The recording is now available from the webinar on environmental justice and health justice featuring Senator Cory Booker, Francesca Dominici, and the Rev. Lionel Murphy.
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Faith In Action
UCC Mental Health Network 2020
Learn about what the UCC Mental Health Network is and why it exists.
Read MoreUnited Food Bank donations needed (East Valley Phoenix area)
The United Food Bank, which serves the East Valley, is getting low on food and water --- the requests for assistance have been going up every day. If you want to aid, there are 2 ways to do it: donate money and donate supplies. The Food Bank can purchase supplies at less cost with funds we provide, but they can also use donated food and water.
Read MoreCaring for the Greater Community
Through these “social distancing” times, your (First Christian Church Las Cruces) Faith Action Committee continues to meet monthly over Zoom, exploring ways to follow Christ out into the world “virtually,” caring for the creation and continuing to serve neighbors whose needs are even greater than our own.
Read MoreJPANet: Tell Congress No to Annexation, No to Continued Occupation
Tell Congress to oppose Israeli annexation, and to make clear that the US will not continue to subsidize Israeli occupation and appropriation of Palestinian land, in contravention of international laws, and against established US principles and interests in the region.
Read MoreAFN Cherishing Creation Collaborative
Arizona Faith Network’s Social Justice Commission invites you and your faith community to share your sustainability work with our “Cherishing Creation Collaborative (CCC).”
We are rooted in faith and respectful relationships, seeking to support one another to live our daily lives with integrity. We connect to learn, educate, resource, be challenged, offer logistical support, and advocate for just legislation, policies and business models
Read MoreDesert Garden UCC hosting water donation site
Desert Garden United Church of Christ, in Sun City West, will serve as a collection site for bottled water for the Salvation Army’s annual summer drive.
Read MoreArizona church partners with community organizing group to offer aid to undocumented neighbors
So proud of First Congregational UCC Flagstaff!
Read MoreFree Counseling for those looking for Health Insurance
Arizonans need compassionate help with more than food and housing, thousands have lost health insurance coverage provided by their employer. Unknown to many people, there is a statewide network of caring nonprofit employed health insurance Assisters.
Read More"Social Distancing, Not Social Isolation" webinar
Lombard Mennonite Peace Center will be presenting a webinar entitled Social Distancing, Not Social Isolation on Wednesday, May 27 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
This timely webinar integrates Bowen family systems theory with the research of the late John Cacioppo, social neuroscientist. Join us and find out how the church can lovingly respond and care for those suffering from the “radical aloneness” that can result from social distancing.
Read MoreRincon UCC Justice & Witness 'Drive-By' Care Items/Food Drive in Tucson
When: Saturday, May 23rd, 8 am-12 noon
Where: Rincon Congregational UCC parking lot, 122 N Craycroft Rd., Tucson, AZ 85711-3232
Drive in, pull-up curbside by the narthex/sanctuary entrance
What: Priority food items for the ICS (Interfaith Community Services) Food Bank and priority personal-care items for care partners of TIHAN (Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network.) Both nonprofits are located in Tucson and will directly benefit our community neighbors and friends.
Creation Justice Webinar Series
Receive monthly notices about upcoming webinars that feature speakers who will assist churches in learning about best practices for ministries related to caring for God’s creation. Each webinar will have a focus pertaining to one of the four areas of discernment for Creation Justice Churches: theology and worship, institutional life and practice, circles of awareness and advocacy, and connections to a broader movement. Participation in the Creation Justice Churches program is not required to join a webinar.
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SOLIDARITY AND ACTION: Suggestions from the UCC Palestine Israel Network (UCCPIN)
We share these three links with our UCC friends, with every hope that you’ll join us in action—as we extend care and support to our Palestinian and Israeli partners, resisting occupation and pursuing a just peace.
Read MoreJPANet: Relief Funding for Native Communities Must be a Priority
Please join with us in urging Congress to making funding for tribes and Native communities a priority in future legislation and to ensure that tribes can make allocation decisions for themselves. This includes funding for health resources, education, broadband access and housing assistance.
Read MoreMind Body Spirit - 2020 Nurses Week Appreciation
St. Paul’s UCC Mission Outreach Team Update on options for community service and giving during the COVID-19 crisis
The needs in our community have increased greatly since the Covid-19 lock down, job loss, and school closings began.
Read MoreMay 28 Webinar - “Pentecost Voices: Reclaiming Hope in the New Normal”
Read MoreThree major ecumenical groups in the United States are coming together to invite their member communions and organizations to join in unity this May for training and support. As followers of Christ prepare for Pentecost, Churches Uniting in Christ (CUIC), Christian Churches Together (CCT), and the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC) are offering voices of hope and reconciliation.
Join the Poor People's Campaign Digital Mobilization on June 20, 2020
Join with UCC leaders in the largest digital and social media gathering of poor and low-wealth people, moral and religious leaders, advocates and people of conscience in the nation’s history on June 20th.
Read MoreWebinar with Cory Booker and Others
Statistics and studies have demonstrated the link between COVID-19 death rates and environmental injustice. This UCC Creation Justice webinar will address this link from three perspectives: scientific research, front line experience, and government response. Senator Cory Booker, Harvard researcher Francesca Dominici and the Rev. Lionel Murphy from the frontlines of the cancer alley in Louisiana will be the featured guests as we consider what faith communities can do to make a difference on this vital matter of life and death.
Read MoreBasic Needs Drive for Southwest Human Development
At this difficult time, many of the families and childcare centers served by SWHD are in a tough spot. Diapers, wipes, formula, etc. are never cheap and now they are also hard to find for some families.
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