Pending review, we’ll publish it on the website and our weekly newsletter, In the Loop.
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Lived Experience
Conci is a high school student who found herself unexpectedly transformed through her experiences with The Open Table Connection, where her mom, Rhonda, is the Pastor.
Before participating at The Open Table, Conci carried a complicated understanding of faith, shaped by conflicting messages about who belongs. “For a long time,” she explains, “I was taught by some people that God does not like gay people and by others that God is love.” These concepts quietly shaped how she saw both the church and the world.
Everything began to shift when she attended her first Pride Parade with The Open Table Connection.
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Stressed about the climate crisis? Concerned about the future? You’re not alone.
Arizona Interfaith Power & Light invites you to join us Tuesday, August 4th at 7:00 PM, for a film screening of Good Grief: The 10 Steps. Following the screening, you’ll have an opportunity to interact with film director Katie Flint, who will be joining us virtually for a Q&A session.
The film follows the transformative journey of individuals grappling with climate despair as they undergo Good Grief Network’s innovative peer-to-peer support program to help one another recognize, feel, and process heavy emotions. We’ll learn how leaning into painful feelings can open the door to joy, connection, a renewed sense of possibility, and the power to take meaningful action.
Proceeds for this event are shared between AZIPL and Good Grief Network (GGN): a nonprofit organization that brings people together globally to metabolize collective grief, eco-distress, and other heavy emotions that arise in response to daunting social & planetary crises.
The Tucson Marshallese Ministry, Rincon Congregational United Church of Christ, and the Southwest Conference Committee on Ministry for Authorization (COM-A) joyfully invite you to the Service of Installation for Rev. Alfred Risen.
Sunday, August 16, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.
Rincon Congregational United Church of Christ
122 N. Craycroft Rd. Tucson, AZ 85711
What’s happening at YOUR church? Tell us about it! Just write up an article and submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.
Wende reads your church newsletters and other materials and compiles the highlights to keep us up-to-date on the amazing work happening at the Southwest Conference churches and beyond.
Tag SWC and Wende on Facebook and Instagram to get our attention so we can share your posts! We’re @swcucc and Wende is @yeswende.
What’s happening at YOUR church? Tell us about it! Just write up an article and submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.
Wende reads your church newsletters and other materials and compiles the highlights to keep us up-to-date on the amazing work happening at the Southwest Conference churches and beyond.
Tag SWC and Wende on Facebook and Instagram to get our attention so we can share your posts! We’re @swcucc and Wende is @yeswende.
What’s happening at YOUR church? Tell us about it! Just write up an article and submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.
Wende reads your church newsletters and other materials and compiles the highlights to keep us up-to-date on the amazing work happening at the Southwest Conference churches and beyond.
Tag SWC and Wende on Facebook and Instagram to get our attention so we can share your posts! We’re @swcucc and Wende is @yeswende.
Bodhi (She in the Spring, He in the Fall) is a UNM student studying anthropology with a deep curiosity about the world and the people in it. Quiet by nature, she often prefers to listen, gathering wisdom from the stories of others.
Before coming to The Open Table, Bodhi carried complicated experiences with faith communities. “I had a very negative view of Christianity,” she admitted, shaped by past hurt and painful encounters connected to Christianity. Those experiences left her cautious, unsure of what to expect from religious spaces.
When invited to the Ramadan dinner through The Open Table Connection, Bodhi came with openness and curiosity, even though she is a practicing Buddhist.
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