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Penn Northeast Conference UCC, 431 Delaware Ave., Palmerton, PA 18071
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Friends,
Thank You!!
As we enter 2019, I want to
share some good news
with you. Due to the generosity of individuals and our congregations we ended the 2018 financial year in the black. While the margin was not large, we did control our spending and receive enough revenue to balance the budget.
Several congregations have already shared that they will be submitting their OCWM gifts on a monthly basis which will ease our cash flow. If your congregation is able to submit funds in this manner, it will assist us. As you know, our revenue needs for 2019, as passed at our Fall 2018 Conference Meeting, increased in order to provide the staff with long-overdue salary increases and to continue our revitalization and development efforts for congregations. We look forward to increased support and services to the congregations and authorized ministers in our conference during 2019.
Two of the ways we are hoping to support the work of the conference more effectively is by utilizing a database system,
Breeze
, an
d a new giving platform
Tithe.ly
. Soon you will hear about how you can update your personal ministerial information on line, rather than submitting a form. Additionally, log in and processing information for
Tithe.ly
which enables individuals and churches to make on line contributions to the conference with much lower service charges will also be provided.
Several events are planned for early 2019 and I want to make you aware of them:
The first is a
gathering for pastors
who wish to explore resources and support for reaching out to youth and young adults. This preliminary conversation is being hosted by our newly formed Youth and Young Adult Ministry Team. The date is
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at noon at the conference office.
Please contact Barbara Jennings at
barbaraj@pnec.org
to register as we will be serving lunch. The group is limited to 30 participants.
The second is a conversation with
our retired pastors
about the changes in the Manual on Ministry, the new Exempt Standing requirements, and continuing education requirements. This is being hosted by the chairs of the working groups of the Committee on Ministry and will be held on
Tuesday, April 2 at 2 pm at the conference office.
Please contact Patty Rehrig at
pattyr@pnec.org
to register for this event. Light refreshments will be served. The group is limited to 40 participants.
Watch the continuing education calendar
for a variety of opportunities for authorized ministers and church leaders. This calendar is updated frequently.
I hope you will take the opportunity to share with us your hopes, dreams and visions for our conference. We are partners together in ministry and we hope to continue strengthening our partnerships.
Bonnie
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Thank you to the following churches who donated $101,449.81
to OCWM during the month of December:
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The Amigos de Guatemala
Don’t leave PNEC’s Amigos de Guatemala out of your congregation’s 2019 schedule! We have the opportunity of a lifetime: You helped build a medical clinic in the hills of Guatemala. We are excited about sharing with you our next steps in this partnership, so invite us to speak at your worship service or other event.
The Amigos de Guatemala
is celebrating the completion of the clinic in Monte Margarita
Please join us for a dinner celebration
April 6, 2019 - 5PM
at Jordan UCC, 1837 Church Rd., Allentown
catered by Don Juan Mex Grill and Cantina
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Professional Portfolio Information Review
Reminder to
ALL
PNEC Authorized Ministers to please fill out your Professional Portfolio Information Review, which can be found on the PNEC website
www.pnec.org
under the Ministry tab.
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A Pastoral Letter: That They May All Be One
January 28, 2019 Written by John Dorhauer
Dear Partners in Christ:
The vision of a body united –in purpose, in mission, in vision – is one that inspired the birth of our denomination. All of our spiritual impulses reverberate in an effort to call us into a more perfect union. Throughout our shared history as a people of faith and as a part of the Body of Christ, we have challenged ourselves to widen the circle of inclusion. Widening the circle has always come with growth pains as we shed old skins and welcome those whom we had previously thought unwelcome. And, with each new articulation of a more fully expressed Body of Christ we have realized new joy. Through it all we remain focused on the call to be one and committed to meeting the challenges inherent in that call.
We are now living in and through a season when the threats to unity are legion. Talk of walls that mark refugees as threats, labels like ‘terrorist’ that attach too easily to Muslims, overt racial bias that normalizes fear and hatred, a pandemic of abuse to women with the trigger reflex to forgive the men who author that abuse have turned America into a land many of us no longer recognize and that too many of us are finding harder and harder to reconcile with our faith.
Now more than ever, the Holy Spirit of the Living God and the Risen Christ is seeking to partner with anyone committed to unifying the human community. The gospel mandate to love our neighbor as we love ourselves resonates deep within us. It calls for the better angels among and within us to always resist impulses to hate, to condemn, to vilify, or to castigate. In such a time as this, the United Church of Christ’s call to fulfill the prayer of Jesus, that they may all be one, stands as an urgent mandate to disciples who envision a just world for all.
