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SUMMARY:Church-Based Reparations
DESCRIPTION:Church-Based Reparations\nThere is a growing call among many US religious groups to explore financial reparations as part of amends through financial investments and long-term programs benefiting African Americans. \nWe will explore the theological grounding for reparations and will share learnings\, mistakes\, suggestions for the next steps and practices for engaging the work. Join us for an ecumenical panel discussion of representatives of various predominantly white congregations and entities who have engaged in reparations. \n*Please note this session is pre-recorded.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/church-based-reparations-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Tuesday for Nurture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211103T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211103T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110818
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210825T133958Z
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SUMMARY:OWL Taking Flight: OWL and Racial Justice
DESCRIPTION:OWL Taking Flight: Racial Justice Replay! Take time to watch or review this practical and reflective conversation with OWL Trainers of Color about how to be more intentionally anti-racist as an OWL facilitator.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/owl-taking-flight-owl-and-racial-justice/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Our Whole Lives
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211104T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211104T163000
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SUMMARY:Mysticism and Mindfulness
DESCRIPTION:Mysticism and Mindfulness\nThis webinar will offer conversation and practice from some of the leading mystics and mindfulness practitioners in the UCC. Come and listen alongside Rev. Dr. John C. Dorhauer\, Shannon Abbott\, Rev. Dr. John T. Myers and Rev. Brendan Curran. Come where you are with a willing heart and spirit\, and leave grounded and nourished. \n*Please note this session is pre-recorded.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/mysticism-and-mindfulness/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Thursdays for the Soul
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211109T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211109T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110818
CREATED:20211025T182901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211025T183808Z
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SUMMARY:Disabilities\, Mental Health\, and Racial Justice
DESCRIPTION:Disabilities\, Mental Health\, and Racial Justice\nJoin international disabilities scholar Rev. Dr. John Swinton and UCC’s Minister for Disabilities and Mental Health Justice Rev. Dr. Sarah Lund for a theological and practical conversation about God’s calling for us to create communities of radical belonging and liberating love. \nWe will explore the intersections of disability justice\, mental health justice\, and racial justice. We will share suggestions for how faith communities can live out this call for radical belonging\, liberating love\, and justice. \n*Please note this session is pre-recorded.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/disabilities-mental-health-and-racial-justice-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Thursdays for the Soul
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211111T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211111T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110818
CREATED:20211025T184539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211101T202033Z
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SUMMARY:Digital Funerals & Grief: A Conversation & Ritual
DESCRIPTION:As we collectively both prevent and respond to what is happening in our world\, the impacts of a global pandemic on how we grieve continue to offer both opportunities and demand creativity in keeping people safe. \nOn this panel\, we will be talking through the reality of what many are experiencing as grief goes digital. We will look towards how local pastors and chaplains are offering opportunities to grieve\, through what has been a shared experience of collective trauma in this age. And together\, we will hold a service of collective grief. \n*Please note this session is pre-recorded.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/digital-funerals-grief-a-conversation-ritual/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Thursdays for the Soul
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110818
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SUMMARY:Stigma\, Science\, and the Sacred: The Role of Faith Communities in Addressing Biomedical (Vaccine) Stigma
DESCRIPTION:An intentional conversation on the important role of faith communities in addressing scientific stigma and dismantling barriers to biomedical prevention and treatment access.\nPresenters:\nUlysses Burley\, Founder\, UBtheCURE\, LLC\nLouis Shackelford\, Project Manager External Relations\, COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN) & HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN)
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/stigma-science-and-the-sacred-the-role-of-faith-communities-in-addressing-biomedical-vaccine-stigma/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Health and Wholeness Advocacy Ministries
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110818
CREATED:20211101T164651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211108T143622Z
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SUMMARY:Faith — Trauma & Healing
DESCRIPTION:An engaging conversation on how faith can be both a source of trauma and healing\, centering the experiences\, journeys\, and perspectives of stigmatized people from marginalized and vulnerable communities.\nPresenters:\nRev. Michael Crumpler\, LGBTQ and Multicultural Programing Coordinator\, Unitarian Universalist Association\nMin. Erica Poellot\, Director of Faith and Community Partnerships\, National Harm Reduction Coalition\, & Director of Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention\, United Church of Christ\nKamal Fizazi\, J.D.\, Leadership Team Member\, U.S. HIV AIDS Faith Coalition
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/faith-trauma-healing/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Health and Wholeness Advocacy Ministries
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T163000
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SUMMARY:State of Creation
DESCRIPTION:What is necessary to halt the deleterious effects of climate change in the 21st century? Join Rev. Brooks Berndt\, Minister for Environmental Justice\, UCC\, and Jim Antal\, author\, public theologian\, Special Advisor on Climate Justice to the General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ. \nRev. Antal will address:\n• The current state of climate change\n• The impact of the roll-back of over 100 EPA regulations and disengagement from the Climate Accord; needed reforms\n• The role and responsibility of people of faith\n• Actions we can engage both as individuals and as communities in 2021 \nJoin us in a formal address from Rev. Antal as well as some dialogue moderated by Rev. Brooks Berndt about what we can do together to ensure God’s creation thrives in 2021 and beyond. \n*Please note this session is pre-recorded.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/state-of-creation/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Tuesday for Nurture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211118T153000
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SUMMARY:Queer the Church
DESCRIPTION:Darrell Goodwin and Chris Davies are queer leaders in the United Church of Christ. They have worked together: visioning\, dreaming and praying for a future where the United Church of Christ is relevant for the past several years. Come with your questions\, dreams and spirituality\, and listen alongside their conversation of Call\, faith and hope…for who we are\, and who we can be: where every voice is honored along the journey. While they will be speaking from their own place of identity and call; this offering is not only for queer-identified people but for ALL people seeking a place of rest for the soul. \n*Please note this session is pre-recorded.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/queer-the-church/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Thursdays for the Soul
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211123T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211123T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110819
CREATED:20211025T203041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211025T203041Z
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SUMMARY:What is the Doctrine of Discovery?
DESCRIPTION:In their own voices\, First Nations Indigenous People will discuss the destructiveness of the Doctrine of Discovery on their peoples in what is presently known as the Americas and the Caribbean. \n*Please note this session is pre-recorded.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/what-is-the-doctrine-of-discovery/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Tuesday for Nurture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211130T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211130T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110819
CREATED:20211025T203516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211124T164406Z
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SUMMARY:Let’s Talk About Abortion
DESCRIPTION:Let’s Talk About Abortion\nAbortion access is an issue of faith! The United Church of Christ has had a strong history of supporting access to safe and healthy abortion since before Roe V. Wade. UCC Clergy have been advocating for the women and people who need abortions for decades! \nJoin for a conversation with Elaina Ramsey\, Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice\, Sandy Sorenson\, United Church of Christ DC Team Leader\, and Rev. Dr. Chris Davies\, advocate for abortion access in Ohio. \n*Please note this session is pre-recorded.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/lets-talk-about-abortion-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Tuesday for Nurture
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