Welcome to Fall!
Crystal
All submissions are due the first and third Wednesday of the month. This email is sent the second and fourth weeks of the month.
Send pulpit supply updates to
Terri Allen
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Directory Update Needed
Recently, our webmaster, Christine Wilke, has been contacted with updates and corrections to a church’s information on the SEA website. To ensure that every church’s information is correct please go to
http://www.wcucc.org/associations/southeast-association/churches/
, click the district for your church and check all of the information, including church name, pastor, contact info, email link, website, Facebook page, and photo. Send any updates to Christine at
christine.wilke@garrett.edu
Thank you!
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Request for donations to support America's Black Holocaust Museum
UCC Open House - Oct 21 at 3:00 pm
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America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) was founded by Dr. James Cameron in 1984 in Milwaukee. In 2008, the museum was forced to close for financial reasons, but a group got together and kept the vision alive with an online museum at
www.abhmuseum.org
. Now, the museum is being rebuilt on the same spot it existed originally – 401 W. North Ave, the corner of North and Vel Phillips Ave. Even during its years as a virtual, online museum, ABHM docents have led programs in schools, churches, libraries and other organizations in the Milwaukee area, continuing its work of telling the story of African-American history in the United States and specifically in Milwaukee.
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A group of UCC people and churches are hoping to help with the task of working to raise money for ABHM to become a physical institution once again. The hope is that SE Association UCC churches will raise money this fall to donate to the museum. One church has committed to have an all-church offering; another is donating money out of reserves. And a challenge grant of $3,000 has already been raised. We urge you to give – personally, through a church offering, or in other ways – to this important Milwaukee institution. [
Plymouth Church UCC has graciously offered to be the financial agent for the giving to the museum. Send all checks or donations for ABHM made out to Plymouth Church, 2717 E. Hampshire St., Milwaukee, WI, 53211. Please make sure to designate ABHM on the check’s memo line.]
There will be an open house at the museum for UCC people on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 21, between 3 & 5pm. There will be presentations and tours at 3:30 and 4:15 talking about the museum and showing its progress toward eventual re-opening, probably in the Spring of 2019.
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Installation of Rev. Shaun Drefahl - Oct 21
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The Division of Church and Ministry of the Southeast Association of the Wisconsin Conference - United Church Of Christ invites all members and friends of the Southeast Association Congregations to the
Installation of Rev. Shaun Drefahl
Sunday, October 24, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.
at
Congregational United Church of Christ
112 W Church St
Evansville, Wisconsin 53536
(608-882-5475)
Clergy are invited to wear red stoles.
A light reception will follow the installation service.
An offering will be received for the Wisconsin Conference Seminarian Fund.
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Ordination of Gretchen M. Martin - Oct 28
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The Church and Ministry Team of the Southeast Association of the Wisconsin Conference - United Church Of Christ and the congregation of Peace United Church of Christ invite all members and friends of the Southeast Association Churches to the
Ordination of Gretchen M. Martin
Sunday, October 28, 2018 at 3:00 p.m.
at
Peace United Church of Christ
343 First St
Kewaskum, Wisconsin 53040
(262-626-4011)
Clergy are invited to robe with red or rainbow stoles.
A light reception will follow the service.
An offering will be received for the Wisconsin Conference Seminarian Fund.
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Brookfield Congregational UCC to Celebrate New Organ with Gargoyle Brass Concert - Oct 28
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On Sunday, October 28 at 4pm the Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble will offer a concert at Brookfield Congregational UCC, 16350 W. Gebhardt Road, Brookfield, WI 53005. The concert, celebrating the installation of a new church organ will be open to the public. A free will offering will be taken and a reception will follow.
The Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble is comprised of classically trained adult musicians, and performs a wide variety of repertoire in an equally diverse range of settings. The group has toured Minnesota, performed major liturgical works, commissioned and recorded exciting new works, given concerts for chapters of the American Guild of Organists.
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Parkside Community UCC presents "Stop Human Trafficking" - Oct 30
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Parkside Community UCC is taking on a new mission, this mission is to build awareness of human trafficking. This is not just a problem in other parts of the world, but it is happening in all 50 states and in each of Wisconsin’s 72 counties, rural and urban areas and YES, EVEN HERE IN OZAUKEE COUNTY. The average age of sex trafficking victims is kids between the ages of 11 and 13, but they can be kids as young 2 or even adult women and men. The victims vary in ethnic backgrounds and social status. They can even be straight A students, athletes, and the kid next door.
Will you help be a part of the solution? You can start by educating yourself about the warning signs. Please join us for an introductory presentation on Human Trafficking.
