The New Adventure
April 10, 2012 by Stella Perez
The people of First Congregational Church of Santa Barbara, UCC are on a journey to discover what God is calling them to do. Rev. Sherrod shares their vision.
Mission & Money, Church Vitality 2012 Workshop, United Church of Christ of La Mesa
Preschools, financial stewardship, investment management, legacy gifts and fraud prevention: UCC and DOC speakers tackle the monetary challenges facing today’s church.
The Memory Foam Church
Picture a church flexible and supportive enough to embrace the needs of all who enter – or can be enticed to enter; one caring enough to give tradition an honorable retirement and open its heart its doors and its arms to the searcher, the spiritually hungry, the unchurched, the outsider.
Creative, Quirky…Loving, Holy: The Fairview Experience
Laughing in community, crying, worshiping, loving: Fairview stretches the boundaries of convention.
Worship: Does Close Count?
Defining Worship: Not as Easy as it Sounds!
Put Yourself in the Picture: Synod 2013 (Story I)
Why should you attend? What’s in it for you? “Satisfied customers” share the excitement of their Synod adventures. (Story I: Rev. Scott Landis)
Doing Together
“The Need for a Story:” Key to the Church’s Future?
Is Your Congregation on Autopilot?
Is your church in danger of stalling out? Bill Peterson examines what happens when a congregation “decides to decline.”
Builder or Wrecker
Rebuilding the UCC: Lessons from Nehemiah.
A Stirring in the Corners: The Chaos of a Living Faith
Disappointment followed by a grand adventure in St. Petersburg led William Moreman to ask, “Is the Christian church a museum or is it a place of living faith?”
New FACT Survey Reports on Decade of Change in Congregations
The newest reports have been released from the total national study of all denominations/traditions involved.
2011 Annual Gathering Report from the Conference Minister
Felix Villanueva, Conference Minister reports to the 2011 Annual Gathering
2011 Annual Gathering Report of the Board Chair
Ann Feaver, Board Chair reports to the 2011 Annual Gathering
2011 Annual Gathering Report from Associate for Church Development & Renewal
Gary Roberts, Associate for Church Development & Renewal reports to the Annual Gathering.
2011 Annual Gathering Report of the Director of Finance, Administration & Communication
Keith Clark, Director of Finance, Administration & Communication reports to the 2011 Annual Gathering
