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- Category: Annual Meeting
- Annual Meeting 2017: A Wonderful Time of Connection
- Our Church’s Wider Mission 2016 Giving Report
- The State of the Conference: A New Vision
- Register for Annual Meeting
- 51st Annual Meeting Registration Now Open
- Annual Meeting Thank Yous
- Important Information about Annual Meeting
- Jottings from June: June 1, 2016
- Call for Annual Meeting Workshops or Displays
- 50th Anniversary Commemorative Booklet Ads Available
- 50th Annual Meeting Registration Now Open
- Southeast Conference 50th Annual Meeting
- Annual Meeting Workshop Materials
- Southeast Conference Recognizes our “5 for 5” Leadership Churches
- Lonnie King accepts Piedmont College honorary degree
- Annual Meeting 2015 – Registration and Information
- 2015 Annual Meeting Documents
- 2014 Annual Meeting Documents
- Annual Meeting 2014 Registration and Installation for Rev. June Boutwell
- 2013 Annual Meeting Documents
- 2013 Southeast Conference Annual Meeting
- Final TAP Banquet and Commencement
- Youth Lock-in at Annual Meeting
- Category: Around the Conference
- UCC-Affiliated University Recognizes Joyce Myers-Brown
- Executive Director of Back Bay Mission to Speak at Pleasant Hill UCC
- Atlanta UCC Pastor Completes Ironman Competition while Raising $36K for Charity
- Larry Gipson Ordained at Kirkwood UCC
- Marsha Brown Ordained at Phoenix Christian Church
- Statistical Profile of the Southeast Conference, UCC
- Justice grant helps Alabama church open safe space to LGBT teens
- From the Interim Conference Minister: May 15, 2017
- Back Bay Mission: Strengthening Neighborhoods, Seeking Justice, Transforming Lives.
- Spring 2017 Conference Grants Awarded
- A Day of Celebration and Transition in the Southeast Conference
- Bill and Mary Ruth are Partners in Service Volunteers at Uspiritus
- Jennifer Sanders Installed as Licensed Pastor
- Charmaine Penn Johnson Ordained in the UCC
- UCC Southern Region Women’s Retreat: “Joyful Expectation, Peaceful Inspiration!”
- “For Where Your Treasure Is” – Annual Yearbook Reporting
- “Ministry Happens” on MLK Weekend in the Southeast Conference!
- Can We Achieve 100%?
- Interested in a Possible New Church Plant in Myrtle Beach?
- Celebrating a Successful Grant Project: Emmanuel UCC
- Two Ordinations, Two Congregations, One Day!
- Renewal Retreat for Members in Discernment and Persons in Exploration
- Blowing Rock Conference Center Celebrates Bourdon Ministry
- Jan Whiteman Begins Pastorate at First United Church in Belvidere
- Three Congregations Receive New Pastors
- UCC Higher Education Sunday is October 30
- The Wonder of Creation
- 6th Annual Retired Servants Retreat a Success
- Upper Room UCC Fellowship Meets in Nashville on Oct 22
- Fall 2016 Conference Grant Applications Open
- Board of Directors Meets for Orientation Retreat
- Clemson UCC Pastor Travels to Ghana for Mission Trip
- Board of Directors to Meet in Retreat
- Ecclesiastical Council for Three Atlanta-area People
- SECUCC Youth Reflect on the National Youth Event
- Southeast Conference Youth Attend National Youth Event
- Disaster volunteers urgently needed for South Carolina
- Two Local Pastor Retirement Celebrations!
- 6th Annual Retired Servants Conference/ Retreat is Oct 3-5
- LaCretia Bellamy Ordained at Rehoboth Fellowship on May 8
- Caring Community: March 1, 2016
- Appreciating Gerri Hudson
- Caring Community: February 15, 2016
- Kudos for Yearbook Submissions
- Caring Community: February 2016
- Building an Inclusive Church Seminar in Johns Creek, GA
- Celebrating Anna Flowers’ Ordination
- Remembering Alice Marill Kobayashi
- Woodward Academy Chaplain Promotes Diversity
- Winter Youth Retreat 2016 was a Blast!
- Annual Reports Due for UCC Yearbook and Directory
- Spring 2016 Conference Grant Applications Open
- Open Table UCC Launches LGBT Teen Support Group
- Caring Community: January 2016
- Remembering Rev. George Dominick
- Garden of Grace Provides Flood Recovery Assistance
- 50th Anniversary Calendars are here!
