Posts by Jim Foudy (Page 22)

Profile Writing Team Update and How You Can Help

The Church Profile Writing Team is hard at work. Members are gathering information, starting conversations with church members and addressing the pages of questions presented by the United Church of Church Local Church Profile Template They are working with Rev. Peter Wells, former Area Minister for the Massachusetts UCC. The profile, which will be completed in September, will describe who we are as…

Map of bike route to the Climate Change Rally in D.C.

Open this post and click on this Climate Ride link for a map of the route Rev. Peter Ives, Rev. Andrea Ayvazian and others will be taking as they ride bicycles (and hop trains to get around congested urban areas) from Northampton to the Global Climate Change Rally in Washington D.C. on April 29.

A lesson in acceptance at Micky D’s

By ANN TURNER — Does it seem at times as if we have fallen through the rabbit hole in “Alice in Wonderland”? The things which we took for granted: –health care –protections for workers –clean air –an end to coal –respect for women’s bodies –protections for the LGBTQ community…

Church committee offers update on work to safeguard immigrants, aid refugees

P&JSC Report on Refugee and Immigrant work. Refugees The Haydenville Congregational Churh (HCC) has a Circle of Care under the umbrella of P&J and the leadership of Lisa Hall. All members of the Circle are oriented and all have completed the paperwork required by Catholic Charities, the resettlement agency. With the Republican Administration’s travel ban and the stoppage of all refugees for 120…

Progressives urged to organize now

A story from the Gazette March 27. Progressives urged by congressmen to organize now