Interfaith News from

St. Joseph County, IN

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End of Summer Greetings!

Your editor did not realize how long it has been since a Torch was sent; please accept his apologies!

The URC was crazy busy all summer, and provides your some details about the work with:

Upcoming Interfaith Events (with Ansari Institute and Religions for Peace USA)
Emergency Rental Assistance and other Advocacy Center work
Refugee Resettlement and other Welcoming Michiana work

The demands on our work have never been stronger; have you got a few minutes to provide input on our efforts? If so, our board is beginning a strategic planning process this month, and asks for your input:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/URCPlanning2021

Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion

The URC's partner at the University of Notre Dame, Ansari Institute, invites you to participate conversations around the 20th Anniversary of the Sept 11 terror attacks.

Sep 14, 6-7 p.m.

Healing Memories with Faith: September 11 Twenty Years Later

Click here to sign up and to learn about two follow-up sessions in October and November.

Suicide Prevention Month: September

On Thursday, Sept 16, from 2-3 p.m. ET,

Religions for Peace USA, along with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the US, is offering a one-hour program on how congregations can help their friends and fellow worshipers prevent and respond to suicide. The online program is free; click here to sign up.

Link to RFP-USA

ERA Program

The United Religious Community has directed nearly $400,000 towards rent and utilities, from the county ERA program and from other donations and grants. .

Have someone you feel would benefit? Encourage them to create an online application via the

link below: SJCo ERA Program

Refugee Work

The URC submitted a proposal to Church World Service, one of the NGOs that help the US State Department to resettle refugees in the US. It was anticipated that approval would be known by August, but the situation in Afghanistan took over. Our committee had turned its attention towards how the St. Joseph County community could be of help; a Torch in the near future will provide more information on Welcoming Michiana than is available at this time.

Please stay tuned!

United Religious Community of St. Joseph County, Inc.