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Conference Minister's Corner - 11-11-2025
My husband Brad’s birthday is at the end of October. And rather than declare just that day for his birthday, he has, for as long as I’ve known him, declared the entire month of October as his birthday month. Fortunately, for me, he doesn’t expect a gift every day, but he does rave continually about how wonderful his birthday month is: how beautiful the weather is, how wonderful the colors of the trees are, or how nice the autumn rain is for the one or two days it rains. And h
Rev. Linda Hirst
16 hours ago2 min read
Conference Minister's Corner - 11/4/2025
“Believing that fear makes us safer is heresy.” As many of you know, I spent last week in Washington DC with 19 of my Conference Minister colleagues. We were there to engage in Advocacy particularly around the issues of immigration and LGBTQ+ inclusion. There was a lot that happened during these few days and I know I will write at least once more about what happened. For this, I am going to focus on the happenings of last Wednesday, October 29 th . That was our main day of
Rev. Gordon Rankin
Nov 43 min read
Rev. Derek Terry: Annual Meeting Keynote Speech
Standing Stones: Bravery, Not Just Welcome Rev. Derek A. Terry – Keynote for the New Hampshire Conference of the UCC (10/25/2025) Cincinnati has a women’s choir. Muse: Cincinnati Women’s Choir. A member of my church was a long time singer in the choir invited me to hear her choir sing. And I’ll be honest with you, I went begrudgingly. I’ve heard a lot of choirs in my life, and I thought, ‘Alright, this is going to be sweet — maybe a little corny.’ But I was wrong. It was powe
Rev. Derek Terry
Nov 45 min read
Conference Minister's Corner - 10/21/2025
“You’ve got spunk” is a classic line spoken by newsroom editor Lou Grant to Mary Richards as she interviewed for a job at WJM-TV, channel 12, in Minneapolis. Mary Richards, star of the sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore show, takes this as a compliment. To which Lou Grant replies: “I hate spunk”. Mary got the job anyway. I just returned from the Maine Conference UCC’s Annual Meeting held at Pilgrim Lodge where instead of the 600 people who used to attend 20 years ago there were 174
Rev. Linda Hirst
Oct 211 min read
Conference Minister's Corner 10-14-2025
Do You Have A Church or a Club? By The Reverend Walt Hampton, J.D., CFC Transitional Associate Conference Minister for Judicatory Ministries The congregation found itself in turmoil. Someone new had begun attending worship; someone with a difficult, storied past. Some members were deeply uncomfortable. A few threatened to leave. Others demanded that before this person could join the congregation, they’d need to stand up, confess their sins, and ask for forgiveness before bein
Rev. Walt Hampton
Oct 145 min read
Conference Minister's Corner 10-07-2025
This past weekend was our Confirmation Retreat up at Horton Center. Every person in our gathered community engaged in wonderful...
Rev. Gordon Rankin
Oct 71 min read
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