Commission for Leadership Development Meeting

Regular meeting of the Commission for Leadership Development.  Guests are welcome. Please notify Susan Dickerman at dickermans@macucc.org one week prior to the meeting if you wish to attend....

Being a Generous Church - Together!

The Stewardship and Mission and Justice ministry teams continue their free series of regional breakfasts throughout the year to discuss best practices for being a generous church - within and beyond the local congregation. Pastors and lay leaders: bring a team from your church to meet others who are engaged in a common mission. Discussion leaders will include a mix of MACUCC program staff, area ministers, board members, and commission members, as well as national UCC mission...

Confirmation Retreat-Berkshire Outdoor Center

Confirmation Retreat for grades 8 & up.  Full details about the 2011-2012 Confirmation Retreat Program are available by clicking here.   On-line registration is required for ALL groups as well as a $100 deposit.   This retreat is FULL. ...

Confirmation Retreat-Craigville Retreat Center

This retreat is now FULL but other dates and/or locations are available.  Please click here.   On-line registration is requested for ALL groups as well as a $100 deposit.  Confirmation Retreat for grades 8 & up.             Driving Directions to Craigville Conference Center: Take Route 6 east to Exit 5. At end of ramp, go straight across Route 149. Take the first right onto Old Stage Road. Follow to the stop sign and take a...

Preparing for the Search & Call Process for Seminarians

Preparing for the Search and Call Process in the United Church of Christ This series of events are for those seminarians who are middlers or seniors and are designed to provide valuable information for navigating the entire Search & Call process within the United Church of Christ no matter what Association/Conference you are In Discernment with or where you will be circulating your Profile.   November 4, 2011: Entering the Search Process: Preparing Your Ministerial...

Education for Effective Youth Ministry

Session II: Youth, Bible Study and Worship with Maren Tirabassi (This session is at Ludlow High School, Ludlow, MA as a part of Super Saturday.) Education for Effective Youth Ministry was created in 1994 when the American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ were both seeking ways to equip lay leaders in local churches to lead youth ministry programs. The idea of combining resources to serve the needs of both...

Super Saturday

Join hundreds of delegates, pastors and lay leaders from all over the Massachusetts Conference for our FOURTH SUPER SATURDAY! This event will feature excellent worship led by Patrick Evans, Assistant Professor of Sacred Music at Yale Divinity School. Professor Evans, who will also lead two workshops, is committed to the reclaiming and renewal of congregational song. The day will also include 33 workshops on a variety of subjects impacting the local church, a bookstore, a marketplace, lunch...

Commission for Educational Ministries Meeting

 Regular meeting of the Commission for Educational Ministries.  Guests are welcome. Please notify Susan Dickerman at dickermans@macucc.org one week prior to the meeting if you wish to attend....

An Introduction to Spiritual Companioning

A four-hour experiential course that will offer basic training in that deepest of listening skills, sometimes called pastoral or spiritual care. Starting from the assumption that God loves and cares for each of use, we will learn to sit with another of God’s children and help them to tell their story, and to find their connection to God’s story. This is designed to meet the needs of anyone, lay or ordained, who wants to begin the work of pastoral or spiritual care. Facilitators Rev...

Certification for MACUCC Educators

Basics in Christian Education and Administration:  For Educators enrolled in the Certification Program This is the basic nuts and bolts of a Christian education program including administration, teacher recruitment, curriculums, budgets, lesson planning, positive classroom atmospheres, and affirming volunteers.  For complete information about the Certification Program please visit: http://www.macucc.org/pages/detail/2490 Register online today....

Certification for MACUCC Educators

 Basics in Christian Education and Administration:  For Educators enrolled in the Certification Program This is the basic nuts and bolts of a Christian education program including administration, teacher recruitment, curriculums, budgets, lesson planning, positive classroom atmospheres, and affirming volunteers.  For complete information about the Certification Program please visit: http://www.macucc.org/pages/detail/2490 Register online today....

MACUCC Board of Directors Meeting

Faith and Community Engagement

Homelessness awareness program for church youth groups. Contact Peter Johnston, Seminarian in the City, at 617-750-2063 or pjohn@bu.edu for more information about the sessions.  Registration is being handled by Ken Schmidt at cms.buo@gmail.com.  Click here to view the flyer with more details.  ...

Jim Antal Preaching in Andover

Boundary Awareness Training

Join Rev. Bette McClure & Rev. Terry Martinson for Boundary Awareness Training     DATE: March 14 & March 15,  2012 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m **two days of training are required**   **Please be aware this training may be cancelled if we have low registration numbers.   LOCATION: Dennis Union Church 713 Main Street Dennis, MA     REGISTER: Online:  REGISTER NOW Andrea Bellarosa bellarosaa@macucc...

Ecumenism Commission Meeting

MACUCC Volunteer Development Committee Meeting

NEREM Meeting

New England Region Environmental Ministries...

Commission for Leadership Development Meeting

Regular meeting of the Commission for Leadership Development.  Guests are welcome. Please notify Susan Dickerman at dickermans@macucc.org one week prior to the meeting if you wish to attend....

Confirmation Retreat-Craigville Retreat Center

This retreat is full.   Confirmation Retreat for grades 8 & up.   Full details about the 2011-2012 Confirmation Retreat Program arevavailable by clicking here.  On-line registration is required for ALL groups as well as a $100 deposit.          Driving Directions to Craigville Retreat Center: Take Route 6 east to Exit 5. At end of ramp, go straight across Route 149. Take the first right onto Old Stage Road. Follow to the stop sign...