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WE ARE DISCIPLES
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African-American Ministries All Peoples Community Center AllianceQ Chapman University Church Relations Disaster Recovery Ministry Disciples Seminary Foundation Eastmont Community Center Hispanic Convención NAPAD (N. American Pacific Asian Disciples) Older Adult Ministries Pro-Reconciliation Anti-Racism Ministry Project Impact Young Adult Ministries Youth Ministry
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Find a PSWR Congregation General Church Resources Grants & Scholarships Missions & Advocacy Publicize Your Event Prayer Calendar 2025
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Clergy Training Continuing Education DOC Lectionary Grants & Scholarships Pulpit Supply Search & Call General Church Resources Publicize Your Event Theological Foundations for Ministry
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Upcoming Regional Events Virtual Youth Event, May 2025 Winter & Summer Camps for Youth Regional Assembly 2024 Highlights PSWR Photo Gallery
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Christ’s Church is Always Moving Toward Wholeness

As the Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations Committee (EIRC), a joint ministry of the PSWR and Southern California Nevada Conference (SCNC) of the United Church of Christ (UCC), our call is to be a knowledge base and resource for PSWR and SCNC congregations looking to connect to compatible ministries beyond the denomination. As leaders in our churches, we are called to have congenial relationships with the other Christian churches (ecumenical) and other faith groups (interfaith) in our respective communities.

As we have experienced collective trauma this year, first with COVID 19 which saw our congregations ordered out of our buildings and into our homes and onto the internet; and then with the murder of George Floyd by four police officers in Minneapolis; it is more important than ever to engage with our neighbors. Whether it be your next door neighbor with whom you arrange mutual care or the congregation down the street with whom you share community ministry or the interfaith group that serves as the faith presence at government meetings.

As we start to adjust to a new way of being the church, I encourage you to reach out to the EIRC for resources that connect your community to compatible ministries located in other denominations and faith communities around you. If you already do this work in your context, the EIRC wants to hear your stories. Email your inquiries and/or newsletters to rene.joseph.martin@gmail.com and someone will get back to you. You can also reach out  directly to members of the EIRC:

Rene Martin (Co-Chair)
Dennis Short (Co-Chair)
Michael Kinnamon
Jeff Utter
Marcia Hoffman
Sally Welch
Elsa Seifert
Yvette Hernandez-Beccera
Mandye Yates

This month we are sharing the newsletter<https://www.grnewsletters.com/archive/ncc_newsletter/NCC-Newsletter-Seeing-Hope-771240005.html> for the National Council of Churches<https://nationalcouncilofchurches.us/>.

In it, you will see what our partners in Christ are doing at the national level; being the church God calls us to be. 

Newer:Breaking Bread, July 2020Older:Breaking Bread, June 2020
PostedJuly 3, 2020
AuthorAlisa Mittelstaedt

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The PSWR is a Regional Ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).