United with you in God’s service,
The Rev. Dr. John C. Dorhauer, General Minister and President
You are invited to share this letter with your congregation by reading it from the pulpit or by
downloading
it and providing print copies with your Sunday bulletin.
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25th Clergy Convocation!
Join us for the Silver Anniversary of Convocation
Rev. Dr. Sarah Lund
"Breaking the Silence About Mental Illness, Family and Church"
May 7-9, 2019
Double Tree by Hilton, 2400 Willow Street Pike, Lancaster
TO REQUEST FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR
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Summary of PNEC Board Actions
The PNEC Conference Board is committed to sharing information with you. As such they will be sharing summaries of board actions following each bimonthly meeting.
Summary Notes of the December 3, 2018 Conference Board Meeting
Issues Discussed:
- Rev. Dr. Jonathan Lee of the Pension Board of the UCC made a presentation on the United Church Board for Ministerial Support capital campaign currently in progress. They wish to establish a partnership with PNEC to support the funding needs of their financial assistance efforts for clergy and leadership programs for ministers. A partnership will be planned.
- The budget report by Treasurer Christian Creyer indicated that OCWM funding has increased to about the same amount at the same point in 2017. However, we are still more than $100,000 behind the anticipated income for the year. It is hoped an end of year boost in giving will close that gap.
- Committees and ministry teams of the Conference have submitted goals, strategies and purpose statement to the Board. A sub group will be formed early in the calendar year to monitor and offer support for the achievement of these stated goals.
- The Board revisited their own strategic plan to update and add more detailed tasks to the timeline in order to accomplish goals before the Spring Conference meeting in May.
- All Board members received a request letter asking for their personal support of PNEC’s OCWM funding.
Decisions Made / Actions Taken
- As required by the IRS, Bonnie Bates and Christian Creyer submitted the amount of their 2019 compensation that shall be considered as housing allowance. All members present accepted these amounts but, because there was not a quorum present, additional approval votes will be needed by email from Board members for this action to be finalized. (Secretary’s note: More than enough approving votes were received in time for the data to be submitted to the IRS.)
- One of the Working Groups of the Committee on Ministry requested that a summary of Board actions be published for the benefit of all the ministry teams, so they will be aware of decisions made that may affect their work. The Board agreed that a summary of issues and decisions would be compiled after each Board meeting and published in This Week in PNEC.
- Gary Barraco requested that the Board would approve the purchase of another projector and speakers for the convenience of many volunteers who make frequent presentations throughout the Conference, i.e. Gary’s work for 3 Great Loves, Amigos de Guatemala, and many others. The Board approved the expenditure of about $500 from the equipment reserve in the operating budget for this purpose.
Next meeting dates:
Board of Directors, February 11, 2019, PNEC Office, 5:30 PM
Board of Directors, April 24, 2019, PNEC Office, 9:30 AM
Spring Conference Meeting, May 4
th
, 2019
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS...
- PNEC Spring Conference Meeting will be May 4, 2019 and the Fall Conference Meeting will be November 2, 2019
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- March 3 - 3PM - ORDINATION - Bob Gutekunst - Forks UCC, 4500 Sullivan Trail, Stockertown
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Disaster Response Ministry
Winter is here with all its fury. The February 2019 ReadyPA Monthly provides tips for snowstorms and extreme cold. There is also an overview of common winter weather terminology.
Did you know that you can sign up for emergency and weather-related alerts? The ReadyPA Monthly provides you with information and links to sign up and receive these alerts through AlertPA.
Did you also know that you can sign up for personal travel alerts? The ReadyPA Monthly provides information on how to receive only the alerts you want through 511PA.
The February Action Sheet provides a Winter Weather Checklist to help you prepare for bad winter weather.
Please share newsletter and action sheet with your members. Remember, both the ReadyPA Monthly and the Action Sheet are available at
www.Ready.PA.gov
Stay Updated and Involved: Visit our disaster
website
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MINISTRY TRAINING UPDATES (Continuing Education)
ALL Authorized Ministers, please note:
We will be identifying these kinds of continuing education opportunities – The policy is effective January 1, 2019. If you have any questions, please contact the Penn Northeast Conference Office at 610-826-3113.
Thank You!
