As we head into the holiday season, needs increase for those in our community who lack the basic necessities such as food, warmth and shelter. Support our Y@SCC group as they lace up their shoes and walk, regardless of the cold, the climate and their own personal needs – just like those who have no…
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…
03Oct
A Seat at the Table
Come for all things are now ready. (Luke 14:17b) Yes that’s right UCC New England Women’s celebration is finally happening. This is the tenth celebration of all UCC women in New England. Gather your girlfriends, mothers, daughters and any other woman of the church for a time of worship, fellowship and wonderful workshops. When? you…
01Mar
Women’s Fellowship Spring Program Highlights ‘Hands on Hartford’
The Women’s Fellowship Spring Program and Luncheon on March 9 will feature a talk by a former interim pastor at Storrs Congregational Church on her experiences with Hands On Hartford, a social service nonprofit organization that serves Hartford’s neediest residents in the areas of food, housing, and economic security. The Reverend Karen Bailey-Francois, associate pastor at…
16Mar
UCC UConn shares ASB trip experiences from South Carolina
UCC UConn shares Alternative Spring Break experiences from South Carolina UCC UConn, the campus ministry student group at the University of Connecticut affiliated with us here at Storrs Congregational Church UCC, is hard at work assisting with disaster recovery needs in coastal South Carolina this week, March 13th to 19th. Working through Presbyterian Disaster Assistance—the…
28Mar
Opportunity to respond to Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu
Opportunity to respond to Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu Word and images are only just arriving from the stricken islands of Vanuatu, struck last weekend by Category 5 Cyclone Pam – and this in the wake of an earthquake and a volcano eruption in the last two weeks. The UCC’s Executive for Disaster Ministries, Zachary Wolgemuth,…
20Mar
Opportunity to help end mass incarceration
An opportunity to help in the effort to end mass incarceration In October, ministers and delegates to the Connecticut Conference of the UCC overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for changes to law and to its enforcement that will reduce the incarceration of non-violent offenders. (Pastor Matt touched on this briefly in a Carillon article subsequent…
11Mar
Follow SCC’s travelers to Israel-Palestine
Follow SCC’s travelers to Israel-Palestine Yesterday, Pastor Nancy and three of our high school youth–Laura Blum, Hannah Montgomery, and Carly Smith–headed out on their trip to Israel-Palestine with the Tree of Life Educational Fund. You can learn more about the 2015 Tree of Life Journey trip at: http://www.tolef.org/journeys/tol-journey-march-2015/ You can follow a blog with live…
04Feb
Learn about our 2015 Tree Of Life trip & participants
2015 Tree Of Life Trip to Israel-Palestine About the trip The Tree of Life Educational Fund (TOL) provides cross-cultural and transnational travel experiences, interfaith conferences and educational opportunities to help participants to become more enlightened and more engaged in making this a more just and peaceful world in which to live. The March 10th to…
04Sep
Matters of Faith: Social Issues Film Series – Fall 2014
Matters of Faith: Social Issues Film Series On four Friday nights this fall, join us at Storrs Congregational Church UCC for a look at crucial concerns in our world today through the lens of four timely documentaries. From the ways that the “War on Drugs” is creating racial injustice while crippling the American justice system,…