- Merry Christmas from your Conference Staff
- Remembering Rev. Harold Schoup
- Remembering Rev. William Bateman
- Amber Kirkendoll is a Brown Endowment Scholar
- Communications Update: Changing to Serve You Better
- 2016 is the 50th Anniversary of the Southeast Conference
- Caring Community: December 2015
- Our Office is Moving to a New Location!
- Clergy Condemn Refusal to Admit Syrian Refugees
- 2015 Southern Region Women’s Retreat
- Garden of Grace Recovering from Flooding
- AL-TN Association Meeting Video and Audio Recordings
- Memorial for Kelly Gissendaner at Central UCC
- 2015 Southern Region Women’s Retreat
- Caring Community: October 2015
- Fall 2015 Conference Grant Applications Open
- 50th Anniversary Commemorative Calendar
- Caring Community: September 2015
- The United Church of Huntsville UCC Builds Labyrinth
- Roots, Reflections, and the Future
- Caring Community: August 2015
- Responding to Recent Events in Charleston and Beyond
- Caring Community: July 2015
- Seeds Planted At The 2005 Synod In Atlanta Are Blooming
- A Bittersweet Day in Charleston
- A Pastoral Letter in response to the shooting at Emanuel AME Church
- Central UCC Supports South Georgia Farmworker Health Project
- Caring Community: June 2015
- Contemporary Churches: Spiritual Transformation of Congregations
- Retired Servants Retreat
- Caring Community: May 2015
- Reflections on Selma
- Celebrating New Grants from Transforming Churches Transforming Lives
- Caring Community: April 2015
- Justice LED Training
- PATHWAYS Level 1 Graduation
- PATHWAYS Leadership Retreat: A Time to Reflect, Envision, and Connect
- A Sabbatical Journey: Exploration in the East-West Dialogue
- Faith Communities Today (FACT)
- Boundaries Training Workshop
- Annual Winter Youth Retreat was a Blast!
- Caring Community: February 2015
- Ecumenical Lenten Carbon Fast
- Important Information for UCC Medical Plan Participants
- Biennial Southern Region UCC Women’s Retreat
- Help with Research About What it Means to be LGBT Clergy
- Scholarships for Theological Education
- Historical Marker Commemorates Rush Memorial
- UCC African-American Women in Ministry Gather at The Franklinton Center
- 2015 Winter Youth Retreat
- Report from the Fall Meeting of the Alabama – Tennessee Association
- An Evening with Ambassador Andrew Young
- Meet Me At the Crossroads
- National UCC recognizes PATHWAYS program of theological education for nontraditional students
- March in the 2014 Atlanta Pride Parade
- 2014 Retired Clergy Retreat
- Emergence Retreat
- PATHWAYS Leaders in Progress
- Regional Youth Event 2014 – Cancelled
- Southern Hospitality and Holy Week
- ONA Blossoms in the “Heart of Dixie”
- Shared, History, Story, Traditions, Dreams, Vision
- Members in Discernment from the SEC Gather in Cleveland to Experience the National Church
- Whirlwinds and Winds of the Spirit – A Message from Rev. June Boutwell
- Beloved Community Damaged by Storm
- Celebrating Kim Sorrells’ Ordination
- PATHWAYS to Launch Level 3 Program in March 2014
- Rev. June Boutwell Elected New Designated Conference Minister
- Recap of United Church Funds’ Annual Investor Conference
- Youth Gather at January’s Winter Youth Retreat
- Upper Room Fellowship St. Valentine’s Potluck at Holy Trinity
- Video from the Special Called Meeting and Rev. June’s Homily
- National Scholarships
- Special Called Meeting to vote on Designated Conference Minister Candidate
- Candidate chosen for new Designated Conference Minister
- Merry Christmas from the staff of the Southeast Conference
- Disaster Ministries in Action – Spotlight on Uplands Village Residents Rich and Holly Nelson
- Tax Exempt Status for Ministers Deemed Unconstitutional
- United Church Fund Investor Conference
- Rush Memorial – Celebrating 100 years as “the little church with the big heart”
- ICM Reflections – Some Money Talk…
- “Love Has No Borders” book features SEC ministers justice work on immigration
- UCC Minister Robert Naylor to be featured on Day 1 radio program
- Praxis UCC in Americus – Ministering through Homeschool Cooperative
- Conference Snapshots – ICM Reflections
- Caring for Veterans “Grand Rounds” Event in Atlanta
- Prayer for Global Ministries trip to the Congo
- Southeast Conference Churches to March Together in Atlanta Pride
- Celebrate Atlanta’s civil rights history at the Atlanta Music Festival
- Trinity Church in Athens, Alabama Celebrates 142 years of serving the community!
- Interim Conference Minister (ICM) Reflections
- What are you using for your Fall Christian Education Curricula?
