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Thibeault hired as new Associate for Youth and Young Adult Ministries

The Rev. Kelly Thibeault, pastor of the First Congregational Church in North Attleborough, has been hired as the Massachusetts Conference’s part-time interim Associate for Youth and Young Adult Ministries. Thibeault will be working 10 hours a week, taking over from Kris Lofrumento. Lofrumento has moved out of state for family reasons, and Friday, Jan. 13, was her last day with the Conference after more than seven years. Thibeault will fill the role on an interim basis until September,...

Full phone service restored in Framingham

UPDATED September 7, 2011 Full phone service has been restored to the Massachusetts Conference's main office in Framingham. Please call the regular number, 508 875-5233, for general Conference business. Email servers went back online late in the afternoon of Tuesday, Aug. 30.  The Conference Center sign in Framingham and numerous trees on the property were damaged in the storm (see photo at right and in our Facebook album).    ...

Disaster team suggests making donations, sending help to Vermont

An uprooted trees in front of the Church of Christ Congregational UCC in Millis. The MACUCC Disaster Resource Team issued the following update Thursday, September 1, 2011: Friends As we continue to hear stories of the aftermath of Irene we can count ourselves as fortunate. Our conversations with our MACUCC churches tell us that the bulk of the impact is downed trees, power loss, wind, and flood...

Conference closes Plymouth office

The following announcement was sent out to Southeast region churches and clergy on Monday, July 11: Dear Southeast Region, On July 1st the Plymouth Office at 225 Water, 115A closed. Now and in the future, the same support and services will continue to be available as Dale (and his successor, Don Remick) will be supported out of the Framingham Office. In reviewing opportunities for cost savings, the Board of Directors found that the need for a Regional Office with the Regional Minister...

MACUCC Treasurer's Report to Annual Meeting (2011) with related budget documents

The Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ recorded a pre-audit surplus of $41,238 for the year ended December 31, 2010. The 2010 results benefited from a change in the sharing ratio with the National setting of the United Church of Christ. As approved at the Annual Meeting in October 2009 (effective in 2010), the Conference now retains 45% of Basic Support, an increase from 40% in recent years. This had a favorable effect on income by $91,600. Without this change, there would...

Staff to be reconfigured upon ACM Hempen's retirement

Massachusetts Conference Minister and President Jim Antal announced today that the Conference will not conduct a search to replace Associate Conference Minister Dale Hempen upon his retirement at the end of the year but will instead reconfigure the existing staff to take over his duties. The Conference Board of Directors approved the plan at its meeting this weekend. The plan calls for increasing Associate Conference Minister Don Remick's role from part-time to full-time and having him take...

ACM Dale Hempen to retire

Associate Conference Minister Dale Hempen today announced that he will be retiring at the end of 2011, after having served the Massachusetts Conference for more than 13 years. “I am filled with gratitude to God for these years of both blessings and challenge. Thank you!  The hymn that comes to mind expressing my gratitude is, ‘My Life flows on in endless song…how can I keep from singing?’ Hempen wrote in an email sent today to clergy, Conference and...