Coming to The Good Shepherd UCC in Sahuarita in February:

Join Carrie Newcomer (award-winning songwriter, performer, recording artist, performer), Parker J. Palmer (bestselling author, teacher, activist, and founder of The Center for Courage and Renewal), and Gary Walters (musician, recording artist, composer, educator) in a dynamic interweaving of music, poetry, prose, personal story, and audience participation.

10 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 15 at First Church Phoenix, 1407 N Second Street, Phoenix First Church UCC Phoenix and Shadow Rock UCC are excited to host Dr. Miguel De La Torre, Professor of Social Ethics & Latinx Studies, Activist, Author & Minister for the seminar: Rejecting the White Jesus: Badass Christianity! Cost $10. Tickets: facebook.com/firstchurchuccphoenix

3 p.m. on Sunday, February 16 at Casas Adobes Congregational, 6801 N Oracle Road, Tucson, AZ 85704

Invitation from the search team at Casas Adobes:

The installation of our Senior Pastor, Michael Bush, will take place on Sunday, February 16th at 3:00 pm with participation by the Search and Call Team, our youth, our choir, with special guests: Southwest Conference Minister Rev. Dr. Bill Lyons, speaker Rev. Susan Princehouse, and representatives from the SWC office and other UCC churches.

The search and call committee members request you join us for this very special occasion in the life of CACC-UCC.

The vote occurred on January 26, 2020 at Desert Palm's annual meeting.

from Jo Vredenberg’s January article:

As we at Desert Palm look ahead to the January 26th Congregational Meeting and the opportunity to decide on becoming a WISE church, I want to share some of my life-changing journey through this process.

3 p.m. on Sunday, February 16 at Shepherd of the Hills UCC, 5524 E. Lafayette Blvd., Phoenix, AZ 85018

Away from home concerts for two years, singing professionally, baritone Austin Delp will reunite with pianist Neilson Chen for songs from the theater. If you didn’t hear the string quartet at last November’s performance, come and hear them at this concert.

Thanks to Holly Herman reading ALL of your church newsletters, we can keep up on the amazing work that is happening at the Southwest Conference Churches. If you’d like a separate article about your news, please submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.

Holly Herman reads your church newsletters to compile the weekly Church Jottings. (Thanks, Holly!) If you’d like a separate article about your news, please submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.

Holly Herman reads your church newsletters to compile the weekly Church Jottings. (Thanks, Holly!) If you’d like a separate article about your news, please submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.

7 pm on Friday, February 28, 2020 at Desert Palm UCC, 1230 E Guadalupe Road, Tempe AZ 85283

Marc Gaston and Michael McCall with Eric Jansen on piano. Freewill offering.

On January 23, 2020, the Sierra Vista Community United Church of Christ will receive an award from the SV Commission on Disabilities for its recently installed sound system that enables the hearing impaired to hear the church services wirelessly through their hearing aids. David Dean, who researched and oversaw its installation, will accept the award at 5:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers, 1011 North Coronado Drive, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635. The public is invited to attend.

Congrats!

Holly Herman reads your church newsletters to compile the weekly Church Jottings. (Thanks, Holly!) If you’d like a separate article about your news, please submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.

Every Thursday from January 9 until February 20, The Church of The Painted Hills, UCC will be open from 2:00 to 7:00 PM to provide an opportunity to come in and pray for peace in our world. This opportunity is available to anyone in our community looking for a quiet place to offer prayer.

More about prayer and fasting for peace throughout the UCC during the season of Epiphany

A number of tweens and teens have "aged out" of Vacation Bible School (VBS) but the Ministry for Christian Formation at Casas Adobes Congregational UCC is excited to announce a new program: Teen VBS.

They're working with several other religious organizations (specifically Family and Education Minister Rev. John Angiulo's association with churches, mosques, and synagogues) to develop a weeklong summer program for all their youth.