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Early this spring, the Rev. John Terry of the Federated Church, UCC, in Hyannis, Mass, received a phone call from the Rev. Guillermo Marquez-Sterling, associate minister for program development, at Pass-A-Grille Beach Community UCC near St. Petersburg, Fla., inquiring about opportunities on Cape Cod where his church members could engage in mission work near UCC-related…
Read MoreUnited Church of Christ-related Retirement Housing Foundation has completed Paloma Terrace, a new affordable housing property in South Los Angeles. The four-story structure comprises 59 units of housing for low-income families, and is located on less than an acre at the corner of 50th and Main Streets. Founded in 1961, RHF was launched by two…
Read MoreRecent high school graduate Emmanuel Futrell had never visited a four-year college, and even the thought of being away from his family was a bit unsettling. But an unexpected campus visit this summer changed his perspective. The trip to LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, arranged by CHHSM member Neighborhood Houses, a St. Louis youth services organization,…
Read MoreFor Barbara Fedderly, music produces an awakening. When she listens to her iPod, the resident of Cedar Community in West Bend, Wisconsin, is suddenly animated. “She will hold her shoulders and sometimes smile,” Norman Fedderly says of his wife’s reaction to the music. Barbara is one of 19 current Cedar Community residents enrolled in the…
Read MoreLeaders of the United Church of Christ’s Council for Health and Human Service Ministries played a significant role at in-district legislative advocacy meetings this summer organized by LeadingAge, a national organization that exists to expand the world of possibilities for the aging. Former UCC General Minister and President the Rev. Geoffrey A. Black, who is a member of…
Read MoreBreaking from tradition, the UCC’s Council for Health and Human Service Ministries (CHHSM), which does not receive any funding from the denomination’s shared funding pool known as Our Church’s Wider Mission (OCWM), has decided to contribute to it instead. CHHSM, which is supported financially by 73 corporate members, made an initial donation of $1,000 this…
Read MoreOriginally published September 12, 2016, in the Chicago Tribune, this op-ed was written by Tom Vanden Berk, CEO emeritus of CHHSM-member UCAN in Chicago and founder of Illinois’ Gun Violence Prevention Political Action Committee. Dueling op-eds published last week [in the Chicago Tribune] considered whether a “war on guns” — namely tougher mandatory sentences for…
Read MoreLeaders of the United Church of Christ’s Council for Health and Human Service Ministries played a significant role at in-district legislative advocacy meetings this summer organized by LeadingAge, a national organization that exists to expand the world of possibilities for the aging. Former UCC General Minister and President the Rev. Geoffrey A. Black, who is a member of…
Read MoreA marble water sculpture “Tao” by renowned artist Fred Bendheim will be dedicated on Friday, September 23, at Beatitudes Campus in Phoenix at 4:30 pm. The sculpture, originally commissioned for Frank Lloyd Wright’s “The Pottery House” in Paradise Valley, Arizona, was designed and constructed from 1982-1983. It was donated to Beatitudes Campus by the artist.…
Read MoreThe Board of Directors of the United Church of Christ Cornerstone Fund is pleased to announce the appointment of Maria C. Coyne as the new President and CEO of the Cornerstone Fund. Coyne is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a degree in finance and attended the Weatherhead School of Management at…
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UCC Love of Neighbor Retreat Gets to the Heart of Team Ministries - CHHSM
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Amidst global concerns, pre-election stress, and other outreach initiatives, team leaders from the UCC’s Love of Neighbor ministry met in late October 2024 for a two-day CHHSM-led retreat, “Love o...