A Remembrance for Every Meal Holy

 A Prayer

Take, eat, drink, and remember

 Love conquers all.

Take, eat, drink, and remember

 Not by violence

 Does Love hold sway.

Take, eat, drink, and remember,

 Betrayal is not the final word.

Take, eat, drink, and remember

 You must be broken open.

Take, eat, drink, and remember

 There is more to be revealed.

Take, eat, drink, and remember

 The Holy One 

 Who created you

 Will not forget you.

Take, eat, drink, and remember

 To release your spirit

 Into the embrace of the Holy One.

Take, eat, drink, and remember,

 The final word is healing.

Take, eat, drink, and remember

 The final gift is hope.

Take, eat, drink, and remember,

 The final blessing is peace.

Take, eat, drink, and remember

 Love is holding Your life.

Take, eat, drink, and remember

 Love’s promise

 Is trustworthy and true.

Take, eat, drink, and remember

 By this You will be re-membered.

And it will be good news

 For you and for the world.

-DMLH, September 2022

Heartland Conference Annual Gathering

September 22 & 23

Take the Challenge and bring your Buckets and Hygiene Kits to help us fill our newly designed trailer.  

Listen and subscribe to Prayers and Ponderings wherever you get your podcasts to join us for a precious pause of occasional prayers and other ponderings which we hope will deepen your sense of God’s loving presence and empower you to share that love in the world. We look forward to sharing wisdom from a wide variety of voices along the way. 

• The main event Saturday, October 22nd: Saturday only $15 per person
• Friday and/or Saturday night add on:
• Add on a room/cabin for your family and/or friends for $80/room per night (up to 10 people)
• Add on individual $25 spending the night sharing a room/cabin with a random Multi Gendered group of adults. (Adults only) 
• All minor children (17 and under) must be accompanied and supervised by their parent/guardian. 

For more information click on the image above or contact Jill Frey, jill@heartlanducc.org or 740-901-0734.

United Church Homes’ Ruth Frost Parker Center for Abundant Aging

2022 Abundant Aging Symposium

(Pro) Longevity: The Convergence of Ethics, Technology, and Spirituality

• What are your assumptions about aging, expected longevity, and appropriate medical care?
• How do you expect technology to contribute to your longevity?
• Can we go too far when it comes to longevity? 
• How might technology affect spirituality? 
• How might the valuing of spirituality affect technology?

Hear speakers consider these and other questions. Sept. 30, in Columbus, Ohio at the 2022 Abundant Aging Symposium hosted by United Church Homes’ Ruth Frost Parker Center for Abundant Aging.

Great Lakes Association of United Church Educators is gathering IN PERSON this year for our annual event at Potawatomi Inn. Pokagon State Park. IN, October 4-6. 

This will be a time of mourning our losses, healing and renewing our hope and moving into action to inspire change in our respective communities. Please plan to join us. 

You will find a link to the registration on our GLAUCE Facebook page or email Samantha Barret, iuccdir@gmail.com , or Penny Johnson, PJohnson@uchinsdale.org for more information and a link to the form.

We would like registration numbers ASAP, so please decide to come join us soon.  

The work continues! We deeply appreciate your generous donations and will continue to accept funds to help support the folks in Ukraine. 

To date we have received $107,930.29! 

Sometimes it feels like we don’t say “thank you” enough simply because we don’t reply quickly. So many of our friends around the world, churches and service organizations, are generous in their contributions to SARA’s Emergency Fund for Ukraine.

We are grateful for your support of time, money and plain hard work. Sixteen boxes have been sent to Ukraine via Hungary. It was no easy task, at least 20 people sorted, packed and helped the packages on their way.



Your support allows us to focus on our work in Hungary and Transcarpathia, Ukraine. We have been able to supply food and safety items, medical supplies and equipment. We also provide money for the refugees and their families who are beginning the process to relocate.