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An Update from the Southwest Conference Executive Board
An Update from the Southwest Conference Executive Board

At the 2026 Annual Meeting, a motion was made calling for a Conference staff position focused on children and youth ministry. We want our congregations to know that this important action has not been forgotten or set aside.

Now that the Conference staff has settled into the new office, the Executive Board is actively considering the scope of this position, how it would fit within the existing staff structure, and how it can be funded responsibly and sustainably given the Conference’s current financial realities.

Input from our local churches will remain an important part of this process. Although every question has not yet been answered, we are committed to communicating openly and providing additional updates as decisions and next steps become clearer.

Thank you for your patience, engagement, and continued commitment to strengthening children, youth, and campus ministries throughout the Southwest Conference.

SWC Executive Board

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Faith In Action Blog
Responding to the Deadly ICE Detention System: Ways to Resist
Responding to the Deadly ICE Detention System: Ways to Resist

September 10, 2026

12:30 pm Arizona / 1:30 pm New Mexico & El Paso

As Immigration and Custom's Enforcement (ICE) continues to terrorize communities, separate families, and even kill citizens and non-citizens alike as part of this administration’s mass deportation campaign, there is also increased public scrutiny of this country’s detention center system for migrants.  In 2025 alone, ICE broke records for the number of people who have died in detention, most often due to the horrific conditions and lack of proper medical care. Since this administration's inauguration in 2025, 52 people have died in detention according to Human Rights Watch—four times that of the previous administration.

Join us to learn from UCC pastors and lay leaders as they share how they've taken action and learn what we can do as people of faith to stop detention and continue to resist this deadly system.

Register here.

A recording of this webinar will be available on the UCC's Youtube channel.

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Jottings 8/31/2026
Church News
Jottings 8/31/2026
Church News

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