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PLEASE SAVE THE DATE!
Partners in Peace - July 5, 2018
California University of Pennsylvania
Widening the Welcome (Disability Ministries) -
November 1-3, 2018,
Niagara Falls, NY
Annual Meeting - June 7-8, 2019, Susquehanna University
General Synod, 2019
- June 21-25, 2019,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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| Events and Training |
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PCC Communities of Practice
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Communities of Practice Groups Sign up for a place where the focus is ministry and shared knowledge is practice and experience based. These communities covenant to offer care, support and accountability while they nurture practices of spiritual discipline.
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Healthy Church - July 14!
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| Church News |
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August 18 - Bobby Jo Valentine at Hummelstown UCC - NEW
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On August 18, 2018, Hummelstown UCC will host Bobby Jo Valentine in concert. A winner of the West Coast Songwriter's Association "Songwriter of the Year" award, his style is best described as "coffee house meets Jesus" - laid back, but meaningful and with heart.
August 18 at 7:00 PM
Hummelstown UCC
104 E Main Street
Hummelstown, PA 17046
Tickets $15 in advance or $20 at the door.
Flyer for details
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Installation of Rev. Nora Foust
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Churches in the News - NEW
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(Saint Paul's, Selinsgrove)
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A Note from Heather Kimmel, UCC General Counsel - NEW
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article discusses changes to the tax law on fringe benefits for tax-exempt organizations that are a result of the 2017 tax cut law. I will spare you many of the details, but the upshot is that tax-exempt organizations that provide parking, or qualified parking benefits, may be subject to UBIT, or Unrelated Business Income Tax because of this. This will require many organizations to file a Form 990-T (UBIT return) when they ordinarily would be exempt from it. We have been aware of the law for many months. Because the IRS has not issued guidance on these provisions, it is difficult to say what the correct process will be for exempt organizations, especially since all of them may handle parking in different manners (some own the lot, some may rent a lot, some may pay for employees to park at a lot).
Churches are advised to consult a qualified CPA for guidance on this issue.
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Disaster Ministries - NEW
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UCC Disaster Ministries needs our help! If you, your home church congregation, an/or your PCC Association are interested and/or are willing to volunteer at one of the following UCC Disaster Ministries recovery sites please click on the links below for more information and then begin to organize a mission trip to one or more of the recovery sites.
QUICK LINKS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
If you need more information and/or help with any of these UCC Disaster Recovery sites please feel to contact us at:
Bill & Ellen Matten
PCC Conference Disaster Coordinators
cell phone #: 814-574-4324
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| Generosity |
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Thank you for your support to OCWM! NEW
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Thank you for your OCWM gifts!
Your gifts are having an amazing impact changing lives in Penn Central Conference and the wider church.
The graph has been updated to show giving through June 30.
We had tremendous support at the end of Q2 (almost $93,000 in June alone!).
Your faith commitment makes a huge difference for God's mission and helps Penn Central Conference achieve its goals.
Thank YOU for your ongoing support!
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Dakota Horse Ministry - NEW
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- Penn Central Conference - thank you for your generous gift of $575 in response to the "Shout Out" from Rev. Peter Emig requesting support for the Dakota Horse Ministry!
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Hartman Center News
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Summer Camp at Hartman Center
And don't forget these other upcoming events:
Youth and women's retreats November 16-18
---Elementary Retreat - May 4-6, 2018
Thank you for your continued support!
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| Prayers for Our Churches |
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 Prayers for Penn Central Conference Churches
"Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us, so that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified everywhere, just as it is among you."
(2 Thess. 3:1)
Beginning in 2018, we have created a prayer list to invite you to pray with us as we pray for all of our congregations. Each week we will list names of various churches in Penn Central Conference hoping you will add them to your prayer list, and hold them in prayer throughout the week.
- Saint John's UCC, Mc Knightstown
- Saint Paul's UCC, Mechanicsburg
- Trinity UCC, Mercersburg
- First UCC, Middleburg
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Hymnals and Bibles
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Tony Fields has 50-60 copies of The Hymnal as well as several older Bibles. If you are interested, please contact Tony.
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| Faith Connection Stories - 3 Great Loves |
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St. Paul's West Milton Circles of Love Graduation - NEW
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"I didn't wake up one morning and say, 'Yes, I'll gladly move into low-income housing, and need help buying clothes for my kids.' I hate that my kids are treated differently because we live in low-income housing. But that is the situation we are in."
That's what class representative Patricia Mowrer said Thursday evening, June 28, as she addressed a crowd of 73 at Saint Paul's UCC in West Milton, Pa. They came to honor and celebrate the accomplishments of the first class of six graduates and the church volunteers who supported the 16 week Bridges Out of Poverty "Circles of Love Program."
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Contact information: Stephanie Rader-Titzel
email: [email protected]
phone: 717-652-1560
fax: 717-652-4769
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