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Dr. Zaria Davis Named CHHSM’s New Rev. Jerry Paul Scholar

By Barb Powell | September 12, 2022

The UCC’s Council for Health and Human Service Ministries (CHHSM) has named Dr. Zaria Davis, a student at UCC-related Eden Theological Seminary in Webster Groves, Mo., as its new Rev. Jerry Paul Scholar. “I am excited to welcome Zaria Davis as this year’s Jerry Paul Scholar,” said Jamar Doyle, president and CEO of CHHSM. “Zaria…

Nollau To You Helps Bring Renewed Passion to Good Samaritan Home

By Barb Powell | September 12, 2022

The Council for Health and Human Service Ministries’ (CHHSM) one-day Nollau To You seminars often create a foundation for change within participants, in a workplace, and sometimes both. The executive team of Good Samaritan Home in Evansville, Ind., recently came away from a Nollau To You seminar inspired and feeling positive about the future. Bert…

Social and Biomedical Ethicist Dr. Tracy Trothen to Keynote Parker Center Symposium

By Barb Powell | September 12, 2022

Tracy J. Trothen, Ph.D., will deliver two keynotes at the annual United Church Homes Ruth Frost Parker Center for Abundant Aging’s Annual Symposium. “(Pro) Longevity: The Convergence of Ethics, Tech and Spirituality” will be held Friday, Sept. 30, from 9:30 a.m. until 3:15 p.m. (EDT) at the Nationwide Event and Conference Center near Columbus, Ohio.…

Phoebe Institute on Aging 2023 Conference Issues Call for Break-Out Group Proposals

By CHHSM Staff | September 9, 2022

Phoebe Ministries is seeking proposals for the Phoebe Institute on Aging’s 2023 Conference, “We Rise Together: Seniors Rebound with Resilience and Hope.” The conference is slated for April 27, 2023, at DeSales University in Center Valley, Pa., and features boxing legend Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini as the keynote speaker. The conference will examine resiliency in…

Lake Prince Woods’ Capital Campaign Exceeds Goal Set for Community’s New Construction and Improvements

By CHHSM Staff | September 6, 2022

September 29, 2022, is a big day for Lake Prince Woods, an EveryAge continuing care community in Suffolk, Va. Not only is it the 20th anniversary of the community’s grand opening, it also is the day ground will be broken on a new Wellness Center and renovations of Lake Prince Woods’ Commons. The groundbreaking is…

Abundant Life and Biimaadiiziiwiin — A Multicultural Belief

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | September 6, 2022

By the Rev. Kenneth Daniel, president and CEO of United Church Homes. Reprinted with permission. As an unrepentant liberal arts major, I am often drawn to various esoteric topics across a broad range of interests. This may be part of why a friend once affectionately described me as “obscure but well intentioned.” I can get…

Back Bay Mission October Conference Invites Everyone to ‘Make Good Trouble’

By Barb Powell | August 11, 2022

Back Bay Mission in Biloxi, Miss., takes seriously its mission to strengthen neighborhoods, seek justice and transform lives through programs in education, empowerment, housing rehabilitation, and more. This year — as it celebrates its 100th anniversary — the CHHSM member has developed a new avenue for helping to fulfill that mission: its ‘Making Good Trouble’…

United Caring Services Takes On Homelessness through Permanent Housing Programs

By Barb Powell | August 11, 2022

United Caring Services in Evansville, Ill., is well known for many of its shelter programs: a day shelter; men’s night shelter and women’s night shelter; recuperative care program providing a place for homeless individuals to stay after discharge for a hospital; and “white flag” program, providing seasonal night shelter to men, women and children during…

CHHSM Discussion Group to Focus on ‘Revive Us Again’ by William Barber

By Barb Powell | August 11, 2022

Registration is now open for the next “Together We Learn” discussion group, which will concentrate on Revive Us Again: Vision and Action in Moral Organizing by the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II. The fourth “Together We Learn” offering, the group will meet for one hour on Thursdays at 1 p.m. ET/12 p.m. CT/11 a.m.…

CHHSM Webinar to Address Employee Recruitment and Retention in Healthcare

By CHHSM Staff | August 9, 2022

CHHSM is again partnering with Care Purchasing Services (CPS) — the group purchasing agent behind the CHHSM Store — to bring CHHSM members and friends an informative webinar on employee recruitment and retention. Scheduled for Sept. 21 at 2 p.m., the free, one-hour webinar features two leading experts in the field of healthcare-related recruitment and…

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