Valarie Kaur is an American activist, documentary filmmaker, lawyer, educator, and faith leader. She is the founder of the Revolutionary Love Project. Kaur's debut book, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love, was published in June 2020.

Valarie Kaur Zoom Presentation and Interfaith Worship including Valarie

Morning: Interfaith Workshops

Afternoon: Business Meeting, Recognition of Pastors and Churches, Installation, Closing Worship

including Communion

Registration is available for Friday evening only or for Friday and Saturday.

To register go to: https://tithe.ly/event-registration/#/4914242

OR Click Here for form to mail in registration along with your payment

Take a Prayer Break - Every Thursday at noon during Lent join colleagues from the four PA UCC conferences for a short time of prayer on zoom. Each gathering will be led by a conference staff member and will include readings, reflection, and a time for intercessory prayer. All are welcome to join. Zoom information is below and is the same for every week. We begin March 3^rd and will end on April 14^th.

For the scheduling listing, click here

Carrie Call is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 841 7677 4603 Passcode: 260414

Rev. Carrie Call, PhD, Conference Minister, Penn Central Conference

Part one is "Christian Teaching on Alcohol" meets on Tuesday, May 10 at 6pm ET via Zoom or

Part two is "Christian Teaching on Gambling" meets on Tuesday, May 17 also at 6pm ET via Zoom or in-person at the Church at 7pm.

The Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania https://www.etown.edu/centers/young-center

The Strengthen the Church Offering most congregations will take on June 5^th provide resources for our conferences and national setting to build core strength and flexibility in our congregations. Bonnie Bates, Tyler Connoley, Alexis Fuller-Wright, and Phil Hodson created bulletin inserts that capture the good work of conferences made possible by STC funds.

The offering materials are available on the CCM Basecamp (see the project “OCWM Support/Warner” in the folder “Strengthen the Church 2022) and in UCC Resources here.

In addition to the materials available for digital download, congregations will be able to order free envelopes, bulletin inserts, and posters. 

Please think about ways you can promote the offering in your church. Consider:

All together, we can ensure the Strengthen the Church Offering raises the crucial funds for our conferences and the national setting to help our congregations thrive/grow/flourish.

Registration Link – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/294801157197

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7276959529

Registration Link – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/266414632337

With Rev. Kris P. Snyder (from Union, Neffs)

By zoom only – use the link below.

Using practices from the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) model, Plum Village Thich Nhat Hanh tradition, Centering Prayer, and a little Qigong and movement we’ll gather for an hour of practice.

No experience necessary, lots of experience welcome too. Sign up here if you are interested and available for some or all of these dates:

Or just show up using the zoom link.

If you’re interested but these times and days don’t work, let me know and we can try to offer more.

Blessings, Kris pastorkris@unionucc.org

Zoom Link:

Meeting ID: 811 8812 7483

Passcode: 348630

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Please review the attached invitation to join us on Tuesday May 3^rd at Liberty High School in Bethlehem from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. As faith leaders in our Lehigh Valley, we would be honored by your attendance, and also your stakeholders. The event is open to our whole community including youth, parents, and all our neighbors across the Lehigh Valley…this is most appropriate for teens, parents of teens, and anyone working with teens. Following the film, My Ascension,  there will be a youth Q & A panel guided by the film’s Director, Gary Dicharry, and Emma Benoit will be in attendance to share her positivity and hope to our community’s youth. 

Help for Getting Through the Covid Blahs - Start re-energizing with Faith+Lead's Processing the Pandemic of Ministry. We are all worn down after another year ravaged by the pandemic. The good news is that now - over just two hours a week for three weeks - there's an opportunity to recover, regroup, and get ready for a healthy, hopeful future.

You will discover:

As we mark World Water Day today we remember that over 1 billion people in the world lack sustainable access to freshwater. We know that water is a vital ingredient for life and access to safe clean drinking water is a human right. 

Global Ministries has supported the Machaze Water Wells project of the United Church of Christ in Mozambique (UCCM) since the project was created. To date, UCCM has built 11 cisterns to collect rainwater and two boreholes (wells) in different locations across the Machaze district of the Manica province. While these have provided the life-giving resource of water for many years, due to the unprecedented droughts in the past two years, many of these cisterns installed by UCCM are now dry. Therefore, UCCM is preparing to build water wells in two communities: Bassani and Chibuto. These new wells will be installed deep enough to provide water during severe droughts. Continue reading about this project.

