Northern California Nevada Conference, United Church of Christ

National Youth Event 2020 United Church of Christ's National Youth Event will take place at Purdue University in West Lafayette Indiana from July 22-25, 2020. This four day event is celebrated as the largest denomination gathering. As we work on the details for our Conference group, take a look at what NYE has in store for 2020! Who: Youth entering grades 9-12 of September 2020, high school graduates of 2020, and adult chaperones.... What: United Church of Christ's National Youth Event. When: July 22-25, 2020 plus POSSIBLE SERVICE TRIP! Where: Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Cost: $1500 (total package), minimum $100 deposit to register, balance payable in monthly or bimonthly installments, or in full. Registration coming soon! Please contact Joy Davis or Davena Jones with questions.

Retreat for Authorized Ministers September 15-17 The Annual Authorized Ministers Retreat is less than two months away and the planning team is working hard to offer a space for us to gather and support one another in the ministry we are doing in these challenging times. There will be praise and worship, round table talks, workshops and more! This retreat will be taking place at the Christ the King Center in Citrus Heights, Sacramento. It will begin Sunday afternoon September... 15, with registration at 1 PM. It is open to all Authorized Ministers of the NCNC UCC: those who have been Ordained, Licensed, Commissioned or have standing through a partner denomination in our Conference. It is also open to MIDs who have been approved for their Ecclesiastical Council, or Ordination pending Call. Registration is now open! https://ncncucc.secure.force.com//CnP_PaaS_EVT__ExternalRe

On Friday July 12th, 2019, Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Concentration Camps, will bring thousands of people to locations worldwide as well as to concentration camps across country, into the streets and into their own front yards, to protest the inhumane conditions faced by migrants. https://www.lightsforliberty.org/

War, agricultural hardship, severe weatherall of these can connect to climate change and the factors behind migration for millions of people. Learn more about one of the most important issues of our time by signing up for this free webinar: bit.ly/ClimateChangeMigration

Recruiting NCNC Clergy Communities of Practice Facilitators The challenge for clergy is often how to find ways to be continually renewed in your own faith and practices. The Clergy Communities of Practice (CCOP) are groups for those who have been serving in ministry for more than three years. Each CCOP is facilitated by a clergy colleague who receives specialized training and financial support in their role and is charged with keeping the group's calendar, lifting up the mutually created covenant, providing hospitality, and providing worship for the group, as well as facilitating conversations. If you are interested in being a CCOP Facilitator complete this form and email or snail mail to Miranda Samaile at 16190 Foothill Blvd San Leandro, CA 94578 or [email protected] https://gallery.mailchimp.com//Clergy_Communties_of_Practi

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On September 8, there will be thousands of rallies in cities and towns around the world to demand our local leaders commit to building a fossil free world that puts people and justice before profits. No more stalling, no more delays: it’s time for a fast and fair transition to 100% renewable energy for all. Real climate leadership rises from below. It means power in the hands of people not corporations. It means economic opportunity for workers and justice and dignity for fro...ntline communities that are the hardest hit by the impacts of the fossil fuel industry and a warming world. This September, cities, states, businesses and civil society from around the world are gathering in California for the Global Climate Action Summit. The Summit has invited every mayor, governor, and local leader in the world to make a bold climate commitment to help the world reach the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. We know what those commitments need to achieve: a fast, fair and just transition to 100% renewable energy and an immediate end to new fossil fuel projects. Visit this link (https://riseforclimate.org/) to plan or join an event in your community. If your elected officials commit, your rally can be a celebration. If they fail to act, it’s a chance to hold them accountable. We are at a crossroads. By acting together, we can end the era of fossil fuels and save the climate we all depend on.

Global Ministries Missionary Visit Opportunity: Volunteers Needed We have just learned of a golden opportunity to hear from a UCC minister who has spent the last five years in Jerusalem as a Global Ministries co-worker and has a gap in her itineration. Her name is Rev. Loren McGrail and she is available for preaching and speaking events in Northern California during September 9 -20. Rev. McGrail is not only a powerful preacher, she comes with an urgent message from Palestinia...n Christians. She also brings pictures of artwork she created from found objects in Palestine--a way to reach the heart. We cannot accept the invitation to host her in this Conference until we know that we have lodging and meals covered for her so we are looking for three to four churches that would be willing to take her in during this period. Each home stay would be for three to four days, hopefully, in a different area of the Conference so that she could visit with not only members in that particular church but in neighboring churches as well, and thus, be able to share her message with as many people as possible. Conference staff will help to coordinate between the host churches and additional visits once we know who might have space to plan an event at their church and, most importantly, someone in their congregation who can volunteer to host Loren for the days she will be at the church. If you are interested in helping to make Northern California part of her itineration, please contact Esther Riley at [email protected] or Diane Weible at [email protected] by Friday. Rev. McGrail's plane ticket has not yet been bought, and this is the latest we can wait. Global Ministries provides the plane ticket to bring her to this Conference and that is when we can all step in to welcome her and host her throughout her stay so we need volunteers to step up to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity.

Get Trained as an ICE Detainee Bail Out Volunteer Brought to you by: Sydney Ji Over the past several weeks, between 4 webpages, we've managed to raise over $100,000 for the Richmond ICE bail fund! Now, we're facing a new challenge, and we need volunteers to help:... Becoming a bail out volunteer is an amazing way you can to help reunite immigrant families who have been torn apart by ICE. It's not hard work, it just requires patience and a big heart. So far, we've only had to time to bail out four people--even though we have enough funds to bail out more. As it turns out, the actual physical on-the-ground process of bailing someone out of ICE isn't automatic. It takes at least a full day, if not several, of meeting with the detainee in visiting hours, filling out paperwork, meeting with their family to help arrange to pick them up so they aren't just ejected out into the night with no money and no charged phone (yikes, no!), and dealing with random paperwork issues that might come up. If we're going to get this done before the facility closes, we are going to need around 1 volunteer per detainee per week. That's around 50 new volunteers we need if we are going to reach our mission of bailing all 169 people out of Richmond ICE who were there the day the sheriff announced it was closing. There's a 120 day deadline for the facility to close, and already we're a month in. We have to hurry if we are to get everyone bailed out before they are moved to facilities in other states, far from their families! If you feel ready to take on this hugely important role of being a bail out volunteer, you'll need to be trained. It is a 2-hour training with Rebecca Merton from Freedom for Immigrants. These trainings only happen once a month and the next one is TODAY Tuesday (the 14th), so please, please spread the word!!

If you're planning on visiting with ACM Daniel Ross-Jones at his afternoon coffee hours -- wait! Due to construction around his original spot he's had to move on the fly. You can now find him until 4pm today at the Starbucks at 775 Gravenstein Hwy N in Sebastopol.

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