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Nollau To You Expands to Introduce ‘Serving Leadership’ to Larger Audience

By Barb Powell | September 12, 2019

Surprises are always at the forefront when UCC Council for Health and Human Service Ministries faculty lead Nollau To You seminars. Two recent versions of the one-day, serving leadership training sessions were no exception, particularly because both included new ways of bringing the event to UCC-related constituencies. From July 31 to Aug. 2, CHHSM held…

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For UCC-related St. John’s Community Care, Financial Realities Yield Difficult Choices, Renewed Direction for the Future

By Barb Powell | September 11, 2019

When UCC-related St. John’s Community Care started its Home Services Program 34 years ago, it filled an important niche — providing services to older adults in the community who had no means of getting the care they needed. But over time, communities change. For the Collinsville, Ill., CHHSM member, this meant competition with 19 other…

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CHHSM-Local Church Collaboration Helps Community Gain Understanding of Issues Faced by LGBTQ+ Older Adults

By Barb Powell | September 11, 2019

When CHHSM members team up with local UCC churches, extraordinary things can happen. A recent presentation of the critically-acclaimed film Gen Silent in Westlake, Ohio, highlights just how much a local community can benefit. The free showing Aug. 25 of the documentary about LGBTQ+ older adults deciding whether to go back into the closet to…

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CHHSM Scholar Experience Provides Valuable Insights that Help Discern Seminarians’ Call to Ministry

By Barb Powell | August 8, 2019

The UCC’s Council for Health and Human Service Ministries is searching for its next Rev. Jerry Paul Scholar. The CHHSM Scholar program is open to seminary students who want to learn more about ministry in a faith-based health and human service nonprofit organization. For Megan Culbertson Hoxhalli, who was a CHHSM Scholar from 2012 to…

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CHHSM Members Reap Benefits of Generous UCC Ohio Conference Grants

By Barb Powell | August 8, 2019

At Crossroad Child & Family Services in Fort Wayne, Ind., a Defiance (Ohio) College student is gaining hands-on experience and assisting staff in her chosen field. Emmaus Homes in St. Charles, Mo., is advancing a program to strengthen relationships between clients and volunteers. United Church Homes, based in Marion, Ohio, is holding workshops featuring narrative…

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CHHSM 2018 Annual Report Reflects Unique Ways Members Work Together in Ministry to Create a Just, Caring, and Compassionate World for All

By Barb Powell | August 8, 2019

The UCC’s Council for Health and Human Service Ministries today (Aug. 6) released its 2018 Annual Report, Together in Ministry. Available online, the report offers a combination of facts, financial data, and stories that paint a broad picture of the many ways CHHSM members across the country are engaged in inspirational and life-changing health and…

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Educational Future is Bright, Thanks to UCC-Related Unleashing Potential’s Scholarship Grants

By Barb Powell | July 30, 2019

Some 25 years ago, St. Louis-based Unleashing Potential (UP) started the William Diersing Scholarship Fund to help lower-income youth and families in St. Louis further their academic goals. In June, eight UP program participants were honored as this year’s fund recipients. At an awards ceremony June 10, Darlene Sowell, president and CEO, presented the $1,500…

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LeadingAge: Urge Senate to Take Action for Affordable Senior Housing Funding

By Guest Contributor | July 25, 2019

The Senate will consider a fiscal year 2020 HUD funding bill soon after August’s congressional recess. Senators need to hear that funding to expand the supply of affordable housing through HUD’s successful Section 202 program is critical. Today, only 1 of every 3 older adults eligible for housing assistance receives it because programs are too…

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UCC Justice and Peace Action Network Urges: Denounce Proposal for Zero Refugees in Fiscal Year 2020

By Guest Contributor | July 25, 2019

Over the past several years, the number of refugees that the United States has resettled has dropped drastically, from more than 80,000 in 2016 to just over 20,000 last year. Reports have now surfaced that some administration officials are proposing that the U.S. resettle zero refugees in 2020 — all during the worst refugee crisis in world…

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Volunteer Finds Family at UCC-Related Cherry Arbors

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | July 23, 2019

By Alissa Paolella Rhonda Farley was tired to the bone. She had spent the past several years waking at 4 a.m. daily to help care for her aging mother. With the assistance of her grown son, Rhonda was providing around-the-clock care for her mother, Georgena, who was experiencing the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. But…

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