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First Community Church and the United Church of Christ have a rich tradition in addressing the many needs of people living within an unjust society. Ministries and missions take on issues of housing insecurity, food insecurity, refugee resettlement, gun violence, poverty, environmental degradation, racial equity, discrimination, and more. Within the First Community congregation, people began asking about how we might better address the very conditions, systems, and policies that make those missions and ministries necessary.
Out of those requests the Good Trouble Ministry launched, guided by a conviction to live our faith through advocacy and action where the ministry of Jesus directs us: human dignity, justice and righteousness, integrity, economic justice, racial justice, civil liberties, and voting rights. These issues are neither Democrat nor Republican, conservative nor liberal. We want to approach our work as Jim Wallis shared when he presented at First Community Church. “Don’t Go left. Don’t Go right. Go deeper into the Gospels.”
Our first Good Trouble Ministry meeting on Tuesday, October 21 will focus on the upcoming election and ways we can ensure that those who are qualified to vote get the opportunity to vote. Stay tuned for meeting details. In the meantime, visit our website for resources, inspirational sermons and meditations, and updated Good Trouble opportunities. Please join our mailing list for periodic emails.
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