A Prayer for Holy Week
Loving God,
  Grant grace for this week
  Of walking the holy way
  Of remembrance and risk
  Of riot and resurrection.
 
Form the heart and mind
  Of Christ in me 
  In daring commitment 
  To your will and way of love
  No matter the twists and turns
  Of roads trod or voices encountered.
 
Let no resistance 
  To Your love within or beyond
  Be greater than the grace 
  And strength of Christ 
  Whose Jerusalem journey
  Already reveals Your power
  In what the world calls weakness.
 
Especially grant me strength
  When temptations to run away
  From Your demands of love
  Call me to release my present
  And future into Your loving embrace
  Not knowing where the road 
  Of your renewal may lead.
Yes, Love, 
  Let me die to all the detours
  Of my own design and distraction
  Trusting You will hold me 
  In life and death 
  And life beyond death
  No matter the pressure 
  Or pain of the present moment.
 
At the last, O Love,
  Interrupt again the inertia 
  Of a world gone mad
  With vitriol and violence
  Forming Your Holy renewal
  With resurrection surprises
  Too frequent to deny
  And too beautiful to ignore.
 
Yes, Love,
  By this week,
  In this week,
  For this week,
  Write my story again
  Into Your Holy story
  And let it be
More than enough.

-DMLH, April 2022
Planned in the spring and fall each year by women of the
Heartland Conference of the United Church of Christ,
Lantern Fellowship is a time when women of all generations
come together at Templed Hills to enjoy faith, fun, and friends. 
REGISTRATION DEADLINE - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13
Reverend Christina St. Clair has written and published articles, essays, and many novels.  She is currently a supply preacher for First Congregational U.C.C., in Huntington, West Virginia.  

Writing, spirituality, and ministry come together in her latest novel: Naomi and Ruth: Loyalty Among Women.  Naomi and Ruth were Biblical examples of women from different times and different countries who through their strength, wisdom, and friendship teach us all about God's enduring love.

We will have opportunities to listen deeply and prayerfully, reflect and share our stories to increase our awareness of the importance of women and build community.  Each registration will include a copy of Rev. St. Clair’s book:   Naomi and Ruth: Loyalty Among Women.
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Would you love to attend this year’s Festival of Homiletics (FoH)
being held in Denver but are unable to make that trip? 

We are excited to provide a local alternative at Camp Christian 
to participate virtually, but as a group in person through 
May 16th - May 20th.
The Nollau Leadership Institute is designed to cultivate today’s leaders who are committed to creating a just, caring, and compassionate world. Grounded in the health and human service organizations of the United Church of Christ, this program offers a unique space in which to experience leadership formation. So if you are interested in examining what it means to be a leader by exploring what it means to be human, to be in relationship, and to be part of something larger than yourself, CHHSM welcomes you to apply to this transformative year-long program.
Many have asked if there is a way in addition to our prayers that we may be of aid to those who are suffering in Ukraine. The answer to that question is “yes”! The Heartland Conference S.A.R.A. partnership will serve as a conduit for aid to partners in Ukraine who are suffering as a result of the war. Daily, our partners are bringing food and water relief to displaced Ukrainians in Transcarpathia. Those wishing to make a donation via this channel may do so by clicking below. Please know that your gifts of any size make a difference in this critical time.