Welcome to a new vision

1. Welcome to a new vision A Church Alive in the Valley MCC/UCC

2. A New experience

3. The UCC What can it add to us

4. Association • Affiliating with the UCC gives us greater support and colleagues in which to work. • We would belong to a central association of 41 churches • These churches are of four associations in the conference • These associations are CentralEasternNorthernSouthern

5. 130+ Churches

6. 130+ Churches to cultivate a spirit of oneness in Christ among the member churches The goals and responsibilities of the Associations are as follows: to stimulate the spiritual life and mission of the member churches and to authorize and nurture ministers and ministry in the local churches

7. General Synod Is made up of 43 Conferences That is 5,600 Churches

8. Opportunity for Ministry

9. Health Care Justice Council on Health and Human Service Ministries (CHHSM)www.chhsm.org UCC Welfare Working Groupwww.uccwelfareworkinggroup.com UCC Parish Nurse NetworkEmail: scross@eden.edu UCC Physician's NetworkEmail: jklnsmith@aol.com UCC Mental Health Networkwww.min-ucc.org

10. Wider church ministries We support congregations and the other settings of the church in developing relationships with a wider church that is global, multiracial and multicultural. open and affirming, and accessible to all.

11. Justice and Witness Ministries Doing justice, seeking peace and building community are central to the identity of the United Church of Christ. We invite you to explore the breadth and depth of the UCC's justice work. Join us in building a stronger faith-based movement for peace, justice, equality and inclusivity.

12. Civil and Human Rights Criminal Justice Health Care Human Rights Immigration LGBT Justice Media Justice Our Faith Our Vote Campaign Physician Aid in Dying/Physician Assisted Suicide Torture Awareness – Stop Torture Women's Issues

13. Peacemaking Just Peace Conscientious Objection Nuclear Weapons

14. Justice for women Women's Justice Expansive Language  Human Trafficking Reproductive Justice Sexual and Domestic Violence

15. Childrens Justice Bullying: What we can do to stop it Justice for Children Public Education Sexuality Education

16. Sexuality and education Sexuality Education UCAN - UCC HIV and AIDS Network UCC Coalition for LGBT Concerns Bullying: What We Can Do to Stop It

17. Racialjustice Racial Justice Racial Justice in the UCC Multi-Racial Multi-Cultural Church Sacred Conversation on Race - the Journey Continues

18. Environmental justice Biodiversity Climate Change Environmental Racism Consumerism Energy Generation Food and Farming Green Buildings Green Jobs Health Mountain Top Removal Tar Sands/Keystone XL Pipeline Transportation Water and Air Gulf Coast Response Disaster Ministries

19. Economic justice Banking and our Values Coffee Project (Fair Trade) Congregation-based Community Organizing Economic Crisis Covenant Program Farm Workers Federal Budget and Appropriations Hunger and Food Security  Inequality Just Eating Globalization\ Gulf Coast Initiative Immigration International Trade and Investment Jubilee Debt relief Labor Sunday Labor Unions Low-wage Work Poverty Privatization Race, Ethnicity, and Economic Justice Recession Social Security Sweatshops Workplace Justice

20. Global Ministries Colombia East Timor Globalization International Trade and Investment Israel/Palestine - Through our Partners in Global Ministries Jubilee Debt Relief Marshall Islands Sudan (Responsibility to Protect Campaign) United Nations

21. Justice and Witness Ministries  JWM helps local congregations and all settings of the church respond to God's commandments to do justice, seek peace and effect change for a better world.

22. Local Church Ministries Local Church Ministries’ purpose is to encourage and support congregations in the fulfillment of God's mission, especially in parish life and leadership; book, curricula and resource production; and congregational vitality and discipleship, including evangelism, stewardship and church finances, worship and education, and church buildings and loans.

23. Office of General Ministries Its mission is to care for the spiritual life, unity, and well-being of the church, to nurture our covenantal life and its ecumenical and interfaith relationships, to provide regular processes which focus on theological reflection throughout the church; and to assist in the total mission of the United Church of Christ. 

24. Health ministries The Council for Health and Human Service Ministries(CHHSM) is a non-profit association of more than 350 UCC-related ministries and programs engaged in primary and acute health care; services to persons with disabilities; children, youth and families; and the aging (continuing care and retirement housing). CHHSM offers a variety of services and products to enhance the ministries of its members and their relationships within the UCC. Healthcare Justice, HIV/AIDS Ministries, Human Sexuality Ministries, UCC Disabilities Ministries, UCC Mental health network, UCC Coalition for LGBT concerns…

25. Immersion Centers Franklin Center at Bricks –a former plantation that is now a center for leadership and Justice training UCC Center for Environmental Justice at Pilgrim Firs- A Place where People can be immersed in a justice-centered response to climate change and environmental equity. Centro Romero -Provides immersion and educational opportunities in the city of Tijuana, Mexico Enabling participants to enhance their political, socio-economic, and cultural views of the forces that are shaping the lives of many countries and families throughout the continent. Justice and Witness Ministries: Washington Office - to make a better world possible by addressing the systemic problems that we face as a country and as part of the world. Hunger, poverty, peace and security, racism, care for the earth. These are among the types of justice issues that we work to improve through federal policies.    

26. Two as One • MCC in the Valley • United Church of Christ To better serve our community That we may all be one