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1. The New “Guide” is Online!
   

2.    Called To Educational and Formational Ministries: A Guide for Local Churches, Educators, and Youth Workers is now available for viewing and downloading here on the AUCE website. Its purpose is to guide churches, educators, youth workers, and others who wish to utilize best practices for engaging in educational and faith formational ministries in the church—everything from how to create a position description to interviewing to compensation guidelines and benefits and more. Click here to access “The Guide.”

1. FAITH PRACTICES UPDATES!
   

2. Visit www.ucc.org/faith-practices to see the exciting changes and new pricing offered for these invaluable UCC resources.

1. AUCE Is the Voice of Christian Formation
   

2.    AUCE’s Chairperson, Debbie Gline Allen, shares highlights and important news from the AUCE Coordinating Committee’s annual meeting held at the UCC Church House in September. Click here to read her report.

1. The Mid-Atlantic Association of United Church Educators has created a scholarship fund for Christian educators in memory of Norma Koenig.
   

2. Click here and scroll to the bottom of the page for donation information.

1. AUCE is Supporting Faith Practices on Your Behalf!
   

2. Click on the links below to read the communications between Ben Guess, Executive Minister of Local Church Ministries, and the AUCE Coordinating Committee. There you also will learn what the future holds for our Faith Practices resources.
   

3. Follow Up Letter from Meeting with AUCE & Ben Guess
   

4. Faith Practices letter from Ben Guess
   

5. If you would like to share your comments, please send us an e-mail at info@auce-ucc.org or post on the AUCE E-group.

1. The End-of-the-Year E-mailing was sent on December 10th.
   

2. Many of the items featured in it appear as bulleted news items below. The Member’s Issue includes the link to the AUCE Members’ Webpage that features resources and articles just for AUCE members. Not a member? Click here to join!

1. Education and Youth Events for Educators in 2012
   

2.    Click here for a listing of a wide variety of education/formation and youth events for Christian educators, youth leaders, and youth.

1. Take the Faith Practices Survey!
   

2.    Click here to give your feedback on Faith Practices by February 15th.

1. Visit the UCC Education Webpage
   

2.    A new interview with Doug Pagitt, founder of Solomon’s Porch, has been added to the UCC Education webpage. Visit www.ucc.org/education and click on “Dialogues on Christian Faith Formation and Education.”