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Ripples - April 2008Welcome to the e-newsletter of The UCC Coalition for LGBT Concerns. One Tribe, One Table: Registration is open!National Gathering 2008 will be June 25–29, 2008, in Dallas, TX, and will be held in conjunction with The Fellowship. The theme is "One Tribe, One Table." To register on-line for One Tribe, One Table, please visit http://www.signmeup.com/site/reg/register.aspx?fid=1S2VCK7. You can also check www.ucccoalition.org/programs/gathering/ regularly for more updates. One Tribe, One Table: LodgingPlease note that our conference site and primary housing, the Adam's Mark, has been acquired by Sheraton. So you may see either brand name in use. Meanwhile, our block of rooms has filled up very quickly. Please stay tuned for information about alternate overflow housing. One Tribe, One Table: Financial AssistancePersons needing financial assistance to attend One Tribe, One Table 2008 may apply by contacting the UCC Coalition for LGBT Concerns national office at 1-800-653-0799. Assistance is awarded based upon need and is not guaranteed to all applicants. The assistance deadline is May 15th, 2008. One Tribe, One Table: Souvenir JournalA souvenir journal for One Tribe, One Table is being designed to document this event to offset the host costs. We encourage your church or ministry to purchase an ad to memorialize your participation in this historical movement. For more information about how to place your ad or individual greeting, please refer to http://www.ucccoalition.org/programs/gathering/journal/ for more information. Submissions & Payments Deadline: April 30, 2008 Welcome to New Office StaffWe are happy to announce that Greg Harig has been hired to fill the new administrative assistant role in our Cleveland, OH, office. Greg has experience with another non-profit; he sits on the board of North Coast Men's Chorus. We will share him with his other job at Things Remembered. Welcome, Greg! As we described last month, the part-time Administrative Assistant has responsibilities for reception, data base maintenance, and on-going clerical tasks. Thus, the three Cleveland staff members (Ruth, Michelle, and Greg) will each have important roles supporting the Coalition membership and our programming. You may hear Greg's voice, as Administrative Assistant, when you call the office. As Project Director, Michelle will be your first point of contact for the ONA program—while also providing various administrative and programmatic leadership. And, as Executive Director, Ruth will continue to serve as the primary spokesperson for the Coalition. Coalition responds to UCC Increased Giving
Our executive director, Ruth Garwood, had a flurry of activity this past month as the UCC reported that voluntary contributions to Our Church's Wider Mission increased in 2007. The full UCC press release is available on our website (http://www.ucccoalition.org/). Ruth and other members of the Religious Leadership Roundtable were asked to respond to the report, since it comes on the tails of the UCC's controversial support of same-sex marriage.
Read the full text of the comments from Ruth and the other leaders on-line at: www.thetaskforce.org/press/releases/PR_032008 New ONA SettingsWelcome and congratulations to these recently declared ONA congregations!
The up-to-date list can be found here: http://www.ucccoalition.org/programs/ona/who/list/ Total active ONA congregations: 730 Note: We need your help to update our list of ONA churches to include website links. If your web link is missing, please contact communications@ucccoalition.org with updated information. Thank you! Our Seventh ONA Campus MinistryA new campus ministry, God-Talk @ USF: A Progressive Christian Student Organization (at the University of South Florida in Tampa), has begun with seed money from the UCC’s Florida Conference. At one of the early meetings of the group, in January 2008, the members adopted a Covenant of Openness and Affirmation, making God-Talk @ USF only the seventh ONA campus ministry in the UCC in this country. Read the entire article at www.ucccoalition.org/programs/ona/who/list/ona_celebrations/042008/. YYA says Thanks!The YYA program gives a hearty thank you to two repeat volunteers. Carri Hoagland presented workshops at UCC-related Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin. She also helped facilitate a conversation about developing "safe space" in the city of Ashland. Betzi Yungclas participated in the New York Youth Event in Painted Post. She presented a workshop called suicideTALK twice, and was available during "safe space" time. National Day of Silence (April 25)This year’s National Day of Silence on April 25 will be held in memory of Lawrence King, a 15-year-old California student who was shot and killed at school in February by a 14-year-old classmate because of King’s sexual orientation and gender expression. For more information refer to www.dayofsilence.org. The New "Newsbits"We have implemented a new feature on our website—we're calling it "Newsbits" for now. You'll find it in the lower left corner of our home page. It provides quick links to recent news items that may be of interest to Coalition members. We'll also be giving you the headlines in Ripples, but if you want to catch breaking news as it happens, just check our website regularly! News, Events and Job AnnouncementsPlease refer to our website for current listings of Newsbits, events and job announcements. |
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