Dear Friends of Health and Human Service Ministries:
We need your constructive feedback – and your share power! CHHSM has launched a broad denomination-wide survey to glean the United Church of Christ's collective understandings of, attitudes about, and involvement with health and human service ministries today.
We want to invite and encourage you to complete the survey before October 31 and to share it widely among your networks (agency boards and staff, congregations, Conferences/Associations, etc.) Respondents do not necessarily need any knowledge of CHHSM or its member ministries, or even the UCC, in order to provide the constructive feedback we are seeking.
Read MoreFederal law gives law enforcement more legal authority at the border than they usually have in other places. Agents at ports of entry may question people about their citizenship and what they are bringing into the country. Law enforcement does not need a warrant, consent, or need to suspect wrongdoing to justify conducting a “routine search” such as searching your luggage or vehicle at the border. You have a right to remain silent, but officials may deny you entry to the U.S. or detain you for search and/or questioning. Read more...
Read MoreOctober 19th, Phoenix AZ
Economic Inequality– Food Justice and Hunger– Screening of “A Place at the Table” featuring Arizona organizations– WHEAT, Association of AZ Food Banks and Children’s Action Alliance– Economic Inequality and Food Insecurity go hand in hand. Come join us for a screening of the documentary “A Place at the Table,” hear from experts here in Arizona who help combat local hunger on many different levels, and find out what you can do to make a difference in your state.
Read MorePlease welcome Phil Shea as the new Disaster Relief Coordinator for the Southwest Conference UCC. His extensive qualifications include completion of FEMA courses and certification in the National Incident Management System framework. Phil will work with a Conference Disaster Team (CDT). A CDT supports the disaster services coordinator by being additional 'eyes, ears, and hands' across the conference to assist congregations prepare their disaster response plans and to help with response to disaster events within the conference and in other conferences across the county.
Read MoreAs you know the historic flooding that is happening in Louisiana, where parts of the state received 30 inches of rain within 3 days, has left nearly 30,000 people needing rescue, over 12,000 are in shelters, several have died and in many locations flood waters continue to rise. Sadly this event is just one in a string of major disasters over the past 12 months including but not limited to historic flooding in South Carolina, West Virginia, Texas, Oklahoma and now again in Louisiana. We are asking donations be directed to the Emergency USA fund.
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