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The Rev. Danielle J. Buhuro, D.Min., currently an ECPE certified educator at UCC-related Advocate South Suburban and Trinity Hospitals in Chicago, has just released a new book, Spiritual Care in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter — Examining the Spiritual and Prophetic Needs of African Americans in a Violent America. Published in the Cascade imprint by Wipf…
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The UCC Council for Health and Human Service Ministries wants your feedback. All CHHSM members are invited to participate in an online survey to assess the value of current CHHSM programs and services in order for CHHSM to better serve its membership. “The CHHSM Board is seeking ways to more fully engage CHHSM members, and…
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Horizon House, an older adult community in downtown Seattle, has a new chief executive officer. Mike Ostrem, previously Horizon’s House’s chief financial officer, began his new role as CEO Sept. 11. Ostrem succeeds Sara McVey, who left Horizon House to become the CEO of Sequoia Living, a multi-site nonprofit organization in San Francisco. “CHHSM wishes…
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Charles R. Mooney, United Church Homes’ senior vice president of senior living services and chief operating officer, announced recently that he will retire Dec. 20, 2019, closing a successful 35-year career of changing lives and transforming the lives of older adults. Mooney has been with United Church Homes (UCH) since 2012. “Chuck has been an…
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Embrace Living Communities, a network of affordable living communities serving more than 3,000 older adults in three midwestern states and a certified Great Place to Work®, has been recognized by Fortune magazine as the number one Best Workplace for Aging Services™ in small and medium size providers of senior housing and care and, earlier this…
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A free two-part webinar on better matching church properties with mission and ministry from the United Church of Christ Cornerstone Fund is coming up this fall. Matching Property with Mission & Ministry is split into two free, one-hour webinars: Designing It and Building It. Both will include expert discussion and information on such topics as…
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Former Elon Homes’ Board of Governors member Barbara McCauley Tapscott, Ph.D., died Aug. 4, 2019, in Burlington, N.C., from complications of pneumonia. Tapscott served on the Elon board for almost 15 years, and was named a Governor Emeritus in 2013. “Barbara had a deep and abiding concern for all children and spent a lifetime of…
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UCC-related Advocate Aurora Health, based in Downers Grove, Ill., and Milwaukee, Wis., has announced receipt of a $10.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The grant will expand current clinical trials taking place at 18 Aurora clinic locations to include 13 legacy Advocate sites in Illinois. The new grant will build on the…
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UCC-related Advocate Aurora Health, based in Downers Grove, Ill., and Milwaukee, Wis., announced June 24 that Jim Skogsbergh will become the organization’s sole president and CEO, effective immediately. Skogsbergh has jointly run Advocate Aurora Health alongside co-president and co-CEO Nick Turkal, M.D., since the system was formed in April 2018 through the merger of Advocate…
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The Rev. John “Jack” A. Smith — the second administrator of UCC-related Plymouth Harbor in Sarasota, Fla. — died June 4, 2019, in Plymouth Harbor’s Smith Care Center, named for him. He was 93. Smith was Plymouth Harbor’s administrator from 1972 until his retirement in 1989. Early in his tenure, Plymouth Harbor was struggling to…
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Denise Buck to Succeed Campbell as IFM CEO - CHHSM
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As IFM Community Medicine (IFM) Founder and CEO David Campbell M.D. plans to retire mid-year, his successor, Denise Buck M.D., has started working full-time with IFM in St. Louis. Before assuming this...