Council for Health and Human Service Ministries
What happens when smaller single-site organizations come to UCC CHHSM members for help? Help arrives in a variety of ways. For United Church Homes, based in Marion, Ohio, those services arrive via its United Church Homes Management division. Created in 2001 following the purchase of a management group, UCHM is a wholly-owned, for-profit subsidiary of…
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A piece of United Church of Christ and MHA Nation history is gone. On April 22, 2019, fire ravaged the former building of Memorial Congregational Church, located south of Parshall, N.D., on the Fort Berthold Reservation. Investigators are determining whether the blaze was accidental or from arson. “Gayle and I — along with so many…
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April 18 was a transformative day in the lives of two UCC-related Carolina SeniorCare employees and their families. That’s when Robert Miller, dining services supervisor at the United Church Homes and Services community in Lexington, N.C., donated a kidney to save the life of Romona Howard, wife of co-worker David Howard. Romona Howard had been…
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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…
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If you are wondering about the name of this column, I assure you that it is intentional. Yes, we have been talking about the 3 Great Loves for more than two years now. And, I am happy to say, the United Church of Christ has committed to continuing with this initiative for the next biennium!…
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Many CHHSM members know that services provided by the CHHSM Store can bring innovative, responsive business services and purchases with competitive pricing to them. But a lesser known perk — and perhaps just as important — is the savings employees of CHHSM members can gain via the program. CHHSM Store partners with Care Purchasing Services…
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Imagine this scenario: you are 12 years old, and almost 2,000 miles away from the only home you’ve ever known. All you want is to be reunited with the family for whom you’ve traveled to the United States. To aid children like you, UCC-related Bethany Children’s Home in Womelsdorf, Pa., is providing shelter, resources and…
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On the Cumberland Plateau in the eastern Tennessee town of Pleasant Hill, the strong-willed residents of the United Church of Christ’s Uplands Village have a long tradition of social justice activism. But theirs is not an abstract participation: close to home, Uplanders are passionate about saving the environment for the benefit of all God’s creatures.…
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The first of April last year was a special date for CHHSM member Oak Meadows Senior Living in Oakdale, Minn. Not only was the date the 20th anniversary of Oak Meadows’ service to the community, but it also was “Oak Meadows Day” in Oakdale. The mayoral proclamation was just one of a collection of awards…
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“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” — I Can Read With My Eyes Shut, Dr. Seuss To celebrate and encourage the love of reading, UCC-related Hoffman Academy in Littlestown, Pa., was one of many schools across the country participating in…
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Emmaus Homes Advocates at State Capitol for Disability Rights Legislative Day - CHHSM
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By Christina Ingoglia, advocacy director, Emmaus Homes In mid-March, 60 Emmaus Advocates (E Advocates) — the grassroots advocacy effort at Emmaus Homes in St. Louis — showed up at the Missouri St...