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Friday, November 11, 2022 | | |
Ministers' Financial Vitality Initiative
2023 Applications Now Open!
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Since 2017, the Ministers’ Financial Vitality Initiative (MFVI) has worked to increase and improve financial wellness for more than 210 UCC authorized ministers who are overburdened with debt.
Each year, we engage a selection of 60 UCC authorized ministers to commit to a three-year personal finance education that encourages participants to draw upon the expertise of a trusted and experienced Ernst and Young (EY) financial planner to help meet their financial goals, as well as obtain unlimited access to tools and educational resources – available at no cost to the participant.
The program provides a yearly financial incentive of $3,000 for three years, which participants can use to alleviate their debt, or seed an Annuity Plan account to secure lifetime income.
Active UCC authorized ministers who are interested in joining the MFVI program for the 2023 cohort beginning in January 2023, can send an email to MFVI@pbucc.org for instructions on how to apply. The application deadline is December 31, 2022. Applications will be processed on a first come, first served basis.
We invite you to read the Frequently Asked Questions to learn more about the program.
Joaquin Labour-Acosta
MFVI Program Director
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2022 Plous Family Lecture
Advocate Aurora Health
Monday, November 14, 10-11:15 AM
Join us for our annual Plous Family Lecture, featuring Pulitzer Prize winner and author Isabel Wilkerson, who will explore the need to reconcile America’s karmic racial inheritance and share the universal story of migration, the enduring search for the American dream, and the origins of our shared commonality. Click here to view the flyer.
Isabel Wilkerson, winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Humanities Medal, is the author of The New York Times bestsellers The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. A gifted storyteller, Wilkerson captivates audiences with the universal human story of migration and reinvention, as well as the unseen hierarchies that have divided us as a nation, in order to find a way to transcend them.
The discussion will be moderated by our own Chief Spiritual Officer Kathie Bender-Schwich, FACHE. Please join us for what will be a fascinating lecture and Q&A. Register online here.
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2022 Annual Assembly
Colectivo de Latinx Ministries UCC
"Laying the Foundation" - Isaiah 28:16
Saturday, November 19, 2022
1:00 – 3:00 PM Central Time
FREE Registration. Please register to get more details which will follow.
2022 Asamblea Anual
"Sentando las Bases" - Isaías 28:16
Sábado, 19 de noviembre de 2022 | 1:00 – 3:00 PM Centro
Registro GRATUITO. Por favor, regístrese para obtener más detalles que seguirán.
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Becoming a Creation Justice Church Webinar
November 17, 2:30 PM CST
Creation Justice Churches is a program of the United Church of Christ that guides congregations in discerning how they can best embody a commitment to care for God’s creation. As Christians, this is our first calling in the Bible. It is also a calling that has been integral to the DNA of the UCC as a denomination and the historic role played by the UCC’s Commission for Racial Justice in launching the environmental justice movement. In the face of the climate crisis, the Creation Justice Church program has provided a path of active hope for a growing number of congregations. Register here.
This webinar is part of a special series of Thursdays for the Soul webinars focused on Just World Covenant programs in the United Church of Christ.
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Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR)
Sunday, November 20
TDOR is an annual observance on Nov. 20 that honors the memory of our transgender neighbors whose lives were lost in acts of transphobic violence. Most of those who were killed in the past year were transgender women of color. This year's TDOR falls on a Sunday. ONA churches often will read the names* of those who were lost, ringing a bell or singing bowl for each name.
Worship Resources
*This is a corrected link with the names for 2021-2022.
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Climate Hope Cards
It is in action that hope is found. As the Israelites confronted the challenges of their time, the prophet Jeremiah passed along God’s message: Your labor is not in vain. There is hope for your future. (Jeremiah 31:17) That's why we are calling all UCC children and youth under age 18 to draw or paint about climate hope, environmental justice, or protecting the Earth. Winners will be announced during an online award ceremony and their art will be printed on thousands of Climate Hope Cards to be collected by UCC members around the country and ultimately delivered en masse to the White House!
Click here to register your church and receive additional materials, including a video from General Minister and President, Rev. Dr. John Dorhauer! Sunday school class and youth group participation encouraged. The submission deadline is November 30.
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Celebrating Recent Installations and Ordinations! | | |
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Chicago Metropolitan Association
On Sunday, October 23, Rev. Dr. James Matarazzo, Jr. was installed as Senior Pastor at Glenview Community Church in Glenview.
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Chicago Metropolitan Association
On Sunday, November 6, Rev. Daniel Sather was installed as Pastor at Pilgrim Faith UCC in Oak Lawn.
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Western Association
On Sunday, November 6, Dr. Lesa Branham was Ordained and Installed as Pastor at First Congregational UCC
in Springfield.
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