| 10) A Journey Of Welcome | Presenters: Janet Gwilym, Immigration Attorney with Kids In Need of Defense (KIND) and Briana Frenchmore, UCC Justice Leadership Program Intern
How can UCC congregations actively welcome immigrants and refugees who have journeyed miles to arrive in the places we live? Immigration attorney Janet G... |
| 11) Conversation between our keynote speakers | Conversation between our keynote speakers: Lillian Daniel and Christena Cleveland.
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| 12) Social Justice, Sexuality, Spirit, & Service | Social Justice, Sexuality, Spirit, and Service: Why Churches Need a Sexuality Education Ministry and How to Do It
Presenter: Amy Johnson, MSW, LICSW, CSE
Join Amy for an interactive workshop to explore sexuality education in church as a social justice issue, to learn more about the Our Whol... |
| 13) Welcome to the Pacific Northwest! | Facilitator: Rev. Tara Barber, co-chair of the WRYE planning team
We are excited to be hosting the Western Regional Youth Event June 29-July 3, and this gives us an amazing opportunity to practice hospitality. Come to our workshop and refresh your skills and learn some new ones - hospitality can ... |
| 14) It's Gonna Be Ok!: The Search Process | It's Gonna Be Ok!: Opening the Door to the Search Process
Moderators: Mary Weitzel and Rev. Jen Walters on behalf of Committee on Ministry
Join us for a panel of recent search committee participants as they share their real experiences and wisdom gleaned. Bring your questions, concerns and cur... |
| 15) A Place At The Table | Presenter: Rev. Kathleen Morgan
The movie, A Place At The Table, shows us how hunger poses serious economic, social and cultural implications for our nation. This film is a documentary that traces these themes through the lives of actual folks who deal with these problems daily. It is more than a... |
| 16) God of life: Lead Us to Justice and Peace | Presented Mary Stamp, editor of the Conference UCC News and The Fig Tree
What is the implication of a gathering like the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Busan, South Korea, to the life of our conference and local congregations? We will share insights on ecumenical
relations an... |
| 17) Homeward Bound: A Home for Every Family | Presenters: Homeward Bound participants and members of Alki UCC
Facilitator: Shannon Thomas, member of Alki UCC and Homeward Bound
Alki UCC has spent the past year nurturing a homeless ministry, as part of Seattle University's "Faith & Family Homelessness" project (working with Building Changes... |
| 18) UCC 101 | Coordinated by the Ministry Resources Committee with Carol Stanley and Deborah Baden serving as emcees.
Come to this quick-paced, informative, interactive workshop to learn about the Pacific Northwest Conference and the national UCC. This is not recruitment!
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| 19)Building a Legacy: An Endowment Policy Workshop | Presenter: Matt Wagner, Investor Development, United Church Funds
This workshop covers important topics related to creating a maintaining an effective endowment policy statement for local churches, including detailed information on investment management, spending and
distribution guidelines, gi... |
| 2) Songs for the Journey | Presenter: Sarah Turner, children’s choir director at UCUCC. She loves to explore the intersection of group singing, faith communities, and social justice.
Music has been central to the Church throughout history as a way to express faith and reflect on life journeys. Join us to sing music by John... |
| 20) Congregations & the Justice Leadership Program | Facilitator: Rev. Rich Gamble, pastor at Keystone UCC and Executive Director of the Justice Leadership Program
The Justice Leadership Program, affiliated with the national UCC Young Adult Service Communities, is in its second year in the Pacific Northwest. Offering young adults an opportunity to ... |
| 3) Building A Movement of the Faithful | Presenter: Paul Benz, Co-Director at Faith Action Network
Faith Action Network (FAN) is building a movement of the faithful one faith community and one advocate at a time. Come hear what great work FAN is doing and how you can be involved. |
| 4) Understanding the Transgendered Life | Presenter: Aidan Key
Trans-Formation Gender specialist, Aidan Key, will share a bit of his story and offer insight on gender nonconformity. This workshop will give everyone a chance to listen, to share, and to discern what it means to be transgendered and how we can continue to make our churches ... |
| 5) Small Remote Church Forum | Presenter: Rev. Tara Leininger, pastor at Metaline Falls UCC
Small on numbers and far away from anything? How do you grow? How is mission and outreach even attempted? What do you do when there aren’t any kids anymore? Do small numbers mean death? Gather with others and spend some time sharing suc... |
| 6) Overview of Healthy Relationships in the Church | Presenters: Westside Committee on Ministry; Facilitator: Rev. Dr. Marsha Williams
Has your life been enriched and complicated by relationships with other church folk? Our relationships are beautiful and often messy - particularly in the church. This introduction offers a bird's eye view of a new ... |
| 7Who Are We, Our Core Convictions,& Does it Matter | Who Are We, What Are Our Core Convictions, and Why Does it Matter?
Presenter: Rev. Dr. David Kratz
A Workshop on the History, Theology and Polity of the United Church of Christ. Our two UCC history, theology and polity teachers at Seattle U's School of Theology and Ministry team up again to pres... |
| 8) Healing Conflicts Over Money | Presenter: Rev. Jake Pomeroy, Cornerstone Fund
An interactive workshop where we will share with one another about some of the conflicts that can occur in the church over money and offer some tools for starting constructive dialogue about financial differences. We will consider some insights from ... |
| 9) Using the creative process to incorporate music | Using the creative process to incorporate music and story into worship
Presenters: Spiritual Travelers
We use a collaborative, creative group process to incorporate scriptural stories and interconnected music into a worship service. We have come together to create and share spiritually based... |
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