
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T140000
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SUMMARY:The Climate Strike Movement 5 Years Later
DESCRIPTION:Five years have now passed from when Greta Thunberg and soon others went on strike from school to launch a movement that expanded and reverberated around the world. The movement continues as organizers prepare for the March to End Fossil Fuels in New York City on September 17th. This webinar will feature organizers and activists who will reflect back on the movement and where we are today. The Rev. Jim Antal has recently written a new chapter for his popular book “Climate Church\, Climate World” that is entitled\, “Trump\, Biden\, Greta—Years of Upheaval\, 2018-2022.” Aly Tharp is the Senior Organizer for GreenFaith and is currently organizing faith communities in support of the September 17th march. Gabriela Martinez is an organizer for the Franciscan Action Network and is also mobilizing support for the march. Even if you cannot make the webinar at its scheduled time\, still sign-up\, and we will send you a link to a recording of it. This monthly installment of Creation Justice Webinars is co-hosted by the Rev. Dr. Brooks Berndt who serves as the Minister of Environmental Justice for the United Church of Christ and the Rev. Michael Malcom who serves as the Executive Director for Alabama Interfaith Power & Light and the People’s Justice Council.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/the-climate-strike-movement-5-years-later/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Creation Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T163000
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SUMMARY:The Metamorphosis Moment: A Conversation with Marcia McFee (Reimagining Ritual Series)
DESCRIPTION:Marcia McFee\, PhD (professor\, worship designer\, author\, preacher and ritual artist) joins Cheryl Lindsay\, DWS (UCC Minister for Worship and Theology) for a conversation about the creativity and innovation needed and available to worshipping communities in this moment as the church emerges from the pandemic into the next normal.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/the-metamorphosis-moment-a-conversation-with-marcia-mcfee-reimagining-ritual-series/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Thursdays for the Soul
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230906T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230906T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T121705
CREATED:20230823T141121Z
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SUMMARY:OWL Taking Flight - Parent Orientation for OWL and Sexuality and Our Faith: Tips for Success
DESCRIPTION:Join some seasoned OWL coordinators for information about how to make your Parent Orientation a success!
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/owl-taking-flight-parent-orientation-for-owl-and-sexuality-and-our-faith-tips-for-success/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Our Whole Lives
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230831T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230831T163000
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SUMMARY:Building A Better World: Faith-based Organizing from A-Z
DESCRIPTION:A Conversation with “Building a Better World” Editor\, Vahisha Hasan. “Some people understand organizing as something that happens outside of the church\, but following the teachings and ministry of Jesus we quickly realize the call to discipleship is a call to organize guided by our Faith. Join us as we discuss “Building A Better World” a new offering of the United Church of Christ that engages organizing principles of our Faith.” – Rev. Traci D. Blackmon
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/building-a-better-world-faith-based-organizing-from-a-z/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Nurture the Soul
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T163000
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CREATED:20230727T152431Z
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SUMMARY:Love is Louder: Listening Deeply to LGBTQIA+ Experiences
DESCRIPTION:Gender & Sexuality Justice Ministries hosts a month-long webinar series focusing on intentional dialogue with LGBTQIA+ individuals to learn more about the state of this moment and how we can collectively offer care and just action together.\n\nClosing our series with the possibility of our collective becoming is Dr. Roberto Ché Espinoza\, a transgender public scholar & Latinx using story and imaginative narrative with hopes of stewarding ethical future. Together we’ll talk through how we can collectively plant seeds for love to continue to be louder than hate and an active posture of our faith in action.\n\nDr. Roberto Ché Espinoza(he/they) is a Transgender public scholar & Latinx using story and imaginative narrative with hopes of stewarding ethical futures. Using story and imaginative narrative\, Dr. Roberto writes for the academy\, church\, and movements for social change. Dr. Roberto is the author of Activist Theology and Body Becoming: A Path to Our Liberation. They were named 1 of 10 faith leaders to watch by the Center for American Progress in 2018 and continues to plant seeds for our collective becoming.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/love-is-louder-listening-deeply-to-lgbtqia-experiences-4/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230823T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230823T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T121705
CREATED:20221208T171216Z
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SUMMARY:Narrative Budgets: Telling your Story by the Numbers
DESCRIPTION:A narrative budget translates the line items of a traditional budget into a story of how your congregation makes a difference in the world. It can be a helpful tool for a stewardship campaign or annual meeting. By telling the story of our congregations’ impact\, we can inspire generosity in our donors.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/narrative-budgets-telling-your-story-by-the-numbers-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Stewardship
