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Embrace Living Communities Announces Key Leadership Promotions

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | December 11, 2025

Embrace Living Communities, based in Oak Brook, Ill., recently announced significant leadership changes. Embrace Living serves nearly 2,500 older adults and persons with disabilities across 29 communities in Illinois, Missouri, and Florida. Wayne Foley has been appointed chief operating officer (COO). In his time at Embrace Living, Foley has demonstrated exemplary leadership, integrity, and innovative…

Cedar Community Announces Acquisition of Older Adult Communities, Creates Management Subsidiary

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | December 11, 2025

Cedar Community, based in West Bend, Wis., announced in late October the upcoming acquisition of Spero Gardens, assisted living, located in Hartford, Wis., and Spero Heritage independent living, assisted living, and memory care, located in Watertown, Wis. The acquisition of the two campuses follows a thoughtful and deliberate period of realignment around and reinvestment in…

Leading With Pride: Beatitudes Campus Earns National LGBTQ+ Inclusion Recognition

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | December 11, 2025

Belonging isn’t a bonus in retirement; it’s essential. LGBTQ+ older adults deserve homes where they’re seen, safe and supported. At Beatitudes Campus in Phoenix, that promise is real: the campus recently was named a 2025 Long-Term Care Equality Index (LEI) Leader by the Human Rights Campaign, the equality index’s highest tier and earned by only 11 percent…

Isaiah 58 Ministries Celebrates Another Year of Beloved Community

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | December 11, 2025

October 14, 2025, was a beautiful fall evening, and one enjoyed by many, as friends and supporters of Isaiah 58 Ministries in St. Louis gathered for its Annual Celebration. The occasion marked another incredible year of living out Isaiah 58 Ministries’ mission to build beloved community in South St. Louis city. Hosted at the unique…

New Partnership with BankPlus Strengthens Back Bay Mission’s Housing Recovery Efforts

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | December 11, 2025

By Samatha Bell, Back Bay Mission’s housing recovery program manager Back Bay Mission in Biloxi, Miss., is proud to announce a new partnership with BankPlus, whose generous support has already helped transform lives along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Through their recent contribution, Back Bay Mission’s Housing Recovery Program successfully completed eight roof replacements for local families in need,…

EHM Senior Solutions Announces Senior Director, Community Based Services

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | December 11, 2025

EHM Senior Solutions, based in Saline, Mich., is delighted to welcome Jena Wisely to the role of senior director, community based services. She will be overseeing EHM’s LifeChoices® and Shared Care Services programs. Wisely attended University of Toledo where she earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration, with a double major in marketing and professional sales. Later, a family friend…

United Church Homes Awarded $45,000 Grant to Support Older Adults in Mississippi and Tennessee

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | December 11, 2025

United Church Homes (UCH), based in Marion, Ohio, has received a $45,000 grant from the H.W. Durham Foundation to provide basic needs support for older adults living in nine of its affordable housing communities in Mississippi and Tennessee. The grant will help supply cleaning products, personal care items and perishable food to residents living in…

Christmas Fund Advent Resources Filled with Spirit of the Season; Drive Helps Active and Retired Clergy

By Barb Powell | November 13, 2025

The UCC Council for Health and Human Service Ministries and Pension Boards-United Church of Christ have again teamed up to bring all settings of the church this year’s Christmas Fund Advent resources, including the four weeks of Advent and Christmas Eve. The 2025 Advent liturgical resources were created by the Rev. Dr. Elyse Berry, CHHSM’s…

Nollau Institute’s Second Retreat Gives Participants Fresh Eyes to Realize Their Leadership Potential

By Barb Powell | November 13, 2025

The second retreat of the Nollau Leadership Institute class of 2026 took place Oct. 6-10, 2025, at Bellwether Farm in Wakeman, Ohio. The retreat built on the first retreat’s emphasis on the personal aspects of leadership to explore organizational life, coaching strategies, restorative and social justice in the workplace, and other leadership skills.  The second…

Crossroad Looks to the Future through Logo Update and Website Refresh

By Barb Powell | November 13, 2025

Crossroad Child & Family Services in Fort Wayne, Ind., has a refreshed look. In October, the CHHSM agency unveiled its new logo and refreshed website. “On Oct. 2, 2025, Crossroad unveiled our new logo— the third in the organization’s 142 years of service,” said Liz Bergren, chief development officer. “We chose to unveil our new…

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