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Plan on joining the fun September 28-30 in Pendleton for a memorable weekend of learning, doing and getting energized about who we are as the United Church of Christ! Our keynote speaker is Ron Buford. When Ron worked for the national setting of the UCC he designed and developed the God is Still Speaking Continue reading this article First CPC Annual Meeting Promises to be “Uniquely UCC” 
WILD GOOSE WEST FESTIVAL, coming to Corvallis, OR this Labor Day weekend! The Wild Goose West Festival is a justice, spirituality, music and arts festival that will happen at the Benton County Fairgrounds near Corvallis, OR on Labor Day weekend, Friday, August 31st – Sunday, September 2nd. Visit the website, as more Continue reading this article Wild Goose West!! Our 2012 grant cycle is open until July 31, 2012. The Justice and Witness Ministry Team can provide modest funding to local churches, groups or individuals in support of activities that advance the local church or Conference involvement in justice and witness issues. The grant application can be downloaded from the Conference website. 
Hillsdale Community UCC, Portland July 19, 2012 Award-winning songwriter, singer, and community-chorus director, Sara Thomsen, will be bringing her spiritually-connected, socially-engaged music to a free outdoor concert on the grounds at Hillsdale Community Church – UCC (6948 SW Capitol Hwy) on Thursday, July 19 as part of the progressive faith community’s month-long Peace Village. Continue reading this article Peace Village Concert The Local Church Ministries Team met in early June and spent some time discussing the blessing and challenge of being part of the UCC which expresses itself in local autonomy and in covenant with other local churches and with the regional and national settings of the United Church of Christ. What a blessing and opportunity Continue reading this article Autonomy and Covenant 
Progressive church is looking for well organized, friendly, multi-tasking person to join our office team. Primary duties are to be part of the church office team, create and produce Sunday bulletins, newsletters, mass email communications; write and edit copy for website, and social media; maintain church web page and social media; develop and distribute Continue reading this article Job Opening: PT Office Assistant Tracy Barnowe Ordination Saturday, August 18, 2012 * 10:00 am Hillsdale Community Church, UCC Paula Sohl Ordination Sunday, August 19, 2012 * 4:00 pm First Congregational United Church of Christ, Ashland, OR July 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th, 2012 * Mondays from 6-7:30pm Willamette Valley Hospice * 1015 3rd Street NW, Salem, Oregon Session outlines: Please attend all four sessions. July 9th- Session I- Mapping your Transitions Drawing your lifeline of experiences “Not in his goals but in his transitions man is great.” Ralph Waldo Emerson July 16th-Session Continue reading this article Adapting to Life’s Changes Workshop with Lori Ensign 
Registration is still open for all summer courses at PSR. These courses are for absolutely everyone, including you! Preaching liberation, radical Jesus in the cotton patch, re-claiming the Bible, church renewal, Hebrew scriptures theology, and more. Learn more at http://www.psr.edu/summer, 510/849-8268, or summer@psr.edu. Continue reading this article Summer Courses at Pacific School of Religion 
Salome Chimuku is the regional program coordinator for the UCC Our Faith Our Vote campaign. The UCC Our Faith Our Vote campaign is a nonpartisan voter empowerment and civic engagement program for people of faith. We seek to build a multiracial, multicultural movement of pastors, congregations, individuals and faith-based coalitions empowered to engage public Continue reading this article Salome Chimuku – UCC Our Faith Our Vote Campaign Coordinator 
You may already be aware that a Red Cross first aid application is available on IPhones and Droids; and, you may already have this downloaded on your phone . This could be a handy app to have on your phone in an emergency. Download the Red Cross First Aid Phone App. Peace, Continue reading this article FYI: Red Cross First Aid Phone App 
Mission Fest for all UCC Friends of Global Ministries October 25 -28 in Cleveland It is time to plan for fall! Will you please help us promote the three day biennial Mission Fest for all UCC friends of Global Ministries? It is October 25 -28 in Cleveland. Twenty present and former missionaries will join Continue reading this article UCC Mission Fest – Cleveland Ohio 
The Lombard Mennonite Peace Center (LMPC) will conduct a seminar on Leadership and Anxiety in the Church: A Family Systems Perspective Wednesday, September 26, 2012 Placentia Presbyterian Church in Placentia, California. The seminar will be led by Richard Blackburn, LMPC Executive Director. Since the publication of Dr. Edwin Friedman’s Generation to Generation, many pastors Continue reading this article Leadership and Anxiety in the Church Workshop 
The United Church of Christ proudly presents the third annual conference – Widening the Welcome – Inclusion for All. This event is sponsored by the UCC Disabilities Ministries and the UCC Mental Illness Network. The dates for this powerful gathering are November 1st-3rd, 2012, in Columbus, OH. Registration is now open on the Continue reading this article Save the Date – Widening the Welcome, Inclusion for All Dear Friends, We need your help. As participants in the IB Program, we all share in the benefits of the Program, as well as in the responsibility to do our part to ensure the IB can maintain its superior levels of coverage and limits. During the past few years, the IB Program has seen an Continue reading this article UCC Insurance Board and Employee Dishonest Claims Saturday, July 21st, CPC Board of Directors, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, ICC, Portland, OR Thursday, July 19th, Portland Area Clergy Cluster, Susan Leo’s home, Portland, 12:00 noon – 2:00 pm Saturday, August 4th, Justice and Witness Ministry Team, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, ICC, Portland, OR Amos Smith has resigned as pastor of Meridian UCC, Wilsonville, OR, effective June 30, 2012. Mike Black is retiring from Wright Congregational UCC, Boise, ID. His retirement celebration will be August 26, 2012. |
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