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SUMMARY:Mental Health Awareness While Offering OWL
DESCRIPTION:May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Rev. Dr. Sarah Lund UCC Minister for Mental Health and Disabilities\, and Jennica Davis-Hockett UUA Youth Ministry Specialist\, will join us for a conversation about youth\, mental health\, and intersections with Our Whole Lives.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/mental-health-awareness-while-offering-owl/
CATEGORIES:Our Whole LIves
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230503T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230503T140000
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SUMMARY:A new eco-system for Members in Discernment.
DESCRIPTION:Part 6 of the Create Playspace with the President series. \nProvocateur:\nRev. David Vasquez-Levy\, President and Professor of Homiletics at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley\, California \n**Please note- all sessions in this series will be recorded.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/a-new-eco-system-for-members-in-discernment/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Office of the General Minister and President
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230504T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230504T163000
DTSTAMP:20260415T063315
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SUMMARY:Sacred Reckonings
DESCRIPTION:Sacred Reckonings\, a conversation with Rev. Traci Blackmon and Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel on white settler-colonizer churches doing the work of reparations.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/nurture-the-soul/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Nurture the Soul
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T140000
DTSTAMP:20260415T063315
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SUMMARY:Stop Cop City: A Moral Call
DESCRIPTION:In Atlanta\, faith leaders have been involved in a struggle to confront violence in multiple forms as they seek to prevent the destruction of the Weelaunee Forest for the building of a police training center in a predominantly Black community. Through their actions for a just world\, these faith leaders have additionally sought to honor Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán who was killed by the Georgia State Police while protecting the forest. This webinar will feature Rev. Leo Seyij Allen\, Rev. Darci Jaret\, and Rev. Keyanna Jones as they share with us about the ongoing pursuit of justice in seeking to stop Cop City. \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/stop-cop-city-a-moral-call/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Environmental Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T163000
DTSTAMP:20260415T063315
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SUMMARY:Security and Faith: Faithfulness and Vulnerability
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 I: Faith and Vulnerability\, Imagining Community Safety for All We are living in times that call for prophetic imagination and a courageous willingness to “practice the world we wish to see\,” as Adrienne Maree Brown says in Emergent Strategy. These times also call for honest reflection on how racism and violence are entangled with policing and property security. Can we imagine safety for all and start to build community practices for preparedness? In this\, the first of three webinars on Security and Faith\, seasoned faith organizer and UCC Minister Rev. Anne Dunlap brings us through SURJ’s (Showing Up for Racial Justice) Community Safety for All toolkit. As local churches imagine safety\, we look to the Gospel to illuminate what security means\, and be bold and courageous in imagining safe communities for all people\, not just church properties.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/security-and-faith-faithfulness-and-vulnerability/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Nurture the Soul
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T140000
DTSTAMP:20260415T063315
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SUMMARY:What is changing in ministry?
DESCRIPTION:Part 7 of the Create Playspace with the President series. \nProvocateur:\nRev. Elizabeth Dilley\, Team Leader of Ministerial Excellence\, Support and Authorization (MESA)\, Justice and Local Church Ministries. \n**Please note- all sessions in this series will be recorded.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/what-is-changing-in-ministry/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Office of the General Minister and President
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T150000
DTSTAMP:20260415T063315
CREATED:20230427T145912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230427T145912Z
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SUMMARY:Becoming an Immigrant Welcoming Church
DESCRIPTION:Just as ONA\, WISE\, and Willing to Respond are standardized designations across the life of the UCC\, we are working to expand the Immigrant Welcoming Church (IWC) designation. Please join us for a conversation on becoming an IWC church\, and how this formalized designation will help you with resources\, collaboration\, and strengthening our collective capacity to welcome with dignity.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/becoming-an-immigrant-welcoming-church/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Wednesdays with the World
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T190000
DTSTAMP:20260415T063315
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SUMMARY:General Synod Frequency Town Hall 3/3
DESCRIPTION:At General Synod 34 in Indianapolis\, delegates will consider amendments to the UCC Bylaws that would change the frequency of General Synod from two years to three years. \nJoin one of the Town Halls to learn more about the Bylaws changes recommended by the UCC Board.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/general-synod-frequency-town-hall-3-3/
CATEGORIES:General Synod
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T163000
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SUMMARY:Security and Faith: Abolitionist Perspectives
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? \nBuilding off of Commuinty Safety for All\, this Webinar brings us into the commitments the United Church of Christ has made over the years through General Synod Resolutions\, from supporting movements for racial justice live Black Lives Matter to advocating for gun control\, how should these things inform the decisions we make about local church security. Join Rev. Tracy Howe\, Team Leader and Minister for FaithINFO at the National Setting and seasoned organizer\, Katie Adams\, Domestic Policy Advocate for the UCC Washington D.C. office\, and Rev. Adam Erickson\, pastor of Clackamas UCC in Clackamas\, OR in a critical conversation on embodying our faith and collective justice commitments in the context of increasing threats and vulnerability of pastors and local churches. \n 
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/security-and-faith-abolitionist-perspectives/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Nurture the Soul
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230524T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230524T193000
DTSTAMP:20260415T063315
CREATED:20221208T170600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221208T170600Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230525T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230525T163000
DTSTAMP:20260415T063315
CREATED:20230427T155444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230502T184904Z
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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;VALUE=DATE:20230528
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230529
DTSTAMP:20260415T063315
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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:20230531T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230531T140000
DTSTAMP:20260415T063315
CREATED:20230206T182728Z
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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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