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230817T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230817T163000
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CREATED:20230726T180718Z
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SUMMARY:Love is Louder: Listening Deeply to LGBTQIA+ Experiences
DESCRIPTION:Gender & Sexuality Justice Ministries hosts a month-long webinar series focusing on intentional dialogue with LGBTQIA+ individuals to learn more about the state of this moment and how we can collectively offer care and just action together. \nVenturing further into our Love is Louder series\, we welcome Kevin Miguel Garcia\, a spiritual recovery coach\, mystic theologian and author of the upcoming release What Makes You Bloom: Cultivating a Practice with Your Divine Self to share with us practices of resilience\, solidarity and self-compassion for the work of loving ourselves and our neighbors out loud. \nKevin Miguel Garcia (they/them) is a digital pastor\, spiritual recovery coach\, mystic theologian\, sought-after speaker\, and host of the podcast A Tiny Revolution. Gracia holds a master of practical theology from Columbia Theological Seminary. They coach clients form around the world through deconstruction\, coming-out processes\, and cultivating spiritual practices to promote resilience\, solidarity\, and self-compassion. Gracia is the author of Bad Theology Kills and upcoming release What Makes You Bloom: Cultivating a Practice with Your Divine Self with Broadleaf Press.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/love-is-louder-listening-deeply-to-lgbtqia-experiences-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230810T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230810T163000
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SUMMARY:Love is Louder: Listening Deeply to LGBTQIA+ Experiences
DESCRIPTION:Gender & Sexuality Justice Ministries hosts a month-long webinar series focusing on intentional dialogue with LGBTQIA+ individuals to learn more about the state of this moment and how we can collectively offer care and just action together.\n\nContinuing our Love is Louder series we’ll spend time with Erin Green who serves as the Campus and Alumni Organizer for REAP (Religious Exemption Accountability Project). In this series episode we’ll explore the intersections of education and LGBTQIA+ experiences. This conversation will help widen our perspectives on the various ways LGBTQIA+ experiences can be oppressed throughout different systems and ways you can engage supportively!\n\nErin Green (She/They) is the Campus and Alumni Organizer for REAP. They are an affirming biblical scholar and LGBTQ+ activist. Erin has a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies from Azusa Pacific University and an M.Div. from San Francisco Theological Seminary. Their specialties are in the entire Christian biblical corpus with an emphasis on the Hebrew Bible\, the ancient Near East\, exegesis\, and how to employ various hermeneutical methods. Erin’s passion is helping those excluded by the church to heal from spiritual abuse and trauma by navigating the biblical text in restorative ways.\n\nErin is best known for their work in supporting LGBTQ+ students on conservative\, Christian university campuses and in religious spaces.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/love-is-louder-listening-deeply-to-lgbtqia-experiences-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230809T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230809T150000
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SUMMARY:Centering Environmental Justice at the EPA
DESCRIPTION:The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is “to protect human health and the environment.” It’s a mission that relates directly to some of the core values held by people of faith. It’s also a mission that has evolved and developed in important ways. This past year the EPA institutionalized environmental justice and civil rights as top priorities. In this webinar\, we will focus on what people of faith need to know about how the EPA works. We will pay particular attention to environmental justice and new programs\, such as those related to environmental justice grants. Our featured guests will be:\n\n-Charles Lee\, Senior Policy Advisor for Environmental Justice\, EPA\n-Jacob Burney\, Environmental Justice Grants Division Director\, EPA\n\nEven if you cannot make the webinar at its scheduled time\, still sign-up\, and we will send you a link to a recording of it.\n\nThis monthly installment of Creation Justice Webinars is co-hosted by the Rev. Dr. Brooks Berndt who serves as the Minister of Environmental Justice for the United Church of Christ and the Rev. Michael Malcom who serves as the Executive Director for Alabama Interfaith Power & Light and the People’s Justice Council.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/centering-environmental-justice-at-the-epa/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Environmental Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230807T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230807T143000
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SUMMARY:Climate Hope Cards Prayer Service
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a brief online prayer service as we enter into the final week of collecting Climate Hope Cards to deliver to Washington\, DC in September. Climate Hope Cards is an effort to strengthen EPA protections so that we might save thousands of lives\, address societal inequities\, and put our nation on track to reach its climate goals. UCC churches and camps across the country have been participating in this campaign over the course of the summer. The prayer service will feature interns and fellows who have been devoting time and energy to collecting cards. They will share with us moments in which they have experienced or witnessed hope over the past few months. All are welcome to join us!
