News and AnnouncementsTwo Sermons Added to ctucc.org Sermon LibraryHARTFORD -- Two sermons delivered on the Sunday before the fall national elections have joined the Connecticut Conference's online sermon library. Both examine the value of citizenship and the preciousness of freedom. 11/12/2008Spring Meeting to Consider Health Care: Suggestions SoughtHARTFORD -- The Spring Session of the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Connecticut Conference United Church of Christ, which will be held at the Asylum Hill Congregational Church UCC in Hartford on May 9, takes as its theme the world of health care. An invitation to a keynote speaker has been extended, but has not yet been confirmed. The planning committee seeks input on potential topics, resources, and ministries that might be highlighted during the meeting. 11/12/2008Report from Jerusalem: Seeing a Home DestroyedJERUSALEM -- Following Election Day, elated and proud of my American accent, I jumped on the bus to work, excited to celebrate with my fellow American colleagues at Sabeel in East Jerusalem. However, when I got there, they were missing. Somewhat annoyed that I was unable to share my feeling that all was now right with the world, I sat down at my computer, too fidgety to work. Quickly, I learned that my friends were missing because they had seen bulldozers and military vehicles roll past our office building on their way to demolish a house. 11/12/2008A Moment of Sharing on StewardshipGLASTONBURY -- I've been thinking a lot about stewardship lately, and not just because it's that time of the year at First Church. Our recent economic woes, relentlessly reported and analyzed -- minute-by-minute, it seems -- simply cannot be ignored. 11/12/2008Silver Lake to Sponsor Second International Work Project in SpringSHARON -- Silver Lake Conference Center will sponsor a second international youth work project trip in April 2009. The new group of twenty high school-age students will return to Oaxaca, Mexico, to work with Simply Smiles, assisting families living at the edge of a dump in building simple homes. 10/15/2008ConnTact Online, October 2008: the Connecticut Conference 2008 Annual ReportHARTFORD -- It was a year of creativity, of protest, of prayer, of loss, and of learning. From the officers, leaders, and staff of the Connecticut Conference comes this account of the year that has gone by. 10/02/2008 |
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