- Rev. Steven Sterner becomes acting president of Pacific School of Religion
- Loving the Stewardship Season: Webinar!
- Welcome Randy Hyvonen – our new Interim Conference Minister!
- Hymn Singing…During Committee Meeting?
- General Synod recognizes the need for care of veterans
- Resolution responds to violence in Honduras
- Searching for a Designated Conference Minister
- David Sigmund and Jay Greaves Married at General Synod
- Bridging the Gap
- Remembering Roger Knight
- Category: Caring Community
- Caring Community: July 2017
- Caring Community: June 2017
- Caring Community: May 2017
- Caring Community: April 15, 2017
- Caring Community: April 1, 2017
- Caring Community: March 18, 2017
- Caring Community: March 1, 2017
- Caring Community: February 15, 2017
- Caring Community: February 1, 2017
- Caring Community: January 15, 2017
- Caring Community: January 1, 2017
- Caring Community: December 15, 2016
- Caring Community: December 1, 2016
- Caring Community: November 15, 2016
- Caring Community: November 1, 2016
- Caring Community: October 15, 2016
- Caring Community: October 1, 2016
- Caring Community: September 1, 2016
- Caring Community: August 1, 2016
- Caring Community: July 15, 2016
- Caring Community: July 1, 2016
- Caring Community: June 1, 2016
- Caring Community: May 15, 2016
- Caring Community: May 1, 2016
- Caring Community: April 18, 2016
- Caring Community: April 1, 2016
- Remembering Michael McCaulley
- Caring Community: March 15, 2016
- Update on Rev. Michael McCaulley
- Remembering Rev. Richard Lewis “Dick” Lammers
- Category: Commission on Ministry
- Info Session: Preparing for Authorized Ministry on Wed, Feb 15
- Authorizing Ministry in the 21st Century
- Ecclesiastical Council Approves Three Candidates for Ordination
- Commission on Ministry Kick-off Meetings
- Commission on Ministry Training Event & Initial Meetings: July 15-16
- News from the Conference Commission on Ministry
- Category: Conference Minister
- From the Conference Minister: Responding to Hurricane Harvey
- Response to the Charlottesville Events from the Conference Minister
- Blessed… and a Bit Surreal
- From the Interim Conference Minister: May 1, 2017
- Marie’s Musings: April 1, 2017
- Marie’s Musings: March 18, 2017
- June’s Jottings: March 18, 2016
- June’s Jottings: March 1, 2017
- Conference Minister Transition Celebration set for Sat, March 4
- June’s Jottings: February 1, 2017
- Rev. Marie A. Bacchiocchi Announced as Interim Conference Minister
- June’s Jottings: January 1, 2017
- Christmas Greetings from the Conference Staff
- Southeast Conference Moving to “Virtual” Office in January 2017
- June’s Jottings: December 1, 2016
- Jottings from June: November 1, 2016
- Jottings from June: October 1, 2016
- Jottings from June: September 1, 2016
- Jottings from June: August 15, 2016
- Jottings from June: August 1, 2016
- Jottings from June: July 15, 2016
- Jottings from June: July 1, 2016
- Jottings from June: May 15, 2016
- Jottings from June: May 1, 2016
- Jottings from June: April 18, 2016
- Jottings from June: April 1, 2016
- UCC and Episcopal Leaders Statement on Current U.S. Political Climate
- Jottings from June: March 15, 2016
- Jottings from June: March 1, 2016
- Staff Changes at the Conference Office
- Jottings from June: February 15, 2016
- Jottings from June: February 1, 2016
- Jottings from June: January 15, 2016
- Jottings from June: January 1, 2016
- Jottings from June: December 2015
- Jottings from June: November 2015
- Jottings from June: October 2015
- Jottings from June: “A Season of Creation”
- August Jottings from June
- July Jottings from June
- Conference Breakfast Gatherings at General Synod
- June Jottings from June
- May Jottings from June
- April Jottings from June
- March Jottings from June
- February Jottings from June
- January Jottings from June
- November Jottings from June
- October Jottings from June
- 100 Days in Office
- Defending Religious Freedom for Equal Marriage
- ICM Reflections – Preparing the Table
- ICM Reflections – Music and Hospitality
- ICM Reflections – Leaving the Light On
- Category: Featured
- Category: General Synod
- Synod Wrap-Up Video Blog: “All of Me”
- National UCC Leaders Visit Southeast Conference Caucus
- A Day of Independence… for All?
- Antoinette Brown Trailblazer Awards
- Duck, Duck, Duck… Nativity?