Chaplain Krista Hull will be presenting. Krista is the Founder and Executive Director of Redeem and Restore, an organization formed to build awareness, provide outreach services, and care for the victims of sex trafficking. Krista has never been in prostitution herself, yet she understands the vulnerabilities that can lead to it. She was born out of an abusive relationship, experienced abandonment, and sexual abuse that led to much loneliness and brokenness. At a young age, in the beginning of her own mess, she was drawn to women trapped in prostitution and drugs. Now, Krista is a Chaplain and a Crisis Intervention Specialist- all for the mission of loving,restoring and supporting women escaping the hell of domestic sex trafficking.
This event is free and open to the public. Please come and bring a friend or two! The more people educated on this topic, the safer our community becomes!
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Last Chance for Boundary Training in 2018 - Oct 30
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If clergy have not had boundary training in the last four years, there is one more opportunity scheduled for this fall:
The Southeast Association will be hosting boundary training on
Tuesday, October 30
,
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
, at First Congregational UCC in Oconomowoc. Online registration is available now (click red button below). This is the only boundary training opportunity remaining in 2018. We encourage you strongly to attend, so that this standing requirement can be met.
We ask that all authorized ministers – members in discernment, active pastors, chaplains, licensed and commissioned ministers, retired ministers still performing ministerial functions – attend a boundary training session every four years to stay current on the latest thinking and laws that affect our work as faith leaders in our denomination.
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5th Annual Pasty Fundraiser - order now for pick up on Nov 10
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First Congregational United Church of Christ in Waukesha is holding its fifth annual Pasty Fundraiser. Pasties were first eaten by the very wealthy in the 1700's. Tin miners in the 1800's carried pasties with them into the mines. Pasties could be carried easily, stayed warm for several hours, and could be eaten without cutlery.
Through this fundraiser, our church has prepared 2,950 pasties, contributed money to our church budget, and donated to five various missions over the past four years.
Pasties are being offered for sale at $6.00 each. Varieties available are beef, chicken, chicken with hot peppers, and vegetarian. Pre-orders are being taken through October. Please visit easypastymeal@gmail.com to obtain an order form. Pasty pick up is Saturday, November 10 at the church (100 East Broadway, Waukesha 53186) or special arrangements can be made by calling Cathy DeGroot at (414) 335-1967.
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Periodic Vocational Support Retreat - Nov 12-13
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Registration is now open for the Periodic Vocational Support Retreat for authorized ministers in the Southeast and Southwest Associations. The retreat will be held at Pilgrim Center. The first session begins at 2:00 pm on November 12 and the retreat concludes at 2:00 pm on November 13. The cost is $35 per person.
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Fall 2018 Ecumenical "Big Read"
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Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism
by Dr. Drew G. I. Hart
Theologian, blogger, activist
Community of Hope UCC (Madison), along with their ecumenical partner Advent Lutheran, are inviting other congregations to participate in this “Big Read,” that will culminate in the first weekend of December in Madison with conversations with the author.
Those who would like to participate in this exciting endeavor with discussions held at Emanuel UCC in Hales Corners after Labor Day are encouraged to sign up by contacting either Ms. Beth Meyer at
mommy8589@yahoo.com
or Rev. Lisa Irwin at
lisa@emanuel-ucc.org
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Specific discussion dates TBD. Contact either Beth or Lisa with questions.
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Save the Date - UCC Youth going to UWM Planetarium - Dec 7
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Youth from SE Churches are invited to join Plymouth UCC (Milwaukee) for an evening at the UWM Planetarium.
Friday, December 7, show at 8:15 PM
Watch for more details in next SEA Currents.
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2018 Changing Lives Mission Grants Available!
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This year the SEA Mission Team is offering two separate Changing Lives Grant opportunities.
Changing Lives Mission Outreach Grants of up to $250 are available for programs and projects connected to your congregation’s local community such as a food pantry, community meal, after school program, or work you do with a local non-profit. For more information or to apply, please see the
attached document
or get the application online at
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Y5J85LG
. Past grant recipients may apply again this year.
Changing Lives Race and Privilege Grants of up to $100 are available for congregations engaging in conversations about race and privilege to print or copy curriculum, purchase books, rent movies, or host speakers. For more information or to apply, please see the
attached document
or go to
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2LCGR3X
for the online application.
The SEA Mission Team’s goal is to support congregations who seek to change lives, their own and others. If your congregation would like support for something not covered in one of these grants, please contact chairperson Christine Wilke at
sewaucc.missionteam@gmail.com
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Southeast Wisconsin Association UCC
Crystal Stinemates, editor
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