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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210601T153000
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SUMMARY:The State of Seminary Education
DESCRIPTION:After a year of dramatically-increased digital engagement\, new ministries and new leadership is emerging everywhere! How has the increased open access to theology shifted the landscape of credentialed theological education? What new models help ground spiritual communities theologically\, and how are our seminaries preparing current and future leaders of the Church? Join the presidents of the UCC-affiliated seminaries for a robust conversation moderated by Rev. Elizabeth Dilley\, Minister and Team Leader of the Ministerial Excellence\, Support\, and Authorization (MESA) ministry team in the national setting.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/the-state-of-seminary-education/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Ministerial Excellence Support and Authorization (MESA)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210602T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210602T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T184552
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SUMMARY:OWL Taking Flight: HIV/AIDS-What We Can Learn from the Framework for Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:Join UCC and UUA national staff in a conversation about the importance of faith voices in the fight against HIV stigma.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/owl-taking-flight-hiv-aids-what-we-can-learn-from-the-framework-for-dialogue/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210602T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210602T150000
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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:20210603T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210603T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T184552
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SUMMARY:Pulse 5 years after\, a Remembrance
DESCRIPTION:This service will honor the lives of those lost on June 12\, 2016\, at the Pulse Club in Tampa Florida. This hate crime took the life of 49 people at LGBTQ Club on Latin night. We will remember with music\, prayer\, and rituals. The service will be in Spanish with simultaneous interpretation.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/pulse-5-years-after-a-remembrance/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210608T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210608T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T184552
CREATED:20210513T193513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210519T184008Z
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SUMMARY:Sexuality & The Black Church
DESCRIPTION:Ministers for Racial\, Social\, and Economic Justice (MRSEJ) is launching a curriculum intended to address the historical challenges faced around fully embracing all expressions of Black sexuality. While such challenges are not unique in any expression of the church regardless of racial/ethnic identity\, ongoing challenges to the recognition of the broad spectrum of gender identities and sexuality is at the heart of many theological\, spiritual\, psychological\, and practical struggles Black congregations face. Join us for this panel discussion with the thought leaders behind this curriculum and learn more about its origin\, intent\, and ways you might engage.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/sexuality-the-black-church/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210609T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210609T193000
DTSTAMP:20260417T184552
CREATED:20210426T203201Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210520T173636Z
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SUMMARY:Reparatory Justice and Reparations: Truth-Telling\, Conciliation\, and Healing
DESCRIPTION:The Case for Reparations is a national and global movement for people of African descent—enslaved Africans and their descendants globally. Reparatory justice is also needed for descendants of Indigenous peoples including Native Americans\, Latin Americans\, Asian/Pacific Islanders/Hawaiians whose legacies include\, genocide\, theft of land\, the denial of legal and human rights\, and forced labor to build the wealth of Europe and U.S. territories. During this digital program\, we will introduce a new learning platform engaging the denomination in An Interactive Educational Study Guide on Reparatory Justice and Reparations for the Christian Church in the 21st Century.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/reparatory-justice-and-reparations-truth-telling-conciliation-and-healing/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210610T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210610T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T184552
CREATED:20210601T113521Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210604T204303Z
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SUMMARY:Creating Rituals for our Virtual Synod Worship
DESCRIPTION:This session\, led by Rev. Tracy Howe\, Worship Director for General Synod\, and Rev. Nancy Rosas\, pastor at Pilgrim St. Lukes in Buffalo\, NY and part of the Synod Worship Planning Team\, we will continue to prepare our hearts and minds and bodies and communities for General Synod Worship. We will look at how ritual is woven into GS worship and what to expect. Participants will gain insight and understanding into the theological foundations and artistry that went into the rituals included in the worship services we’ve woven in and how we hope people will participate from home as well as ideas as to how to incorporate these things into continuing virtual worship and hybrid worship. Suggested rituals for getting rooted\, resilience and renewal and resurrection will be shared!
