Barb Powell
At United Church of Christ-related Embrace Living Communities, headquartered in Oak Brook, Ill., the most important thing to its faith-based housing communities that serve older adults and adults with physical challenges is helping residents continue to live rich, rewarding lives. And one of the ways Embrace Living does that is through its Service Coordinator Program.…
What do you do when you feel God’s call? At St. John Evangelical United Church of Christ in Collinsville, Ill., church members acted. Called to serve people who were home bound, they created St. John’s Community Care in 1985 to help not only home-bound individuals, but their families as well. On April 28, St. John’s…
The UCC’s Council for Health and Human Service Ministries today (March 22) released an advocacy communique on the effects of gun violence. The communique, sent to CHHSM member ministers, includes a Gun Violence Advocacy Toolkit. “This Saturday, March 24, 2018, hundreds of thousands of people across the country are expected to take part in the…
A waterfall and koi pond — complete with taro, a myriad of trees, paths to stroll through and places to sit and reflect. These are just some of the features of the botanical garden that serves residents of the United Church of Christ’s Arcadia in Honolulu. The site originally was home to Walter and Mary…
Each year, the United Church of Christ’s Charles Hall Youth Services (CHYS) serves approximately 60 North Dakota youth in crisis, of which about half are Native American from five tribal nations in the region. In recognition of the tribally-appropriate work done to help at-risk foster care youth, the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation (MHA Nation)…
Pennsylvania residents looking to keep their resolutions to stay fit — and help a great cause at the same time — need look no further than the United Church of Christ’s Bethany Children’s Home in Womelsdorf, Pa., and its local ministry partner Immanuel UCC in nearby Shillington, Pa. Immanuel is hosting its fifth annual RISE…
When the Rev. Toni DiPina begins her sermon during the service consecrating the United Church of Christ-related Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being in St. Louis, she will be — in one sense — coming full circle. But, as she often stresses, it will be the beginning of a new important phase, not only for her,…
A small group of health professionals in the United Church of Christ’s Deaconess Nurse Ministry are changing life for the better for senior citizens in Jefferson County, Mo. Through its Community Outreach Program, Deaconess Nurse Ministry is able to offer innovative programs at area food pantries that help seniors stay healthy. Thanks to a grant…
Attendees gathered for the opening service of the UCC Council for Health and Human Service Ministries’ Annual Gathering will experience a celebration and affirmation of CHHSM work in a particularly unique way. The service, to be held March 1 at the Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being in St. Louis, will include a consecration of the…
Plymouth Harbor, a United Church of Christ senior living community in Sarasota Fla., recently opened its new assisted living and memory care residences. Called Northwest Garden, the new building houses two distinct “neighborhoods” dedicated to assisted living with enhanced memory care, plus new independent living apartments. Partially the result of a $3.3-million “Commitment to Memory”…
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Archway Communities Moves Forward with Next Phase of its Commons at Mosaic - CHHSM
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Archway Communities, based in Lakewood, Colo., recently announced that it has received $2.72 million in housing tax credits from the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, the allocating agency for h...