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National UCC Website Illinois Conference Website Other Links CMA Site Sections CMA Forms OnlineHas your call or contact information changed? Need to fill out the Annual Information Review Update Form for all clergy with standing in CMA? Click on the form link above to download the form, print it, fill it out, and mail it to CMA. Boundary Training now required for all clergy and In Care students in CMA. UCC Publications and Profiles Are Now OnlineThe complete UCC Manual on Ministry and several other UCC publications are now available online and can be read or downloaded in PDF format with Acrobat Reader. Publications available include:You can also now prepare and then update your UCC Ministerial Profile online. Faith and Wisdom: www.faithandwisdom.org is a searchable database of continuing education opportunities for clergy. The site is maintained by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America but jointly sponsored by several mainline Protestant denominations including the United Church of Christ. The database can be search by topic, location, type of offering, denominational affiliation as well as several other categories. National UCC Restructure ProposalAn article concerning the proposed new structure for the national United Church of Christ appeared in United Church News for October-November 2008. You can read or download that article HERE along with a follow up article from the UCC Website about approval of the proposal by the Office of General Ministries. The issue is likely to become part of a number of in-house discussions including those at General Synod in 2009.2008-09 Worship Alive! SeriesThe 2008-09 Worship Alive! series of workshops on renewing worship has begun. Mark your calendars now, so you don't miss any of these unique hands-on training opportunities:Tell It Like It Is: Reclaiming the Practice of Testimony with the Rev. Lillian Daniel, co-host of the weekly 30 Good Minutes TV show, whose transforming worship ministry was featured in the book Christianity for the Rest of Us - How the Neighborhood Church Is Transforming the Faith by Diana Butler Bass. Faithful Worship in Changing Times with Marty Haugen, one of the foremost liturgical musicians and worship leaders of the past three decades whose passionate and lyrical songs are heard in worship throughout the world. Sampler of the Best Worship Practices in Chicagoland. More than a dozen outstanding clergy, musicians and worship leaders from the metro area will demonstrate different aspects of their worship. DVD recording of this workshop available to all participants. As in the past, you can choose either Saturday (at Presbyterian Church of Western Springs) or Sunday (at United Church of Rogers Park) to attend the first three workshops. All workshops are 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. The Sampler workshop in April will be held on Saturday only at First UMC Park Ridge providing use of more extensive audio-visual technology. Registration costs remain the same as recent years. Remember that you get great discounts for registering three or more persons from your congregation. The Worship Alive! brochure with full registration information will be mailed in about three weeks. I'll send an email reminder when registration info is available on the Web. See you often at Worship Alive! this year, Mark Bowman, coordinator worshipalive@comcast.net |
Rev Danielle Buhuro Installation - Jan 11The Rev. Dr. Danielle Buhuro will be installed as Associate Pastor of God Can Ministries, 1100 Greenwood, Ford Heights, IL 60411 (708-757-5550) on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 3:00 pm at the church. All are invited to attend.Rev Francois DuToit Installation - Jan 25The Rev. Francois DuToit will be installed as Pastor of the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 766 Graceland Avenue, Des Plaines, IL 60016 (847-299-5561) on Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 3:00 pm. All are invited to attend.Rev Felix Hoover Installation - Mar 1The Rev. Felix Hoover will be installed as Pastor of Watson Park UCC, 6337 W. Cornelia Avenue, Chicago 60634 (773-685-4151) on Sunday March 1, 2009. All are invited to attend.CMA Boundary Training WorkshopsThe next CMA Boundary Training Workshops, which are now required of all clergy with standing in CMA and all those In Care with CMA, are scheduled on the following dates:CMA boundary training uses the current Faith Trust Institute video-based curriculum plus a variety of supplemental materials. This current boundary training curriculum was first offered in January 2005. If you took CMA boundary training before 2005, you will have to take it again based on the new curriculum. This CMA training is accepted throughout the Illinois Conference. Other UCC conferences may or may not accept this training. At this point, CMA boundary training need only be taken once, so if you have taken the training with CMA after 2004 and received a certificate, you do not need to sign up again. Refresher courses may be offered in the future. Each program will begin promptly at 9:00 am sharp on both days. Please plan to arrive by 8:45 am. You must be on time. The program concludes at 5:00 pm on the first day and 4:00 pm on the second day. The workshops will all be held at the CMA office in downtown Chicago, located at 332 S. Michigan Ave, Suite 510, which is convenient to all public transportation. There is ample parking in the Grant Park South Garage, the south end of which is located right in front of our building. You enter the garage from an entrance lane on the left side of northbound Michigan Avenue immediately north of Van Buren Street. YOU MUST ATTEND ALL DAY BOTH DAYS TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THESE TRAININGS. The registration fee is $30 ($10 for those In Care with CMA). The fee includes all meals and materials both days. Send your registration form and check (payable to CMA) to the CMA office. Attendance is limited to 16 participants. A Registration Form can be DOWNLOADED HERE. We believe this training will greatly enhance your effectiveness in ministry and be a blessing to you and the people you serve. If you have any questions about the training, please contact Rev. Edward Goode or Rev. Rita Root at CMA at 312-939-5918. |
"Never place a period where God has placed a comma." PLANNING AHEADDetails and other events can be found on our Events PageGeneral SynodsThe next General Synod of the United Church of Christ will be June 26-30, 2009 in Grand Rapids Michigan. Download the Call Letter HereThe following General Synod will be June 17 - 21, 2011 at a location to be determined. Sacred Conversations:
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