Click
HERE
for list of current and up-coming opportunities!
ALSO
Stretching Beyond Video Links - At AM21 we premiered several search committee videos, well-received by Search and Call workshop attendees. These short films, each a few minutes long, tell stories that increase imagination for excellent pastoral leadership. The four videos include “Stretching Beyond Ableism,” “Stretching Beyond Sexism,” “Stretching Beyond Racism,” and “Stretching Beyond Heterosexism.” MESA produced these videos in conjunction with a UCC group of volunteers along with Crossroads Antiracism Organizing & Training. A public site is now available for you to download or link to the four videos and use with churches:
https://vimeo.com/uccmesa. Future release will include a discussion guide in coming months.
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Reboot Your Worship
Marcia McFee allows you to access the recordings of worship webinars
Worship Design Studio, 524 San Anselmo Ave. #122, San Anselmo, California 94960, (888) 725-5202
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What an amazing live webinar we had yesterday! If you couldn't join us live,
watch the recording I've posted toward the bottom of the Week 1 page
HERE
. (Or go directly to the video
HERE
)
Don't forget your
E-Valu-ation Question for this Sunday's worship
. Notice at what point the message for the day is introduced. Is it at the beginning so that all parts of the worship can be experienced through that "lens" or does it only come up with the sermon? How integrated with the message are all the elements of the worship so that the entire experience is proclamation of the Word? If elements are not as integrated as you would like, why not? What prevents that?
Next week, our Reboot Basic is about
Congregational Participation
. When people are more actively engaged, they are more likely to remember and live out the message once they leave worship. Watch for that e-mail on Sunday. The idea is for you to take Sunday-Wednesday to go through the materials I've posted and then to join me for the Q&A as a time to follow-up and go deeper. Remember...this is a "Reboot."
Push yourself to take the time to immerse yourself in this guided learning experience.
Get a $20 discount on any of our fully-scripted series for Lent
During the webinar yesterday, I mentioned that we would send you discount codes to get $20 off of any of our fully-scripted Lent series. If you are not yet a full member of the Worship Design Studio, click the links below and use the promo codes to get $20 off of any of the following series:
Thank you for all you do for God's people!
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Join the Reboot Facebook group
We created a new closed Facebook group for Reboot. Click
HERE
and ask to join. We'll get you in! This is a place for you all to share experiences, ideas, questions and connect with each other.
WEEK 2
In my intro video this week, I introduce the second Reboot Basic:
congregational participation
. When our worship engages the congregation in meaningful ways, the message is brought to life. Symbols play an important role in this.
A reminder about our weekly rhythm: On
Sundays
you will receive an e-mail like this one that leads you to a page full of information to focus on for the week. Watch my video message first and then take the next three days to focus on the materials. On
Tuesdays
, you will receive an affirmation in an e-mail along with a reminder about
Thursday's
live Q&A webinar. On
Fridays
you will get the recording of the webinar and a glimpse at what's coming up the next week.
My prayer this week:
God of Our Ancestors,
for the gift of your presence in all things,
for the gift of your renewing Spirit,
for the gift of the Teacher who walks with us always,
we give you thanks and praise.
Open our eyes,
fill our hearts,
nudge us on the journey.
Amen.
Your “Reboot Your Worship” journey continues with a look at
Congregational Participation
at
THIS LINK
!
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Thanks to those of you who were on live yesterday for the Q&A webinar. If you couldn't join us live,
watch the recording I've posted on the Week 2 page
HERE
or go directly to the video at
https://youtu.be/V09X7E-pTEg
. You won't want to miss it... so many ideas for more participatory worship on many levels!
-- Greetings, Rebooters! And welcome to the
third week
of the 40-day “Reboot Your Worship” experience!
I am excited about this week because we begin to talk about
the work of all the worship artists to make worship sensory-rich
. You will want to forward materials to team members to watch a how-to webinar about their worship art form (music, visuals, media, verbal, dramatic arts). If you don't have a team, these materials are perfect for starting one!
A reminder about our weekly rhythm: On
Sundays
, you will receive an e-mail like this one that leads you to a page full of information to focus on for the week. Watch my video message first and then take the next three days to focus on the materials. On
Tuesdays
, you will receive an affirmation in an e-mail along with a reminder about
Thursday's
live Q&A webinar. On
Fridays
you will get the recording of the webinar and a glimpse at what's coming up the next week.
My prayer this week:
Creating God,
we see you through sight, sound, smell and touch.
