Faith In Action
Great news from One Community:
Did you hear the exciting news? This week – for the first time in Arizona history – a BIPARTISAN LGBTQ inclusive non-discrimination bill was filed in the House of Representatives. HB2586 would update our state’s current non-discrimination laws to include gay and transgender Arizonans.
But filing the bill is only the first step.
From Conference Minister, Bill Lyons:
Arizona friends, I just sent the following message to Rep. Farnsworth at EFarnsworth@azleg.gov and encourage you to do the same. For background, see the news article, Bill to end child marriage in Arizona faces obstacles.
Read MoreA World Uprooted: Responding to Migrants, Refugees and Displaced People
Friday, April 20 – Monday, April 23, 2018
Doubletree by Hilton, Crystal City - Washington, D.C., Army-Navy Dr., Arlington, VA
Conference Minister Rev. Dr. William M. Lyons' keynote address at the 9th Annual Witness for the People in January at ‘the Round House,’ the New Mexico State Capitol.
Read MoreFebruary 17, 11 a.m.
Shadow Rock UCC visits the ICE Field Office at 11:00 a.m. on the 17th of every month. They use this time to stand with our immigrant neighbors and their families, make a prayer or statement, and pass out water and snacks for those waiting in line for appointments.
Read MoreThe Sunday after United's Youth Initiates helped lead "El NIno Jesus Needs Our Help"on Epiphany, they took time (with Pam Hyde's guidance) to write an op-ed commentary on immigration and particularly protection for the DACA dreamers.
For our Youth Initiates (as for many of the rest of us) there is a direct connection between what their faith as Christians teaches them and what they believe our country should stand for and how we welcome the stranger and care for those in need.
Read MoreMonday, February 19th, 2018 the Southwest Conference UCC is invited to join statewide Unitarian Universalists for a Day at the Legislature. This will be a statewide opportunity to meet with your Legislators and attend workshops on legislative action.
Read MoreFebruary 7 is Environmental Day at the Legislature. Arizona Interfaith Power & Light's goal is to get 100 members from Arizona's faith community to advocate for clean air, land and water and promote clean energy. Can you join then and recruit two or three people from your congregation?
At 12 noon on February 7, as part of E-Day at the Legislature, Arizona Interfaith Power & Light will produce an Interfaith Prayer Circle in the Capitol Rose Garden.
Read MoreFebruary 3, 2018 - 9:00 am to 12:30 pm
Community Christian Church, 1701 S College Avenue, Tempe
Read MoreAs rescuers in California urgently search for more missing people in the deadly mudslides that devastated the Montecito community, a United Church of Christ minister is pastoring to the stricken and the injured.
The Rev. Kris Bergstrom, pastor of Church of the Foothills in Ventura, Calif., also serves as a part-time chaplain at the local hospital in Montecito.
"I was the village school principal in Montecito for 8 years more than a decade ago, so I consider all the people involved in the Montecito crisis my family," she said. "I have close ties with so many families."
Read MoreAlbuquerque, NM, Tuesday, January 16, 2018 -- Today the New Mexico Conference of Churches (Conference) announced it has removed its assets from Wells Fargo in protest of their corporate behavior. In the fall of 2017, the Board voted unanimously to move its assets to an investment manager who will respect the collective values of the member churches. The transfer of assets is now complete.
Read MoreCommon Ground on the Border & Border Issues Fair, a two-day event this past weekend, featured classes in art, music and a variety of lectures.
Read MoreIslamic Community Center of North East Valley (ICNEV), Scottsdale Masjid, is delighted to host an Outreach/Interfaith Dinner at ICNEV on Sunday, January 28th at 5:00 pm. Ustad Ali Ataie will be the speaker at this event.
Please use this opportunity to reach out and extend the invite to your non-Muslim neighbors, colleagues at work, teachers. friends, and others. This will be a great opportunity to learn about your neighbors, make friends and have questions answered in a Q & A session led by a scholar.
Read MoreFaith Climate Action Week will take place during Earth Week, April 14- 22, 2018.
Celebrations, sermons, service projects, events, and nature walks will be held, all week, around the theme "Charged with Faith: Leading the way to a clean energy future". Sign up now and be the first to receive information on how to participate.
We will be focusing on ways we can green our facilities and homes, take action locally, and advocate nationally for positive steps towards a sustainable, 100% renewable energy future.
Read MoreInvitation from ONE Community Foundation:
On February 5th and 6th, ONE Community Foundation will be hosting a Non-Partisan Advocacy Training, and we want you to be there! This educational event will equip you with the skills you need to navigate Arizona’s legislative system, to effectively share your story, and to participate at both city and statewide levels of advocacy in order to enact positive change toward non-discrimination and equality in Arizona.
Read MorePresident Trump’s obscene remarks, reported yesterday — in which he described Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries as “s***thole countries” — were deeply disturbing. The National Council of Churches unequivocally condemns these statements.
Further, President Trump’s stated preference for immigrants from nations such as Norway, combined with numerous other comments he has made over past years, reveals a deep-seated racism that is unacceptable. These attitudes must be publicly rejected by all people of faith. The very soul of our nation is at stake.
As Dr. King said, “A time comes when silence is betrayal.” We cannot remain silent at a time like this in the life of our nation
Read MoreWe’ve already been praying, of course. Now let’s step it up with a scheduled time when our hearts and souls can meet in the mind of God.
From now till April 5 (at least!) let’s agree to pray for the ACT Now: Unite to End Racism challenge every Thursday morning at 7AM your local time. It will be a rolling wave of prayer as 7AM dawns from time zone to time zone across the country and around the world.
Read MoreThursday, February 1 in Santa Fe
Interfaith Worker Justice-NM is a statewide network of people of faith and conscience that calls upon their moral, ethical and theological values to advocate for workers' rights and economic justice.
Read MoreFrom Pamela Shepherd, Taos UCC:
The New Mexico legislative session is about to begin, and justice for the poor is on my mind.
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They are featured in a story in the Albuquerque Journal.
"It has been about five months in sanctuary for Kadhim Al-bumohammed.
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