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UCC Webinar—Wartime Threat: Increased Fossil Fuel Production at Home
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sil fuel industry is using the war in Ukraine to push for ramping up production in the United States. As a result, communities on the frontlines of the industry face the wartime threat of more pollution and more harm to their health. In this webinar, we will learn about the history that shapes the threats faced, and we will hear directly from those fighting at the grassroots to protect their families and communities. Featured speakers will include Roishetta Ozane from Healthy Gulf, Lois Bower-Bjornson from the Clean Air Council, and David J.X. González from the University of California-Berkeley. Even if you can’t make the scheduled time of 1 pm ET on Wednesday, July 6th, still sign-up, and we will send you a recording. Register now!
Our Whole Lives (OWL)
August 26-38
Clergy and lay leaders who plan to offer an Our Whole Lives program in their congregations are invited to three days of facilitation training from Aug. 26 to 28 at the Daycholah Center in Green Lake. Our Whole Lives, or OWL, is a comprehensive human sexuality curriculum for elementary-age children through older adults, developed by the United Church of Christ and the Unitarian Universalist Association. The August training is co-sponsored by the Wisconsin and Minnesota conferences, in partnership with the national setting of the UCC.
Questions? Contact Lisa Hart, associate conference minister for faith formation and justice ministries.
To register click here.
Damascus Project Information
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Clergy Renewal Grants
Grants between $500 and $1,000 would help congregations cover such things as pulpit supply or given as gifts to their pastors to use for renewal. Click here for more information.
GRANTS AVAILABLE!
Conference Creation Care Team is offering grants of up to $1,000 to WI Conference congregations that are planning initiatives to deepen their love of Creation and positively change their relationship with the environment.
For more information and to submit a grant application, go to wcucc.org/creationcare. Contact Lisa Hart with questions.
Click here to see Grants Received
Borrow “God’s Doors Are Open to All”
Created to remind us to boldly stand in Solidarity with LGBTQ & Orlando, Florida communities to represent our Open and Affirming congregations and to encourage us all to let love be stronger than hate.
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Interested in Visiting Palestine and Israel?
Rev. Nick Utphall will be leading an eleven day trip to the Holy Land in November.
For more information click here.
Communities of Practice Groups for Clergy and Christian Educators
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Communities of Practice for Christian Education Faith Formation
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Thinking about retirement or already retired?
The Conference has started a Facebook Group to discuss the many issues involved in transitioning to retirement.
It is open to all Authorized Clergy and any denomination. More information.
Lay Leaders take note!
Are you a lay leader for a congregation which has called or is calling a pastor who will be serving in that for the first time?
New resources are being developed to help with the transition from seminary to a first call in ministry. Members of the SW Association that are working on this are: Rev. Mark Yurs, Rev. Leslie Schenk, Dave Pearson and Rev. Joanne Thomson.
New Process for Licensed Ministry
The Southwest Association, along with the three other Associations in the Wisconsin Conference, has adopted a new process for licensed ministry. Both the Conference Commission on Church and Ministry and our national MESA (Ministerial Excellence, Support, and Authorization) team have developed a new framework for understanding licensed ministry. We encourage you to take a look at www.ucc.org/ministers to learn more about the changes affecting the authorization of ministry in the United Church of Christ.
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