United Church of Christ Disabilities Ministries and UCC Mental Illness Ministry Award Nominations are due by February 28, 2011.
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History of Disabilities Ministries and Mental Health Network Awards
The United Church of Christ National Committee on Persons with Disabilities has as its major goal the full integration of persons with disabilities and their families into the life of the church.
Many of us have attended churches where the c
hurch bulletin bore the quotations, “I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go in to the House of the Lord.'” We must be certain that the doors to that house are always open to all, no matter what difficulties they or those they love may face in seeking to enter, so that the gladness and joy of acceptance can be known by all. May it be so, and soon!
In late 1990 we wrote to all Conference Ministers of the United Church of Christ, asking them to nominate programs and persons that, in their judgment, best served the goal of full inclusiveness. The stories herein offer examples of loving and inclusive ministries, ministries which are themselves both visions of hope and models of the inclusiveness of the Kingdom of God.
Churches honored include:
First Congregational Church, UCC in Cadillac, Michigan
First Congregational Church, UCC in Camden, Maine
First Congregational Church, UCC in Great Falls, Montana
Central Congregational Church, UCC in Topeka, Kansas
St. John’s UCC in Storm Lake, Iowa, and First Congregational Church, UCC, in Newell, Iowa
St. Peter’s Church, UCC in Washington, Missouri
Three churches in Rhode Island Conference: Chepachet Union Church; Riverside Congregational Church, UCC; and United Congregational Church of Litltle Compton
Individuals honored include:
Rev. Dr. Dallas A. Brauninger, First Congregational Church, UCC in Hemingford, Nebraska
Rev. Kathi D. Wolfe, UCC Office of Communication
Rev. Nancy Erickson, Lincoln, Nebraska
Rev. Ronald A. Getsay, Marion, Ohio
Mrs. Roberta Martin and her son Christ Martin of Southwest UCC in Portland, Oregon
The Reverend Craig Rennebohm was awarded the National Association of Mental Illnesses (NAMI) 2009 Richard T. Greer Advocacy Award recently at the NAMI national convention in San Francisco.
Comments closedThe UCC Disabilities Ministries presents the 2009 award to an individual committed to helping our churches become Accessible to All to: Mary Larson, Lay Assistant, Mt Sinai Congregational, United Church of Christ, Mt Sinai, NY.
Comments closedWith delight, the United Church of Christ Disabilities Ministries received word yesterday that the Reverend Virginia Kreyer will be awarded high recognition as an ordained woman in the denomination.
Comments closed“Companioning Is About Walking Alongside”
These words grace the spirit of Plymouth House of Healing. The outreach project of Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in downtown Seattle offers a model for churches in providing caring companionship and a stable home for formerly homeless residents living with mental illness.
Comments closed“If I let disabilities stop me, they can, but I don’t want them to. I change the way I do some things, and others I simply can’t do but try first,” Nancy Phipps, 2005 UCC DM Awardee,
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