Our prayers...

Rev. Arthur "Art" G. Hermanson, 88, passed away on April 28, 2018 in Sioux City, Iowa. Services were held in his residence town of Kingsley. Pastor Art is remembered for his dedicated service to the Community Church of Christ in Sloan from 1986-1988 and Congregational UCC in Kinsgley from 1989-1996. 

More details in obituary linked here.



Our prayers are with his wife Lois and their family.

Unite our country...

  

The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is bringing together people across the country who are organizing to build a broad and deep national moral movement-led by poor, impacted, clergy and moral agents and reflecting the great moral teachings-to unite our country from the bottom up. This spring, we in Iowa will join others in state capitals across the nation and in Washington DC as the Campaign launches with 40 days of moral action, from May 13 through June 21. By engaging in coordinated and collective nonviolent civil disobedience and direct action across that nation, we will confront the enmeshed and inseparable evils of systemic racism and other forms of discrimination, poverty, the war economy, and ecological devastation; begin to shift the moral narrative of our nation; advance common demands for trans-formative change; and build power to continue this fight long after June 2018.

 

For more information,

email  iowa@poorpeoplescampaign.org , and

join now at  poorpeoplescampaign.org .

When: 

June 19-22, 2018

 

Where: 

Grinnell College

 

Learn more:

by going to  rye2018.org

 

Questions:  contact Samantha Houser by  clicking here .

Training Workshop

1) Date:           August 30, 2018

Time:             Check-in at 8:30am & Class at 9am - 3:30pm

Location:         Mayflower Community-Carmen Center (2nd floor Health Center), 600 Park Street, Grinnell, IA

Cost:               $30.00/person for Iowa Central Association members in good standing. $50 for all others. Includes materials/lunch.

Trainer:            Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center. 

Register:           HERE !

 

These trainings meet the authorization requirements of any of the committees on ministry in the Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota Conferences. They are open to Authorized Ministers from other conferences or denominations as well.

 

Reminder: Ministers who have taken boundary training need to provide a certificate/proof of attendance. Send electronically to  diane@ucctcm.org at the Conference office. The date of completion and document are forwarded to your COM to complete the requirement for good standing.

what's up in our conferences...

Camps info = NE Kamp Kaleo = click here! SD Placerville Camp = click here!

Prairie Lakes Association in South Dakota offers a rural ministry internship during the summer. Interested or know someone who would like to explore rural ministry - click here.

Please notice that we are placing event details on the web calendar when info is shared with our offices. If you have details, please send an email to jo@ucctcm.org. View the web calendar at any time at http://www.ucciaconf.org/calendar. Listed on the above calendar are the events by names - go to the web calendar to get details.

what's up in wider UCC...

ALiCE Training hosted at Urbandale:

FREE training...click here to sign up for this workshop with Jeremy Butler (IA Insurance Board representative) at  jeremyb@brockerkarns.com .   DEADLINE = May 11!   Actual  FREE class  with ALiCE certified expert on May 18 at 9:30am, Urbandale UCC, 3530 70th St, Urbandale, IA.

Interim Ministry Training Announcement - Interim Ministry Network:

Primary focus of this   3-day onsite workshop  is on the work of the

leader during a time of transition. Prior to arrival at the workshop, participants

read 3 foundational theories of Interim Ministry (General System

Theory, Bowen Family System Theory and William Bridges' Theory

of Change and Transition). On the first day participants discuss the theories

as applied to sacred stories and to congregations in transition. Tools

for the Leader are the second day focus. Topics covered include appreciative

inquiry listening and grief, learning styles, role of the interim leader

and congregational context. The third day addresses the Tasks of the

Interim Leader in the Congregation in Transition: join, analyze, connect,

focus on responsibility, exit, and evaluate. ( THIS IS BEING HELD IN DUBUQUE !)

 

Church Building and Loan Fund:

Partners in Building Event on September 20-22 in San Antonio, TX. This event helps new (30 years and younger) and renewing churches to answer questions about purchasing, building, renovating, financing, repurposing. More details  here .

Ames UCC:

is seeking a Youth Director who will report to the Minister to Children and Families. Find more details by  clicking here .

Eagle Grove UCC - items for sale/donation:

Hymnals, choir robes, candelabra, pew candles with globes, religious choral music, melodee bell ringing sets for children.    Contact Anita Idio at 515.851.2159 and leave message on cell phone for return call. (Eagle Grove located 90 miles north Des Moines.)

Maps showing the Iowa - Nebraska - South Dakota UCC Conferences -  click here !

(For your convenience, here is a special remittance form for Friends of the Conferences.   Click here , print the PDF, send along with your support to Conferences of the UCC, 5609 Douglas Ave, Des Moines, IA 50310. OR for quicker electronic payments, click  here for IA  and click  here for SD .)