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Connecting Voices is getting a NEW
look!
We are
currently working on some changes to Connecting
Voices, our Online Magazine that will enhance the
site. Look for an announcement
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| Vitality Training Is Now Available
Year-Round |
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The Church Vitality Team
is pleased to announce training for church leaders that
will begin in August and continue with at least one
offering each month for the next two years. We are
also busily planning for the 2011 Vitality Event
Gatherings which we intend to continue each year.
To supplement these events, however, we are pleased to
announce a series of affordable seminars and webinars
that will be available mostly on-line, at convenient
times for lay leaders, and without the necessity of
travelling great distances to attend. Here are the
first four of these offerings; look for additional
online seminars in future E-News announcements, and at
www.scncucc.org
Social
Networking: A Tool For Building Community
September 1,
2010
7:00 p.m. to 8:00
p.m.
An introduction to
the world of Web 2.0 sites like Facebook, Twitter &
Blogging and how these tools can help you build
community in your church.
What's The
Secret?
September 22,
2010 **New
Date**
 It's
tempting to think there is a simple answer to finding a
future for our churches. On August 9-13, the
Vitality Team and many other church leaders will attend
the New Church Leadership Institute in Atlanta, where
the Center for Progressive Renewal will suggest there
are actually "Seven Secrets." This four-day
training institute features some of the best and most
current thinking for new churches. If you were
unable to schedule four days in Atlanta, come to this
web-based discussion of what they learned, and the ideas
that can help your church discover and nurture the new
church within itself.
Learning From Each
Other
September 29,
2010
7:00 p.m. to 8:00
p.m.
In this fast-changing world, consultants are not
the experts in how to develop our churches - we
are! In this webinar, Mission Hills UCC in San
Diego will relate the exciting things happening there,
and how their experience and practices might be able to
be adapted to your setting. This is the first of
what we expect to be an on-going series of presentations
of the good news and best practices in the churches of
Southern California Nevada Conference.
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| Free Fall Festival
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| Church of the
Foothills is hosting a free Fall Festival, and inviting
the community to attend. The Festival will be on
Sunday September 12th, from 11AM-2PM, and will feature a
petting zoo, pony rides, BBQ, magician, dunk tank, and
lots of fun games for the whole family.
The entire event is free,
with plenty of terrific entertainment. As Pastor
Mike Holland, voted Best Political Pastor by readers of
the OC Weekly, notes, "The entire community has been
such a good neighbor to our church, and we hope to
return the favor by celebrating the arrival of fall with
our friends and
neighbors." |
| UCC Sends Flood Aid
to Partners in Pakistan |
 With the monsoon season
only half over, more heavy rains are expected to affect
Pakistan's already water-logged lands. The worst natural
disaster in the nation's recent history has killed more
than 1,400 people and displaced more than 1.5 million.
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| You're A Good Man,
Charlie Brown |
 The God is Still Speaking
Players will perform "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown."
Based on the comic strip, "Peanuts", by
Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Clark
Gesner
September 3 - 12, 2010
San Luis Obispo, United Church of Christ
11245
Los Osos Valley Road
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405-6313
(805)
544-1373 |
| Southern Baptist
Sissies |
 The Church of the Foothills is
very pleased to announce a special DISCOUNTED
performance of the Del Shores' hit play SOUTHERN BAPTIST
SISSIES at Theatre Out! Join us for the Thursday,
September 2nd performance at 8PM, as ChOTF attends the
show that the L.A. Times raves is "Daring.
Heroic. No-holds-barred hilarious." Purchase
tickets online and receive $5.00 off each general
admission ticket (normally priced at $18). The
online code is COFH. The code is entered in Step 2
of the online ticketing process. The Box Office is
online at www.theatreout.com/BoxOffice.html
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Day at United Church of the Valley |
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form:
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| Immigration
Reform Forum |
WEDNESDAY'S JOURNEY - MONTHLY
FORUM
September 15, 2010
7:30 - 9 P.M.
THIS MONTH'S TOPIC: IMMIGRATION REFORM
Speakers: Marisa
S. Cianciarulo,Jan Meslin & Scott Sink
Is this just a legal
issue? As a nation of immigrants have we forgotten how to
welcome the stranger? Join us for a forum and discussion on this
important issue and let's continue the conversation.
Professor Marisa S. Cianciarulo is a
member of the faculty of Chapman University School of Law, where she
specializes in clinical teaching and humanitarian immigration law.
