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COMMAntary E-Newsletter, Vol. 10, No. 30
July 30, 2014
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 Mission Bite: Seasons of the Spirit featuring some of our own Minnesotans! It was 2012 when Rev. Tim Johnson (Cherokee Park United Church, St. Paul) was approached by the editor of Seasons of the Spirit, a provider of lectionary resources for worship, faith formation and service. Rev. Johnson was asked if Cherokee Park would be interested in facilitating a writing team for an upcoming quarter of Seasons. A resounding "yes!" was the answer, and throughout 2013, a team of nine (pictured above), five from Cherokee Park and four from other Minnesota Conference congregations, worked with the editorial staff from Seasons. The result is curriculum and worship material for this coming 2014/2015 Advent/Christmas/Epiphany season.
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Joys and Concerns
- A Service of Ordination and Installation for Ashley Harness will be held Sunday, August 3 at 5:00pm at Lyndale UCC (610 W 28th St, Minneapolis). Clergy are invited to robe and wear red stoles. Members of Lyndale UCC and Living Table UCC will provide refreshments following the service. Ashley, who earned an MDiv at Union Theological Seminary in New York, has been called to serve Lyndale UCC as Acting Associate Minister.
- Rev. Donald Chapman, who served First Congregational UCC in Glencoe from 1955 until his retirement in 1984, died on Monday, July 28th. He was 95 years old. A celebration of Rev. Chapman's life service will be held at 11:00am on Tuesday, August 12 at First Congregational UCC in Glencoe. Gathering time will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Our prayers and deep sympathies are extended to Rev. Chapman's friends and family.
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Notices
- Save the Date! On Saturday, September 20, Pilgrim Congregational UCC in Duluth will host the very first Church on the Move event! Registration and details will be announced next week - stay tuned. You don't want to miss this!
- There are no clergy clusters in the coming week.
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130 Faith Leaders & Immigrant Activists to participate in massive civil disobedience at the White House
WASHINGTON - In a massive act of civil disobedience set for July 31 in front of the White House, 100 faith leaders and 30 immigrant rights activists from across the country will risk arrest to demand that President Barack Obama end inhumane immigration enforcement policies. Our own Rev. Linda Jaramillo, Executive Minister for Justice & Witness Ministries of the United Church of Christ will be taking part in this demonstration. Your prayers of support are welcome and encouraged.
WHAT: Faith and immigrant rights civil disobedience for executive action on deportations
WHEN: 12:00pm, Thursday, July 31st
WHERE: Lafayette Park, North side of the White House
CONTACT: Sidney Traynham, straynham@cwsglobal.org; Susana Flores, sflores@casamd.org
Sponsors include the United Methodist Church, Church World Service, CASA de Maryland, Bend the Arc, the Unitarian Universalists Association, the United Church of Christ, Sisters of Mercy, Disciples Home Missions of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and the PICO National Network.
Resources from the Interfaith Immigration Coalition
The Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) is one of the national interfaith organizations leading on an interfaith response to the child refugee crisis at our southern border. IIC is supported by the UCC. Click here to view resources.
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New Conference Website!
Have you visited the Conference website lately? Now's the time to hop on over to check out the brand new site! Visit us at www.uccmn.org.
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