Bethany Children’s Home, a Berks County nonprofit organization, provides individualized services to youth between the ages of 6 and 20 in a group home setting on our beautiful rural campus located in Womelsdorf, Pa. Youth have opportunities to participate in a variety of therapeutic, spiritual, recreational and cultural services while they heal from their past […]
Job Description: Good Samaritan Home of Quincy is seeking a highly motivated, professional Chaplain to serve as the Director of Pastoral Services and Spiritual Care. Candidates should be ordained and have at least three years of chaplaincy/ministry experience. History of service in the United Church of Christ preferred. Duties include providing pastoral care and religious […]
Recently, UCC-related Orion Family Services in Madison, Wis., published this article in its newsletter. Orion — a private, nonprofit CHHSM member that serves children, adolescents and families throughout Wisconsin — wanted to share the experiences of four of its staff members who have completed the Nollau Leadership Institute and become consecrated as Diakonal Ministers. Orion’s […]
Music is a language that speaks to everyone in different ways; as we age, it becomes an integral part of our identities and forms of expression to ourselves and others. For some Phoebe residents of Phoebe Ministries, based in Allentown, Pa., music remains part of a daily pursuit of happiness and involvement in their community. […]
By the Rev. Kenneth V. Daniel, president and CEO, United Church Homes The Impact of Clergy Age on Churches When I was ordained back in 1981, I accepted the call to serve St. Andrew’s UCC, a small congregation in the old industrial city of Reading, Pennsylvania. I was following a beloved, long-tenured pastor who had […]
Legendary folk singer, artist, and author Judy Collins graced the Phoebe Institute on Aging (PIA) spring conference with a candid and touching discussion of her personal challenges with loss, addiction, depression, and healing. “Understanding Mental Health and Older Adults” focused on the types, causes, and detection of mental illness in seniors, and Collins as the […]
Continuing an ongoing effort to respond to the public health crisis of intentional violence, the University of Chicago Medicine and UCC-related Advocate Christ Medical Center are joining forces to form Southland RISE (Resilience Initiative to Strengthen and Empower), a new collaborative designed to better care for individuals, families and communities on the South Side and […]
The Plymouth Harbor Foundation and Plymouth Harbor, Inc. have selected their newest board members. The new members of The Plymouth Harbor Foundation board are: Kathryn Angell Carr is a current member of the Plymouth Harbor, Inc. board, and is a partner at Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP where she is Board Certified in Real Estate […]
Helping Hands is a humanitarian program that reunites unaccompanied youth from Central America with family that already resides in the USA. We are currently seeking multiple employees to work with these youth in our short-term emergency shelter. Bethany was one of 10 programs nationwide to receive this three-year grant. Available positions include administrative assistance, assistant […]
Many of the residents of United Church Homes’ Fairhaven Community in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, serve as friendship ambassadors for new residents. The purpose of the Fairhaven Community Friendship Ambassador Program is to provide companionship, comfort, hospitality, service and abundant life to friends and neighbors who have chosen Fairhaven as their home on life’s journey. Ambassadors […]
