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Staff Update: Who to Contact in 2021
In the beginning of 2021, our staff will continue to mostly work from home to help keep each other safe and healthy. Our ACM Search Committee is working on discerning Jonna Jensen’s and Darrell Goodwin's successors. In the meantime, our staff wants to remind you that...
Covid-19 Safety Letter and Grant Information from the Central Association
Attached you will find a letter from the Central Association Advisory Council (CAAC) and Committee on Ministry (COM) and the grant request form that any Central Association congregation can use to apply to the CAAC for grant money to support new and...
COVID-19 Prayer and Message from ECM Rev. Brigit Stevens
Friends and Members of the Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota Conferences of the United Church of Christ, I want to offer you a prayer today. Will you take just a minute to pause with me? First, move your body a bit, so that you are aware of where your fingers and toes,...
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Obituaries in the Conferences
2020
Donald Stoebner – August 7th, 2020
Donna Boren – August 6th, 2020
Bob Bromley – May 2nd, 2020
Annabeth McClelland Gay – April 29th, 2020
Kathy Torgersen – April 14th, 2020
Carol Taylor – March 1st, 2020
John O. Gradwohl – February 23rd, 2020
Kathryn Alene Rust – February 13th, 2020
Meghan Powers – January 13th, 2020
2019
Jack Seville Jr. – December 21st, 2019
Judy Bishop – December 17th, 2019
Clip Higgins – November 25th, 2019
Mike Cleeton – November 24th, 2019
Mark Phillip Schowalter – October 29th, 2019
Jerry Tibbs – October 26th, 2019