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Rev. Jennifer Sowell Elected AGM
Rev. Jennifer Sowell Elected AGM

The Rev. Jennifer Sowell, an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ with more than two decades of pastoral leadership experience, was elected to serve an unexpired term as the next Associate General Minister (AGM), Love of Church on Saturday, May 9, 2026 at a special meeting of General Synod 35, which officially ends a several year process that began at the end of 2023. Sowell’s election is a historic one, marking the first time in the denomination’s nearly 70-year history that leadership of the church is all women. 

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Arizona: Please Contact Your Lawmakers to Support Heat Relief Funding
Arizona: Please Contact Your Lawmakers to Support Heat Relief Funding

From Arizona Faith Network and Arizona Interfaith Power & Light:

Arizona is facing a growing extreme heat crisis, and we need your voice now.

Over the last several years, communities across Arizona expanded cooling and heat respite centers, transportation assistance, outreach teams, and emergency heat response systems using temporary federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. Those federal funds expire at the end of 2026.

Without continued investment, Arizona risks losing critical life-saving heat-relief infrastructure that communities across the state now rely on during dangerous summer temperatures.

Extreme heat is one of the leading weather-related causes of death in Arizona. More than 900 Arizonans died from heat-related causes in both 2023 and 2024. These deaths impacted housed and unhoused individuals alike, including seniors, outdoor workers, families, medically vulnerable residents, and people living without reliable cooling.

We need Arizona leaders to act now and support dedicated Extreme Heat Mitigation funding in the FY2027 Arizona State Budget.

Click through to see how to make a difference.

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Jottings 5/18/2026
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Jottings 5/18/2026
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