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* UCC NATIONAL AND CONFERENCE *<br />
NEW! Senior High Fall Youth Event<br />
This year the <strong>Ohio</strong> Conference’s Senior High<br />
Fall Youth Event will be held Nov. <strong>18</strong>20 at<br />
Pilgrim Hills Camp. The theme will be “Let<br />
Justice Roll,” and musicians and leaders will<br />
include Andra Moran and Stephen Daniel King.<br />
Each November, the <strong>Ohio</strong> Conference offers a<br />
retreat for senior high youth, their advisors and<br />
pastors. It’s an experience of personal selfdiscovery<br />
and enjoyment which includes<br />
worship, speakers, bands, workshops and Bible<br />
study. Senior high is defined as 9th through 12th<br />
grades. For more on this event, contact Margaret<br />
Mills at mmills@wraucc.<strong>org</strong>.<br />
NEW! Day with God and Self<br />
The next Day with God and Self, a retreat<br />
opportunity offered by the <strong>Ohio</strong> Conference, will<br />
be Saturday, Sept. 10, at Pilgrim Hills Camp.<br />
The cost for the day is $30, or $40 if you would<br />
like to come the night before. For registration<br />
call the <strong>Ohio</strong> Conference office at 800/2820740,<br />
or go to www.ocucc.<strong>org</strong>. For more information,<br />
call Janet Burkhart at 330/6823791.<br />
Widening the Welcome Confab<br />
The second Widening the Welcome Conference,<br />
sponsored by the UCC’s Disabilities Ministries<br />
and Mental Illness Network, will be held in <strong>Ohio</strong><br />
this year Sept. 29 – Oct. 1 in Columbus. <strong>Ohio</strong><br />
Conference Minister Bob Molsberry and<br />
SONKA minister Terri Tyson will be among the<br />
featured leaders at this national conference.<br />
Eighteen workshops will be offered on topics<br />
such as creating an A2A team at your church,<br />
interventions for returning military and Mental<br />
Health 101. Early registration at $115 is<br />
available until Sept. 9. For details or to<br />
register, go to WideningWelcome<br />
GLAUCE Meeting Details<br />
“The DNA of an Inclusive Church” will be the<br />
theme of the GLAUCE meeting as United<br />
Church Educators from the Great Lakes<br />
Association, which includes our area, get<br />
together in Angola, IN Oct. 1113. The event<br />
will take place at Potawatomi Inn at Pokagon<br />
State Park. Sessions are planned on “What Is<br />
your DNA?” and “The Teaching Ministry as an<br />
Agent of<br />
Change.”<br />
Workshops<br />
Balloons soar at the ’10 meeting.<br />
will include<br />
“Getting<br />
People<br />
Connected<br />
and<br />
Helping<br />
Them Stay<br />
that Way,”<br />
“Personal<br />
Care Boundaries,” and “Justice LED,” among<br />
others. The member cost is $315. Registration<br />
must be received by Sept. 9. To learn more, go<br />
to http://auceuwcc.<strong>org</strong>. To register, call Jan<br />
Davis at 920/4996901.<br />
* PRAYER REQUEST *<br />
Please hold in prayer <strong>Ohio</strong> Conference Minister Bob Molsberry and his family. Bob’s mother, Connie,<br />
died <strong>July</strong> 10 died in Grinnell, IA. A memorial service will be held later in the fall.<br />
* SWAP SHOP *<br />
Wanted: St. John UCC in Reading is looking for any unused letters and numbers for a church sign.<br />
These are plastic, 4" letters, clear background, to slide in a church sign. Call the church at 5138211740.<br />
Christ Church UCC in Ft. Thomas has 56 red pew cushions in good condition to give away to any church<br />
which can use them and can pick them up. The cushions are 15 inches by 8 feet. Call 859/4412565 or<br />
email admin@christchurchuccft.<strong>org</strong>.<br />
Association Minister Ruth Brandon: ruthb@<strong>sonkaucc</strong>.<strong>org</strong><br />
Snippets Editor Lynne Wise: lynnew@<strong>sonkaucc</strong>.<strong>org</strong><br />
Bookkeeper Wilda Peters: wildap@<strong>sonkaucc</strong>.<strong>org</strong><br />
Registrar Jim Hill: jimh@<strong>sonkaucc</strong>.<strong>org</strong><br />
SONKA: 937/4388050 or Toll Free: 888/6319578<br />
SONKA WEBSITE: www.<strong>sonkaucc</strong>.<strong>org</strong><br />
NATIONAL UCC WEBSITE: www.ucc.<strong>org</strong><br />
OHIO CONFERENCE WEBSITE: www.ocucc.<strong>org</strong><br />
Where in the World is Rev. Ruth?<br />
Association Minister Ruth Brandon will be on vacation <strong>July</strong> 22 through 29.<br />
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