11/05/2023 - Nine Faith Formation Leaders Achieve Certification
By: Deborah Gline Allen - Conference programming Leadership Development Making DisciplesThe Faith Formation Leadership Program has certified 78 leaders to date.
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10/10/2023 - SNEUCC to host 2024 New England Regional Youth Event
By: Deborah Kirk - Making DisciplesUCC Youth from the greater New England region are invited to a special gathering at Silver Lake Camp and Retreat Center on July 28-31, 2024. Youth, ...
10/02/2023 - Caring for The Fifth Child: Children's Sabbath
By: Deborah Kirk - Making Disciples Worship & SpiritualityThe Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) seeks to provide all children with a healthy start, a head start, a fair start, and a moral start by focusing on poverty, education, health, safety and racial justice. CDF aspires to the goal that no child is left behind; that if four ...
09/27/2023 - Multi-Conference partnership for Anti-Racism Training: Call for Facilitators
By: Deborah Kirk - Justice and Witness Leadership Development Making DisciplesNOWCYM (National Organization of Wider-Church Youth Ministry) is seeking to develop a pool of sixteen facilitators to help lead Crossroads Anti-Racism...
08/04/2023 - Everyone Needs Faith Formation & Youth Ministry Skills in Today’s Church
By: Deborah Gline Allen - Leadership Development Making DisciplesRegister for Faith Formation Leadership Program classes
08/03/2023 - "What the World Needs Are People Who Have Come Alive": Boston-North Backyard Mission
Church Innovation Making DisciplesFaith Formation's seventh Spotlight on Service, showcasing Second Congregational Church of West Boxford's Boston-North Backyard Mission.
07/25/2023 - SNEUCC Offers OWL Training Opportunities
Conference programming Making DisciplesAn update on SNEUCC's Our Whole Lives (OWL) Facilitator training opportunities for Fall 2023.
07/16/2023 - Youth Experience Synod in Indianapolis
By: Deborah Kirk - General Synod Leadership Development Making DisciplesTeens from the Southern New England Conference joined up with over forty youth from across the country to participate in Youth @ Synod in Indianapolis on June 30 to July 4. They engaged in worship and witness, service and learning around poverty and homelessness, and ...
06/06/2023 - Building a Bridge to Young Families
By: Deborah Kirk - Church Innovation Making DisciplesLike many congregations, First Church of Christ in Woodbridge (CT) has very few young children participating in worship. In a recent conversation, Interim pastor, Rev. Susan Murtha described how this congregation took steps to reach out to families in the area in a ...
05/11/2023 - Little Library, Large Impact
By: Deborah Kirk - Making Disciples SpotlightAt Enfield UCC we have been saddened by the continued push to ban books not only at the Enfield Board Of Education but also around the state and country. Our response is to share, with the help of our community partners, a new little lending library. This project has ...
03/07/2023 - Initiating OWL: Our Whole Lives
By: Deborah Kirk - Making Disciples“It is transformative to have a positive, sacred frame for all that sexuality encompasses in our lives. Children are learning about it all the time, whether we’re in the conversation or not. So why wouldn’t we be? If we are not, we are abdicating to purity culture and ...
02/08/2023 - A Multitude of Multi-Church Youth Group Models
By: Deborah Kirk - Church Innovation Making Disciples SpotlightRev. Jack Davidson, pastor at Spring Glen UCC in Hamden, CT convened a virtual meeting of clergy and youth leaders in late January to discuss various models for multi-church youth ministry. The meeting was a forum to share successes, struggles, and creative ideas for ...
12/05/2022 - SNEUCC Congregations Embrace Our Whole Lives Sexuality Curriculum
By: Deborah Gline Allen - Making DisciplesCreating disciples of healthy, faith-based sexuality.
11/07/2022 - Eight Faith Formation Leaders Achieve Certification
By: Deborah Gline Allen - Making Disciples“Achieving the certification has made me a better faith formation leader."
09/07/2022 - "Gratitude is Not a Prerequisite for What We Do": Cathedral in the Night - Northampton, MA
Church Innovation Making DisciplesFaith Formation's fourth Spotlight on Service, showcasing Northampton, MA's Cathedral in the Night.
