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The President/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Pension Boards-United Church of Christ, Inc. (PBUCC) is responsible for overseeing the operations and strategic direction of the organization, ensuring its financial health and overall stability of $4.1 billion in assets. This includes the design and administration of the pension and benefits programs of the United Church of…
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By Renee DeLuca, multimedia content specialist, UCC Office of Marketing Communications. Originally appeared in UCC News April 2, 2024. Used by permission. Imagine spending your life with a partner, and when the time came for seeking a place to live during retirement years, the homes and assisted living neighborhoods you found made living with that partner uneasy…
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by Hans Holznagel. Reprinted with permission from UCC News. Jiajin Zhou was baptized Oct. 9 at a church she first attended virtually. That same day, five other people also joined Union Congregational United Church of Christ in West Palm Beach, Fla. Four of them, like Zhou, had found Union online. The fifth had found it…
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by Hans Holznagel. Reprinted with permission from UCC News. The day is still months away, but the Rev. Dr. JJ Flag said the thought of preaching at the closing worship service of the United Church of Christ’s 2023 General Synod already makes him a little nervous. “I don’t know that I have settled on a…
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By Maic D’Agostino. Reprinted by permission from UCC News, Nov. 15, 2022. Just days into his new job, Jamar Doyle learned he could be preaching at the United Church of Christ’s 34th General Synod. In February, the UCC’s Council for Health and Human Service Ministries named Doyle its new president and CEO. Then in March,…
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In an unusual joint letter issued to the American people today, 33 leaders of aging services, health and social support nonprofit organizations — including MIchael J. Readinger, president and CEO of CHHSM — detail a growing crisis in aging services and call on Americans to make sure that elected officials stand by “the most consequential…
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The three national officers of the United Church of Christ issued this statement on Sept. 7, 2021. As we approach the 20th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, we are sobered once again by the impact these events had on our collective psyche. We all remember exactly where we were that day and what…
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The Rev. John H. Thomas, former UCC general minister and president, has shared reflections 20 years after the events of September 11. In his introduction, he writes: On September 11, 2001, I was visiting church partners in Germany in my role as General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ. As we approach…
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By Barbara Brown Zikmund She was a young woman born in 1930 who wanted to become a missionary in China. However, after an encounter with polio, her life unfolded in new ways. She studied at Oberlin (Ohio) College, attended a seminary, was ordained, earned a doctorate at the University of Pittsburgh and for 14 years…
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By Connie Larkman, UCC News. This story originally appeared in the Aug. 3 e-blast of UCC News. Reprinted with permission. “When you lift from the bottom, everybody rises.” With that message, the Poor People’s Campaign brought public pressure for change to Washington, D.C., on Monday. The peaceful protest for voting rights and a living wage…
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IFM Community Medicine's Campbell Receives Missouri Physicians' Distinguished Service Award - CHHSM
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The Missouri Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) presented David Campbell, M.D., FAAFP, and president and CEO of IFM Community Medicine in St. Louis, with the 2024 Distinguished Service Award during t...