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Get the Latest Updates in YOUR Email Inbox! Ripples - Special AlertSpecial Alert - UCC "Steeples" adWatch the roll out of the United Church of Christ “All the People” ad that airs with the GLAAD Media Awards on Bravo– 09/29 at 6 pm ET/PT or 10/03 at 2 am ET/PT! You can see the ad on-line...
Check the TV schedule for where you can see it running live... Lots of great resources for your own website, newsletter, and other outreach efforts. Don't miss the results of the grassroots video submissions. The Passing of Betty McKeeLong-time Coalition member, Betty McKee, supported our work for years. We mourn Betty, who died on September 22, 2008. Betty was the mother of Jan Griesinger who, in addition to her continuing LGBT work, especially for lesbians, and especially for older lesbians, was co-national coordinator of The Coalition for 14 years into 1997. For more information, please visit www.ucccoalition.org/news/archive/news/article/sad-news-betty-mckee/. The Passing of Rachel Barnsley HaynesRachel Barnsley Haynes, quietly succumbed to congestive heart failure on Thursday, September 25 at 9:45 a.m. in Los Gatos, CA. She was 91 years old. She is survived by her children, Donna Barnsley and Judy & Phil Brown; her grandchildren Michael (wife, Lisa), Danny (spouse Mikey); Marina (husband, Olivier); and Chelsea, several great-grandchildren and a host of friends. Rachelwas a long-time, close friend of the Rev. Bill Johnson and played asupportive role in his historic ordination. Together with Bill Johnson, Nancy Krody, and Darryl Notter, she also staffed the first ever UCC Gay Caucus booth at the June 1973 General Synod. To learn more, please visit www.ucccoalition.org/news/archive/news/article/more-sad-news-passing-of-co-founder-of-the-coalition-rachel-barnsley-haynes/. The Reverend Dr. Héctor E. López Scholarship for Latina & Latino UCC SeminariansCelebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by supporting the Lopez Scholarship! The López Scholarship is a new initiative developed as a four-way covenant between the Council for Hispanic Ministries, Local Church Ministries, Justice and Witness Ministries, and Wider Church Ministries of the UCC. This initiative is creating a scholarship to ensure that the UCC will have Latinas and Latinos who are prepared for Christian ministry by focusing on the Hispanic Ministries Implementation Team’s four primary goals of leadership development, stewardship, theological education, and church development. These future ministers, educated in one of the seven socially and theologically progressive seminaries of the UCC, will return to minister to Latino constituencies and multicultural communities equipped to proclaim the liberating Gospel message of salvation, full-inclusion, justice, and peace. This new scholarship is named in honor of the Rev. Dr. Héctor Edmundo López, a laborer in the journey for racial justice. The Rev. Dr. López is the first Latino ordained in the UCC and the first Latino UCC Conference Minister in the mainland USA. To learn more or to contribute, please visit www.ucc.org/lopez/. National Survey on Transgender DiscriminationHistoric survey on transgender and gender-variant discrimination is now available. Sponsored by the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, this survey is poised to be the largest survey of the gender-variant community ever done. Spread the word! For more information or to participate, please visit https://online.survey.psu.edu/endtransdiscrim. Exploring Solutions: How to talk about HIV Prevention in the Church"Exploring Solutions: How to talk about HIV Prevention in the Church" is a new guide aimed at helping Christians to talk openly, accurately, and compassionately about why HIV spreads and what they can do as individuals and communities to stop the transmission of the virus. "While churches have been leaders in caring for people affected by HIV and AIDS," says Linda Hartke, coordinator of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, "church people and others have often been too silent or judgmental about how people get the virus because it touches on issues like sex and drug use. We hope this guide helps people discuss in a respectful environment not just personal behavior but conditions in society that make some people much more vulnerable to infection." The 44-page guide, published by the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, is available for free in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. Copies can be downloaded or ordered at: http://www.e-alliance.ch/hivaids_exploringsolutions.jsp The Coalition's 2007 Annual ReportThe Coalition's Annual 2007 Annual Report was also presented at One Tribe, One Table. You can view it online in PDF format at www.ucccoalition.org/fileadmin/news/Annual%20Report%202007.pdf. Offer your thoughts on HIV and AIDSUCAN is inviting those affiliated with or in some way connected to the United Church of Christ (UCC) to share generally on their views about HIV prevention, particularly for the UCC in various community settings. To learn more about this voluntary questionairre, please visit www.ucc.org/ucan/hiv-prevention-quest-f08.html. Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian ChristiansCongratulations to UCC Coalition board member, Candace Chellew-Hodge, on the release of her first book, Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians. For more information visit www.bulletproofbook.com, where you can also find a free study guide. Candace is also the founder/editor of the incomparable Whosoever online magazine, which you can view at www.whosoever.org. 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: 755 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! News, Events and Job AnnouncementsPlease refer to our website for current listings of Newsbits, events and job announcements. |
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