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Faith Congregational Church

SERVICE LINKS

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November 22, 2020

November 29, 2020

December 6, 2020

December 13, 2020

December 20, 2020

December 24 2020

December 27, 2020

January 3, 2021

January 10, 2021

Tithes/Offerings/ Donations

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. ---Matthew 6:21

We at Faith Church thank you in advance for your generous gift(s) to our church. Through your support we are able to give with an open heart to our neighbors in need and support the work of the church.

We welcome you to learn more about us and fellowship with us on any given Sunday or during special occasions. Be blessed and be a blessing today.

WHO?

Faith Congregational Church

2030 Main Street Hartford, CT 06120

860-547-0820

faithmatters.church@gmail.com

Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9am-12 noon

WHEN?

10:00 am Sunday Worship

 

 

 

9:00 am Adult Sunday School (Virtual)

7:00 pm Tuesday Bible Study (Teleconference)

STAFF

Ministers                           All of us

Pastor                                 Rev. Cleo Graham

Deacon Chairperson     Charron Stoddart

Moderator                        Min. Patricia Hollis

Minister of Music          Wayne Dixon

Secretary                           Patricia Gray

Sound Technician         Bruce MacCullagh

Treasurer                          Gail Martin

Sexton                                Thomas Best

Child Care Providers     Kendall Hayes &

Ketaliah Brown

 

WHERE?


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Malcolm X: The Ballot or the Bullet

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RSS UCC News

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RSS New Sacred

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RSS Christian Science Monitor

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RSS Kaiser Health News

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Leslie Odom Jr

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RSS Think Justice: The Vera Institute

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Joyful, Joyful

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RSS HuffPost Religion

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Hiroshima – the Door is Open

https://youtu.be/-Pfij3cUrWY

RSS CT Conference News

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Toni Morrison Talks

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Ledisi

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RSS Religion News Service

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The Root of Racial Injustice

https://youtu.be/-aCn72iXO9s

RSS Democracy Now

  • As COVID Surges in L.A., Hard-Hit Indigenous Communities Fight to Preserve Life, Culture & Language
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  • "American Abyss": Fascism Historian Tim Snyder on Trump's Coup Attempt, Impeachment & What's Next
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  • Headlines for January 13, 2021
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  • Will Lisa Montgomery Die Tonight? Sister Helen Prejean Calls for Trump to Halt Execution Spree
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MLK Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech

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RSS National Public Radio

  • 'Black Radical' Traces The Life And Legacy Of Activist William Monroe Trotter
    Trotter was a Black newspaper editor in the early 20th century who advocated for civil rights by organizing mass protests. Historian Kerri Greenidge tells his story in her new book.
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  • 'Kill Switch' Examines The Racist History Of The Senate Filibuster
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  • 'The Liar's Dictionary' Is A Clever Delight For Language Lovers
    Eley Williams tells the story of two word-mad characters who work for the same dictionary publisher 120 years apart. This novel is perfect for anyone who loves puns, crosswords and witty writing.
  • Fran Lebowitz's 'Pretend It's A City' Is The NYC Trip You Can't Take Right Now
    The show features the humorist's conversations with Martin Scorsese on many topics, Manhattan in particular. "If I dropped the Hope Diamond on the floor of a subway car, I'd leave it there," she says.

Toni Morrison Nobel Lecture

https://youtu.be/ticXzFEpN9o

RSS Christianity Today

  • 3 Bioethical Questions About COVID-19 Vaccines
    After considering new mRNA technology, Christian experts are in favor. As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the US expands from health care staff to elderly citizens and essential workers, Americans are weighing whether to get the shot when given the chance. Though the coronavirus vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer represent a new type of vaccine—using […]
  • Trump and Biden Disagree on Sanctions. So Do Evangelicals Outside the US.
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  • Interview: God Called Me to Encourage Fellow Black Students in White Coats
    CCCU Young Alumni Award winner discusses how diversity in medicine improves care for the most vulnerable. Thirty-year-old medical student Emmanuel McNeely considers his life goal and God-given calling to work toward gender and racial diversity in medicine. “That way we can help eliminate health disparities and really improve health outcomes for all races,” said McNeely, […]
  • Most Evangelical Trump Voters Didn’t Turn on Mike Pence
    While Trump extremists set the vice president up as a traitor, most believers stood by his decision to confirm the election. At a farewell gathering last Friday, outgoing Vice President Mike Pence recalled the Bible reference his chief of staff texted him after he certified Joe Biden’s victory, The Washington Post reported. It was 2 […]
  • When Will Churches Be Back? Vital Information for Churches and Christian Leaders
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Jimmy Heath

