Please call and email ICE:
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How will you and your congregation respond to resolutions and pronouncements from General Synod 31?
Having given us their best advice and counsel, and having made requests of us, each Conference, association, and local church within the United Church of Christ now begins the covenantal responsibility of reviewing what General Synod has discerned, and asking itself, "What does this mean for us? What now shall we do in response?"
Read MoreMedicaid Advocacy: Tools and Talking Points
The Medicaid Talking Points and a Medicaid Advocacy Toolkit will give you guidance as you reach out to elected officials and demand they protect healthcare for the most vulnerable in our society.
Read MoreThe Long Road To Asylum: A Case of Collateral Compassion
written by Randy Meyer
Last June the Good Shepherd and the Green Valley/Sahuarita Samaritans agreed to accompany a Honduran family that was getting ready to present themselves to immigration officials at the US/Mexico Border.
Read MoreConference Participation in Court Cases Opposing Immigration Orders
In major court cases the Southwest Conference has been actively opposing the President's executive orders on immigration.
Read MoreACTION ALERT Tell Congress: 23 million Americans without health care is unacceptable!
Make contact; make a difference. Senate leaders will release draft healthcare legislation soon. Continue to urge Congress to improve access to health care instead of deconstructing it.
Read MoreAn Opportunity for which the Church Was Born
President Trump’s decision to abandon the Paris Climate Accord violates the values and vision that are basic to Christian faith.
Read MoreRev. Talitha Arnold going to Iraq to work with women refugees
Rev. Talitha Arnold, Senior Minister of the United Church of Santa F (a United Church of Christ) is part of a 3-person delegation to the Kurdistan region of Iraq in early June. She will visit the refugee camps around the city of Erbil, home to more than 200,000 people who have fled their villages and cities in other parts of Iraq.
Read MoreVow to protect the open Internet!
From the United Church of Christ Justice & Peace Action Network:
The United Church of Christ is a long-time leader in communications rights. As part of that tradition, last year we founded the Faithful Internet campaign. Millions of us rose up in a movement to protect the open Internet, and we won.
Read MoreACTION ALERT: Ask Senators McCain and Flake to petition for Marco to return to his family
From our friends at Southern Arizona Sanctuary Coalition: Marco has a new claim to asylum because his cousin was recently murdered and other family members have been threatened with violence. His lawyer is petitioning that he be returned to his family on this basis. We are asking Senator McCain and Senator Flake to sponsor a private bill on his behalf. Call their offices TODAY to let them know where you stand. A sample script is included in this post.
Read MoreArizona Faith Network invited to "We the People Summit"
Arizona Faith Network representation is needed at the upcoming We the People Summit, a series of three summits designed to bring together individuals, grassroots organizations, and established nonprofits to collaborate in support of positive change in Arizona.
Read MoreSouthern Arizona Sanctuary Coalition meeting
Monday, May 22, 6:30 - 8:30 pm at Southside Presbyterian Church
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Is Your Congregation Ready to Explore Accessible to All (A2A)?
The United Church of Christ Disabilities Ministries (UCCDM) encourages all settings of the UCCC to be Accessible to All (A2A). Consistent with that goal, the Desert Palm United Church of Christ in Tempe commissioned a seven-person Accessibility Audit Committee to complete an Accessibility Audit of the church premises. The Committee conducted the audit, drafted a report, and presented recommendations to the church council in April.
Read MoreACTION ALERT: Marco Tulio, member of Sanctuary Movement, has been deported from Phoenix
On Thursday, May 11, ICE officials LIED to Marco Tulio and his attorney. They led his attorney to believe that there was a path for an administrative remedy that would keep Marco's family together. Consequently, Marco Tulio reported to the ICE office and was detained. He called a few hours later from Nogales, Sonora. The ICE officers’ deceit and lack of integrity resulted in a state-sponsored kidnapping and the separation of his family.
Here’s what you can do...
Read MoreRAPID RESPONSE REQUESTED
Shadow Rock UCC is requesting our presence for a rapid response action TONIGHT, 7 p.m., at the ICE Office, 2035 N. Central Ave. in Phoenix. A prayer vigil is planned to protest the arrest and probable deportation of Marco Tulio Coss.
Read MoreHealing of Memories for Veterans
The Healing of Memories for Veterans Workshop is a two day overnight workshop held at the Franciscan Renewal Center. The workshop was designed to help victims of emotional, psychological and spiritual wounds inflicted by war, human rights abuses and other traumatic circumstances.
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Help to Promote Sanctuary Everywhere
Spread the message of "Sanctuary Everywhere" with these beautiful graphics from the American Friends Service Committee.
Read MoreThe United Church of Christ HIV & AIDS Network Call To Action
Currently there are under 100 churches participating; the goal is to have 1,000 churches signed on by General Synod.
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A Call for Equal Protections
From David Chavez, Faith Director, ONE Community:
Thank you for being a valuable ONE Community partner and friend. We would not be where we are today without you and your support.
As part of our efforts to create an Arizona that celebrates, respects, and protects all people, we are working with the Governor's Office to obtain an executive order that would extend current non-discrimination protections for state employees to include gender identity, and extend current non-discrimination requirements for state contractors and vendors to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
AFN- Interfaith Dialogue and Meal
Arizona Faith Network offers an invitation to join in a interfaith dialogue and meal.
Come, participate in this “Next Steps” open dialogue where you will find a safe space to share the gifts, insights and practices of your faith with people from Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Mormon, Baha’i and Christian faith traditions. All faiths are invited. Those who engage in honest, open dialogue find themselves transformed. Next Steps dialogue goes beyond basic information about faith traditions provided in AFN’s “101” events encouraging the sharing of diverse interfaith perspectives.
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