Video Recording of Introduction to WISE webinar held on April 29
Hi All,
Due to a problem with the correct time of the WISE webinar held on April 29, we are offering a chance to view a recording of this webinar. If you wanted to participate but were unable to, please be in touch with Patty Rehrig (from the Conference Office). You can email her at
pattyr@pnec.org and request the recording. The requirements are to watch the video and provide a summary of what you take away from the introduction and in addition, any questions that may arise out of the discussion. These requirements need to be fulfilled in order to receive any continuing education hours. Thank you, Christian Creyer
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May 20 Bruce Epperly Book Study via Zoom
PSEC, PNEC and PCC clergy, lay leaders and friends are gathering on line to discuss Faith in a Time of Pandemic by Bruce G. Epperly
Wednesday, May 20
th
@ 3:00pm via Zoom
You can download or order the book here:
The Coronavirus is changing our church and culture (and the culture of church). It’s provoked isolation and self-interested individualism. It also inspires kindness, generosity, patience, and compassion. Facing the pandemic with God as our companion deepens our sense of agency as well as peace. Bruce Epperly’s very short treatise provides a theological, pastoral, and spiritual pathway to help us find a way through the wilderness of the Coronavirus pandemic. Joint the discussion!
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The Festival of Homiletics -- May 18-22, 2020 -- On-Line and Free
The World Needs Good Preaching…Now More than Ever
The Festival of Homiletics is moving online! And because there’s no better time than our current crisis to learn how to “preach a new earth,” registration for the virtual conference is totally FREE!
Preaching a New Earth: Climate and Creation
Be inspired by God’s Word proclaimed by some of the nation’s finest ministers and teachers. Experience the fellowship of hundreds of preachers. Learn and worship in an atmosphere that is dynamic, friendly, nurturing, and prophetic. Come renew, refresh, and recharge your spirit.
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“The Last Pastor: Faithfully Closing a Church”
Zoom Webinar
–
May 21st
How does closing a church impact pastors? Learn leadership skills that lead to grace-filled transformations and church closure in a zoom webinar with Gail Cafferata, author of
The Last Pastor: Faithfully Steering a Closing Church
.
Rev.
Cafferata will be speaking from her interviews and research with pastors who served closing congregations, as well as her own congregation’s experience.
Cafferata
helps pastors and church leaders understand the complexity of concluding a ministry with sensitivity to the spiritual and practical dimensions of closing a church. Register
here
for
The Last Pastor Zoom Webinar
on
Thursday, May 21
st
at 3 PM Eastern Time.
Hosted by Rev. David Schoen and sponsored by the UCC Church Building & Loan Fund.
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FREE (for now) Online Learning
FULLER Formation
, is an online learning product that enables you to grow in your faith through access to a variety of guided lessons from Fuller experts. Join the 3,300+ FULLER Formation subscribers and get access to:
- 64 guided lessons that have been created specifically for FULLER Formation
- 9 new guided lessons that will be released in the upcoming months
- Content created in collaboration with organizational partners, including Missio Alliance
We are offering FULLER Formation for FREE to new users who would like to use our resources to grow in faith or serve their faith community. Click the button below to create an account and gain immediate access to our FULLER Formation resources on topics such as discipleship, hope, and spiritual practices.
No subscription is required until July 1, 2020.
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Surgical Grade Masks
During the pandemic we have been trying to determine how our company can help. We decided to supply face masks – because we have a friend who can make them. For everyone sold through the UCC we will return $.25. The Cranford-Group will not profit from this endeavor.
Due to a long relationship with a fellow hosiery manufacturer, we have the ability to supply surgical grade masks.
The company is located in Asheboro, NC. The masks are 100% made in the USA. The factory is FDA approved and is ISO 1348 medical compliant. The masks are durable, washable and well-made; machined-made to avoid human contact.
The cost is $3.50 per mask and we can order all anyone needs because our friend’s capacity is 8 million masks per week and our orders will be given priority. There is a minimum order of 300. He has been shipping within 7 to 10 business days.
We reached out to our friend because we kept hearing stories about the shortage of good quality masks. If you know someone or a company or organization that needs masks – let them know about us and we will see that they get what they need.
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