Open all our senses to your wonder that permeates all things.
Give us passion to use everything we have and are to celebrate you!
Amen!
Your “Reboot Your Worship” journey continues at
THIS LINK
!
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If you are into social media, share or tweet this image and/or excerpt from the following paragraph:
I hope you are enjoying the materials on each of the worship arts. As our affirmation says above, the Holy Living God shines through all artists in many ways and the more arts we engage, the more senses we engage and the more the message becomes "M-M-Good" (meaningful and memorable)!
This is your reminder that the Reboot Your Worship
weekly Q&A webinar is on Thursday
. This is your opportunity to learn more and dialogue with me about the Reboot Basic for this week, Lent ideas and other stuff (whatever comes up).
I would LOVE to have your questions ahead of time (
send them
today)! Or if you don't have a question, send in a comment, a thought, or any ideas that you are coming up with for your series. Let's cross-pollinate!
If you cannot be on live Thursday, I will be sending everyone the recording on Friday. The information about the webinar is on your
Week #3 Reboot web page
. And we will send you an e-mail Thursday morning with the information again.
If you have a question, comment or idea that you'd like to submit for the webinar, please
CLICK HERE
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Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley
Community Relations Council (CRC)
CRC Lunch & Learn
On February 7 at 12:15PM, the First Presbyterian Church of Allentown (3231 W. Tilghman St., Allentown PA 18104) will host an event with Jeffrey Ohrenstein, the Trustee and Chairman of the Memorial Scrolls.
The Memorial Scrolls Museum is located at Westminster Synagogue in London. The permanent exhibition, established in 1988, tells the unique story of the arrival from Prague in 1964 of 1,564 Torah Scrolls and of their restoration and distribution to communities throughout the world. The exhibits include some of these Scrolls, a display of remarkable Torah Binders, some of which date from the 18th century, and other moving reminders of the vanished communities of Bohemia and Moravia.
These Czech Torah Scrolls survived the Second World War even as their communities did not. Following restoration, the Scrolls were bestowed to synagogues around the world on permanent loan to link contemporary communities with those that perished under the Nazi regime.
We are fortunate to have five of these scrolls in the Lehigh Valley. Join us as Jeffrey tells the story of these Torah scrolls in our community.
The event is free and open to everyone. To learn more or sign up, contact Aaron Gorodzinsky, 610-821-5500,
aaron@jflv.org
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Children's Sermon for February 3
(based on Luke 4:21-30)
- by Rev. Dave Quinn
Items needed: hula hoop, adult volunteer with a strong, serrated-edge knife. After kids come up, put the hula-hoop around your waist and tell the kids how much you like your hula hoop. Now, what if someone came up and cut my hula hoop? (Adult volunteer does so) Ask kids how they think you feel about this person cutting your hula hoop---probably you would be pretty mad. But what if they had cut open the hula hoop. so that others could come in to be with me? (Adult volunteer opens gap in hoop and steps inside hoop.) And still others could come in, too. (Invite some of the kids to open the gap in the hoop and step into the circle.) With the cut that has been made, there is now room for more people! Sometimes, people are like this hoop--they make a circle that keeps others out. In today's Bible reading, Jesus is like (adult volunteer's name); Jesus cuts open the circle that people have made, that leaves others out. Jesus reminds us in today's Bible reading that God like to open up the circles people make, to let others in.
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UPCOMING EVENTS...
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We ThirstTM - Christian Reflections on Addiction.
Join us for a five-part series beginning in January on the epidemic of addiction and our Christian response. This series is presented by author and facilitator, Nina Marie Corona, M.A., C.R.S. On
Thursday evenings from January 29th through February 26, 2019
, these multi-media presentations will explore the importance of mercy, faith, and love.
These sessions are particularly useful for clergy, counselors, nurses, and educators, but all will benefit from the tools and resources that are provided.
Click here to register today
!
--February 13, 2019 - meeting of the Scranton Area MInisterium - 9 to 10:30 am at
St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 1000 Taylor Avenue Scranton.
--February 24 - The
Awards Banquet of the Greater Scranton Martin Luther King Commission was postponed to
Sunday February 24 beginning at 1:00 pm [still at the DeNaples Student Center of the University of Scranton], and the
Interfaith Service postponed to
Monday February 25 beginning at 7 PM [still at Bethel AME Church.]
