Letter from the MA Conference Minister: Of Fire, Water, and Wind

I am sure you have seen the news from the gas related explosions and fires in Andover, North Andover and Lawrence this past Thursday. Your staff connected right away with clergy throughout the region to check in on how the clergy and their families and the churches and community were doing.

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TA1 Board Goes on Retreat; Makes First Votes

The newly formed Together, As One Board of Directors spent six hours gathered on Saturday, sharing openly about the qualities they love about their respective historic conferences, and the less positive aspects they would like to leave behind as they move into a new one.

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SPOTLIGHT: Rehoboth Church Inspired by Spotlights

Pastor Advises To Be Inspired By Others To Do Something New -- And Maybe Uncomfortable

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Conference Group Provides Witness at the Border

Fifteen people from the Massachusetts Conference - including Associate Conference Minister Kelly Gallagher and her family, and volunteers from four churches (Natick, Somerville, Walpole and  Amesbury) - gathered at Arizona's border with Mexico on Sunday for several days of witness, study and service around immigrant justice. The group joined more ...

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MA and RI Conferences Sharing Search & Call Support

The Massachusetts and Rhode Island conferences are now sharing administrative help for search and call, the process that helps to match clergy and churches. Martha Goodman has been the search and call administrator for the Massachusetts Conference since January, 2013 and will now be carrying out the same function for the Rhode Island Conference.  ...

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SPOTLIGHT: Pulling Out the Pews

West Concord church makes major building changes to care for the earth and serve all ages and abilities

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40 Depart Together, As One, for Regional Youth Event

Youth from the Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts conferences headed off Together, As One today (July 19) on a bus bound for the UCC Eastern Regional Youth Event in Pennsylvania. More than 40 youth and adults from the following churches and associations are making the trip: Greenwich, Salisbury, New Britain, Simsbury, New Haven, and East...

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Report Issued on National Staffing and Programming

United Church of Christ General Minister and President John Dorhauer recently issued a midsummer report on staffing and programming. This six-page document gives an important window into the workings of the national setting. The report can be downloaded here.  

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2018 Annual Report Now Available

The Massachusetts Conference 2018 Annual Report is now available. Printed copies were given to all Annual Meeting attendees, and multiple printed copies will be sent to church leaders later this summer. They can also be requested by contacting Karen Methot or downloaded here.

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SPOTLIGHT: A Summer Recap of Churches Making Changes

Churches Making Changes, Inspired by Conference Resources

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Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting

Annual Report

Board of Directors

Church Growth and Vitality

Conference budget

Conference Buzz

Conference programming

Conference staff

Disaster Relief

Environment

Faith Formation and Christian Education

General Synod

Justice and Witness

Leadership Development

Minister and President

Outdoor Ministries

Pension Board Rates

Resolutions passed by Annual Meeting

Season of Discernment

Southern New England Collaboration

Spotlight

Stewardship

Together, As One

Tri-Conference Annual Meeting

United Church Mission