For the past few years a representative of the Mission & Service team has been attending the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force general meetings. If you would like more information on this organization please see their website: www.OChumantrafficking.com. Orange County is one of the most impacted areas in the
Continue readingSofia Portillo explains what factory farming is, how it ties to social and racial justice issues and possible solutions in this presentation made earlier this summer to IUCC’s Green Faith Committee. The video can’t be embedded but the link should take you to a video recording of the event. https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/_dYpKrz-q1xObJ3jyBHicPdmLN79aaa8hHRKr6Ben0q2lpN3znTF3au9U7LVKmD5
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Family Promise’s Gala brought great results! More than $109,000 was raised. It was a well-attended virtual event. Many thanks to Pastor Dave for sharing IUCC’s support for the good work of Family Promise in a short video. More great news! In the months of Covid-19 stress and quarantine, IUCC members
Continue readingEvery registered voter in Orange County will get a ballot mailed to them on October 5. You can return that ballot in three ways.
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Sign-ups begin August 1 for new women’s book discussion groups, featuring three new titles to choose from. The 10-week session will begin in September via ZOOM.
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Irvine United Congregational Church reopened the Early Childhood Center on July 6 with an eye toward keeping children and teachers safe. Classroom size is reduced for each classroom. Each room is thoroughly cleaned daily, and children as well as adults are washing their hands frequently and wearing masks. Children and
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The harsh reality of hunger in Orange County is that 1 in 5 children are food insecure, unsure of where their next meal will come from.Food donations are needed now more than ever. Families without housing are particularly at-risk during the COVID-19 outbreak. Let’s help to fill their shelves with
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Irvine United Congregational Church is delighted to announce that the Rev. Dr. Pastor Sarah Halverson-Cano has answered the call to be our next pastor. Her first official day at IUCC will be in September. The Search Committee conducted a nationwide search – reviewing many candidate profiles from all across the
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As a person of faith, I am still listening for the hopeful and encouraging word of a living and loving God who is still speaking. I am listening to the pain of the moment, most especially to the anger and longings of the oppressed, and I am asking God, humbly
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If you have seen our IUCC Chancel Choir members sing the Gathering Song, you know what a “Virtual Choir” looks like. Director of Music Chris Peterson would like to invite anyone (not just the choir) to be part of this if they want. “I am adding faces each week, and
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