She is the Director of Chapman's Family Violence Clinic, which
launched in 2007. Prior to joining the faculty at Chapman,
Professor Cianciarulo taught for three years in the Villanova Clinic
for Asylum, Refugee and Emigrant Services. She previously served as
a Staff Attorney with the American Bar Association's Commission on
Immigration in Washington, D.C., was a partner in a law firm
specializing in immigration matters, and served as interim legal
director of a non-profit immigration services provider in Arlington,
Virginia. Professor Cianciarulo received her B.A. from the Catholic
University of America, her J.D. from American University Washington
College of law, and her M.A. from American University School of
International Service. In addition to directing and teaching
in the Family Violence Clinic, she teaches Civil Procedure, Gender
and the Law, and Refugee Law.
Jan Meslin is a member of Tapestry, Unitarian
Universalist Congregation of Mission Viejo and serves as their
Social Justice Chair. She is a Social Justice Activist and is
very involved in social justice work at the grass roots in and
around the community and has been very involved with the recent
events happening in Arizona.
Scott Sink is a founding member of the
Tonantzin Collective, an OC human rights organization started in
2004. Scott has worked on the Collective's campaigns in Lake Forest,
Costa Mesa and Orange in solidarity with day laborers. Scott is also
an instructor/coordinator of the Collective's Community Self Defense
Program, which offers free self defense classes to children and
adults as well as civil rights trainging. Scott is also the
Collective's coordinator for "Café para la Vida Digna," a project
which sells better-than-Fair-Trade coffee from an indigenous
community in Chiapas, México. Scott hails from Keltic (Cymru) roots,
but grew up in OC. He is currently a postgraduate student at Cal
State Fullerton and a Spanish teacher in the Capistrano Unified
School District.
This event is co-sponsored b: IUCC Adult Program Ministry &
IUCC Advocates Ministry
Irvine United Congregational Church 4915 Alton
Parkway, Irvine, CA 92604 949-733-0220 www.iucc.org
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| Missionary
Salvadore T. Martinez Availalbe to Speak |
 Attention
Interested Congregations, Organizations &
Missionaries!
Here is an opportunity to have your Global Missions
representative from Thailand, Salvadore T. (Buddy) Martinez, make a
presentation for you during his time in Southern CA.
Thanks to your Global Ministries Committee, with members of the
Pacific SouthWest Region of the Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ) & the Southern California & Nevada Conference of the
United Church of Christ, we are hosting Buddy Martinez during his
itineration in our Region & Conference from September 17-29,
2010.
Salvador T. Martinez serves in Chiang Mai,
Thailand. He teaches theology, homiletics and ethics and
directs the international M. Div. program at the McGilvary College
of Divinity of Payap University. He also serves as a volunteer
in the HIV-AIDS and prison ministries of the Church of Christ in
Thailand.
Buddy Martinez has committed to preaching at
10:30AM at North Long Beach Christian Church on Sunday, 9-19 and at
a church TBD in San Diego on Sunday, 9-26. He will be in the
SD area surrounding the last weekend of his stay with us in SoCal,
as he joins your GM Committee for their MMI Training event on
Saturday, 9-25 from 8:30-4:30. Further information is
available regarding the MMI Training elsewhere in this
newsletter.
Contact Susan Richardson at kymomcat@aol.com or at home at 714/685-6827 for
scheduling Buddy's power point presentation to your organization or
congregation. His housing & transportation by any host
will be appreciated for the time surrounding these
presentations. |
| Certificate
of Ministry Studies |
 
Partners in the
Journey
MINISTERS - Earn
Continuing Education Units through
Certificate of Ministry
Studies
a cooperative program of the Pacific School of
Religion
and Disciples Seminary Foundation
2010 - 2011 Seminar Schedule
August 28 - World Religion - Dr. Ai Ra
Kim
October 9 - Introduction to Safe Church -
Dr. Jaime Romo
October 16 - Christian Education
Workshop - Dr. W. Alan Smith
November 6 -
Spiritual Formation - Rev. Dale Suggs
December 4
- Ecumenism - Instructor TBD
January 29 -
Mission, Culture, and Gospel - Dr. Norman "Jack"
Jackson
February 26 - Music for Worship - Dr.
