What’s happening at YOUR church? Tell us about it! Just write up an article and submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.
Holly Herman reads your church newsletters and other materials and compiles the highlights to keep us up-to-date on the amazing work happening at the Southwest Conference churches and beyond. (Thanks, Holly!)
If you’d like us to see and share your Facebook posts, tag us! @swcucc is our handle.
Read MoreThroughout the COVID pandemic, the Maricopa County Public Health Department has provided personal protective equipment (PPE) to long-term-care, physicians, schools, charitable organizations, etc. They’re currently in the process of demobilizing. They have a variety of both current/unexpired and expired items that can still be used, depending on their intended purpose. There is NO CHARGE for these items, though they ask that you retrieve your items at their Phoenix warehouse.
Read MoreIf you have ever considered joining Shepherd of the Hills’ weekly book club, this Wednesday would be a great time to do it!
This Wednesday Wanderers gathers to discuss the second chapter of their new book, Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help, And How to Reverse It, by Robert Lupton.
If you want to join and can't this week or don't have your book yet, come when you can.
If you have questions about this ongoing Shepherd of the Hills book club, please contact Pastor Rock.
Join the discussion via Zoom
Read MoreWhat’s happening at YOUR church? Tell us about it! Just write up an article and submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.
Holly Herman reads your church newsletters and other materials and compiles the highlights to keep us up-to-date on the amazing work happening at the Southwest Conference churches and beyond. (Thanks, Holly!)
If you’d like us to see and share your Facebook posts, tag us! @swcucc is our handle.
Read MoreDesert Palm UCC’s newly Commissioned Minister of Music and the Arts, Marc Gaston, is a nominee/one of the finalists for the Mayor's 2023 Arts Awards (October 12th at 6PM at the Phoenix Center of the Arts) in the Community Innovator category.
Marc was the first person commissioned by a local congregation after the SW Conference delegated that power to the local church!
He’s also the Artistic/Executive Director of the Phoenix Gay Men's Chorus.
Read MoreThursday night October 26th at 7 pm at Desert Palm UCC
Desert Palm will be hosting the Nash Liberation Orchestra for a special night of jazz. The group's pianist is none other than Desert Palm's talented, Claudia Bloom (who can be heard in person most Sundays at 9am for worship!).
Donations are welcome. Wine and refreshments will be served.
Read MorePlease share the following information with your congregations, especially young adults looking for community in the Albuquerque area!
Join Luther House UNM &CNM and First Congregational United Church of Christ for our "Poetry as Theology" series. "Poetry as Theology" is a FREE series of Slam Poetry workshops designed to develop and express Young Adult Theological Perspectives.
Check out these events!
Read MoreWhat’s happening at YOUR church? Tell us about it! Just write up an article and submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.
Holly Herman reads your church newsletters and other materials and compiles the highlights to keep us up-to-date on the amazing work happening at the Southwest Conference churches and beyond. (Thanks, Holly!)
If you’d like us to see and share your Facebook posts, tag us! @swcucc is our handle.
Read MoreDesert Palm UCC youth are participating in the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) walk on October 21st. You can donate to the cause and/or look for a walk in your city to support.
NAMI's work is very much in the spirit of our WISE ministry, in that both seek to eradicate the stigma around mental health issues and to provide education and support.
Contact Sonja Haller (sonja@desertpalmucc.org) or Pastor Tom Martinez (revtom@desertpalmucc.org) for more information.
Read MoreAll are welcome to attend the dedication and blessing of the “Homeless Jesus” sculpture being installed at The Church of the Palms UCC at 14808 N Boswell Blvd in Sun City, AZ. The service is at 11 am on November 18. SWC Transitional Conference Minister Dr. Toni Hawkins will provide the blessing.
The art is a seven-foot bronze sculpture by Timothy Schmalz, a Canadian sculptor and a devout Catholic, entitled, “Homeless Jesus”, which depicts Jesus sleeping on a park bench.
His face and hands are obscured under the blanket; the only clue to his identity is the crucifixion wounds on his feet.
Read MoreRegister HERE.
This webinar counts as two CEUs for clergy.
Read MoreWhat’s happening at YOUR church? Tell us about it! Just write up an article and submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.
Holly Herman reads your church newsletters and other materials and compiles the highlights to keep us up-to-date on the amazing work happening at the Southwest Conference churches and beyond. (Thanks, Holly!)
If you’d like us to see and share your Facebook posts, tag us! @swcucc is our handle.
Read MoreFirst Church UCC Phoenix hopes that some of their friends from other UCC churches who help out at the Welcome Center (and also those who don't) will join this event!
Journalist and scholar, Stephanie Saldana, is going to be in the Tucson/Phoenix area. She wrote a beautiful book What We Remember Will Be Saved: A Story of Refugees and the Things They Carry.
She follows the lives of six refugees from Syria and Iraqi, describing what they saved and how they rebuilt their lives in other countries.
Read MoreWhat’s happening at YOUR church? Tell us about it! Just write up an article and submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.
Holly Herman reads your church newsletters and other materials and compiles the highlights to keep us up-to-date on the amazing work happening at the Southwest Conference churches and beyond. (Thanks, Holly!)
If you’d like us to see and share your Facebook posts, tag us! @swcucc is our handle.
Read MoreFrom Gayle Lawson:
Annually, Church of Beatitudes serves up Labor Day lunch to the seniors, who experience food insecurities, at the Justa Center. It was fantastic to be back in this great facility.
A great time was had by all!
Read MoreWhat’s happening at YOUR church? Tell us about it! Just write up an article and submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.
Holly Herman reads your church newsletters and other materials and compiles the highlights to keep us up-to-date on the amazing work happening at the Southwest Conference churches and beyond. (Thanks, Holly!)
If you’d like us to see and share your Facebook posts, tag us! @swcucc is our handle.
Read MoreSunday, September 17, 2 – 5 pm at Desert Palm UCC
UPDATE: The storytelling event has been expanded to become intergenerational because we received some parent/adult interest. So anyone -- adults and teens --can participate.
Tempe’s Desert Palm is hosting an open invitation to Phoenix-area sister campuses to participate in a free storytelling workshop. The interfaith workshop in Desert Palm’s sanctuary will be led by master storytellers, Rev. Doug Bland and Storytelling Institute Faculty Director Liz Warren. Students ages 12-18 will learn how to brainstorm, craft and share at least a 5-minute story on stage. (Pizza, drinks and dessert will be served after the workshop.)
Read MoreRev. Shea Darian invites you to these fall programs at Doing Grief ™ Community Healing Project at the Interfaith Chapel for Healing at The Church of the Palms.
Read MoreWhat’s happening at YOUR church? Tell us about it! Just write up an article and submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.
Holly Herman reads your church newsletters and other materials and compiles the highlights to keep us up-to-date on the amazing work happening at the Southwest Conference churches and beyond. (Thanks, Holly!)
If you’d like us to see and share your Facebook posts, tag us! @swcucc is our handle.
Read MoreWhat’s happening at YOUR church? Tell us about it! Just write up an article and submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.
Holly Herman reads your church newsletters and other materials and compiles the highlights to keep us up-to-date on the amazing work happening at the Southwest Conference churches and beyond. (Thanks, Holly!)
If you’d like us to share your Facebook posts, tag us! @swcucc is our handle.
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