UCC Heartland Conference

Harm Reduction Retreat Helps Participants Become ‘Agents of Resurrection’

By Barb Powell | September 11, 2024

Clergy, local church lay leaders, and members of various Council for Health and Human Service Ministries (CHHSM) agencies came together Aug. 7, 2024, for a special UCC Heartland Conference/CHHSM retreat on harm reduction. The day featured discussion, workshop activities, worship, ritual, and reflection as attendees learned how to take action in ending the overdose crisis…

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‘Collaborating to Flourish’ Retreat Creates Renewal, Reflection in Participants

By Barb Powell | October 11, 2022

In a time that often feels splintered — from COVID, from ideological divides — clergy and lay leaders of the UCC’s Heartland Conference recently were able to pause and examine how deeper connections, conversations, and collective action might be more effectively accomplished. “Collaborating to Flourish,” a one-day leadership retreat offered Aug. 29 by the UCC…

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CHHSM Retreat Sept. 8 Offers UCC Heartland Conference Chance to Explore Emerging Leadership and Change in the Context of Racial Justice

By Barb Powell | August 10, 2021

The UCC’s Council for Health and Human Service Ministries (CHHSM) and regional Heartland Conference is sponsoring “Emerging Leadership,” a one-day virtual retreat Sept. 8, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The free, online retreat is open to all conference staff, local church ministers and church members, and Conference Designated Ministries employees, who can register online.…

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