URI Youth Connection Café
Sunday, April 23, 10:00 am MST via Zoom
Arizona Faith Network will be hosting the April URI Youth Connection Café. The topic for this Café is "The role of diverse religions/faiths/traditions in social and environmental justice." The Café will feature a special guest, the Venerable Tri Dao, a 34 year old Theravada Buddhist monk, who is well known on TikTok (@venerable_tri_dao) where he has garnered over 1.3M followers, educating his audience on Buddhism, meditation, and mindfulness. All are invited to join the call to meet new people and share insights and experience on projects of social and environmental justice.
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Read MoreIn the faces of environmental crises that can make one feel helpless, there is a particular power in stories that show another way is possible. For this reason, the theme for the first ever UCC Earth Day Summit is “What’s Possible? Earth Day Stories of Hope.” During this two-and-a-half-hour event on Saturday, April 22nd at 11 am ET, stories will be shared in a variety of formats.
Read MoreAntiracism workshops coming up in May:
Cross-Cultural Communication & Inclusivity [Inter-Ethnic and Cross-Cultural/Racial] and Mediation of Conflict & Difference: Wednesdays, May 3 & 10
The Doctrine of Discovery & Legacy of Colonialism: Wednesdays, May 24 & 31
These are FREE Zoom events, underwritten by the Southwest Conference to offer high quality education in antiracism and decentering whiteness.
These workshops will be the last of our free-of-charge anti-racism offerings.
Sign up here.
Read MoreDo you think the church can change?
Throughout the course of these conversations, we will identify important practice, action, and reflection space churches could take up when learning to decolonize their imaginations for a creative, flourishing future.
Read MorePATHWAYS Theological Education, Inc. is a 501c3 program that grew from a program of the Southeast Conference UCC. It remains affiliated with the Southeast Conference. The program offers a full menu of courses for those seeking authorized ministry, for those wanting continuing education, and for those looking for a progressive theology, ethics, or practical church course. The courses are asynchronous, geographically unbound, affordable, and aligned with the UCC Marks of Faithful and Effective Authorized Ministers. Please be in touch with any questions. You may apply online at pathwaystheological.org.
Read MoreWe have expanded the Sow the Seed fund to offer grants to support new programs and ministries to those under 25 years, but we will continue to offer 1/3 camp scholarships to anyone who would like to go to a UCC camp in a nearby conference.
Read MoreAlong with 15 other professionals from health and human service organizations around the country, the Rev. Deb Beloved Church, Pastor of White Rock Presbyterian Church, was recently consecrated as a Diakonal Minister in the United Church of Christ, indicating the successful completion of the Nollau Leadership Institute.
Read MoreThe Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family (GOYFF) is seeking inspiring youth leaders from Arizona high schools to serve on the 2023-2024 Governor's Youth Commission (GYC). The GYC brings together a diverse group of high school students from all fifteen Arizona counties to identify and address the greatest challenges facing Arizona’s youth by developing innovative community impact projects, establishing partnerships with young leaders across the state, and advising the Governor.
Commissioners are selected through a competitive application process. If you know a high school student with a passion for service and leadership, please share this unique opportunity to serve as an ambassador in a nationally recognized leadership program! Applicants must be sophomore, junior, or senior students during the 2023-2024 school year. Applications are currently being accepted until May 31, 2023, at 5:00 PM from Arizona youth in all fifteen counties.
INFORMATION AND APPLICATION
Read MoreIt is our great honor and pleasure to share that ellie hutchison, one of the MIDs in the Southwest Conference was unanimously approved for ordination pending a call.
Congratulations ellie, the best is yet to come!
Read More“There is something deeply hypocritical about praying for a problem you are unwilling to resolve.” ~ Miroslav Volf, Public Theologian
Every child deserves to make it through the school day alive.
The officers and national staff of the United Church of Christ mourn with those who lament the needless deaths of Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, William Kinney, Cynthia Peak, Katherine Koonce, and Mike Hill, violently killed at The Covenant School in Nashville, TN.
Read MoreSign up now for the ASDIC spring workshops, completely free of charge. Sign up for workshops HERE (scroll down to the bottom of the form).
Read MoreAttending the Annual Gathering? Here’s the workshop information you’ve been waiting for, including an “Unworkshop” - check it out.
Read MoreSouthern Arizona Meet and Greet event for Dr. Toni happened today! Thanks to Rev. Louis Mitchell and Rincon Congregational UCC for hosting, and to Rev. Dean Hokel for the wonderful intro.
Read MoreBoard affirms: Karen Georgia Thompson will be first woman to lead UCC if elected by Synod.
Read MorePATHWAYS Theological Education, Inc. exists to offer a range of stimulating, accessible, and affordable online progressive Christian resources for church leaders, faith explorers, pastors, and those discerning various vocations and callings within and outside the church community.
Read MorePlease join us in welcoming Dr Toni Hawkins to the Southwest Conference for meet and greets around the Conference.
–Susan Valiquette, Moderator
These informal events are open to all clergy and lay people throughout the area. Come and meet Dr. Toni, our Transitional Conference Minister, enjoy light refreshments, and mingle with old and new SWC friends!
Read MoreYou’re invited to attend the Ecclesiastical Council for ellie hutchison of Church of the Beatitudes, for approval for ordination to the ministry (pending call), on Sunday, March 26th at 3:00 pm MST, via Zoom.
Read MoreAfter a year-long search, the United Church of Christ Board’s Search Committee for General Minister and President has made a historic choice. The committee will be recommending Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson to the UCCB this week as nominee for General Minister and President. If elected, she would be the first woman, and the first woman of African descent, to lead the denomination.
Click here for the letter to the wider church from Search Committee Chair, the Rev. Emma Brewer-Wallin.
Read MoreIn the media and social media, gas and electric stoves have recently been a "hot topic." In this webinar, we will seek to put this "heated debate" within its proper ethical context in terms of environmental justice, public health, and concerns about methane pollution.
This webinar will prepare faith communities for informed action in caring for our neighbors and our planet.
Read MoreOne Great Hour of Sharing® is one of four special mission offerings of the United Church of Christ. This Lenten Offering supports the disaster, refugee, and development ministries of the United Church of Christ within Wider Church Ministries.
Make a secure online gift today, giving generously to the One Great Hour of Sharing offering. The suggested offering date for OGHS is March 19, 2023.
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