Tonight's the last scheduled JCVDT conference merger conference call.
UCC Office of Philanthropy is offering a free stewardship webinar.
Free webinar: 'Q&A: Innovation in Church Stewardship'
UCC’s Office of Philanthropy, Technology, Information and Communications (OPTIC) is presenting a free online discussion on Aug. 28 from 7p-8p featuring pastors who share how they are leading their churches toward meeting financial and membership goals. Although participation is free, please register here as capacity is limited. You will be provided with a dial-in number when we receive your registration.
Pastoral Leadership in Congregational Systems
From a congregational systems perspective, pastoral leadership emphasizes the self-differentiation, presence, and position of the leader as much as pastoral expertise. This three-part workshop will focus on the three systems in which pastors are called to be present; the entire congregation as a system, individual families within the entire church, and the pastor’s own family of origin. Mornings will be lecture and theory while afternoons will be clinical discussion and case study. For more info and to register, click here.
PSEC, PNEC planning rebuild Puerto Rico mission trip
A group of members of Pennsylvania Southeast Conference and Penn Northeast Conference met on Aug. 6 to discuss the possibility of the two conferences sponsoring a rebuild mission trip to Puerto Rico in 2019. The dates that we have requested are April 28 to May 4, 2019. PNEC Associate Conference Minister Gilberto Garcia-Rodriquez will be the group leader. Costs will be made available in a few months as we learn more about airfare and other related costs. You can learn more about the on-going UCC work in Puerto Rico by clicking here.
The next planning meeting will be held Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 6:30 pm at St John's U.C.C.- Mickleys, 2918 MacArthur Rd, Whitehall, PA 18052. If you would like to be on the list of potential participants and receive the trip information directly, please send and email to Gilberto at gilbertor@pnec.org and copy Karl Jones at kjones275@comcast.net.
Webinar: What Churches Need to Know about Carbon Pricing
For this month’s Creation Justice Webinar, four panelists will discuss what faith communities need to know about “carbon pricing,” policies that seek to establish a cost for carbon pollution. There are a range of mechanisms for doing this and strongly felt assessments for each.Sign-up to join this informative webinar!
Sign up for Diversity Training next month in Schuylkill Haven
In 2017, the PSEC Church and Ministry Council made Diversity Awareness Training mandatory for all authorized ministers. Clergy must take at least one three-hour training every three years. If you are an authorized minister who did not complete the training on March 13, 2018 nor March 16, 2017, you should sign up for the training on Tuesday, Sept. 11 from 9a-12p at First UCC, Schuylkill Haven. Click here for more information and to register.
