Area Congregations Preach on Health Care for All...

Area Congregations Preach on Health Care for All This Labor Day ...
Source: St. Louis Area Jobs with Justice - http://www.stl-jwj.org

Author: asmoucha

Date: 30 August, 2008

Rabbi Randy Fleisher. Community Church of God The Rev. Douglas Parham. Compton Heights Christian Church The Rev. Jacqueline Foster. Epiphany United Church of Christ The Rev. Mary Albert. Holy Trinity Catholic Church Fr. Richard Creason ...

Church Marks 125 Years With a Major Fixing Up

Church Marks 125 Years With a Major Fixing Up

Source: New York Times

Author: GEORGIA KRAL

Date: 14 August, 2008

THE Short Beach Union Church sits about three houses from the waterfront on Pentecost Street in the Short Beach neighborhood of Branford…

Skip Ferry is the pastor and is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. Mr. Ferry, who is also a full-time employee at the Connecticut Food...

Jim Johnson likes to help others go through life as persons of faith

Jim Johnson likes to help others go through life as persons of faith

Source: MarionStar.com

Author: BRENDA J. DONEGAN

Date: 9 August 2008

Jim Johnson isn't sure if a new venue is the reason for a surge in attendance at a weekly non-denominational Bible study.

Johnson, who has been leading the study for the past 4-5 years, said the study first began at First United Church of Christ and prior to that for a couple of years under the leadership of Pastor Gale Green. Those who attended then went out for lunch, Johnson said.

"I subbed for Pastor Gale now and then and she just said 'it's yours,'" Johnson said. One of the original members, Dave Smith, who is now deceased, suggested they go to the senior center and have lunch and fellowship at the center.

Peace Events Upcoming for Faith Community

Peace Events Upcoming for Faith Community
Portland Independent Media Center: 02-23-2007

Faith groups throughout the Portland area will join with others on the fourth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq in a Rally, March and Action Camp to:

Stop the War and Bring the Troops Home.
March 18, 2007, 1:30 PM
Pioneer Courthouse Square in Downtown Portland.

Signed:


Susan Leo Bridgeport UCC
Aryeh Hirschfield P'Nai Or
Gabrielle Chavez Christ the Healer UCC
Chuck Cooper Methodist Fed.for Social Action, Micah's Village Church
Dave Bean Cherry Park United Methodist Church
Shahriar Ahmed Bilal Mosque
Cecil Prescod Director Christian Ed and Youth Ministry, Ainsworth UCC
Mark Knutson Past President EMO, Augustana Lutheran Church
Rodney Page Former Executive Director Church World Service, NCC,EMO
Gwen Barnard Church of Scientology of Portland
Robert Krueger St. Andrews Catholic Church
Peg Pfab Southminster Presbyterian Church
Joey Wolf Havurah Shalom
Wajdi Said Muslim Educational Trust
John Reutter-Harrah Prince of Life Lutheran Church
Marilyn Sewell First Unitarian Universalist
Wes Taylor Tualatin United Methodist Church
John Gant Central Pacific Conference of the UCC
Alcena Boozer President EMO, St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Parish
David Knapp St. Luke Lutheran Church
Dan Bryant Past President EMO, First Christian Church Eugene
Patricia Ross First Congregational UCC
Stephen Schafroth Public Policy Chair EMO

Thomas, other ecumenical leaders ask Congress for 'compassionate' federal budget

Thomas, other ecumenical leaders ask Congress for 'compassionate' federal budget
United Church News: 02-19-2007

"Leaders of five Christian denominations, including the UCC, sent a letter on Feb. 15 to all members of the U.S. Congress, calling for a compassionate and just federal budget in 2008."

Broad coalition of Christian leaders tackle 'scandal' of poverty

Broad coalition of Christian leaders tackle 'scandal' of poverty
United Church News: 02-13-2007

“The country's broadest-ever ecumenical coalition of Christian leaders have issued a statement condemning the "scandal of widespread poverty" and calling for action by the public and private sectors to combat it.
As leaders in Christian Churches Together, we believe that a renewed commitment to overcome poverty is central to the mission of the church and essential to our unity in Christ, they said in a Feb. 9 statement.