Learn more about all of the Global Ministries Water Projects, and if you are able, consider making a gift to support water projects in honor of World Water Day.

in an online format. Spaces are going quickly, so please register today. See the list of course offerings below. Full course descriptions are available online at the Summer Study website.

 Courses

 Morning – 10:00am to 12:30pm

Courses are $400 with discounts for multiple course registration and for current YDS students. To register or get more information, go to summerstudy.yale.edu or call (203) 432-4473 or email campbell.harmon@yale.edu.

      Every one of us as pastors and church leaders longs for new ideas and innovations that will breathe an energizing spirit into our congregations. Well, did you know that there is a forum in PNEC that meets every month just for the purpose of sharing those sort of insights?

           On the last Monday of each month, on Zoom at 7 PM, the Congregational Vitality Team hosts a “Vital Conversation.” Our conversations vary on the focal topic—past sessions have centered on subjects like stewardship, Christian education, and defining “vitality”—yet, every session is geared toward thinking together about a particular area of congregational life and brainstorming creative, imaginative, life-giving ways to do ministry. So, whether you’re looking for a spark of inspiration, a new idea, or simply want to talk and share with your colleagues some of the creative things you’re trying, please join us at the next Vital Conversation:

           The Zoom Meeting ID is: 817 9668 4439

           Passcode: 292474

With the recently released report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the dire situation faced by our world has never been clearer. In such a moment, leadership from communities of faith is sorely needed. Thankfully, Creation Justice Ministries has created an ecumenical resource that will assist churches in answering the call placed upon us in this moment. The resource is entitled “Weathering the Storm: Faithful Climate Resilience.” It specifically helps churches respond to the question, “How can our churches be hubs of resilience, helping our neighbors weather the physical and spiritual storms of the climate crisis?” The resource can be used year-round and is also particularly useful in preparing for Earth Sunday (April 24th).

The next installment of Creation Justice Webinars will be presented on April 13, 2022 at 1:00 PM ET. It will feature, Avery Davis Lamb, Co-Executive Director of Creation Justice Ministries, who will introduce the resource and talk about specific ways churches can deliver a powerful message and experience on Earth Sunday.

Register for the webinar at https://ucc.zoom.us/webinar/register/8116462328784/WN_B9fD1WYnRHmz_N8no4E9FQ. 

Even if you cannot make the webinar at its scheduled time, still sign-up, and you will be sent the link to the recording. You can download the resource at https://www.creationjustice.org/. 

The FY 2022 Federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program is opening. PA Emergency Management Agency is hosting webinars to help applicants understand the process. Churches and pastors can go to PEMA.PA.gov/Grants/NSGP for detailed information. Some of the NSGP webinars will be open forums, designed to address any questions relating to the Nonprofit security grant program. 

Recently the HHS Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and the DHS Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships presented an excellent webinar, Protecting Places of Worship: A Religious Observance Briefing on Safety and Security. You can listen or share the recording which highlights multiple ways faith and community organizations can enhance the safety and security of their institutions and communities by taking practical steps ahead of religious observances.

The Church of the Brethren Disaster Services (a VOAD partner with the UCC) will present an in-person Children’s Disaster Services Volunteer Workshop on May 13 - 14, 2022. The event will begin on Friday at 4:30 PM ET and conclude at 5:30 PM on Saturday. The event will be held at the Lititz Church of the Brethren, 300 Orange St., Lititz, PA 17543. The CDS Volunteer Workshop is a comprehensive 25 - hour workshop that uses applied, experiential activities to help the participants integrate their learning. The workshop will train you to understand and respond to children who have experienced a disaster. Participants will experience a simulated shelter, sleeping on cots and eating simple meals. Once the training is completed, participants have the opportunity to become a certified Children’s Disaster Services volunteer. Learn more on the attached flyer. Register.

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**You can find more information & updates at UCC Disaster Ministries: www.ucc.org/disaster