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Explore
Experiment
Excite
...in our ASSOCIATION
From the Association General Minister
Students Speak About NEOSOM
If you've ever wondered how the Northeast Ohio School of Ministry (NEOSOM) can support your ministry, you and your church can now hear directly from folks who have benefited from their participation in NEOSOM. A new group of brief video testimonials, by both authorized and lay ministers, is available on the NEOSOM web page, as well as some basic information about the program from the dean. Check us out in time for Seminary/Church Vocations Sunday, Feb. 28th, at https://livingwaterone.org/neosom-school-of-ministry/.
Resources for Worship
Weekly Online Check In
Anti Racism Resource Page
LW Technology Grant Opportunity
Spring Vitality Festival: Belonging, Building, Becoming
Healthy Practices for Ministry
...in our CONGREGATIONS
First Congregational Church of Akron Suicide Awareness and Prevention Workshop
First Congregational Church of Akron will be hosting a Suicide Awareness and Prevention Workshop on March 27, 2021, 10am-12pm. Suicide is still stigmatized and not openly discussed, but it is a reality that affects many. In an effort to help with the knowledge and skills necessary to intervene with those at risk for suicide, we invite you to join hosts Rev. Antigoné Pearson, who serves as Associate Minister at First Church of Akron and is also a US Army Reserve Chaplain, and Rev. Andrew Courtney, who has served multiple parishes, and now serves as an Ohio Army National Guard Chaplain.
Bainbridge Community UCC and Solon Community UCC hosting a workshop on Womanism
We are more than simple identity markers, but a blending of all. One of the first movements to recognize this was Womanism, a liberation philosophy out of the African American female experience. Join us, March 13th and 20th at 10am via Zoom, to learn how multiple identity markers affect our interactions with social systems and the world around us. Come discuss how to counter dysfunctional, unjust social systems from the Christian perspective, facilitated by Rev. Dr. Velda Love.
Streaming/Online Worship
Employment Opportunity
...in the WIDER CHURCH
Introducing the new Heartland Conference Website!
Heartland Conference Summer Camp Registration is open!
Find the camp session you are interested in and click on it to learn more and to register. 

Please remember that minor children must be registered for camp by their custodial/legal parent.
 
Volunteers are needed for camp, too! Volunteer application forms can also be found on the event calendar.
 
If you’d like more information before registering, please attend one of our parent information sessions. You will find them on the calendar of events on the link below.
Anti-Racism Network Book Discussion
You’re invited to join members of the Heartland Conference’s Anti-Racism Network in a group reading of Austin Channing Brown’s Book entitled I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. Meeting Dates are Thursdays 3/11 Chapter 1-Interlude: Why I Love Being a Black Girl. 3/18 Chapter 6-Interlude: How to Survive Racism in an Organization that Claim to be Anti-Racist. 3/25 Chapters 10-14 "Standing in the Shadow of Hope". Please Register at https://tinyurl.com/y4ure4ba For more information contact Matthew Hogue-Smith at mhogue.smith@gmail.com
UCC Weekly Webinars
Upcoming Events
Association Ministers
Association Staff
Nayiri Karjian
Associations General Minister

Michael Howard
Minister of Faith in Action

Kellie Ramirez
Information Management and Media

Committee on Ministry Registrar
Machelle Miller
Office Manager & Bookkeeper

Don Hill
Financial Development Consultant

Gene McAfee
Dean of Northeast Ohio School of Ministry

Cheryl Lindsay
Communication Consultant
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