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/creating-rituals-for-our-virtual-synod-worship/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210610T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210610T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T184552
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SUMMARY:Focus on the Philippines: Stop Red Tagging
DESCRIPTION:The alarming human rights situation in the Philippines is drawing international concern. Following the June 2020 Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report\, people’s organizations and civil society demanded an independent international investigation of the Philippine human rights situation amid a targeting of human right defenders through the use of red tagging\, a prevailing culture of impunity\, and the inadequacy of the domestic justice system. \nINVESTIGATE PH is that independent international investigation and is conducted by people’s organizations and civil society from all over the world. It aims to urge relevant UN bodies to make use of international mechanisms to hold perpetrators of human rights violations in the Philippines accountable and to deliver justice to victims. Its first report was released in March 2021\, the second report will be released on July 6\, 2021\, and the third report will be presented in September 2021 to the UN Human Rights Council when the High Commissioner will update on the implementation of the technical cooperation on human rights with the Philippine government. \nDuring this webinar\, the National Council of Churches in the Philippines will report on the current human rights situation in the Philippines. Two INVESTIGATE PH high-level commissioners\, Rev. Michael Blair\, General Secretary of the United Church of Canada\, and Rev. Dr. Susan Henry Crowe\, General Secretary of the United Methodist Church in the United States\, and one sub-commissioner\, Derek Duncan\, East Asia and Pacific Executive of Global Ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ will talk about INVESTIGATE PH and its first two reports.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/focus-on-the-philippines-stop-red-tagging/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Global Ministries
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210614T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210614T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T184552
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SUMMARY:Take a Stand: Stop Line 3
DESCRIPTION:The Line 3 Expansion is a massive tar sands oil pipeline under construction through the heart of Northern Minnesota. If completed\, it would cross a hundred waterways\, including the headwaters of the Mississippi River. It would also pass near the border of multiple Native nations and across hundreds of miles of treaty-protected land\, which those communities depend on for drinking water and wild rice gathering. In this webinar\, we will learn more about Line 3 and what faith communities can do to stop it. Featured speakers will include: \n\nRev. Jim Bear Jacobs\, Minnesota Council of Churches and Healing Minnesota Stories\nNina Berguland\, Youth Council and Indigenous Council for Earth Guardians\nJoe Meinholz\, Pipeline Resistance Coordinator for Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light\n\nEven if you cannot make the scheduled time\, still sign-up\, and we will send you a recording. \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/take-a-stand-stop-line-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Creation Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210615T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210615T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T184552
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SUMMARY:Mind the Gap: Worker Justice\, Wage\, Medicaid\, and the Right to Organize
DESCRIPTION:In part 2 of this four-part series\, we will address the need for worker justice. Over the next few months we will explore Motherhood\, Working and Wage Justice\, Debt and Health Equity. \nJoin us as we look at the gaps for workers and their families that make it difficult to survive and thrive. We will examine wage\, labor organizing\, Medicaid Expansion\, and how to hold corporations accountable for how they treat workers both in the US and abroad. A link to a social media toolkit on how to engage these efforts moving forward will be provided to registrants and on the Youtube description resources afterwards.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/mind-the-gap-worker-justice-wage-medicaid-and-the-right-to-organize/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210616T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210616T150000
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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:20210617T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210617T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T184552
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SUMMARY:United Black Christians (UBC) Celebrates Juneteenth
DESCRIPTION:On June 19\, 1865 in Galveston\, Texas\, a U.S. federal proclamation was read notifying people of African Descent were all free and that slavery was abolished. This date has since been commemorated as Freedom Day\, Jubilee Day\, Liberation Day and/or Emancipation Day. The earliest Juneteenth celebration being recorded in 1867. \nOn Thursday\, June 17th at 3:30 pm EST\, come and celebrate with UCC’s United Black Christians (UBC) celebrate the historic significance of Juneteenth to our UCC congregations\, especially our African Descendent churches
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/united-black-christians-ubc-celebrates-juneteenth/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210618T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210618T133000
DTSTAMP:20260417T184552
CREATED:20210601T114043Z
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SUMMARY:A Juneteenth Celebration with Stories and Sacred Music
DESCRIPTION:Juneteenth marks the official end of slavery in the U.S. The original legal declaration was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln which instituted Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration honoring the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19\, 1865\, Union General Gordon Granger led thousands of federal troops to Galveston\, Texas to announce that the Civil War had ended\, and slaves had been freed. \nListen to lives of African peoples through 4-genres of storytelling and music. Experience the long history of first peoples despite the interruptions\, setbacks\, and tragedies. Journey with us through sacred music\, spoken word\, and creative expressions of joy\, sorrow\, and praise. African descended people have resisted\, revolted\, protested\, and fought for their freedom and right to exists as God intended since the beginning of human existence. In the 21st century\, COVID-19\, state sanctioned law enforcement murders\, and white nationalism and vigilante threats and acts of violence continue to impact people of African descent nationally and globally. And Still We Rise!
