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2014 Nollau Institute Holds Final Retreat

By CHHSM Staff | December 15, 2014

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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CHHSM Annual Meeting Looks at Embracing Renewal During Change

By CHHSM Staff | December 14, 2014

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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New CEO Embraces Vision, Call to Serve

By CHHSM Staff | November 13, 2014
Michael J. Readinger

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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Leaders Reflect on Nollau Experience

By CHHSM Staff | November 11, 2014

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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Readinger Named New CHHSM President and CEO

By CHHSM Staff | October 24, 2014

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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CHHSM Ministries Help Homeless Find Housing

By CHHSM Staff | October 14, 2014

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 Mobilizes to Support Ferguson

By CHHSM Staff | October 14, 2014

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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CHHSM Narrows Search for CEO

By CHHSM Staff | September 10, 2014

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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Passport to Travel Encourages Residents to Expand Horizons

By CHHSM Staff | September 10, 2014

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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Youth Flourish Through Creative Therapy

By CHHSM Staff | September 9, 2014

The name of the game is “Good, Bad and Ugly,” and improv comedian Tom Farley needed three volunteers at one of Orion Family Services’ adolescent group homes. “The audience asks for advice from their peers,” says Farley, who creates interactive, comedic therapy sessions for the CHHSM ministry, which offers a variety of youth and community programs,…

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