Mark David Parsons
March 12 - The Heart of
Teaching & Learning - Dr. Mildred Butler
March
26 - The Structure of Church - Rev. Susan Gonzales
Dewey
May 7 - End of Life Concerns - Rev. Teleso
Satele
Seminars are held from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM at
Disciples Seminary Foundation
300 W.
Foothill Blvd., Claremont, CA 91711
For additional Information about the Certificate
program including an application, please visit:
.5 CEUs per Seminar
Tuition: $75.00
Call DSF at (909) 624-0712 or e-mail info@dsf.edu
to register.
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CERTIFICATE OF MINISTRY STUDIES FOR
LAYPERSONS
LAYPERSONS - find out more about
the two-year Certificate of Ministry Studies program by
contacting Disciples Seminary Foundation, 300 W. Foothill Blvd.,
Claremont, CA 91711 Phone: (909) 624-0712 or
e-mail: info@dsf.edu to register.
In addition to the seminars listed
above for continuing education units for ministers,
there are 8
block classes that run from Wednesday to Saturday.
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| Widening the
Welcome |
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Ready.
Responsive. Radically Inclusive.
At least one out of four
families in your congregation is affected by a
mental illness/brain disorder or
disability.
The time is right to join the conversation
about how you can be a leader in:
Developing the life
of congregations to include persons with disabilities and persons
with mental illness/brain disorders and their families
A national
gathering sponsored by
The UCC Mental Illness Network and UCC
Disabilities Ministries
September
23-25, 2010
The Drury Plaza Hotel
St. Louis, Missouri
(Sunday, September 26, is an extra optional
day at no charge, other than lodging)
Workshops will be offered in seven areas:
1. Building a local church
mental health ministry
2. Creating an Access to All (A2A)
congregation
3. Partnering with NAMI (National Alliance on
Mental Illness) and other community resources
4. Spiritual
support for healing and recovery
5. Responding to trauma, with
a special emphasis on ministering with returning soldiers and
their families
6. Ministry with persons facing drugs and
alcohol issues
7. Mental health ministry across the lifespan -
children, youth, families, aging
Conference presenters, nationally
recognized teachers and trainers, and local leaders will bring
practical expertise, cultural sensitivity, and rich faith
perspectives to such workshops as Craig Rennebohm's "Companionship
Training," Nancy Kehoe's "Spiritual Support Groups," Peter Bauer's,
"Bringing Them All Back Home and Whole," and Debbie Creamer's "Doing
Disability Theology in the Local Church." The workshops will offer
tools and resources you can readily put to use in your
congregation.
click here for more:
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| MissionWorks! |
A Global Mission
Event
October 7-9, 2010
Downtown Cleveland Hilton Garden Inn, Cleveland, Ohio
All friends and members of the United Church of Christ and the
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) are invited to the fifth
biennial ¡Missionworks! event.
Be inspired
by:
- Blending global culture, learning and fun
- Music and worship featuring Oîkos
- Mission activities for your congregation
Participate in dialogue and
discussion about:
- Living Church-to-Church Partnerships
- Being a vibrant Global Mission Church
- Responding the call to serve in mission
Keynote speaker
Jean-Paul Chami is the manager of the Peacebuilding and Conflict
Resolution program for the Forum for Development, Culture and
Dialogue (FDCD) in Lebanon. This program oversees a 4-year project
in Iraq aiming at building the capacities of the Iraqi civil society
on Conflict Resolution and Advocacy.
Missionworks begins with dinner at 5:30pm on Thursday, October
7 and ends with worship at 12noon on Saturday, October 9.
Missionworks
Rates:
Event, meals, lodging (2 nights, double occupancy-shared
room w/ 2 beds) $275 Event, meals,
lodging (2 nights, single room - not shared, one
bed)
$375 Event and meals, NO
lodging
$150 When: October 7, 2010,
Where: Hilton Garden Inn, Downtown
Cleveland 1100 Carnegie Ave. Cleveland , Ohio
Contact: Marcy
Dory
Click here
for more information: http://globalministries.org/calendar/missionworks.html |
| Oktoberfest
at Congregational Church of La Jolla |
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| Confessions
of A Morman Boy |
 Church of the Foothills is proud to present the
Orange County premiere of the controversial smash-hit CONFESSIONS OF
A MORMON BOY. With performances on Friday October 1st and
Saturday October 2nd at 8PM, MORMON BOY tells the inspiring true
story of playwright and star Steve Fales life, told with humor,
song, and The Book of Mormon. After excommunication, divorce,
prostitution, and drugs, a sixth-generation Utah Mormon reclaims his
kids and "Donny Osmond" smile.
