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Henrietta Edelschein hated her sculpture teacher. “He wanted all the detail — the collar bones, all of it — I didn’t see it that way!” she says. “I wanted to simplify, to feel the flow, the forms.” So she stopped going. When she finished her degree in fine arts at the Stella Elkins Tyler School…
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The UCC’s Council for Health and Human Service Ministries today (March 22) released an advocacy communique on the effects of gun violence. The communique, sent to CHHSM member ministers, includes a Gun Violence Advocacy Toolkit. “This Saturday, March 24, 2018, hundreds of thousands of people across the country are expected to take part in the…
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The presentation materials and photos from the 2018 Annual Gathering of the United Church of Christ’s Council for Health and Human Service Ministries are now online. The online materials are in response to overwhelming demand from Gathering participants, who requested the materials for their own use within their ministries. Online presentation materials include business meeting…
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Ohio groups advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) older adults are joining efforts for the Columbus premier of “Gen Silent,” a film that explores the unique challenges faced by LGBT seniors as they navigate healthcare and housing needs, at North Congregational UCC. The documentary by award-winning director and filmmaker Stu Maddux will…
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The United Church of Christ’s Crossroad Child and Family Services in Fort Wayne, Ind., may soon have a new look and feel to it, and increased services for families and children. In addition to the purchase of some of the Crossroad land by Byron Health Center, also in Fort Wayne, the Crossroad campus has submitted…
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A waterfall and koi pond — complete with taro, a myriad of trees, paths to stroll through and places to sit and reflect. These are just some of the features of the botanical garden that serves residents of the United Church of Christ’s Arcadia in Honolulu. The site originally was home to Walter and Mary…
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This interview was conducted by Sabine Damaschke, part of the German delegation from Diakonie Rheinland Westphalia Lippe (RWL), during the delegation’s attendance at CHHSM’s Annual Gathering in St. Louis. At this year’s annual gathering of our U.S. partner deaconry, the Council for Health and Human Service Ministries (CHHSM), a German delegation from Diakonie Rheinland Westphalia…
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Text and photos: Sabine Damaschke, Diakonie RWL The following article is reprinted from the website of Diakonie RWL (Rheinland, Westfalen, Lippe), CHHSM’s ministry partner in Germany. The text is translated via the Google translator. For one week, Elke Grothe-Kühn (Hospital and Health Director), Martina Althoff (Nursing Care), Susanna Thiel (Refugee), Sabine Damaschke (Press Officer) and…
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The United Church Funds’ (UCF) fourth quarter 2017 Performance Webinar is now available for viewing. In this webinar, Michael de Guzman, Portfolio Manager and Donald G. Hart, President discuss fund performance, global markets, investment strategy and positioning. UCF apologizes for the delay in sharing this information, but they experienced a technical malfunction that prevented them from recording the performance webinar…
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Each year, the United Church of Christ’s Charles Hall Youth Services (CHYS) serves approximately 60 North Dakota youth in crisis, of which about half are Native American from five tribal nations in the region. In recognition of the tribally-appropriate work done to help at-risk foster care youth, the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation (MHA Nation)…
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