Showing posts with label Community Action. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Community Action. Show all posts

Friday, August 15, 2008

Arizona Equality Walkers - Soulforce Right To Marry Update

Arizona Equality Walkers - Soulforce Right To Marry Update

Source: The Observer - Tucson, Arizona

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Date: 15 August, 2008


From Glendale we were headed to the Church of the Beatitudes, a lovely United Church of Christ congregation where we had lunch and the most amazing cherries for desert. We were greeted warmly by Pastor Nancy Elsenheimer and several ...


Church plans sale to benefit refugees

Church plans sale to benefit refugees

Source: The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com - Lehigh Valley, PA, USA
Author: Staff

Date: 15 August, 2008

Dryland United Church of Christ is working with Catholic Charities to bring a refugee family of six from Myanmar to the Bethlehem area.

Dryland will hold a charity garage sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church. Financial contributions will also be accepted for this refugee resettlement project.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

A New Church Find

A New Church Find

Source: http://unravelingmysteries.blogspot.com/

Author: Lauren Mayfield

Date: 14 August, 2008

This is what I'm talking about these days--a church that embraces plurality in the name of their unity, cares about the poor, is lead by women, and is open and affirming to everyone! United Parish Church of Brookline, MA just accounted for the 251st reason that I want to move to Boston! It's a merger of three churches originally in Brookline: American Baptist, United Methodist, and United Church of Christ, all of which were struggling on their own.

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Hospitality Network looks to expand into Upper Bucks

Hospitality Network looks to expand into Upper Bucks

Source: Montgomery Newspapers (Souderton Independent)

Author: Bob Keeler

Date: 6 August, 2008

There are 19 host or buddy congregations in Indian Valley Hospitality Network. During 10th anniversary observances, 13 of the congregations were noted as having been part of the program from the beginning.


"That says a lot for the people around here and their sense of volunteerism," Hart said.
There are about 700 volunteers in the local program, including Bibic, who started as a volunteer with Trinity United Church of Christ in Telford and is now part of the team from Zwingli United Church of Christ in Souderton.


Fire destroyed the Zwingli building in June, but the congregation is still planning to act as a host church by providing volunteers for Indian Valley Hospitality Network participants in another congregation's building the next time Zwingli's host month comes up.

Sunday, August 03, 2008

Healing continues following deadly church shooting

Healing continues following deadly church shooting

Source: WBIR-TV - Knoxville,TN,USA

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Date: 2 August, 2008

Saturday morning the Church of the Savior United Church of Christ hosted an interfaith prayer service. Members of that church's congregation, ...

Friday, August 01, 2008

Boxer shorts receive blessings

Boxer shorts receive blessings

Source: Mlive.com

Author: Scott Thorn

Date: 1 August, 2008

Members of the St. James United Church of Christ in Michigan plan to take 150 boxer shorts to the altar Sunday for a blessing. The shorts have been modified for wounded veterans who wear bulky prosthetics or braces on their legs.

Janesville's juvenile diversion group well underway

Janesville's juvenile diversion group well underway

Source: Gazettextra.com

Author: Ann Marie Ames

Date: 1 August, 2008

Six kids are enrolled in the Wednesday morning detention diversion session at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 54 S. Jackson St., Janesville. The program—part of the juvenile justice division of the Rock County Human Service Department—is in the fourth week of its first six-week session.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Group vows to save theater

Group vows to save theater
The Beacon Journal:January 31, 2006














Highland Square neighborhood Association's Tim Kelly , Lisa Bostwick, president, Mark Smith, vice president and Media Consultant Ron Higgins lead a discussion on the Highland Theater at First Grace United Church of Christ Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007, in Akron, Ohio.