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Here you will find resources and support for your church’s educational and formational ministries.
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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.”
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FAITH PRACTICES UPDATES! -
Visit www.ucc.org/faith-practices to see the exciting changes and new pricing offered for these invaluable UCC resources.
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The Mid-Atlantic Association of United Church Educators has created a scholarship fund for Christian educators in memory of Norma Koenig.
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Click here and scroll to the bottom of the page for donation information.
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The UCC Christian Faith Formation Report is Available -
Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi, Minister for Christian Faith Formation Research, has completed her report based on numerous interviews and survey results compiled over the course of this year with educators and experts within and beyond the UCC. Click here to download and read this comprehensive and insightful report. Click here for the abbreviated executive summary.
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AUCE Chairperson’s Report on Shifts in UCC Support for Faith Formation
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Debbie Gline Allen reports on the meeting held at the Church House in Cleveland the last week of September to discuss the future of faith formation in the UCC based on the Christian Faith Formation & Education in the UCC report. Click here to read her message and respond to info@auce-ucc.org with your feedback to assist the AUCE Coordinating Committee in making some critical decisions about the future of faith formation in our denomination.
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Ben Guess Shares New Directions for UCC Faith Formation
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Rev. J. Bennet Guess, Executive Minister of Local Church Ministries, shares plans for moving faith formation forward in the United Church of Christ based on the recommendations from the report on Christian Faith Formation and Education in the UCC. Click here to read his letter to UCC educators.
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Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi Shares a Spring Update on UCC Faith Formation
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A new Faith Formation Ministry Team is being created at the national offices of the United Church of Christ. Click here to read more.
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AUCE Remembers Susan P. Dickerman
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Click here for information about how you can contribute to a memorial garden.
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2013 Curriculum Overview Charts
The Spring issue of the Lifelong Faith Journal is now is now available to download for free!
UCC Faith Formation Update: Staffing Changes
