As part of the All Saints/Dia de los Muertos Tucson community memory table Casas Adobes UCC in the past had set out note cards and markers to write names, prayers, poems or drawings about loved ones they were remembering. This year, folks can email Pastor John a message, poem, name or attach a scanned image in memory of your loved one. Pastor John will print and safely take the remembrances to the “All Souls Procession” drop box downtown. The notes will be placed in the community urn to be burned as part of the event livestreamed on November 8th.
First Congregational UCC in Flagstaff is delighted to announce that they have entered into a Covenant with Pastor Jane Jones (formerly Cheek) to serve as their Bridge Pastor for an indefinite period of time while they decide what path to take to fill their pastoral vacancy.
On Nov 1, Sunday, from 11:30 to 1:30, All Saints Day/Dia de Los Muertos – The Good Shepherd Church in Sahuarita will host a drive-by where members and friends can receive a blessing, light a candle and remember loved ones that have died. Children will receive a treat bag. Participants will remain in their cars and all wear face masks.
First Congregational UCC in Albuquerque is planning another delivery of 25 pizzas and salad to UNM Hospital to honor and show support to staff in their ongoing care of community patients.
Misael Perez, who was Shadow Rock's second sanctuary guest, is reaching an important milestone in his immigration journey. He is going to court for his asylum hearing in the first week in December and the church is offering its support with lots of Letters of Good Moral Character. Prayers for a positive outcome.
This year the Society of Christian Ethics presents its Lifetime Achievement Award to United Church of Santa Fe member Larry Rasmussen, the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and author of the Grawemeyer Award-winning monograph, Earth Community, Earth Ethics (1996) and Nautilus Award- winning Earth Honoring Faith – Religious Ethics in a New Key (2014). Through his books, essays, and leadership of the 10-year collaborative project Earth-Honoring Faith, he argued influentially for an ecological ethic that considers the well-being of all creation.
Church of the Painted Hills UCC proposes a way to “be the church” on Election Day, pray. They have made November 3rd a Day of Prayer for our country. The polls are open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., so while the polls are open someone from CPH will be praying in shifts for candidates, voters, poll workers, election officials and our nation.
Congregational Church of the Valley has chartered Boy Scout Troop 649 for many years and it has been a wonderful collaboration! The troop has produced numerous Eagle Scouts over the years and the CCOV campus has been among the beneficiaries. The new ramadas in the courtyard and around the Sanctuary? Eagle Scout projects. The steel shade structure over the preschool playground? Eagle Scout project. And many many more. Last Saturday troop member, Aiden Ransick, led the effort to spruce up the parking lot areas as his Eagle Scout project. The lot will be cleaned, re-lined and new signage installed.