Association Meeting Announcement

Southeast Association

Wisconsin Conference UCC

ASSOCIATION MEETING

VIDEO LINK

Click here to see the recording of our meeting.

ESTHER 2020 Virtual "Banquet"

Voices for Justice

Sunday, November 1, 5:00 pm

Featuring Keynote Speaker Rev. Traci Blackmon

As a featured voice on many regional, national, and international platforms, Rev. Blackmon’s life work focuses on communal resistance to systemic injustice. Her response in Ferguson to the killing of Michael Brown resulted in national and international recognition, gaining her audiences at the White House, the Carter Center, and the Vatican. She co-authored the White Privilege curriculum for the UCC and toured the nation with Rev. Dr. William Barber of Repairers of the Breach and Sister Simone Campbell of Nuns on the Bus, proclaiming the need for a Moral Revival in the nations.

Note: ESTHER’s traditional silent auction has been moved to an online format this year, running from October 29 until the start of the banquet on November 1.

More info and REGISTER at

https://esther-foxvalley.org

Questions contact Sara Companik

scompanik@yahoo.com

First Congregation UCC, Appleton

Retired Clergy Gathering

November 12

10:30

via Zoom

Contact Rev. John Helt for the link.

UCC MISSION MATCH DAY

NOVEMBER 22

UCC Mission Match Day is November 22. We will support the work of

Frieden’s Community Ministries,

Guest House of Milwaukee,

St. Ben’s Meal Program.

Several of you have responded with commitments from your local congregation for the match fund. We’ve raised over $13,000 already. I hope many more congregations will participate in forming the “match” for our match day.

I’m asking congregations to take an offering in worship on Nov. 22. Over the next few weeks I will provide resources to use in promoting the offering in worship or electronically. People can make a donation at any time by clicking HERE - DONATION

Lastly, I’m putting together a zoom meeting with representatives from Friedens, Guest House, and St. Ben’s to talk about their ministries and how they change lives. Tim Perkins will talk about the historic connection between the UCC and these agencies and I’ll review the match day concept. Please join us for this call and share it with your mission-minded leaders.

To register click HERE

Virtual Lakeland University Mission House Lecture VIDEO

If you were unable to attend the most recent Lakeland University Founders Lecture you are in luck. It was recorded and you can access it with the link below.

The program featured the Rev. Starsky Wilson, Ph.D., president of the Deaconess Foundation in St. Louis. In 2014 he was appointed by Missouri's Governor to co-chair the Ferguson Commission following the police killing of Michael Brown. Rev. Wilson will start the program with his thoughts on race and systemic oppression as it relates to the Black Lives Matter movement, COVID and the upcoming Presidential election. He will be joined for a conversation on these topics by the Rev. Dr. Mavity Maddalena, Lakeland chaplain and ethicist in residence, and Le'Shay Guy, director of Multicultural Affairs at Lakeland University.

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RACIAL JUSTICE READING PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES SPONSORED BY REDEEMER UCC

Talking about racial injustice can be hard... especially when talking about it with kids. Join us on an at-your-own-pace virtual journey. Each week, we will post a short video and discussion threads based on a book on Google Classroom. We will also answer your questions! There will be two separate Classrooms based on age. Redeemer will provide one copy of the book per family.

Ages 4-10: Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice

Ages 10+: It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers)

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