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Upcoming Conference events
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Sept. 18, 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Pakachoag Church, Auburn
Crossroads is designed to assess the strengths and challenges of a congregation as it seeks to make a faithful decision about the future of its ministry in the community. Learn more at this informational meeting.
Sept. 23, 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM
First Church in Marlborough
Learn how to use the redesigned UCC Ministerial Profile. Led by Stephen Boyd of the national UCC staff.
Sept. 23 - 24
Edwards House Meeting Center, Framingham
Conflict and adversity touches each community of faith at one time or another-through financial challenges, leadership transitions, personal loss, difficult decisions and differences. With the right skills and perspectives, these tensions don't have to lead to destructive altercation in the life of a congregation, but can be opportunities for creativity and spiritual growth.
Sept. 24, 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM
Edwards House Meeting Center, Framingham
Join Stephen Boyd, Minster for Chaplains and Ministers in Specialized Settings of the Ministerial Excellence, Support and Authorization Team (MESA), in a gathering for Ministers in Specialized Settings.
- Sept. 24:
First Congregational Church of West Boylston
Join us for a cup of coffee and conversa
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(9 AM - noon) that will help define your role as church treasurer (or assistant treasurer) and answer all those questions you might have.
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Sept. 29, 9 AM - 2 PM
Edwards House Meeting Center, Framingham, MA
Plan to join us for a day of learning from those who have "been there." Speakers to include The Rev. Dr. Nancy Taylor, Old South Church, Marathon bombings;
The Rev. Fred
Meade, North Falmouth Church, Hurricane Katrina; The
Rev. June Cooper, City Mission Society, Black Lives Matter;
The Rev. Matthew Crebbin, Newtown Congregational Church, Newtown school shootings.
Oct. 5, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Edwards House Meeting Center, Framingham
A gathering for all clergy who have joined the Conference within the last year.
Oct. 6, 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Edwards House Meeting Center, Framingham
Learn about the new local church profile and its implications for those doing interim work.
Oct. 15. 8:00 AM - 3:45 PM
Keefe Regional Technical High School, Framingham, MA
A full day of workshops, forums, networking, a marketplace and worship featuring the Rev. Laura Everett, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches, and Angie Thurston and Casper ter Kuile of Harvard Divinity School.
Oct. 22, Dec. 10, March 11, April 8; 10 AM
Edwards House Retreat Center, Framingham
An opportunity to network and share experiences with your MACUCC colleagues.
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Tending the Fire programs offered
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Tending the Fire helps clergy "think systems" in their congregations and their personal lives.
Each program includes three retreats that look at churches through the lens of systems theory.
The program for established clergy will be held in three different locations:
Oct. 25-27, at Irons Homestead in Glocester, RI;
Jan. 3-5 at Edwards House Retreat Center in Framingham, MA; and
March 14-16 at Silver Lake Conference Center in Sharon, CT.
All the sessions for new clergy (persons ordained for three years or less) will be held at the St. Joseph Retreat Center in Milton, MA. They are: Nov. 9-11, Jan.18-20, and March 8-10.
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Church Vitality program to launch in September
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What does it mean for a church to be healthy, faithful and effective in this changing landscape of ministry? That is the focus of our Churches Alive program.
Churches Alive is one of our Conference programs to help revitalize churches. It is designed to nurture and provoke the vitality of churches who want to deeply explore and discern their future.
A new round of this program will begin this fall.
Find out more
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Aug. 29-Sept. 1
Various locations
Sept. 9-11
Centre Congregational Church, Lynnfield
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The Congregational Church of Christ, Leominster
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