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/climate-hope-cards-prayer-service/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Creation Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230803T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230803T163000
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SUMMARY:Love is Louder: Listening Deeply to LGBTQIA+ Experiences
DESCRIPTION:Gender & Sexuality Justice Ministries hosts a month-long webinar series focusing on intentional dialogue with LGBTQIA+ individuals to learn more about the state of this moment and how we can collectively offer care and just action together.\n\n Kicking off our Love is Louder series will be Dr. Katrina Roseboro-Marsh\, who currently serves as the Executive Director for the Open and Affirming Coalition of the United Church of Christ. In this series episode\, we’ll explore together the impact of genuine extravagant welcome and affirmation of LGBTQIA+ siblings. This conversation will help prepare the way for asking ourselves what our internal work is for this moment and how we can act collectively out loud in love!
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/love-is-louder-listening-deeply-to-lgbtqia-experiences/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230727T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230727T163000
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SUMMARY:Nurture the Soul Webinar: A Conversation with the New GMP
DESCRIPTION:This week will feature conversation with our new General Minister and President\, Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson. Register now to join the Zoom! \nThursdays for the Soul: A webinar series to care for the whole church. Topics are wide ranging\, and are focused on the spirituality and care of people. Prayer\, worship\, music\, psalm readings\, or compassionate teaching are included. This will be a predictable time of gathering for something to feed your spirit\, offered by Faith Education\, Innovation\, and Formation and Justice and Local Church Ministries of the national setting\, United Church of Christ.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/a-conversation-with-the-new-gmp/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Justice and Local Church Ministries
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230726T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230726T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T121705
CREATED:20221208T170917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221208T170917Z
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SUMMARY:Discover Your Why: How a Clear Purpose Strengthens Evangelism\, Giving\, and Impact  
DESCRIPTION:Andrew Warner and Kent Siladi will talk about the importance of understanding the “why” of your congregation. You will learn methods to articulate this reason for being of your Church. Together\, we will consider how to use the why to motivate and engage people.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/discover-your-why-how-a-clear-purpose-strengthens-evangelism-giving-and-impact/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Stewardship
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230720T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230720T163000
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SUMMARY:Summer Artist Series IV: Convergence Music Project
DESCRIPTION:In our fourth and final Nurture the Soul Summer Artist Series\, we are joined by musicians and songwriters from Convergence Music Project\, music for a just and generous Christianity. Listen to folks like Bryan Sirchio\, Richard Bruxvoort Colligan and Tracy Howe share their latest work as well as exciting developments with CMP.\n\n\nConvergence Music Project is a platform connecting local churches to congregational songs and worship resources embodying a just and generous Christianity. This includes commitments to restorative racial justice and uplifting the sacredness of queer and trans folx to for starters. The website and platform for distributing these resources also makes sure artists receive fair and just compensation in a digital age. It is like fair and direct trade music. It is also an open network\, always growing and welcoming new submissions! Learn more at convergencemp.com.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/summer-artist-series-iv-convergence-music-project/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Nurture the Soul
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230713T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230713T163000
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SUMMARY:Summer Artist Series III: Music That Makes Community
DESCRIPTION:Music That Makes Community\, working with ecumenical communities and leaders to empower and liberate communities’ spiritual life through singing. \nIn this third episode of the Nurture the Soul Summer Artist Series\, we are joined by song leaders\, composers and artists from Music That Makes Community\, and organization that connects a worldwide network of practitioners and leaders who share a practice of paperless song leading. MMC partners with hosts to produce conferences and workshops to teach the practice and create resources for making connections and building a repertoire of songs for paperless song leading. On this webinar\, learn about this movement and practice and be renewed and inspired by the songs that are shared.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/summer-artist-series-ii-music-that-makes-community/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Nurture the Soul
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230712T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230712T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T121705
CREATED:20230711T155034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230711T155034Z
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SUMMARY:Seeing through the Smoke: Wildfires\, Climate\, and a Path Forward
