UPDATE: Due to health concerns, this class has been postponed. Homelessness has reached crisis levels both locally and nationally. Many factors, including misinformation and myths, contribute to this growing problem. This Homelessness 101 presentation will provide information and answer some of the most frequently asked questions about this issue.
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IUCC’s Mission and Service Ministry is partnering with the Global Ministries Committee of regional UCC and DOC churches to bring clean water to people in need. The committee has sent work teams to Nicaragua over the last decade. They have worked on reforestation projects and rebuilt a water system that
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On January 24, 13 IUCC members and one friend toured Republic Services residential recycling facility in Anaheim. Terry LePage and other members of the GREEENfaith Committee organized the trip. Here’ are her comments: “The scale is truly impressive! Recycling Coordinator Cathy Nguyen gave an insider’s view on the challenges of
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Join the IUCC GREENfaith Committee on Friday, Jan. 24 for the “Recycling: See for Yourself” tour. Carpool from church at 9:45 am if possible; tour starts at 10:30 am. RSVP required! What really happens to the things you put in your recycling bin? Our expert host Cathy Nguyen, recycling
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The Mission and Services Ministry coordinates collection bins for donations to various IUCC-supported efforts. Here's what to expect in 2020.
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A group of seven, including Randy Romine, Ken Matsuyama, Colleen McNamara, Lavinia Cooper and Apoorva Ghosh from IUCC and Rev. Nancy Bacon UCC Tehachapi and Rev. Bill Freeman UCC Chatsworth. On Friday Nov. 8 they spent a day at the border guided by a longtime Mexican missionary Rev. Chuck Shawver.
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Would you like to make a difference in the life of a child and warm your heart at the same time? IUCC has had a long standing relationship with Families Forward. This wonderful organization helps local OC families who are homeless or at risk. This year IUCC is honored to
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Randy Romine and Ken Matsuyama will lead a Global Ministries visit and service project to our UCC/DOC Global Ministries Partner Organization, Albergue Las Memorias on May 3-4. The trip, originally scheduled for April, was postponed to May. Las Memorias is a residential hospice and addiction support facility for HIV positive
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With apologies to Kermit the Frog … sometimes it isn’t easy to know how to be “green” correctly. You’ll begin to notice new blue and green receptacles, in the new meeting rooms and at coffee hour on Sunday mornings. But what goes in them? First, anything with food or beverage remains is NOT recyclable. That
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Mission and Service members journeyed to Tijuana, Mexico, to the Albergue Las Memorias HIV shelter. Their efforts are included in an article written by Stella Perez for Connection Voices, an e-newsletter for the Southern California Nevada Conference of the United Church of Christ.
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