09/07/2022 - "Nothing will Separate Me from the Love of Jesus": Southborough Safe Spaces
Church Innovation Making DisciplesFaith Formation's fifth Spotlight on Service, showcasing Southborough, MA's Southborough Safe Spaces.
08/30/2022 - Strengthen the Church Offering on September 18
By: Deborah Kirk - Church Innovation Making Disciples Outdoor Ministries“As we begin to emerge from this time of unprecedented challenge and change, the need to strengthen our churches for the sake of the world is greater than ever. The Southern New England Conference is responding to your expressed needs for reliable, innovative resources ...
08/10/2022 - "Change is Scary for Us, But Not for God": How to Activate a Church
Making DisciplesFaith Formation's third Spotlight on Service, showcasing the ministries of the First Congregational Church of Branford, CT (including joint ministry ...
08/02/2022 - Announcing SNEUCC's 2022-2023 Confirmation Retreats
Making DisciplesA news story announcing the Faith Formation team's Confirmation Retreat schedule for the 2022-2023 season.
07/08/2022 - Mission in Unconventional Times: Empowering Young People to be the Church
Making DisciplesFaith Formation's third Spotlight on Service, showcasing youth ministry in Glastonbury, CT.
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06/07/2022 - SNEUCC Values on the Road: St. Luke's UCC - Jeffersonville, Indiana
Making DisciplesFaith Formation's second Spotlight on Service, showcasing the efforts of a SNEUCC MID in Indiana/Kentucky.
06/02/2022 - Faith Formation & Youth Ministry Leaders Needed for Post-Pandemic Times
By: Deborah Gline Allen - Leadership Development Making DisciplesRegistration is open for new classes in 2022-2023.
05/06/2022 - Salt and Light in Newington
Making DisciplesFaith Formation's inaugural Spotlight on Service, showcasing the efforts of Newington UCC's SALT youth group.
04/10/2022 - Teens Make Interfaith Connections
By: Deborah Gline Allen - Making DisciplesUnderstanding other’s perspectives has the potential for bringing about a more peaceful and just world.
02/08/2022 - Classes for All Who Form Faith in Their Congregations
By: Deborah Gline Allen - Leadership Development Making DisciplesBring best practices for growing in faith to your congregation.
01/10/2022 - Faith Formation Leadership Program Now Completely Online
By: Deborah Gline Allen - Leadership Development Making DisciplesSNEUCC program featured in national UCC Weekly News Digest
11/07/2021 - Eleven Faith Formation Leaders Achieve Certification
By: Deborah Gline Allen - Leadership Development Making DisciplesThe SNEUCC Faith Formation Leadership Program presents certificates for 2021
10/11/2021 - New Faith Formation Leadership Classes Slated for 2021-2022
By: Deborah Gline Allen - Church History and Identity Conference programming Leadership Development Making DisciplesRegister today to start honing and adapting ministry skills with best practices.
06/07/2021 - Faith Formation & Youth Ministry Resources at Your Fingertips
By: Deborah Gline Allen - Making DisciplesMaking disciples of Jesus through best practices and resources.
06/04/2021 - One-Day Camp Event at Irons Homestead
By: Kristin Putney - Making Disciples Outdoor MinistriesThree RI Churches plan an Outdoor Faith and Outdoor Fun One-day Camp Event at Irons Homestead!
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05/19/2021 - Strengthen the Church Offering to Benefit Youth, Outdoor and Transformational Ministries
Making Disciples Outdoor MinistriesEighty percent of this year's Strengthen the Church offering, traditionally taken this Sunday - Pentecost Sunday - will benefit Faith Formation and ...
05/10/2021 - Summer Mission Work Meets Youth @ Synod
By: Deborah Kirk - Making DisciplesWhen the pandemic restricted plans for summer travel for mission work, Rev. Jennie Valentine of the Barnstable Association shifted gears and began to organize a local service-learning option that also includes a connection to the UCC General Synod.
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05/10/2021 - Youth Express Theology In Six Words
By: Deborah Kirk - Making DisciplesCan you define your faith in six words? SNEUCC Confirmation Students rose to the challenge at the recent Confirmation Enrichment program sponsored the Faith Formation Team. The fourth in a series called Nurturing Faith, this session focused on United Church of Christ ...
10/26/2020 - Three Receive Faith Formation Certification in Virtual Ceremony
Making DisciplesThree educators who completed all the requirements for certification in Faith Formation Leadership were honored during a virtual ceremony on October ...
