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Penn Northeast Conference UCC, 431 Delaware Ave., Palmerton, PA 18071
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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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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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Penn Northeast Conference
Be Effective…. Be Flexible…. Be Missional
Flexible, Missional Governance Training
PNEC Conference Center, Feb. 9, 2019, 9AM - noon
Create a Permission-Giving Structure
Get more done with fewer People
Focus on Vision and Mission
Live into the meaningful work of the congregation
Provide opportunities for short-term volunteers
Have fewer and shorter meetings
Register now for this important information workshop
Limited Space – 14 spaces available
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PNEC Presents... the 14th Annual PNEC Youth Retreat
"#REALTALK"
"Sexuality and our Faith"
All youth in grades 6th - 12th are invited
February 22-24, 2019
Blue Mountain Christian Retreat, 1 Christian Ln., New Ringgold, PA
$145 per person (includes meals Saturday & Sunday)
Limited Space...Register Early
!
Click here
for Registration Flyer.
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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
- January 20 - 2pm - ORDINATION - Henry Distler - St. John's UCC, 15 S. Second St., Slatington - pastors attending are asked to wear their red stoles - in case of inclement weather, please check with WFMZ Channel 69 (for Blue Ridge Cable) for cancellations.
- March 3 - 3PM - ORDINATION - Bob Gutekunst - Forks UCC, 4500 Sullivan Trail, Stockertown
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2019 BOUNDARY AWARENESS TRAINING
Next year, the Pennsylvania Southeast Conference UCC is designated to provide Boundary Awareness Training for the conferences, synod, and presbytery. Those dates and locations have been selected and are:
- Saturday, March 2 in Lansdale
- Tuesday, March 26 in Quakertown
- Wednesday, May 15 in Kutztown
- Thursday, Oct. 3 in Schuylkill Haven
Click for the flyer
to register for one of these events. Registration for all four events are now open.
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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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Disaster Response Ministry
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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Children's Sermon for January
20
(based on John2:1-11)
- by Rev. Dave Quinn
Items needed: EXIT sign (either homemade or pulled off one of the signs in your building), a door. When kids come up, show them the EXIT sign and ask what it is. Then point to sign and ask, " Is this actually the EXIT?" No (take them to door, point to door) THIS door is the exit. But we put this (put sign up high on door) above the exit door---why? It is called an EXIT sign; it helps people find the door that is really the exit. In today's Bible reading, Jesus takes a whole lot of water, and turns it into wine. We might call it a "miracle," or a good trick, but the Bible calls what Jesus did a sign. When you are ready to leave church today, you will look for the EXIT sign, but you will actually exit, leave, by going towards the door, because that is the exit. What Jesus does in today's Bible reading, this sign, of turning water into wine, is to help us find Jesus and understand that He is the one who can meet all our needs.
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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
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--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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The Lehigh Conference of Churches
invites the public to two special events taking place in January 2019
Monday January 21
st
we join in honoring the life and service of Martin Luther King, Jr. Please join us for our Martin Luther King, Jr. Interfaith Prayer Breakfast also at Dubbs Community Center 457 Allen Street in Allentown. Our keynote speaker will be newly elected Congresswoman Susan Wild. We invite you to join in affirming that: “Hate Has No Home Here.” For information about this event please go to our website and register. The cost of the breakfast is $20.00.
www.lehigh
c
hurches.org
or call Dr. Larry Pickens at 610-433-6421 for further details.
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Martin Luther King Weekend Info from the Scranton Area Ministerium (SAM)
Click for the full flyer. SAM will be reserving a table at the Sunday Afternoon Dinner. If you are interested in attending, please let us know as soon as possible. Those who can are asked to pay for the dinner by mailing a check for $25 made out to the Scranton Area Ministerium. Mail to: Rev. James Redington S.J., University of Scranton, Scranton PA 18510. Questions, please email
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An invitation to our churches of PNE and PSE Conferences for Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, January 20, 2019
At the Jan. 3 Ecumenical Relations Mission Team meeting it was decided to have the
attached bulletin insert be made available to our churches.
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Health & Human Service Sunday
January 27, 2019
The
attached
worship resource is what CHHSM has prepared for Health and Human Service Sunday on January 27, 2019.
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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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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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UCC History & Polity Course
Offered Online
The Southern California Nevada Conference is offering a FULLY online UCC History and Polity Course Class from January 12, 2019 through March 8, 2019 (8 weeks). I have attached a short syllabus. Prospective students may register by visiting:
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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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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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