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2023 STEWARDSHIP WEBINARS

Webinars offered from 6:30 to 7:30pm Central Time

A new year brings new opportunities to learn and grow in faith. PATHWAYS Theological Education, Inc. is pleased to announce our January term online, asynchronous courses that are accessible and affordable for curious Progressive Christians.

Antoinette Brown Award Nominations: Celebrating the life and ministry of Antoinette Brown and all women in ordained ministry, the national setting announces that nominations for the Antoinette Brown Award are open until January 31, 2023.

Where did the year go? I imagine this is a familiar question many of us ponder as we near the final week of Advent, moving from darkness toward the light that is the birth of Jesus with the holiday season of Christmas and New Year’s just around the corner.

In addition to fostering love for others, we must work towards disrupting the hate that takes away our LGBTQ+ siblings’ ability to have life and life abundantly.

A new day has been dawning for the church in all the world. Maybe we don’t really need to be wide awake, ready for a fresh start. Maybe it’s okay to show up, bleary-eyed, coffee cup in hand, tired of being tired, and ready for a change.

We're excited to officially announce the 2023 KO Annual Meeting for September 29-30 at Mayflower UCC in Oklahoma City!

The KO Conference has an instagram presence! We’re just getting started, with many posts to come! Over the weeks and months, we’ll be adding content, build a following, and having a lot of fun sharing pictures, thoughts, and stories with the world.

The UCC will focus our Giving Tuesday efforts on raising dollars for environmental justice work this year. Environmental justice will remain our Giving Tuesday focus for the next several years.

My wife (Dr. Mandy Todd) and I moved from Colorado to Kansas just a few months ago. A return for her (she grew up in Junction City and went to college in Lindsborg!), we are already starting to feel at home. And we are beginning to get a sense for our place here in ministry and in the community.

With fearlessness and creativity, melding a rich combination of innovation and tradition, Marta and Mandy are committed to creating intentional gathering spaces within their individual congregational settings and within the Jesus Has Left the Building community.

There are 5 Clergy, Coffee, and Conversation meetings left in 2022!

Whether your church is taking its first steps towards an Open and Affirming covenant, or you’re already ONA and looking to revive your commitment to LGBTQ+ justice, the ONA Coalition has a webinar for you!

Healthy, strong connections allow us to care for one another, cheer each other on, celebrate, and lament together - growing more fully into the beautiful multifaceted gem we truly are.

On Friday, October 14, the Committee on Ministry gathered as a whole ahead of our KO Conference Annual Meeting to hold interviews for two Members in Discernment (MIDs).

Our newest KO Member in Discernment had a very good reason to be excused from this year's Annual Meeting: they were attending a first-time-ever in-person gathering of their seminary cohort after beginning the program in the midst of the Covid pandemic!

We have two opportunities for Zoom conversations about our Annual Meeting experience, and we hope everyone will be able to attend one of these sessions.

Pam Schonauer Ordination at Church of the Open Arms in Oklahoma City - Sat. Nov. 5th at 4pm

Discover new ways to communicate, solve problems and lead more effectively within your organization, community, and family. Sharpen interpersonal skills, self-awareness, and confidence.