Tickets are
a suggested donation
of $20.00. For
reservations, please call the church at (714)
544-1319. Church of the Foothills is located in Tustin Hills at the
intersection of Dodge Avenue and Newport Blvd, across from
Foothill High School.
The church address is 19211 Dodge Avenue, Santa Ana, CA
92705. www.chotf.org
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| The Holiness
of Work - Women's Retreat |
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Retreat |
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Christian Educators' Conference |
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| Evangelism
in the Community |
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| Mission
Trips to Cuba |
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Forward this e-mail to you? |
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pastor forward this e-mail to you? Maybe it was a
friend. Welcome to the E-News of the Southern California
Nevada Conference. This is where we share events and
announcements from all over the Conference.
Receiving the e-news is a great way to stay
connected and informed about what is happening in the
Conference. If you would like to receive this bi-monthly
e-mail directly from the Conference, sign up here:
Be sure to check out Connecting
Voices, our Online Magazine. You will find
interesting articles written by members of our Conference. It
is a great way to learn how God is working in and through our
Conference. If you have a story to share, please send your
article to e-news@scncucc.org
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updates about changes in leadership (hiring of new Pastor or Youth
Leader, Death of Clergy or immediate family, Crisis in the
church needing assistance) and position opennings.
If you have news
of changes in your congregation's leadership or in the life of
clergy in our conference, please send it to e-news@scncucc.org.
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| Music
Director Position Available |
| Fairview
Community Church in Costa Mesa seeks a Music Director. For
details on this position and other positions available within our
Conference, please visit: http://scncucc.org/employment/employment.htm |
| Youth
Director Position Available |
First
Congregational Church, Riverside seeks a Youth Director. For
details on this position and other positions available within our
Conference, please visit: http://scncucc.org/employment/employment.htm
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| Associate
for Church Growth & Outreach |
| Community
Congregational Church (UCC) in Chula Vista, California is
seeking an Associate for Church Growth and Outreach , please visit:
http://scncucc.org/employment/employment.htm |
| Sunday
School Teachers Needed |
| The
Congregational Church of La Jolla (UCC) is currently looking to hire
two Sunday school teachers. A stipend is offered. For details on
this position and other positions available within our Conference,
please visit: http://scncucc.org/employment/employment.htm |
| Youth &
Young Adult Coordinator |
Irvine
United Congregational Church, An Open and Affirming Just Peace
Church seeks to fill the position of Youth & Young Adults
Coordinator. For details on this position and other positions
available within our Conference, please visit: http://scncucc.org/employment/employment.htm
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Available In The Wider Church |
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full listings of positions @
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| Office
Copier Available |
 Little Ol' Church Copier - Free to a good
home!
Sharp AR-M450U Copier/Printer with low
mileage is looking for a good home. (Also found for sale on
E-Bay for $1,000.) It has been the rarely-used second copier
in the building for over 4 years, and we need the space! Come
pick it up, and it can be yours! Donations accepted.
Call Mission Hills UCC at (619) 296-2169 for more
information.
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| 2010
Boundary Awareness Training |
The Southern
California Nevada Conference, United Church of Christ and the
Pacific Southwest Region, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
will once again offer Basic Boundary Awareness Training using the
video series from the Faith Trust Institute titled "A Sacred Trust:
Boundary Issues for Clergy and Spiritual Teachers." This is
recommended for all active clergy, retired clergy who are still
active in ministry, and those who work with pastoral and program
ministry such as youth workers, Christian educators, deacons or
visitation teams, pastor-parish committees, etc.
This training will consist of four video modules
addressing power and authority, relationships,
psycho-social/intimacy concerns, and self-care. There will be
an interactive segment following the viewing of each video.
The trainings will be from 9:00 am to
4:00 pm. The fee of $50 includes lunch and all materials. See
the schedule below. Please note that there will be three
trainings addressing specialized needs including a focus on
seminarians, retired clergy and a multi-cultural training in
November. Register for your preferred date early as the size
of the sessions are limited. On-site registration is not
available due to class size limitations.
Date
Location
Language
September 8,
2010
First Christian Church,
Oceanside
English
Focus on
Multicultural
November 6,
2010
Downey Memorial Christian Church,
Downey Multi
Videos will be viewed as one group and then separate
break out groups will be provided in the following languages:
Spanish, Korean, Samoan, and English
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