News
Job Opening at Conference Office!
An exciting opportunity for a Communications Specialist is available with our conference office. This part-time position calls for website maintenance, publicity, and a variety of other duties. Please visit the entire job advertisement at The Rome Group. If you know of someone who would be interested, please direct them to this link. [Continue]Around the Conference
Mission:1 Survey
With Mission:1 complete, we encourage you to take a brief survey and give us your feedback on the program. The Regional Joint Initiative between the Illinois South and Missouri Mid-South [Continue]
Pilgrim Food Pantry Opening Wed., Jan. 18
Pilgrim Congregational U.C.C. (St. Louis) has been working to accommodate the requests for food that have come to our doors since the closing of the Dignity House food pantry last winter. We have [Continue]
A Gift From Above
Dr Marc A. Wessels, Associate Conference Minister It was a dangerous time when God became flesh and entered into his world in the physical form of an infant in a Manger in the little backwater town [Continue]
Wider Church News
31st Annual Rural Ministry Conference
The 2012 Rural Ministry Conference, “Courage in a Caring Community,” will be held march 4-6 in [Continue]
Preparing Our Faith-Based Communities for Disasters: The What and How
What people do before a disaster can make a dramatic difference in their ability to cope with and [Continue]
Penn State a Reminder of Church’s and Clergy’s Responsibilities
By Jeff Whitman Last week was a rather difficult one for me—and all because of events at a [Continue]
From Our Staff and Leaders
A Tale of Two Cities – The Vine
Ande Reiter offers this monthly column for and about older adults. There are 2 cities in the Biblical story which framed Jesus’ life and ministry: Bethlehem with the joy and hope of his birth. And Jerusalem with his death, and later resurrection. They both existed under the cloud of war, the darkness of Roman occupation. [Continue]
Technology
Mission:1 and Evangelism through Social Media
I have recently had the privilege of working closely with the Mission: 1 effort here in the Missouri Mid-South Conference. First, a grassroots group [Continue]
Bulletin Board
Mental Health First Aid Training – Feb. 4 & 5 at Epiphany UCC in St. Louis
You know how to pray with someone who is going into surgery. Would you know what to do if someone was suffering or thinking about… * Suicide * Depression * Grief * Drugs or Alcohol? You are invited to a Mental Health First Aid Training at Epiphany UCC in St. Louis, MO, to [Continue]- Hiking Humanitarian Visits St. Paul’s, Hermann
- St. Paul (Old Monroe) Holds Blue Christmas Service December 21
- Christmas Music at Pilgrim, St. Louis, Dec. 17 and 18
- Holiday Concert at St. Peter’s UCC, Florissant
- Christmas and New Years Services at Ivy Chapel UCC
- Valley Center UCC (Deepwater) Has Huge Mission:1 Success!
- St. Paul (Columbia, IL) Seeking Part-Time Secretary
- St. Peter’s Evangelical UCC – Billings
- Columbia UCC In the News for Blue Christmas Service
- Cantata “Agnus Dei” Lamb of God
- Festival of Sharing and Restorative Justice partnering with our incarcerated neighbors
- Make a Difference when you shop for holiday gifts
- St. Nick’s Night Concert
- Eden Seminary Christmas Concert
- Lydia’s House Hosts a Sweet Treat for a Great Cause