- The PATHWAYS Experience
- Unexpected Gifts
- Who is the 3 to 5 Percent?
- Open Table UCC Shares Free2Be Support Group at Synod
- Letting God Work
- Awesome Attendance by the Southeast Conference at General Synod
- Living Across Religious Traditions: A Breath of Fresh Air
- Synod: More of a Family Reunion than a Meeting
- General Synod: Surprisingly Exhausting — and Glad!
- We’re Heading to Baltimore!
- Category: Generosity
- Job Opening: Generosity Coordinator
- Big Success in South Georgia from a Church Grant recipient!
- One Great Hour of Sharing is UCC Lenten Offering
- Annual 2016 Conference Giving Report
- 2016 Christmas Fund: God’s Love Colors Everything
- UCC Partners in Service Volunteering
- Celebrating 2016 Fall Grant Recipients
- Third Quarter Giving Reports Distributed
- Neighbors in Need (NIN) Special Mission Offering
- Celebrating New Grant Recipients
- One Great Hour of Sharing 2016
- Will Your Church be “5 for 5” in 2015?
- Fall 2015 Conference Grants Awarded
- Neighbors in Need Special Mission Offering
- November Generosity Corner
- Generosity Corner for June 2014
- Category: History
- A Prayer of Thanksgiving for the Southeast Conference
- Memories of a Southern Sojourn
- Errand in the Wilderness: Congregationalism in Appalachia
- A Kudzu Pilgrimage: Liberal Congregationalism in the Southland
- German Evangelicals and Swiss Reformed Seek Zion in the Southland
- The Christians of Alabama and Georgia
- The Congregational Methodist Church
- The American Missionary Association
- Puritan Days
- Reconciling Racial Differences
- One Spring Saturday
- Project 66-16 Special: The Day the Southeast Conference Was Born
- Project 66-16 Special, Part Two: Why “Project 66-16”?
- Project 66-16 Special, Part One: The Fifteen Traditions of the Southeast Conference
- “Down South News” history will soon be available online
- Shifting the Demographics of the South
- Did You Know: the SEC is 46 Years Young!
- Our Southeast Conference
- American Missionary Association
- Host of the 25th General Synod
- Christian Connection in Alabama and Georgia
- Category: Justice and Mission
- Transgender Pride Flag Designed by Member of Pilgrimage UCC in Marietta, GA
- Work Camp Trip to Back Bay Mission
- Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Training at TACC Starts January 17
- Mary and Bill Ruth Commissioned as UCC Partners in Service
- Is Your Congregation Environmentally Conscious?
- Global Ministries Speakers Available to Local Churches
- Voting Faithfully: Resources from the UCC, Episcopal and Lutheran churches
- Attention Youth: Help Refugees, Win Scholarships!
- Observe Just Peace Sunday on Sept 18
- UCC invites churches to lead by “Building Bridges” with Muslim neighbors
- Faith Leaders Call for Morality in Politics
- Our Faith, Our Vote
- Sister Helen Prejean Presentation at Uplands
- Moral Political Organizing Leadership Institute and Summit
- Urgent Call for UCC Response to Anti-Muslim Rallies
- Global Ministries Refugee Response
- Prayers for Racial Justice on Sunday, August 9
- March Forth for Literacy
- Open Table hosts Fundraiser for Family Rights
- Project One Read
- Mission 4:1 Earth brought environmental care and UCC unity according to study
- Another UCC First… new environmental resolution from Synod
- Category: Local Church News
- First Congregational Atlanta Celebrates their Sesquicentennial
- Kirkwood UCC Consecrates New $1.2M Campus and Sanctuary
- Edward Colf Ordained at United Church Huntsville
- Day 1 Benefit Honors 2017 Community Leaders of Faith
- Remembering Dr. Erna Ballantine Bryant
- A Charlie Brown Christmas at Kirkwood UCC
- Peace Church Provides “Thank You” Cookies to Students
- Birmingham Congregations Join to Celebrate
- Rehoboth Fellowship of Atlanta Received into Full Local Church Standing
- Emmanuel UCC Received into Full Local Church Standing
- 250+ People “Break Down the Walls” in Huntsville Gathering
- Church of the Savior Observes Transgender Day of Remembrance on Nov 20
- UCC Responses to the Mass Shooting in Orlando
- Peace Church Response to Clemson Sit-In Protests
- Clothing for Migrant Farm Workers
- Two Installations in One Day
- Camp Beech Grove Returns this Summer to Central UCC
- Otis Moss of Trinity UCC Chicago Coming to Atlanta
