JANUARY ORDINATION ANNIVERSARY DATES

There are no anniversaries this month

Please contact Deb Holmes if we have missed your anniversary. 
Anniversaries are listed from 5 years and forward in increments of 5.

Pulpit Supply List for Western Region

The Western Region Office is looking for available people to be included on the regional Pulpit Supply List. Are you a member in discernment, a retired clergy person, or clergy not currently serving a church? Do you like to visit and preach at different churches? Then we need you to be part of our pulpit supply list!
Please contact the regional office at holmesd@macucc.org or 508-963-8106 to find out how to be part of our pulpit supply list.

The Sojourner Truth School
for Social Change Leadership

  The Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership, known as “the Truth School”, invites UCC clergy, lay leaders, congregants and churches to attend one, or several, of their free classes in a wide range of movement-building skills. Social change leaders and engaged participants are essential now to grow movements to build just and creative communities and to stop climate collapse. 
  As Truth School participant and trainer Norma Akamatsu describes, “The Truth School is a unique experiment offering free community classes on a wide variety of skills for making social change happen now. Amidst the serious challenges we are facing, the school supports finding the path than can translate one’s unique talents, concerns and commitments into action.”
  Upcoming classes include: Cultural Humility and Cross Cultural Communication, Effective Mentoring of Young People of Color, and Immigrant Stories of Challenge and Success in U.S. Culture. All classes this semester are led by trainers of color or by bi-racial pairs.
  As described on their website, the Truth School believes, “that knowledge and education, bolstered by support and guidance lead to empowerment – and empowered people make change. When people have the skills and confidence they need to organize a vigil, run for elected office, write guest editorials for local and national newspapers, engage in civil disobedience, visit their elected officials, or talk with care and sensitivity across differences, the result is real and lasting change.” 
  The Truth School offers their free classes in donated spaces in Greenfield, Northampton, Holyoke, Springfield and Easthampton. Explore more classes and register at truthschool.org. 

Fall Offerings by Art & Soul The Nest @ First Churches 11 Center Street Northampton, MA Art & Soul is a ministry of spiritual imagination  where curiosity, exploration, deep listening, conversation and creativity converge.  Rooted upstairs in First Churches in The Nest Space, Art & Soul invites seekers into expansive inquiry and practices of heart and soul.   The Winter/Spring 2020 Schedule begins in January. Check out some of the offerings at The Nest: New Year's Day for \writing and art making Seeker's Writing Circle for new and seasoned writers Morning reflecting on Henri Nouwen's conviction that your Be-Loved If you are a fan of Carl Jung and you dream, this workshop is for you! This Soul Exploration Begins in mid-January The Book of Hours...A Medieval Christian Tradition Brought to Life for the season of Lent Three Little Words That Can Change Everything Considering Forgiveness Paying Attention to Your Life Through Art Journaling For a complete listing of events and workshops, go to www.artandsoulwm.org.

FREE ECUMENICAL OUTREACH MEALS