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Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Named a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | May 4, 2017

CHICAGO — Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center has been designated a “Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality” by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization. The designation was reported in the 10th edition of the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), which…

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It’s a Millennial Attraction At Uspiritus

By Barb Powell | May 3, 2017

“How do we get socially conscious young professionals interested in our work?” It’s one of the most common refrains in churches and nonprofits, who seek to form long-lasting partnerships with Millennials as they fulfill their outreach ministries. In response, United Church of Christ-related Uspiritus, based in Louisville, Ky., recently launched an Ambassador Council, and it’s…

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Orion Family Services Focuses on Parents as ‘Change Agents’

By Barb Powell | May 1, 2017

An innovative approach to healing the minds and spirits of children and families is bringing success for United Church of Christ-related Orion Family Services, based in Madison Wis.  Its Parent Skill Builder program, begun in 2007, is a therapeutic parenting program provided in the home that helps parents strengthen and improve their parenting, which helps…

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Elon Homes and Schools for Children Provides Place for Old Foster Youth to Grow in Hope

By Barb Powell | April 25, 2017

Is a typical 18 year old ready to live independently without support of any kind? The answer, of course, is no. And fragile young people who’ve grown up or lived large portions of their lives in foster care are particularly vulnerable. United Church of Christ-related Elon Homes and Schools for Children in Charlotte, N.C., is…

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Horse Riders Find Healing, Wholeness at UCC-Related Peppermint Ridge

By Barb Powell | April 25, 2017

“Smokey!” Raymond’s voice rang out across the No Drama Ranch in Norco, Calif. For most passersby on that clear Saturday morning, the moment might not have seemed like much. But for Raymond and the staff of the United Church of Christ’s Peppermint Ridge arriving for his therapeutic riding session, it was a profound and proud…

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Congregation, CHHSM Ministry Partnership Creates Promising Futures for Children — Whatever It Takes

By Barb Powell | April 25, 2017

Church of the Redeemer United Church of Christ in Westlake, Ohio, takes seriously its longstanding mission partnership with UCC-related Crossroad Child and Family Services, based in Fort Wayne, Ind. The connection is more than 60 years old, thanks to the members of the small, Greater Cleveland-area church and their willingness to serve those in need.…

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CHHSM Launches New Website

By CHHSM Staff | April 18, 2017

Responding to member requests for a more user-intuitive website, the Council for Health and Human Service Ministries has listened and responded: a new CHHSM website launched over the Easter weekend, replacing a dated version that had not seen a substantial facelift in nearly six years. “We listened to what our members wanted and responded,” said Michael J. Readinger,…

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Retirement Housing Foundation Lends Helping H.A.N.D.S.

By Barb Powell | April 17, 2017

At United Church of Christ-related Retirement Housing Foundation, based in Long Beach, Calif., Judy A. Shaw, director of service coordination, had a problem: how to develop a program so that residents of RHF communities across 29 states could give to others in their local areas. “I was looking for a way for residents to give…

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RHF’s Laverne Joseph Honored for ‘Outstanding Service to Humanity’

By Rev. J. Bennett Guess | April 13, 2017

The Rev. Dr. Laverne Joseph, president and CEO of United Church of Christ-related Retirement Housing Foundation, is being honored for his outstanding service to humanity by Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa. Joseph, who leads one of the nation’s largest faith-based providers of affordable housing, is the recipient of the 2017 Ursinus College Alumni Award for Service…

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United Church Homes Joins Ohio Business Competes, Supports LGBT Workplace Fairness

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | April 13, 2017

United Church Homes has joined Ohio Business Competes and the Ohio Faith Coalition for Nondiscrimination, a coalition of employers and religious organizations statewide that want to end discrimination against the LGBT community and support nondiscrimination legislation. UCH is one of more than 60 companies to make a commitment to the Ohio Business Competes campaign and…

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