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On Monday, Jan. 6, Back Bay Mission worked to combat community hunger through a Mobile Food Pantry benefiting its neighbors in Biloxi, Miss. Despite the biting wind and freezing temperatures, Back Bay’s team of staff and volunteers bundled up, braved the weather, and got to work. With helping hands from mission groups all the way…
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St. Paul’s Senior Living Community of Greenville, Pa., has raised more than $1 million for the “Bridging the Gap” campaign, an initiative to improve safety and accessibility by connecting the north and south sides of the 600-plus-acre campus in Greenville. The project includes the construction of paved walking trails and a pedestrian bridge over Williamson Road,…
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On July 19, 2024, more than 70 community members, city officials, and project stakeholders gathered to break ground for Retirement Housing Foundation’s (RHF) Central Metro Place, a new mixed-income community designed to serve older adults ages 62 and older in Baldwin Park, Calif. Stuart Hartman, president and CEO, and Don Hart, chair of RHF national…
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Two years after forming the nation’s third-largest not-for-profit integrated health system, Advocate Health is demonstrating its commitment to not only improve, but also transform care for patients and communities. Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health came together in December 2022, forming Advocate Health, with the goal of establishing clinical preeminence and safety, advancing learning and…
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Registration for CHHSM’s 87th Annual Gathering, which takes place March 11-13, 2025, at the Hyatt Regency Boston/Cambridge in Massachusetts, is now open. The hotel sports views of the Boston skyline and the Charles River, and is close to Harvard University, MIT, and many shopping and eating venues. The theme of this year’s Annual Gathering is “Into the Deep:…
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As we welcome a new year, the challenges we face as a society remind us of the critical importance of our work in health and human services. From devastating natural disasters like the relentless wildfires in California to broader social and economic divisions, these events expose systemic inequities and human need. Our CHHSM family’s mission…
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Most weeks, the diverse Communications, Advancement, Marketing, and Parker Center (CAMP) Team of United Church Homes (UCH) is busy with their work highlighting the ministries of UCH. The team meets virtually each month, and in-person on a retreat each December. In 2024, CHHSM’s Nollau To You workshop engaged the CAMP Team in a special one-day…
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Twenty-four Advocate Health hospitals are being recognized by U.S. News & World Report in its annual listing of the “Best Hospitals for Maternity Care.” The hospitals are classified as “high performing” and considered the best maternity hospitals in the nation. “This recognition underscores our unwavering dedication to providing exceptional maternity care,” said Dr. Scott Rissmiller, executive…
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The UCC’s Council for Health and Human Service Ministries (CHHSM) announced today (Jan. 6) that the Rev. Breona Hawkins, a D.Min. seminary student at Eden Theological Seminary in Webster Groves, Mo., is CHHSM’s newest Rev. Jerry Paul Scholar. Hawkins, who will receive her D.Min. degree in 2026, currently is an ordained social worker. She serves as the…
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The UCC Council for Health and Human Service Ministries (CHHSM) recently released resources for Health and Human Service Sunday, which takes place Jan. 26, 2025, the Third Sunday after Epiphany. The resources provide a means for UCC churches, CHHSM members, and friends to bring the message of serving leadership and support for all health and human service workers to their…
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CHHSM Nollau Consecration Service
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The Nollau Consecration service is a deeply spiritual and celebratory event where the 2024-2025 class of CHHSM's Nollau Leadership Institute will be consecra...