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The STL Racial Equity Summit: #Unflinching: A Call to Action, held Sept. 30, 2025, brought together regional stakeholders, community leaders, and residents to confront systemic racial inequities in the St. Louis area, including representatives from Hoyleton Youth & Family Services’ Puentes de Esperanza (Bridges of Hope). The STL Racial Equity Summit focused on three core goals: raising…
Peppermint Ridge in Corona, Calif., is more than a place to live—it’s a community that grows and changes with each person the Ridge serves. Recently, an anonymous donor stepped up to help further the Ridge’s mission. From now through Dec. 31, 2025, every gift to Peppermint Ridge will be matched by the anonymous donor, dollar…
Nicole Pretre, president and CEO of Cedar Community in West Bend, Wis., has been named a recipient of the 2026 Wisconsin Titan 100 for the second year in a row. The Titan 100 program recognizes Wisconsin’s Top 100 CEOs & C-level executives. They are the area’s most accomplished business leaders in their industry using criteria…
On May 15, 2025, Retirement Housing Foundation (RHF)—based in Long Beach, Calif.— reached a key milestone in the development of Congregational Place, its new affordable senior housing community in Chula Vista, Calif. Together with partners and community leaders, RHF celebrated the topping-off of the building—a tradition that marks the placement of the final structural beam…
By Dominic Trabosci, Phoebe Ministries Phoebe Ministries, based in Allentown, Pa., is thrilled to announce that Phoebe Berks in Wernersville, Pa., has been named “Best in Senior Living” for 2025 by the Reading Eagle’s Readers’ Choice awards. Residents, staff, family, and friends of Phoebe came together to help Phoebe Berks achieve this distinction, celebrating and…
“Genuinely, I would not have been able to pursue my master’s degree if not for Every Child’s Hope (ECH) [based in St. Louis] and the scholarship from the Carroll family,” says Jen (name changed for privacy), a 24-year-old graduate student and former Steppingstone resident. “It’s lifted a massive amount of weight and offered freedom to pursue a…
By Anna Redd, UCH communications specialist In the heart of Columbus, Ohio’s vibrant Polaris shopping district, a senior living community is quietly transforming lives. The Polaris Community, a middle-market gem in United Church Homes’ (UCH) portfolio, offers more than affordable, high-quality living—it’s a place where residents discover connection, purpose and joy. At the center of…
Excitement for The Gathering: Many Gifts, One Spirit is building as a plethora of workshops are formulated for attendees. To be held March 24-26, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency in Indianapolis, The Gathering will draw some 500 attendees from the five participating faith traditions: Mennonite, Methodist, Presbyterian, Quaker, and United Church of Christ. Thirty-five workshops…
Hoyleton Youth & Family Services, based in Fairview Heights, Ill., has a 130-year commitment to social justice. But recent events around the country and the world have heightened that commitment. As a CHHSM agency, Hoyleton approaches justice through a faith-based lens. So when executive staff members began creating and implementing a three-year holisitic leadership development…
For the past seven years, CHHSM has partnered with the UCC’s Heartland Conference to offer a day long retreat for its local churches and its Designated Ministry Partners, which include several CHHSM agencies. That tradition continued Aug. 27, 2025, in a day-long workshop, “From Role to Soul: Exploring the Enneagram as a Sacred Tool.” The…
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