--March 9, 2019 - Crossroads Lay Leadership program at Moravian Seminary is running our Unpacking the Scriptures: Preaching course with the Rev. Dr. Sue Pizor Yoder for eight weeks starting March 11. Learn about constructing a sermon, how to speak to different generations, and polish your public speaking skills. Sue is a gifted pastor, preacher and teacher. Also starting in early March on the 7th is Traveling Mercies with the Rev. Maggie Wellert. This is a congregational care course with Maggie and several other speakers who address issues of communication skills, addictions, teens, spirituality and caring for those at the end of life. Great course for church teams. For exact dates, details and registration go to
http://www.moravianseminary.edu/crossroads or contact Jill Peters at
petersj2@moravian.edu.
--Uniting Church & Community Through Music & Art -
June 25-28, 2019 at First Cong. UCC, Madison, WI -- 12th Biennial National Conference of the United Church of Christ Musicians Association
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YOU ARE INVITED..
TO A SPECIAL ART EXHIBIT!
Hope in Hard Times: Prisoners' Art for Social Justice
March 1-April 7, 2019
ArtsQuest’s Banana Factory Arts Center
23 W. 3rd St., Bethlehem
Mondays – Fridays 8:00am-9:30pm
Saturdays & Sundays 8:30am-7:00pm
The Moravian Church’s Eastern District and the Moravian Seminary in Bethlehem invites you to consider how art might engage us in justice and advocacy questions for our time; how do we see the prisoner, and follow Jesus’s call to see him in the lives of the incarcerated?
In this effort, we have partnered with Art for Justice (
www.artforjustice.org
), a non-profit committed to using thought provoking art from certain prisoners in Pennsylvania to promote public dialogue and find ways to reform the criminal justice system. Our hopes are that this art exhibit will remind us of our shared humanity, incarcerated and free, while asking where our own struggles for reform and justice can be found .
We are proud to also partner with and bring this exhibit to ArtQuest’s Banana Factory for free viewing anytime the Banana Factory is open (
www.bananafactory.org
) March 1 - April 7. You are also invited to attend the following special events:
March 1 and April 5, 6 - 9 p.m., First Fridays at the Banana Factory. Special speakers, projects, and engagements.
March 19, 7 p.m., Lecture at Moravian College’s Prosser Auditorium
Speaker: Tyrone Werts, Soros Fellow, PA Lifer commuted by Gov. Rendell.
March 24, 2 - 4 p.m., Vigil for Hope in the Criminal Justice System at the Banana Factory. Our keynote speaker, Chester Hollman, Jr. tells the story of his son Chester Hollman III’s wrongful conviction and sentence of life without parole in PA.
More information? Or if you are interested in special curriculum for your small group, youth group or congregation as a way to engage further in the art, please contact the Rev. Janel Rice at
janelrice3616@gmail.com
, 610-435-6881.
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Justice for God's Planet & God's People
We hope your year is off to a great start! We have had a lot of interest in our
52 Ways to Care for Creation
resource, and we wanted to make sure that you are all ready to hit the ground running this February. We have enjoyed seeing the tips and tricks you have shared with us on social media, and look forward to more as the year continues! We hope that you'll share our next four tips from the
February bulletin insert
with your communities and congregations, as well as your family and social networks! As always, we look forward to hearing how you are working to #CareForCreation - please tag us and share your stories with us on social media (@CreationJustice).
We also look forward to sharing with you all our Earth Day resource soon. In the meantime, please check out our
landing page
for information and
sign up
to be the first to download the Earth Day resource!
Amanda Robinson, Program & Communications Coordinator,
Creation Justice Ministires
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The Rev. Darren L. Morgan
(Maine Conf. )
cordially invites you to join him on his sabbatical Pilgrimage to
The Holy Land
A contemporary studies pilgrimage in Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan
June 20-29, 2019 with optional 4 day elective - returning July 3, 2019
Click Here for flyer and registration and contact for further information
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Navigating the River of Grief
Our Conference Minister, Bonnie Bates, has published a book which may be used as a resources for pastors and congregations.
CSS Publishing says “When members of the church experience loss, it can be difficult for pastors to discern how best to care for them. What can spiritual leaders expect in the grief process? What are we to do, to say, to journey with those who have experienced loss? What mistakes might we make that do more harm than good?
