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THE WEEKLY NEWS

January 2, 2024 | Volume 16 No. 1

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πŸŽ‰We Wish You a Happy New YearπŸŽ‰

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CONFERENCE NEWS

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TO: YOU

FROM: HORTON CENTER


Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

May the holiday season bring you and your loved ones peace, hope, love and joy. 


CLICK HERE to read some of our returning camp staff's reflections on summer 2023 and what Horton Center means to them. 

Registration for 2024 goes live on January 1st, don't miss it!


Shalom,

Tivvi Pare (she/her)

tpare@nhcucc.org 


Visit www.hortoncenter.org to view our complete summer schedule. 

Join our mailing list to be included in our seasonal newsletter. Fall 2023 Edition is HERE.

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Guns to Gardens

An informational Zoom Meeting

Guns to Gardens is a project that transforms unwanted guns into gardening tools and other useful items. It aims to create safer communities by reducing the number of firearms in circulation. Guns to Gardens is hosting its second ever New Hampshire event this year and invites you to join them! Watch this video (passcode is: Rhqr+3#j) to learn more about the project and how to get involved. You can also sign up for an informational zoom meeting with Nancy Brown, a Guns to Gardens Coordinator, on January 17. Don't miss this opportunity to make a positive difference in your community!


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Letter to Mamadou Dembele

Anti-Racism Ministries Group

In the wake of the hateful act of violence against Mamadou Dembele in Portsmouth the day before Thanksgiving the ARMg hand delivered a letter along with a gift card and baked goods both from Black owned businesses on the Seacoast as a sign of support and solidarity. Read their letter here. The ARMg hopes the perpetrators of this crime will be brought to justice swiftly here in New Hampshire.


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Donations to be counted toward 2023

Please note that the Conference 2023 books are closing on January 15, 2024. All donations to be included in 2023 giving must be received by that day to be counted as a 2023 donation. For any January checks, please note on your check which year you are sending these receipts for.


Thank you from the Conference staff.

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Climate Action Commissioning Service

UCC National Setting

The UCC Council for Climate Justice is convening a Climate Action Commissioning Service as our members across the country launch into advancing climate justice in 2024. The preacher for this event will be Nellis Kennedy-Howard who once worked alongside Winona LaDuke as the Co-Executive Director of Honor the Earth in addition to later working as the Sierra Club’s Director of Equity, Inclusion, and Justice. Sign-up to join us for this online event on Wednesday, January 3rd at 1 pm ET.

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UPCOMING CONFERENCE EVENTS

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Climate Action Commissioning Service

National UCC

Jan 3

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Prepared To Serve 2024

Pembroke Academy (now with hybrid offerings)

Feb 24

Conference Calendar
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REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS

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God of gold, incense, and myrrh in the season of light, of Epiphany, we bring to you our suffering, our pain, our rejections and bereavements, our baffled despair at undeserved suffering, our rage at continuing injustice.  Heal us, O God of hope.


Heal us as we journey on, to embrace you, God-with-us, in the shining eyes and faces of everyone we meet, to embrace your healing touch which helps us to leave our self-righteous ways behind.


Heal us as we look forward to a new year, to this continuing journey across deserts and over mountains, as we pause to dream, to hope, to see with promise the vision you have for us.


Heal us in this unknown future, as you embrace us, lead us, awaken us, hold us and challenge us to find you where we least expect.


Holy One, in your mercy, hear our prayers.

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ACROSS THE CONFERENCE

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The Rev. Eliza Tweedy has announced her resignation as Pastor and Teacher of First Church Congregational, UCC in Rochester.  Rev. Tweedy’s last Sunday at First Church will be February 11, 2024. 


The Rev. Eliza Tweedy has accepted the call to be the Pastor and Teacher of the Congregational Church of Laconia, UCC.  Rev. Tweedy will begin her ministry in Laconia on March 1, 2024.


The Rev. Paige Besse-Rankin has announced her resignation as Pastor of the First Parish Church Congregational in Dover. Her last Sunday will be January 7, 2024.

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WIDER CHURCH RESOURCES

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United Church of Christ

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Association of UC Educators

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Global Ministries

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UCC Volunteer Ministries

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Responding to Media Inquiries

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CONFERENCE MINISTERS

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Sunday Schedule: January 7, 2024

The Conference Minister and Associate Conference Minister

will be worshipping at their home churches.

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Conference Center

Monday - Friday | 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Gordon Rankin (He/Him)

Conference Minister

Sara Marean (She/Her)

Associate Conference Minister

Cindy Bradley (She/Her)

Administrative Assistant

Lydia Frasca (She/Her)

Finance Officer

Susanne McCarron (She/Her)

Search and Call

Tivvi Pare (She/Her) Horton Center Executive Director, Christian Edu. Specialist

Thaddeus Sieverding (He/Him)

CTE Specialist


Phone Number:

603-225-6647

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