If you read the UUA Directory, or the certified congregations roster, you may get the impression that there are a couple of dozen tiny churches, mainly in New England, that couldn’t possibly have an active ministry. I used to think they were a coffee klatch-sized mob of octogenarians subsisting on Church Bean Dinners. But this… Continue reading Some info on Federated Churches
Category: United Church of Christ
Getting Privilege of Call with the UCC
As I mentioned earlier, I am working on receiving Privilege of Call within the Potomac Association of the United Church of Christ. I’m not going to giev a blow-by-blow account of this process, but if you’re interested you should see the UCC’s Manual on Ministry, available on-line. Link: Manual on Ministry. Section four is the… Continue reading Getting Privilege of Call with the UCC
United Church of Christ reading list, part one
Time to read as much as I can about the United Church of Christ. Found some polity course syllabi, and ordered books from what I used to call “the broke seminarian’s friend” – not bad for ministers without an expense account either – Congregational Library. Got a shipment of four books yesterday. They are: Dunn,… Continue reading United Church of Christ reading list, part one
Don’t look for me yonder ’cause I’m not there
Some people know and some people don’t but now it is public, official, and done. I resigned under pressure from the pastorate of Universalist National Memorial Church membership to follow last Thursday and we had a congregational meeting process this afternoon. To recap: some people (myself included) think it was a mistake, and others (the… Continue reading Don’t look for me yonder ’cause I’m not there