The Just Peace Team will be meeting monthly and the next meeting will be at 7:00 in the church lounge on Tuesday, March 27th. Tentatively, we will be meeting on the last Tuesday if the month The Team is very grateful to everyone for their unanimous approval of the Statement to Become a Just Peace…
13Mar
Around The Board Table
At the meeting of the Governing Board held Tuesday, February 13, the Governing Board voted to appoint Dick Roberts as its Chair and Laurie Brookes as its Vice Chair for the 2018-19 term. In addition, Bryan Klimkiewicz offered to work with Laurie as a de facto co-vice chair. We reappointed the following to serve as…
30Jan
Around The Board Table
Governance Structure and New Bylaws Our church’s Annual Meeting on January 28, 2018 will include an important vote on whether to adopt new Bylaws, which would make our current trial governance structure permanent. Based on feedback from the Board, Lead Ministry Coordinators, Church Officers, and the Open Forum on Church Governance Structure held Sunday, November…
30Jan
From The Just Peace Team
Sisters and brothers in faith, members and friends, we are the Storrs Congregational Church in this day and hour. Since spring,2017, some of us, (the Just Peace Team) have been gathering to learn about Just Peace, and Just Peace churches in the United Church of Christ. Now we, the team, feel ourselves led by the…
19Jan
2018 Annual Meeting Agenda & Info
2018 Annual Business Meeting of the Congregation January 28, 2018 following the 10:00 am worship service Pursuant to the bylaws of our congregation, the members of the Storrs Congregational Church are called to the Annual Business Meeting of the Church, to be held January 28, 2018, in the Parish House Auditorium following the 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning worship…
17Dec
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Just Peace Churches And Some Beginning Answers
What are Just Peace churches? In the United Church of Christ, Just Peace churches are those congregations who, after study, prayer, and reflection, intentionally and publicly commit to work for a Just Peace for all. This work is directed toward correcting the systemic causes of injustice, especially issues of public policy. Most often, as we…
13Dec
Around the Board Table – November Meeting
The agenda of the Governing Board’s November 14 meeting included several important topics. Just Peace Initiative Rev. Alice O’Donovan attended the Board meeting on behalf of the Just Peace Team to present and discuss the “Proposed Statement of Commitment to Become a Just Peace Church” and to request that adoption of the statement by the…
19Nov
A Note from the Just Peace Taskforce
Can We Solve the Problem of Gun Violence in the United States? By Kathy Lindner, member of the Just Peace Team Over the next several months, The Carillon will feature a series of articles exploring what it means to become a Just Peace Congregation. In this installment, Just Peace team member Kathy Lindner asks the…
16Oct
A Note from the Just Peace Taskforce
War is not the answer… Over the next several months, The Carillon will feature a series of articles exploring what it means to become a Just Peace Congregation. In this installment, the Rev. Alice O’Donovan ponders peacemaking, asking, “If war is not the answer, what is the question?” In September 1953 I entered fifth grade…
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