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/a-juneteenth-celebration-with-stories-and-sacred-music/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210622T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210622T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T184552
CREATED:20210601T114345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210616T161743Z
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SUMMARY:Rural Congregations of the South/Southwest
DESCRIPTION:In a continuing series regarding the state of rural congregations and ministries in the United Church of Christ today; join Conference and Local congregational leaders as they speak into the opportunities\, challenges\, and realities of doing church in rural and small towns in the Southern and Southwestern parts of the U.S.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/rural-congregations-of-the-south-southwest/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210624T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210624T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T184552
CREATED:20210521T150701Z
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SUMMARY:Synod Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:As we gather in for the first ever Special Edition Digital General Synod upcoming\, we know that there are so many who will hold an ache for the kind of things that happen in person. General Synod in the past has been: A gathering of our church to do the work of the denomination and pass resolutions\, a family reunion of sorts\, a place where people are activated for Justice and Jesus\, a place where connections happen and sparks of innovation come forward\, and so much more. While we’ll still have resolutions and worship and digital programming for Synod 2021\, it will certainly be different this year! Before we gather in July\, come to this Synod Storytelling event to hear stories of Synod’s past\, and the incredible community\, work\, and connections which have occurred\, because WE are the UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/synod-storytelling/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210629T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210629T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T184552
CREATED:20210604T141027Z
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SUMMARY:Sharing Leadership in UCC Community
DESCRIPTION:Some mistakenly believe that United Church of Christ faith communities resist leadership by-design. The truth is that UCC polity calls on communities to share leadership\, voluntarily and covenantally. Sharing leadership is so countercultural\, it’s easy to misunderstand. \nJoin Dean Sarah B. Drummond of Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School and Rev. Dr. Chris S. Davies for an in an energizing and timely conversation about Drummond’s new book from the Pilgrim Press\, Sharing Leadership: A United Church of Christ Way of Being In-Community. \nDavies and Drummond will reflect on questions like\, “How can faith communities share leadership well?” and\, “How can the UCC help its members to carry the life-giving practices of sharing leadership into their families\, communities\, and workplaces?”
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/sharing-leadership-in-ucc-community/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Tuesday for Nature
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210701
DTSTAMP:20260417T184552
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SUMMARY:Decision Day
DESCRIPTION:DecisionDay will occur sometime between now and the end of June. The court does not announce which opinions will be issued ahead of time. \nDecision Day Schedule: \n\n10 AM ET: Court begins to announce decisions; one every 10 min\n11 AM ET: We will email you that today is “DecisionDay”\n2-2:30 PM ET: Check-in call for organization staff & event speakers. Overview of the opinion\, outcome scenario we are facing\, recommended talking points and brief Q&A. RSVP required\n7 PM ET: Virtual National Rally with featured speakers and performances. Live-streamed on DecisionDay.org\, YouTube\, and Facebook\n8:30 PM ET: Virtual Town Hall. RSVP required at DecisionDay.org
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/decision-day/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210630T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210630T150000
DTSTAMP:20260417T184552
CREATED:20210617T140355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210712T235827Z
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SUMMARY:Thursdays in Black: Toward a world without rape and violence
DESCRIPTION:Globally\, 1 in 3 women experience physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime\, according to data from the World Health Organization. Such violence can increase during public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. We all have a responsibility to speak out against violence\, to ensure that everyone is safe from rape and violence in homes\, schools\, work\, streets – in all places in our societies. \nJoin us as we learn about the Thursdays in Black campaign and ways in which we\, as faith communities\, can help to end gender-based violence in local and global settings.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/thursdays-in-black-toward-a-world-without-rape-and-violence/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Thursdays in Black
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