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05/01/2020 - Strengthen the Church Offering Aimed at Nurturing Disciples
Making Disciples Outdoor Ministries StewardshipThe Southern New England Conference is asking churches to support ministries that strive to nurture discipleship through the upcoming Strengthen the ...
04/09/2020 - Local Church Leads Weekly Mindfulness and Meditation for Adults, Kids
Making DisciplesAgape Spiritual Community in Waltham, MA is offering virtual mindfulness and meditation ministry for children and families. With many of us at home ...
02/04/2020 - SPOTLIGHT - Saugatuck Group Experiences Jesus Through Podcast
By: Andrew Page - Making Disciples SpotlightSaugatuck Congregational Church finds new approach to learning about Jesus
11/11/2019 - SPOTLIGHT - Interfaith Youth Learn About Their Similarities
By: Andrew Page - Church Innovation Justice and Witness Making Disciples SpotlightIn a time when lines drawn between groups of people get darker and more defined, Newtown Congregational Church is making efforts to break barriers and...
10/05/2019 - Six Receive Faith Formation Certification
Making DisciplesSherry Clark, Cindy Tolin and Deb Raymond (far right) with Debbie Gline Allen Three people of six who completed all the requirements for Certification for Christian Educators were recognized at Super Saturday on October 5, 2019. Pictured from left to right: Sherry ...
06/13/2019 - Wilton Church Sees Increase In Confirmations
By: Andrew Page - Church Innovation Making Disciples"When we put church in the ecosystem of everything else that we do, it makes sense." — Lydia Gajdel
06/06/2019 - Leaning Into Leadership
By: Deborah Kirk - Making DisciplesHartford, CT — Pastors, youth leaders, parents, and siblings gathered at the Connecticut Conference Office for a celebration of the 2019 cohort of Thinking About Working For God (TAWFG) Apprentices. TAWFG is a signature program of the CT Conference that offers youth a ...
11/08/2018 - Brilliant Minds, Glowing Faces, Radiant Hearts
By: Deborah Kirk - Making Disciples Outdoor MinistriesThe annual SHINE retreat was one of several retreats held at Silver Lake weekend. Sponsored by the Connecticut Conference, SHINE seeks to nurture leadership skills in youth who are Thinking About Working For God (TAWFG).
07/19/2018 - 40 Depart Together, As One, for Regional Youth Event
Making DisciplesYouth from the Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts conferences headed off Together, As One today (July 19) on a bus bound for the UCC Eastern...
04/10/2018 - Multi-Church Youth Ministry Started in New Haven Area
By: Andrew Page - Church Innovation Making DisciplesFour UCC Churches are engaged in a interdependent project to create a new youth ministry program for the youth of their churches.
11/13/2017 - Young Adults Serve Simsbury Church and Community
By: Andrew Page - Church Innovation Justice and Witness Making DisciplesThe First Church of Christ in Simsbury has added three young adults to the church community this year to serve in their new Young Adult Service Community (YASC).
11/08/2017 - Radiant Youth SHINE at Silver Lake Retreat
By: Deborah Kirk - Making DisciplesAnnual SHINE retreat nurtures young leaders who are Thinking About Working for God.
07/19/2017 - 37 Southern New England Youth Experience Synod
By: Deborah Kirk - Leadership Development Making Disciples Together, As OneSouthern New England Conferences collaborate to send thirty-seven young leaders to Youth @ Synod in Baltimore.
12/06/2016 - Faith Formation Leaders To Be Mentors
By: Karen Ziel - Making Disciples"Where would any of us be were it not for the mentors who came along and, at just the right moment, blew on the embers of our being-in-that-place, bringing visions to light, thoughts into focus and frustrations into opportunities? There are, of course, formal and ...
11/08/2016 - Working For God Retreat Shines
By: Deborah Kirk - Making Disciples"Nothing can dim the light that shines from within."– Maya Angelou, poet. "SHINE" was the theme for the annual Thinking About Working For God (TAWFG) retreat at Silver Lake.
09/28/2016 - Working For The Common Good On Common Ground
By: Deborah Kirk - Making DisciplesOn Saturday, September 24, youth and adults from the Northeast Chapter of Giv2 (Give Squared) spent time helping out in the community garden.