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A close-knit group of 11 people from a variety of CHHSM agencies formed the Nollau Leadership Institute’s 2014 class. The group spent a year together in intensive conversation and reflection, as well as retreats, lectures and meetings. Their time together ended on Dec. 11 with their consecration as CHHSM Diakonal Ministers at the Franciscan Renewal…
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By Bryan Sickbert In my final meeting as CHHSM president with the board of directors, I shared a quote from my 1991 application cover letter to the CHHSM president and CEO search committee. It said “organizations like CHHSM are perpetually fragile because their fundamental mission is to pursue meaning, thus the product of their work…
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Faith-based, nonprofit organizations are in the midst of changes that affect business models, funding, client demographics and leadership. How can organizations like CHHSM adjust and even transform within this new environment? CHHSM members will address those challenges at the 77th Annual Meeting, March 5-7, 2015, at Wyndham at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Ohio. This year’s…
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It took less than three seconds for Michael Readinger to decide to formally apply as CHHSM’s new president and CEO when he learned that the Rev. Bryan Sickbert planned to retire at the end of the year. “I’ve been with CHHSM for almost a decade, so this isn’t foreign territory for me,” says Readinger, who…
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Marti Coplai had attended countless conferences as a leader in services for older adults. But when her supervisor sent her to the Nollau Institute, she found it was a very different kind of experience. CHHSM’s Nollau Institute is a yearlong program that creates opportunities for small groups of leaders to gather in person and online…
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The Council for Health and Human Service Ministries (CHHSM) Board of Directors Chair Hugh Meyers has announced that the board unanimously elected Michael J. Readinger, current CHHSM vice president, to serve as the next president and CEO of CHHSM. Readinger will succeed the Rev. Bryan Sickbert, who retires at the end of this year after…
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Four years ago, Frank Waddell faced homelessness. Waddell, 37, had just completed substance abuse treatment, but he didn’t have a home or support network until he found Earl’s Place, a transitional housing project of CHHSM ministry United Ministries in Baltimore, Maryland. “I needed the structure and support,” says Waddell, who moved into permanent housing in…
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CHHSM convened more than a dozen members Sept. 26 to discuss the current situation in Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black man, was shot by a white police officer in early August. The incident, which triggered continuing rioting and protests, prompted CHHSM to explore ways members could work together to serve ongoing health and…
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Contributed by the Rev. Kenneth Daniel, president and CEO, United Church Homes The CHHSM CEO search committee narrowed its focus to a select group of seven highly qualified candidates. All seven were interviewed during a two-day meeting held Aug. 19-20. The candidates represented a diverse cross-section of the UCC including race, gender and sexual orientation. Both lay and…
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Rich and Mary Miller have experienced a lot as participants in Passport to Travel, but one of their most memorable visits includes the Biltmore Estate. Residents of Cedar Community in West Bend, Wisconsin, the Millers spent two days at Biltmore during their second trip to Abernethy Laurels in Newton, North Carolina. All in all, they’ve made six…
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The Rev. Richard Ellerbrake, long-time health and human services activist and advocate, and his wife, Johann, whose career has included serving as a physical therapist and in youth ministries, have pr...