by Tami Spindler | Jun 2, 2025 | News
by Bob MolsberryMay 21, 2025 The red mark on Ernie’s forehead is a tita, mark from a Hindu celebration welcoming the North American visitor. Ernie with school children. The bright light of Dolly Parton’s fame and goodwill has shined on a sleepy corner of Iowa,...
by Tami Spindler | May 26, 2025 | News
A reflection by Rev Roberto Ochoa, Iowa Nebraska South Dakota Conference Minister. A Little Bit of Jesus “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses” (Acts 1:8) One of the privileges I have serving as Conference...
by Tami Spindler | May 12, 2025 | News
Rev. Kendy Miller, Associate Conference Minister As I was driving to Dubuque for the Boundary Awareness Training last week, I started getting tired. It’s never fun to fight driving fatigue, especially at the end of the day. I don’t know about you, but I...
by Tami Spindler | May 5, 2025 | News
A Reflection by Rev Roberto Ochoa, Conference Minister for the Iowa Nebraska South Dakota Conferences. I will extol you, O Holy One, for you have drawn me up and did not let my foes rejoice over me. O Holy One my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me. O...
by Tami Spindler | Apr 28, 2025 | News
By Rev Roberto Ochoa, Conference MinisterIowa Nebraska South Dakota UCC Conferences “But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than any human authority.” Acts 5:29 The days after the resurrection of Christ were not easy ones for the disciples of...
by Tami Spindler | Apr 21, 2025 | News
We Had Hoped… One year ago I was in the very early days of the first sabbatical I had ever earned in my nearly 20 years of vocational ministry. I had so many hopes and plans for the time I was scheduled to be away – time for rest and travel, study and prayer,...