In Navigating the River of Grief, (ISBN: 0788028855) Rev. Dr. Bonnie Bates shares the results of her important research into the grief process. Her concept of grief as a river is inspired by several biblical references to water, both its ability to threaten and give life. Bates uses case studies to present grief not as the neat linear progression of stages we'd like it to be; rather, it is a river that sweeps the bereaved along in unpredictable ways. Its choppy waters cause pain and its depths are menacing, but when we understand the flow of its current as a spiritual journey we can better help the bereaved navigate toward new life.
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has recently been published by Westminster John Knox Press. The book introduces Bible content for both the Old and New Testament. For each biblical book, I provide a summary; content outline; lists of people, places, and key concepts; and important quotations. The book is ideal for seminarians, Christian educators, Bible study leaders, and pastors.
click for a flyer. Also, here’s the Amazon link:
http://a.co/1gfYx99
Tyler Mayfield, A.B. Rhodes Associate Professor of Old Testament,Louisville Seminary
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Muhlenberg College – Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding
Our annual Pre-Lent Workshop
(9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.)
Reflections on Three Ties that Bind
The first meeting of our four-session
Mini-Course (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.)
Authentic to Self
and
to Religious Tradition
Time is short ... please register ASAP.
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UCC Church Building & Loan Fund
Jill White,
Regional Mission Interpreter
Need to energize and revitalize your church’s strategies for faithful generosity? Does your church find it hard to talk about money? UCC Church Building & Loan Fund would like to make you aware of the Ecumenical Stewardship Center’s (ESC)
“Generosity transformed! your mission*your ministry*your money Conference,
April 30 – May 3, 2019 in Indianapolis
. For complete conference information and to register, visit
ESC’s website
.
Does your church need help with visioning & strategic planning? Re-purposing existing church resources? A capital campaign? Fresh ideas for generosity programs? Loans for renovations, new construction or endowment support? If so, the UCC Church Building & Loan Fund can help! For more information on services offered to local churches, click
HERE
or contact Jill White, Regional Mission Interpreter,
whitej@ucc.org
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UCC Center for Progressive Renewal
The UCC’s Center for Progressive Renewal just opened registration for the next cohort of an online leadership development program called the
Convergence Leadership Project
. Author and national faith leader, Brian McLaren, is the director of the program, supported by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis from Middle Collegiate Church in NY, Diana Butler Bass, Bruce Reyes-Chow, Lindsay Andreolli-Comstock, Jim Keat and others. Living in the age of intersectional movement building, we need leaders and congregations prepared to lead the way. After two years of development, CLP has proven to be a very powerful program for helping congregations make the transition from being “organized churches” to “organizing churches.”
Leaders (lay and ordained) must be nominated, interviewed and accepted into the program. We are looking for congregations with imagination, courage and capacity. Church size or location doesn’t impact the outcome of the experience – it’s more about an openness to change and awareness that a new kind of imagination is needed to move the progressive faith movement forward. We will work with applicants on pricing if that becomes an issue.
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UCC Webinar: Climate Change and Forced Migration
An upcoming UCC webinar will address one of the most important issues of our time: climate change and forced migration. War, agricultural hardship, severe weather—all of these can connect to climate change and the factors behind migration for millions of people. For example, one of the factors behind the much discussed caravan of migrants from Central America was climate change. How can people of faith respond to increasing climate migration? This webinar will feature four panelists who will address this. It will be on Wednesday, February 13
th
.
Sign-up now to join
! Register even if you can’t make it, and a recording will be sent to you.
Social Media Post
War, agricultural hardship, severe weather—all of these can connect to climate change and the factors behind migration for millions of people. Learn more about one of the most important issues of our time by signing up for this free webinar:
bit.ly/ClimateChangeMigration
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PATHWAYS Theological Education, Inc.
Announces a New Certificate Program in Foundational Theology
Click
here for more information and registration
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History & Polity Course Offered at Lancaster Theological Seminary
the course will run 7 weeks from Feb. 22 through April 5.
Those who complete this non-credit course will receive a
Certificate of Completion
that may be shared with their Committee on Ministry. They also will write a paper that can be used as part of the ordination paper requirement for authorization.
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Moravian Seminary
UCC History, Polity & Theology Course
This comprehensive course will meet Mondays from 6 – 9pm from January 28 to April 29, 2019. You may attend in person at Moravian Seminary Bethlehem PA or by video conference. The cost for a certificate of completion is $900. Academic Course Credit is available at regular tuition costs. For more information contact the instructor, Rev. Dr. David DeRemer
deremerd@moravian.edu.
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