Ecclesiastical Councils Three

Three Councils over 8 days; two churches; a couple hundred miles in between - but the same result each time.


Christ Hinkle

Alan Joplin

Beth Frigard


All successfully completed their Ecclesiastical Council. The first two were held at First Congregational UCC in Tempe, and the last one at Rincon UCC in Tucson.

We lift them each up in prayer as their new vocational careers in ministry begin. May it please God to bless them along the way.

It Is Official:

W. Mark Clark has been elected as the Associate General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ.

Let me share our deep and profound joy for and pride in this child of the Southwest Conference.

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Immokalee farm workers (who led a successful boycott of Taco Bell for using tomatoes picked by underpaid and abused farm workers) were present and led a March to protest Publix Supermarkets. We marched with them and led our protest for their own use of underpaid farm workers. We came out in large numbers on this 4th of July - I am so proud of the United Church of Christ!