Pacific Northwest Conference United Church of Christ

WHO ARE WE– THE PNC OF THE UCC?

Meet the staff of the Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Church of Christ.

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Rev. Michael Denton -- Conference Minister PNCUCC Mark Boyd -- Managing Director – Camp N-Sid-Sen Deeg Nelson -- Managing Director – Pilgrim Firs Ms. Arlene Hobson -- Executive Administrator Ms. Michelle Johansen –- Accounting Manager

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The local churches

Volunteers who make up the Committees, Board of Directors, and Interest Groups

WHAT WE DO – THE PNC OF THE UCC?

• Help strengthen the life of the local churches and their congregations.

• We offer opportunities to clergy, lay leaders, and congregations through continuing education.

• We offer required ethics/boundary training to clergy and members in discernment.

• We help churches be informed on issues of local, national, and international concern.

• Keep churches and congregations informed on the needs of others world wide.

WHAT WE DO – THE PNC OF THE UCC?

• Produce a monthly leadership packet.

• Distribute a newsletter sharing news about church and conference activities.

• Distribute materials which assist congregations, clergy, and lay members.

• Help congregations understand their relationships with their local church and the national church.

KEEP OURSELVES INFORMED OF ISSUES OF CONCERN Support Tent City 4 Support the wider church!

Support a mission project EVERY month!

Emergency Feeding Programs Share in fellowship...

Gather for Adult Education..

Assist congregations and individuals directly through the guidance (and sometimes dollars) provided by the Church Development Committee, Educational Specialists, and Stewardship.

• Refinancing with the Cornerstone Fund • Making Our Churches Safe for All • Pastoral ethics/boundary training?

YOU SUPPORT THE WIDER CHURCH

Neighbors in Need

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OUR CHURCHES WIDER MISSION (OCWM)

THE PNCUCC SUPPORTS THE OCWM CAMPAIGN OF THE NATIONAL UCC DENOMINATION AND THROUGH EVERY DOLLAR THEY COLLECT, 70% OF IT STAYS IN THE PNCUCC AND 30% GOES TO THE NATIONAL UCC.

70 Cents goes to PNCUCC 30 Cents goes to the National UCC

National funding supports

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• General Ministries (the people who focus on nurturing our wider covenant, and do the major task of representing us to the world, as well as connecting all the threads of “us”) • Local Church Ministries (church development, worship and educational resources and more) • Wider Church Ministries (global ministries with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); multiracial, multicultural, accessible ministries)

National funding supports:

• United Church Foundation and Cornerstone Fund facilities).

(to exercise our stewardship of resources for strengthening the mission of the church – and the repair, renovation, improvement and expansion of church • The Pension Boards (administers annuity and retirement, medical & dental health insurance plans, and other ministerial assistance programs for the UCC).

• Justice and Witness Ministries (provides information and a call to do justice, seek peace, and build community through public witness, policy advocacy, and issue education).

LEARN MORE ABOUT “US” THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST by Visiting the national website ucc.org and the conference website pncucc.org.

By attending the Annual Meeting and any other area-wide gatherings.

• Participate on a committee or volunteering in any other way in the Conference by letting the Ministry Resource Committee know of your interest.

LEARN MORE ABOUT “US”

 If you want to know more about some of our ministries, would like assistance for your church in some area of ministry, or would like to find additional ways to contribute but don’t know who to contact, call the Pacific Northwest Conference Office

206-725-8383/ 800-954-8777

or e-mail [email protected]

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