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SPECIAL PRIDE MONTH WEBINAR—“What Keeps Us Going: Elder Wisdom for Dangerous Times”
SPECIAL PRIDE MONTH WEBINAR—“What Keeps Us Going: Elder Wisdom for Dangerous Times”

In a moment when queer and trans lives are under attack, we turn to those who’ve been here before. Join us on Wednesday, June 18 for a special discussion led by LGBTQ-RAN board members Sharon Groves and Cedric Harmon with three of our elders—Rev. Harry Knox, Rev. Louis Mitchell and Bishop Tonyia Rawls—about how they faced crisis, carved out joy, built movements, and survived.

Each of our guests will bring firsthand stories of resistance, imagination, and care from their days fighting for the rights and respect that we are now working to protect. They remind us that we come from a lineage of strength as they share what sustained them then—and what we need to carry forward now.

You can read more about this program and its presenters at this link.

Sign up here to receive the link to join this Zoom webinar on June 18 at 8 p.m. Eastern/5 p.m. Pacific. And please share this announcement with friends and colleagues. It's the Pride Month discussion we need to keep going in these times.

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Faith In Action Blog
US Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Petition from Apache Stronghold to Save Oak Flat
US Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Petition from Apache Stronghold to Save Oak Flat

The US Supreme Court has refused to hear the petition of the Apache Stronghold to overrule a lower court ruling that transfers the Holy Ground at Oak Flat to the Resolution Copper Company for total destruction of this sacred ground in the mining process.

We are saddened and upset to learn of this decision by the US Supreme Court not to hear and rule on this petition. We remain in solidarity with the the Apache Stronghold, the Apache Nation, and the many Native peoples and their allies in this fight to Save Oak Flat.

Arizona Poor People's Campaign

Click HERE for the press release provided by the Apache Stronghold and its legal representative, Becket Law.

Click HERE for the news article from the Arizona Republic.

Watch Wendsler Nosie interviewed on CNN on May 31, 2025.

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Church News & Events
Church News, Job Openings
Job opening: PT music director at Scottsdale Congregational UCC
Church News, Job Openings

Scottsdale Congregational United Church of Christ is seeking to hire a part-time Music Director (40 hours/month). We're looking for a pianist with experience in directing small vocal and handbell choirs, and in leading songs and hymns, with talent in several musical genres and the ability to sight-read and improvise. Other duties include hiring and interacting with outside musicians, managing a music budget and working with our Worship Team.

If you are interested, or know someone who could be, please see the full job description HERE.

**Scottsdale Congregational UCC is a progressive church which draws its worship music from many different traditions, and which seeks to convey worship themes in non-traditional ways. We welcome everyone, believing we all are made in God’s image regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental ability, nationality, or economic class.

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