Michael Curry: Virtual Sermon Michael Curry, Southwest Conference Lay Minister for Disability Education, Advocacy, and Awareness, has recorded a sermon to make it available to churches throughout the conference.

We’ll need a tech team and tech stewards during our Virtual Annual Meeting happening on Zoom, October 2-4. If you’ve acquired some Zoom webinar skills this year (or are willing to be trained), please contact our Virtual Annual Meeting coordinator, Karen Richter.

By Chaplain, Captain Derrick Elliott, 355th Wing Chaplains

Rev. Derrick Elliott is Pastor at Desert Heritage Church in Mesa.

Read his article here.

UCC @ ASU is continuing to move forward with our campus ministry and is offering two Zoom gatherings in early August, one for all ages and one for college students.

For anyone interested, here’s a short video clip that is a gift from Evans Bell Conversion for you to use as part of any virtual services you are doing. If you decide to use it, please let us know so we can watch too.

Thanks, Jack & Tom

Get details and links for webinars, pride events, Taizé Morning Prayers, and ONA Sunday services.

This book addresses why ministers should establish good boundaries and the facilitators believe it would be helpful in working with healthy Pastoral Relations Committees.

Desert Palm United Church of Christ in Tempe and the Southwest Conference are working together to support and inspire ASU students with our UCC witness and faith.

We are making new connections and building relationships with students and faculty who have not previously been connected with the UCC.  As we continue with this exciting new ministry we need your help to connect ASU students who are UCC so we can include them in all we are doing and in the formation of the organization.  If you and/or your local church know an ASU student please connect with Andrew so we can connect with them!  We are excited to not only include them in our ministry on campus, but to begin to be in connection now as we are working to support students who are sheltering and studying at home now and into the fall.

Our UCC Insurance agent copied Conference MInister Bill Lyons on a message to one of our congregations prompted by the Bighorn Fire in Tucson. It’s good information to have regardless of your insurance carrier. So we’re sharing it with you along with some additional resources since we are all living in wildfire country.

Of one child from Bethlehem, much has been written.

But what of Bethlehem’s other children?

John Indermark is a retired UCC pastor and writer living in Tucson, Arizona. John has authored a number of spiritual formation books published by Upper Room Books and Abingdon Press.

Debby Stinton has been approved by the Committee on Church and Ministry 'A' to take the next step toward ordination, which is an Ecclesiastical Council. It will be held at 3 pm on Sunday, June 14 via Zoom.