- Tribute to Channing R. Jeschke, Candler School of Theology Librarian
- Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living
- Pilgrim Art Ministry in Birmingham, AL
- Peace Church in Clemson Provides Food to Needy
- Providing Hope at Christmas and Beyond
- Gospel Choice Awards 2015 Chosen Pastor
- Real Inspiration Ministry Celebrates their 7th Anniversary
- Job Posting: Director of Music Ministries
- Camp Beech Grove begins this summer at Central in Atlanta
- Tornado Cleanup and Trinity Congregational Church in Athens
- Update from Beloved Community
- Special jazz homecoming weekend at First Church in Atlanta
- Category: Moderator's Message
- Moderator’s Message: May 1, 2017
- Moderator’s Message: March 18, 2017
- Moderator’s Message: February 15, 2017
- Moderator’s Message: January 15, 2017
- Moderator’s Message: December 15, 2016
- Moderator’s Message: November 15, 2016
- Moderator’s Message: October 15, 2016
- Moderator’s Message: September 15, 2016
- Category: National Church
- “Exploring UCC History, Polity, and Theology” Now Available
- What Church Vitality Is Not
- 2017 UCC Southern Region Women’s Retreat
- African American Women Convene for Biennial Conference: “Sisters’ Lives Matter“
- UCC Web Partner Offering Free Church Websites
- 2017 UCC Ministry Education Scholarships
- Health and Human Service Sunday is Sunday, January 29, 2017
- UCC National Officers Respond to US Election
- Revised and Updated: Any Body, Every Body, and Christ’s Body
- Regional Theological Education Consortium
- UCC Disaster Ministries Responds to Hurricane Matthew
- One Year In: A Retrospective Report from the General Minister and President
- More UCC Chaplains Needed by US Armed Services
- UCC Disaster Ministries Support for Flooding in Louisiana
- The Orlando massacre: join our Florida churches in prayer Tuesday at 11 a.m. EDT
- UCC, ONA Statements Regarding the Orlando Tragedy
- God is Still Speaking 2.0 Local Church Toolkit Available
- Free Webinar Series – White Privilege: Let’s Talk
- EcoLoans Available from Cornerstone
- UCC ‘Spotlight’ Discussion Guide a Meaningful Conversation Starter
- National Youth Event: July 26-30 at Disney
- Health & Human Service Sunday: January 31
- UCC Clergywomen Leadership Conference
- Bi-vocational Ministry Conference: April 15-16 at St. Simons
- UCC Ministry Education Scholarships Available
- Still Speaking 2.0 UCC Identity Campaign
- StillSpeaking Writers in Atlanta on Thurs, Dec 3
- Ernst & Young Financial Planning Services
- Dakota Association Church Burns
- Reflections from General Synod 2015
- Highlights from Synod 2015: Day 1
- General Synod 30 in Cleveland
- Three ONA UCC churches featured on PBS this weekend!
- Category: PATHWAYS
- Fall 2017 PATHWAYS Course Registration Now Open
- PATHWAYS is pleased to announce their Fall 2017 course offerings
- PATHWAYS Explorer Course: “What Does the Bible Say About Friendship?”
- “Good Sabbath! Restoring Your Soul” Course Registration Open
- PATHWAYS UCC Polity Course Begins February 20. Register Today!
- PATHWAYS Explorer Course Registration Now Open
- PATHWAYS Faculty Member of the Year 2016
- A Season of Harvest
- PATHWAYS introduces the Explorer Series Courses
- Change and Conflict in Congregational Life
- Congratulations PATHWAYS Level 1 Graduates!
- PATHWAYS Advisory Committee Seeking Members
- UCC History & Polity Course Starts Jan 20
- PATHWAYS Celebrates Fall Commencement
- PATHWAYS in Progress: Launching a New Cohort
- PATHWAYS: Deep Gladness
- The Road Less Traveled
- Want to Transform the World? Maybe PATHWAYS is for You!
- PATHWAYS 2014 Global Theological Education trip
- Category: Trainings
- Mediation Skills Training Institute for Church Leaders
- Healthy Boundaries for Clergy and Church Leaders 2017
- Continuing Ed Opportunities for Clergy and Church Leaders
- 66% Off National Church Leadership Institute for UCC Clergy
- Upcoming free Webinars about reVision from CPR
- Seeking the Beloved Community: A Community Conversation
- Embrace Your Truth Workshop: Feb 6 in Atlanta
- Healthy Boundaries for Clergy and Church Leaders
- Live and Learn Lunches from the Training and Counseling Center
- Opportunity to Gain Emotional Intelligence and HR Skills
- Caring Connections Conference in Nashville, Tennessee
- Category: Uncategorized
- Category: Youth