Election season is in full swing. It feels to me as if an election cycle has never been stranger, the rhetoric more heated, or our choices more important. The polarization and divisiveness of our nation is on full display as we watch the back and forth among candidates up and down the ballot, our country’s most difficult and painful issues lightning rods for debate.
God calls the Minnesota Conference UCC to equip a courageous Church alive with Christ’s transforming love. An important aspect of that call is helping churches attract and cultivate clergy with the skills to lead a changing church in a changing world. This can be an especially big challenge in rural areas.
The Minnesota Conference is offering a new Courage to Lead series using an extended, virtual model of gathering together. We have redesigned this experience to meet the new demands of ministry during a pandemic.
For several mornings in a row, I awakened with the strains of an old hymn immediately on my lips. “When peace like a river attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll,
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say:
It is well, it is well with my soul.”
In this time of continued physical distancing, it is more important than ever to find new ways to connect. That’s why we invite you to join The Damascus Project Network.
What is chaplaincy like during COVID-19? Read about the moving experiences of four chaplains working in hospitals, hospices, and jails.