Join the UCC in prayer every day during Advent.
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Sofa Spirituality
Wednesday, December 8, 5:30 - 6:45 p.m. via Zoom
Join AFN to learn more about the spiritual practice of healing in our everyday lives.
Read MoreSierra Vista Community UCC: Part-time Pastor Position
The Sierra Vista Community Church (UCC) is looking for an energetic part-time Pastor and spiritual leader.
Here is the UCC Opportunities Link.
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How to Get Your Student Loans Forgiven
Religious workers AND clergy are now eligible for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)!! Come learn from Attorney Ashley Harrington, a senior official of the Federal Student Aid Office of the US Department of Education, how to apply for PSLF. She will answer any questions you may have as well. Glad for this partnership with the National Council of Churches. Register today and share this invitation with your networks, clergy, religious workers, commissioned pastors, parents, grandparents, etc. All that have student loan debt are welcome! #BiblicalDebtJubilee
Read MoreEcclesiastical Council for Andrew Ponder Williams
Andrew’s EC will take place on Zoom. Register in advance:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ocemhrzgqH9e2XBaZWsr6B5WGqvmq0yOz
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Read MoreCome and get it: UCC national offices have furniture for the taking
The national offices are downsizing and inviting local churches to help find new homes to items not making the move.
Read MoreNational and Global Ministries position openings
View seven open positions in the national and global settings.
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Global HOPE Blue Christmas Worship
Join Team Global HOPE at UCC National Ministries on Wednesday, Dec 1, 2pm ET for a virtual Blue Christmas worship service to provide space for those who don’t feel so “merry and bright” during the holiday season. Learn more and register here.
Read MoreCredit Union Survey
Help the UCC charter a credit union by taking this short survey. Find it here.
Read MoreCircles of Hope, Healing, and Humanity
Wednesday, November 17, 7 p.m. via Zoom (Third Wednesday each Month)
Please join AFN for our collective healing in a virtual space. These healing spaces are for Social Justice & Movement Practitioners Caretakers, Teachers, Community Members, and Faith Leaders.
Gratitude Pilgrimage, 11/26-28
“Since we’ve been offering pilgrimages in place the data base has doubled and the steering team recognized they are meeting a spiritual hunger previously unaddressed: individuals, who for reasons of capacity, finances or life setting, cannot participate in a longer, more strenuous pilgrimage.”
Read MoreFrom PSR: In Remembrance of Rev. Pam Shepherd
Rev. Dr. David Vásquez-Levy, President of Pacific School of Religion, wrote to express their sympathy on Rev. Pam Shepherd's death. Read the letter here.
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2022 Annual Meeting notice
The Executive Board is calling local church delegates to the 2022 Southwest Conference Annual Meeting April 29 – May 1.
Read MoreThe Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul
Deadline to register is November 9 (sorry for the late notice; we just learned of this symposium).
November 12 – 14, 2021
The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul
“The snow is falling on the deserted field of my life and my hopes, which roam afar, are afraid of becoming frozen or lost.” Garcia Lorca
This symposium is an invitation to all people on the path of late life to reorient themselves from Hero to Elder, or from role to soul. The call of late-life can awaken in us a yearning for something more, a longing to transcend a role, an identity, or a purpose and connect with something larger. It can invite us to cross a threshold and trade the image of youth for the depth of age, trade distraction for self-knowledge, reaction for reflection, information for wisdom, and a tight grip for an open hand. The themes and practices in this event are based on the new book The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul by Connie Zweig, Ph.D.
Read MoreSustainable Response to COVID-19—a pastoral letter
Updated COVID19 guidance from the SWC. Click here for the PDF.
Read MoreRev. Pamela Shepherd has passed away
Rev. Pamela Shepherd passed away late last night, October 25. We hold her Taos UCC congregation, community, and especially Pam’s family and friends in our prayers.
A memorial service for Pam will be held on Saturday, November 13th, at 10 AM at First Presbyterian Church of Taos (215 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos, NM 87571). There will be a Zoom option for those who can't join in person: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/964597068
Read MoreNCC Holds Historic Elections, Approves NRSVue, and Posts CUG Videos
For the first time in its 71-year history, the NCC Governing Board elected all women as officers.
The NCC Governing Board also approved the Updated Edition of the New Revised Standard Version (NRSVue) of the Bible.
Last week, NCC also held itsr annual Christian Unity Gathering.
Read MoreNew ONA series for churches
The first three webinars are designed for churches exploring the possibility of an ONA commitment, or beginning and ONA process. (Not-yet ONA churches are two-thirds of all UCC congregations.) They share best practices for leading a church to an ONA covenant in ways that build consensus and reduce the risk of conflict. "ONA NEXT" is the successor to our "ONA 201" webinar: it's designed primarily for existing ONA churches looking for ways to revive their ONA commitment, with best practices we've learned from thriving ONA churches.
Read MoreRIP Medical Debt: Fulfillment Report!
Much gratitude to the churches and individuals who contributed to the RIP Medical Debt Relief campaign. You've made a huge difference in the lives of our neighbors right here in the SWC.
Read MoreSue Ringler
Sue Ringler, one of the first directors of Paz de Cristo in Mesa and founder/leader of the Tempe IHELP program, has died.
Sue was diagnosed with Burkitt’s Lymphoma in late 2020; after a brief remission in early 2021, it returned and Sue succumbed to the cancer in the early afternoon on Wednesday October 13, 2021, surrounded by her husband Gary, her sister Amy, her children Leslie, Alex, and Katie, her son-in-law Eric, and her friend Robin.
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