DESCRIPTION:How can we find a path forward in addressing the wildfires that have created a landscape of crisis in our climate changed world? This webinar will feature three leading thinkers and practitioners in answering this question. John Vaillant has recently released a book entitled “Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World” that David Wallace Wells has praised as “mesmerizing” and “unfortunately\, exquisitely timed.” Shana Udvardy is the Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst for the Union of Concerned Scientists. Rick O’Rourke is from the Cultural Fire Management Council which practices fire stewardship on the Yurok Reservation and ancestral lands. \nEven if you cannot make the webinar at its scheduled time\, still sign-up\, and we will send you a link to a recording of it. \nThis monthly installment of Creation Justice Webinars is co-hosted by the Rev. Dr. Brooks Berndt who serves as the Minister of Environmental Justice for the United Church of Christ and the Rev. Michael Malcom who serves as the Executive Director for Alabama Interfaith Power & Light and the People’s Justice Council.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/seeing-through-the-smoke-wildfires-climate-and-a-path-forward/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Creation Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230622T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230622T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T121705
CREATED:20230606T193243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230606T194132Z
UID:210403-1687447800-1687451400@www.ucc.org
SUMMARY:The Tenure of John Dorhauer: a Nurture the Soul Special Offering
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special offering of Nurture the Soul\, an interview with Rev. Dr. John Dorhauer\, who has served as General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ for eight years. In this intimate interview\, we will visit milestones and memories\, lessons learned and the legacy John hopes to leave with us all.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/the-tenure-of-john-dorhauer-a-nurture-the-soul-special-offering/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Justice and Local Church Ministries
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230620T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230620T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T121705
CREATED:20230608T202730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230615T200905Z
UID:210495-1687287600-1687291200@www.ucc.org
SUMMARY:World Refugee Day 2023 Worship Service
DESCRIPTION:As Christians\, we seek to live out God’s call to welcome refugees and asylum seekers. With multiple threats facing our siblings across the globe and ever-changing legislation\, where are God’s people Finding Freedom? \nYou’re invited to an ecumenical worship service in honor of World Refugee Day 2023. This is a celebration with those who have found freedom and a call to continue the work of liberation until all of God’s children know a safe home. \nJoin the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and United Church of Christ\, featuring: \n\n“Words of Welcome” by Rev. Terri Hord Owens (General Minister and President of the DOC).\nUCC and DOC choirs and speakers.\nSermon by Gustavo Sermeño (Ainsworth UCC).\n“Blessing for the Journey” by Rev. Dr. John Dorhauer (General Minister and President of the UCC).\n\nWorship planned by DOC’s Immigration & Refugee Response and UCC’s Refugee & Migration Ministries/Global H.O.P.E. \n*Observe World Refugee Day with your congregation: Download the free\, ecumenical resources from the DOC’s Week of Compassion website: full worship service\, videos of each segment\, and order of worship. \nRegister for the live stream:  \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFirst Name *\n\n\n\nLast Name *\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmail *\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSelect your denomination\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUnited Church of Christ\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristian Church (Disciples of Christ)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOther/None\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmail preferences\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI would like to receive periodic emails from the United Church of Christ\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI would like to receive periodic emails from the Disciples of Christ\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI only wish to receive emails regarding this event\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMobile Phone\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nText preferences\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI would like to receive periodic text messages (UCC only)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubmit
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/world-refugee-day-2023-worship-service/
LOCATION:Livestream
CATEGORIES:Global Hope,Wider Church Ministries
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T163000
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CREATED:20230606T193023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230606T193023Z
UID:210399-1686843000-1686846600@www.ucc.org
SUMMARY:Celebrating Juneteenth: Practicing Antiracism from Emancipation to Freedom
DESCRIPTION:As part of our engagement with Ibram X Kendi’s book How to Be an Antiracist\, Join the Movement’s All Church Read\, our Juneteenth panelists will reflect on the themes of the last chapters of the book: Failure\, Success\, and Survival. The exploration of each theme will include our resident historian\, Dr. Renee K. Harrison offering a historical connection to Juneteenth and emancipation\, reflection from a UCC leader on the implications for our continued work of emancipation and antiracism\, and an artistic expression connecting it to our call to abolitionist futures. Join together to discover how practicing antiracism can continue the Juneteenth lineage of moving us from emancipation toward freedom.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/celebrating-juneteenth-practicing-antiracism-from-emancipation-to-freedom/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Justice and Local Church Ministries
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230614T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230614T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T121705
CREATED:20230530T151954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230530T153630Z
UID:210026-1686747600-1686751200@www.ucc.org
SUMMARY:Seizing an Opportunity: Strengthening EPA Protections in 2023
