Wednesday, March 17, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Join us on the sofa to learn about diverse faith practices and enter into dialogue together. Despite the limitations of physical distancing, a new reality of our interconnectedness through technology has blossomed. We realize that our work doesn’t need to end; rather, it needs to evolve. Sofa Spirituality allows people of faith and hope, curiosity and interest, to learn about each other while being in dialogue with each other. The intimate style of Sofa Spirituality affords each one of us to have a seat on the sofa and a voice in the conversation. Join us from your own sofa to learn about Passover practice from Rabbi Bonnie Sharfman, Rabbi of Congregation Kehilliah and Vice President of Arizona Faith Network.
Read MoreThe latest news from the Council on Climate Justice, the national UCC group working to curb the impact of Climate change.
Read MoreRecent studies have warned that in low and middle income countries, a majority of people will not have access to the vaccine until 2024, if at all, unless more is done to ensure equal access to vaccines and treatments. If we have learned anything from this crisis, it is that we are all connected as one global community and our safety depends on everyone being given access to vaccines, tests, and treatment.
Read MoreOn Friday, February 19, the United Church of Christ issued an appeal to raise funds for 2021 winter storm relief and long-term recovery in Texas and beyond.
UCC Issues Appeal in Response to Winter Storms
UCC News story on how churches already are responding
Read MoreAs Tucson area clergy committed to love, inclusion, and justice, we unite to condemn the racist vandalism that occurred at the Sonoran Science Academy on February 1. We are angry and sad, though not surprised, to see this sort of hateful action that does violence to our hearts and minds taking place in our community where diversity is celebrated and many have intentionally worked to know and appreciate neighbors from different backgrounds, orientations, religions, and races.
Read MoreWebinar on March 3 at 3pm ET
Representatives from the Moravian Church in Nicaragua, Christian Mission Church of Nicaragua, Evangelical and Reformed Church in Honduras, and Christian Commission for Development in Honduras will share about their work responding to the two category four hurricanes, Eta and Iota. In November of 2020, they caused massive damage and flooding across Nicaragua and Honduras.
Read MoreThanks to Rev. Tom Martinez, our Conference Liaison on the UCC’s Council for Climate Justice, for the update.
The UCC's Council for Climate Justice is provides timely information and educational resources for everyone interested in taking action on behalf of God's creation.
Read Morefrom First Congregational UCC Albuquerque’s newsletter
As a Green Justice church, our call is to keep tabs on our elected officials and let them know what policies are important to us. Now that the state legislature is in session, we are holding Zoom meetings to follow some bills and learn how to advocate for them.
Read about the first group of bills they’re following.
Read Morefrom Taos UCC newsletter
This is a simple spit-in-a-vial test, and your results are sent to you by email. Click here to order a test.
Please be sure you are signed up on the NM vaccine registry. Then update your registration to include past and present conditions or illnesses.
Health care professionals are now saying that it is important to upgrade your mask from a single mask to a double mask. KN-95 masks are also available online or in some stores. Look for those FDA approved.
Read Moresubmitted by Rev. Tom Martinez
The UCC Council for Climate Justice organized a February 3, 2021 webinar featuring some national ecojustice leaders who each presented ways for individuals and groups to get involved.
Read MoreSunday, February 21, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
If you are a 14–22-year-old Arizona youth or young adult interested in the intersectionality of interfaith dialogue and social justice, join us for an informal conversation. Together we will learn more about diverse faiths, our communities, and one another! All youth and young adults active in their faith communities are welcome for this conversation.
INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
Read MoreThis week Dr. Cara Christ, Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, and Maria Cristina Fuentes, Director of the Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith and Family, briefed faith leaders on the COVID vaccination plan being implemented across Arizona.
Read MoreAFN Social Justice Commission
Thursday, February 4, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
All are welcome to join this group! We hear monthly from key community leaders. This meeting we will hear a lesson on Ranked Choice Voting.
Read MoreThe speakers will include Dr. Robin Veldman who has authored "The Gospel of Climate Skepticism: Why Evangelical Christians Oppose Action on Climate Change" along with the Rev. Kyle Meyaard-Schaap from the Evangelical Environmental Network and Emily Robertson from Young Evangelicals for Climate Action.
Read MoreTheme: One Planet. One Future. Climate Justice Now!
Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2021, 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Virtual Program: All sessions via Zoom or other online program
Join hundreds of advocates from throughout Arizona in meeting with state legislators to promote environmental protection and justice, climate action, lands and wildlife conservation, flowing rivers, democracy, and more, as well as to lobby on specific bills. After an opening plenary participants will meet with legislators as part of a team. Training & background information will be provided.
Read MoreFrom Gale Lothrop:
Hello, I hope this finds everyone safe and well as the pandemic continues to ravage our country and the world. Each day more and more people are losing their homes and their livelihoods. It is just as true in Sedona as elsewhere. The number of homeless families is continuing to rise, or they are being forced to move away. The need for Hope House to provide transitional housing and provide food for meals for homeless families with children grows daily.
Read MoreJanuary 18-25, 2021
All are welcome to participate in GEII's Week of Prayer programming. All events will be broadcast on the Friars of the Atonement Facebook page (as well as on the Friars of the Atonement website), and will remain available online for later viewing.
Read MoreTuesday, January 19, 2021 at 3:30 EST (1:30 MST)
Please join the United Church of Christ and The People’s Inauguration as we curate space for Release & Renewal at the intersection of Pain & Promise. At the close of Martin Luther King Day Celebrations and on the cusp of the 47th Inauguration, we will worship together bearing witness to this past year and pouring Hope into the future.
Read MoreThe Ryle Faith Leaders Public Policy Institute is an eight-session series that will explore the role of faith communities in public life, critical issues facing Arizona, and strategies to bridge the ideological divisions both within our state and local congregations.
During this eight-session seminar, a cohort of participants will grapple, in an interfaith setting, with the tough issues facing our state. The 2021 Ryle Institute will run January 27 through March 18, 2021.
Read MoreThere are few words that can cover the violent attack we collectively witnessed …at the Capitol building in Washington D.C. What we can say, is that immediate steps must be taken to strengthen and repair our democracy. For this month's Getting to the Root, Washington D.C. Office Director, Sandy Sorensen, and Domestic Policy Advocate, Katie Adams, teamed up to tackle this massive and pertinent issue.
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