“The Rev. John H. Thomas, the UCC's general minister and president, and the Rev. Lydia Veliko, the UCC's ecumenical officer, represented the UCC at the gathering.”

New Poverty Effort Undertaken by US Catholics and Other Christians

New Poverty Effort Undertaken by US Catholics and Other Christians
Faith Progressive Blog: 02-14-2007

“Christian Churches Together in the USA (CCT) is a new forum growing out of a deeply felt need to broaden and expand fellowship, unity, and witness among the diverse expressions of Christian faith today. CCT is inclusive of the diversity of Christian families in the United States — Evangelical, Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Pentecostals, historic Protestant, Racial and Ethnic churches.”

“The group includes the following:

AMEN
American Baptist Churches, USA
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
Armenian Orthodox Church in America
Bread for the World
Call to Renewal/Sojourners
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Christian Reformed Church in NA
Church of God Ministries (Anderson, IN)
Church of God of Prophecy
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
Coptic Orthodox Church
Evangelicals for Social Action
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Free Methodist Church
Friends United Meeting
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
International Council of Community Churches
International Pentecostal Holiness Church
Moravian Church*
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
National Baptist Convention of America
National Baptist Convention, USA
Open Bible Churches
Orthodox Church in America
Reformed Church in America
Syrian Orthodox Church
The Episcopal Church
The Evangelical Covenant Church
The Korean Presbyterian Church in America
The Presbyterian Church USA — provisional until 2010
The Salvation Army
United Church of Christ
United Methodist
US Conference of Catholic Bishops
World Vision”

Women of Vision conference slated

Women of Vision conference slated
Ventura County Star: 02-15-2007

“This year's theme is "Forgiveness: What Our Faith Traditions Offer Us." The conference will include an interfaith panel discussion, music, an awards ceremony and refreshments.”

“Conference founder and chairwoman Robin Martin said the catalyst for the event was the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The riots, she said, brought to light the need to bring communities, cultures and religions together. She was also concerned about the lack of tolerance for other cultures and religions at her children's schools.

“Martin, wife of the Rev. John Martin, pastor of Church of the Foothills United Church of Christ in Ventura, says she was able to launch the event in 1998 with the help of the ministerial association. The goal is to help major religious denominations in Ventura County find agreement in core values. They work together to bring peace in their communities and the world.”

Interfaith Festival Helps Bring Community Together

Interfaith Festival Helps Bring Community Together
Black Voice News Online: 02-15-2007

"...the combined choirs of First Presbyterian Church, First Congregational United Church of Christ. Lutheran Church of Our Savior, First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and St. Paul United Methodist sang Joy comes in the Morning. "

A sign of the times marks First Parish

A sign of the times marks First Parish
The Bolton Common: 02-01-2007


"The First Parish of Bolton, 673 Main St., has made its name change “official” with the installation of a new sign. Since 1931, the town’s oldest church had been known as the Bolton Federated Church, the result of the town’s three churches — Unitarian, Baptist, and Quaker — agreeing to worship together and have one minister, while maintaining their own individual identities. In 2002, the church voted to use its original and historic name — “The First Parish of Bolton, Interdenominational.

"The new sign, the gift of several individuals, features the logos of the Unitiarian Universalist Association, the United Church of Christ and the American Baptist Churches."

INTERFAITH FESTIVAL FOR PEACE IN OUR COMMUNITY

INTERFAITH FESTIVAL FOR PEACE IN OUR COMMUNITY

IE News (01-29-2007)

"The festival will feature inspiring musical presentations by choral groups and soloists from New Hope Missionary Baptist Church (African-American), Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral (Roman Catholic), St. Prophet Elias (Eastern/Greek Orthodox), Congregation Emanu El (Jewish), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) as well as a combined choir representing five major Protestant churches (United Church of Christ, United Methodist, Disciples of Christ, Presbyterian and Lutheran) and the Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu and Native American communities."