DESCRIPTION:Pollution from the power sector places a disproportionate burden on low income neighborhoods and communities of color. The power sector also produces a quarter of green house gas emissions in the United States. In the coming months\, there is a significant opportunity to advance environmental justice and put the United States on a path to achieve 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. In 2023\, the Environmental Protection Agency can make desperately needed strides in strengthening protections that will safeguard communities and our future. In this webinar\, we will learn more about the possibilities before us and what communities of faith can do to realize them.\n\nEven if you cannot make the webinar at its scheduled time\, still sign-up\, and we will send you a link to a recording of it.\n\nThis monthly installment of Creation Justice Webinars is co-hosted by the Rev. Dr. Brooks Berndt who serves as the Minister of Environmental Justice for the United Church of Christ and the Rev. Michael Malcom who serves as the Executive Director for Alabama Interfaith Power & Light and the People’s Justice Council.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/seizing-an-opportunity-strengthening-epa-protections-in-2023/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Environmental Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230608T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230608T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T121705
CREATED:20230606T192458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230606T194217Z
UID:210397-1686238200-1686241800@www.ucc.org
SUMMARY:Summer Artist Series II\, Q Worship Collective
DESCRIPTION:TITLE: Q Worship Collective\,\nforging new ground and creating space for artists to share stories and music of reclamation\, reconciliation and identity with the Divine.\n\nDESCRIPTION: In this second episode of the Nurture the Soul Summer Artist Series\, we are joined by the Q Worship Collective\, a fierce collective of divergent artists who have experienced parallel spiritual journeys delving into the intersection of holy and queer creative expression. This webinar will feature artists from across the country\, sharing stories and music of queer reclamation\, healing and faith.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/summer-artist-series-ii-q-worship-collective/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Justice and Local Church Ministries
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230607T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230607T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T121705
CREATED:20230606T191213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230606T191213Z
UID:210395-1686139200-1686142800@www.ucc.org
SUMMARY:OWL Taking Flight - Trans Action
DESCRIPTION:We will lift up ways that the UCC and UUA are creating support for trans beloved.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/owl-taking-flight-trans-action/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Our Whole LIves
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230531T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230531T140000
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CREATED:20230206T182728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230209T181410Z
UID:204165-1685538000-1685541600@www.ucc.org
SUMMARY:What has been your most important COVID shift?
DESCRIPTION:Part 8 of the Create Playspace with the President series. \nProvocateur:\nRev. Dr. John C. Dorhauer\, General Minister and President of the UCC. \n**Please note- all sessions in this series will be recorded.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/what-has-been-your-most-important-covid-shift/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Office of the General Minister and President
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230528
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230529
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CREATED:20230327T194027Z
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UID:206321-1685232000-1685318399@www.ucc.org
SUMMARY:Strengthen the Church Offering
DESCRIPTION:Strengthen the Church offering is traditionally taken on the first Sunday of Pentecost. This year it will be on May 28\, 2023. Order your offering theme materials here.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/strengthen-the-church-offering/
CATEGORIES:Stewardship
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230525T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230525T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T121705
CREATED:20230427T155444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230502T184904Z
UID:208765-1685028600-1685032200@www.ucc.org
SUMMARY:Security and Faith: Threats and Responses from UCC Local Churches
DESCRIPTION:Security and Faith. In this three-part series\, host Rev. Tracy Howe\, Team Leader and Minister for FaithINFO and seasoned organizer invites panelists to engage community security issues. We live in a world of increasing vulnerability\, charged public rhetoric\, and more and more guns. Local congregations are encountering threats to persons and property\, from their local churches where buildings are being vandalized and pastors being threatened to the greater community where white Christian nationalists are demonstrating against drag shows and pride festivals. What does security mean from a Gospel perspective? What can we build together towards a safety for all? \nSecurity and Faith Episode III: Local Church Preparedness and Safety. Join Rev. Tracy Howe\, Team Leader and Minister for FaithINFO at the National Setting and seasoned organizer as she speaks to local church pastors and lay leaders involved in local church preparedness and safety. Learn about the resources available and where imagination and faithfulness are coming together to fill in the gaps. What if a local church hosts a school? A food pantry? How do these public programs impact community safety in a world with increasing threats and vulnerability. How can we faithfully prepare and respond?
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/security-and-faith-threats-and-responses-from-ucc-local-churches/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Nurture the Soul
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230524T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230524T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T121705
CREATED:20221208T170600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221208T170600Z
UID:200895-1684953000-1684956600@www.ucc.org
SUMMARY:Building an Endowment
DESCRIPTION:An endowment can support a congregation and its wider mission. But where do you start? This webinar will provide ideas and policies for creating and growing an endowment for your congregation. Rev. Andrew Warner will draw on his experience with the Wisconsin Foundation UCC when discussing how to raise\, manage\, and use endowment funds.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/building-an-endowment-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Stewardship
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