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In our work with the Nollau Leadership Institute we focus on the tenets of the CHHSM value proposition: Bold Vision, Shared Values and Inspired Leaders. It is done in a subtle way as we use the curriculum in the three retreats to help shape the current and future leaders of our member ministries. This year’s…
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Community means everything to the UCC’s Beatitudes Campus in Phoenix. As the older adult campus continues to implement its multi-year master plan of redevelopment that will add around 250 new residences, it is ever-mindful of the people and businesses in the immediate area. “Our investment in this master plan is not just an investment in…
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During most biennial General Synods of the United Church of Christ, the Council for Health and Human Service Ministries spends its time lifting up member ministries and distributing information about the great programs and people of CHHSM. But as the Presenting Sponsor of this year’s event — taking place at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee,…
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Among the first things one notices about the Rev. Teri Lynn Stackhouse are her thirst for learning and passion for justice. Stackhouse is pastor of First UCC in Rising Sun, Ind., one of six Just Peace congregations in the UCC’s Indiana-Kentucky Conference. For her, following God’s call also involves caring deeply for those needing health…
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For more than 100 years, UCC-related Elon Homes in Charlotte, N.C., has been a safe haven for children and youth, providing education and employment opportunities to guide low income or otherwise disadvantaged children and youth toward fulfilling, independent adulthood. Now, a grant from the Cannon Foundation in Concord, N.C., is helping Elon Homes extend those…
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There are evangelism resources hidden in plain sight at most local churches, and CHHSM’s Age-Friendly Congregations study booklet can help access them. The resources are older adults, says Jan Aerie, one of the curriculum’s co-authors. And the goal is finding ways of encouraging older congregants to share their gifts in ways that benefit everyone. Aerie,…
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For Tomi Cimarosti, UCC-related Charles Hall Youth Services’ residential director, angels can be found anywhere, including local pawn shops. “The at-risk youth we serve most often come from dysfunctional family backgrounds, where they did not receive the nurturing and guidance necessary for personal growth and successful development,” says Rhonda Styles-Rhode, director of marketing and communication…
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What happens when smaller single-site organizations come to UCC CHHSM members for help? Help arrives in a variety of ways. For United Church Homes, based in Marion, Ohio, those services arrive via its United Church Homes Management division. Created in 2001 following the purchase of a management group, UCHM is a wholly-owned, for-profit subsidiary of…
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A piece of United Church of Christ and MHA Nation history is gone. On April 22, 2019, fire ravaged the former building of Memorial Congregational Church, located south of Parshall, N.D., on the Fort Berthold Reservation. Investigators are determining whether the blaze was accidental or from arson. “Gayle and I — along with so many…
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April 18 was a transformative day in the lives of two UCC-related Carolina SeniorCare employees and their families. That’s when Robert Miller, dining services supervisor at the United Church Homes and Services community in Lexington, N.C., donated a kidney to save the life of Romona Howard, wife of co-worker David Howard. Romona Howard had been…
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