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RSS NY Times Religion

  • Faith is Hard to Define. Can Spiritual Directors Help?
    Nondenominational “spiritual companions” offer to connect clients to the divine in their everyday life.
  • Fear Spreads in Minnesota Town as ‘Extremist Group’ Moves to Open Church
    Many residents of Murdock, Minn., said they were horrified that an organization condemned by watchdogs as a white supremacist hate group would open a church. City leaders said they had little choice but to grant a permit.
  • How Trumpism May Endure
    The Confederacy built a lasting myth of victory out of defeat. Trump and his followers may, too.
  • Welcoming a New Year at an Ancient Festival in Pakistan
    Chawmos, a festival of Pakistan’s tiny Kalash community, is a portrait in contrasts: solemn ritual and joyous dancing, gender segregation and public flirtation, togetherness and isolation.
  • Praying Together on Zoom: Yes, God Is Present
    A pastor writes that Zoom services can “unite us during an unimaginably isolating time.” Another reader hopes that online synagogue services continue after the pandemic.

Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable

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RSS Pew Trust

  • In U.S. and UK, Globalization Leaves Some Feeling ‘Left Behind’ or ‘Swept Up’
    Focus groups held across the two nations reveal the degree to which Americans and Britons see common challenges to local and national identity. The post In U.S. and UK, Globalization Leaves Some Feeling ‘Left Behind’ or ‘Swept Up’ appeared first on Pew Research Center.
  • Methodology
    In this data essay, we analyzed the national and state-level shifts in racial and ethnic makeup of the United States electorate from 2000 to 2018. The post Methodology appeared first on Pew Research Center.
  • The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of the U.S. Electorate
    In battleground states, Hispanics grew more than other racial or ethnic groups as a share of eligible voters. The post The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of the U.S. Electorate appeared first on Pew Research Center.
  • Condemning Racism
    We are committed to hearing and addressing the experiences of people of color—as well as confronting racism and working for a better America. The post Condemning Racism appeared first on Pew Research Center.
  • What is machine learning, and how does it work?
    This video from our Methods 101 series explains the basics of machine learning and how it allows researchers at the Center to analyze data on a large scale. The post What is machine learning, and how does it work? appeared first on Pew Research Center.

The symbols of systemic racism | Paul Rucker

https://youtu.be/KAQ11iNknoU

RSS Disaster Updates

  • With UCC grant, conference supports clergy mental health in pandemic
    Both ordinary and extraordinary, the stresses on pastors and hospital, university and military chaplains during the COVID-19 pandemic are enormous. So the Indiana-Kentucky Conference United Church of Christ is pioneering ways to help clergy cope, using support that includes a UCC COVID-19 Conference Recovery Grant. 
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    In the Philippines, UCC Disaster Ministries is aiding recovery from Typhoon Ambo/VongFong as new storms hit diverse areas of this nation of islands. Typhoon Goni/Rolly is on track to make landfall on Luzon Sunday morning (Nov. 1). Just a few days ago, Typhoon Molave killed 22 people in the Philippines.
  • Deadline extended for COVID-19 grants for conferences
    The deadline for United Church of Christ conferences to apply for the UCC COVID-19 Conference Recovery Grant has been extended by two weeks, to December 14, 2020.

Imagine – Pentatonix

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RSS Global Ministries

  • Combat Human Trafficking
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  • B'Tselem: This is Apartheid
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  • Global Ministries is saddened to learn of the death of Lloyd Van Vactor
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Bull Connor and the Civil Rights Movement

https://youtu.be/j9kT1yO4MGg

RSS Marketplace

  • How those $600 checks are being spent
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  • A series of disconnects
    The stock market is not the economy; this we know. But the market seems completely disconnected from events happening in the United States. After Wednesday’s pro-Trump insurrection, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high. And again Thursday, after 787,000 Americans filed first-time unemployment claims, markets closed at record highs. On today’s show: […]

MLK 1964 speech

https://youtu.be/Q-BNyVgvdlY

RSS Sojourners

  • United but Not Uniform: Finding Faith at the Women’s Convention
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  • Black and DACAmented in the U.S.
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  • Can Virtual Reality Rescue Humanity?
    Video games have long been dismissed from mainstream audiences as shallow or immature, but can they be something more? Our multimedia editor JP Keenan traveled to the "Games For Change" festival to talk with game designers about the power of "empathy games" and learn about future of virtual reality to see if it's the game […]
  • How These Christian Activists Are Putting the Death Penalty on Trial
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  • You Can’t Mute All the Trolls: How to Be a Journalist in 2017
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Jehovah Jireh

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RSS Catalyst

  • Letters to the Editor (Resurrecting this Historical Section): Redefining Anthropology?
    Editor’s Note The lifeblood of science and social science is competition among ideas in healthy debate testing scholarly standards and findings. In recent years, as standards have begun to disappear in social science and as journals begin to advocate for doctrine in place of social science and discipline, the opportunity to challenge colleagues (and editors) […]
  • Returning Discipline to the Discipline: A Model Procedure for Reviews in Anthropology, Social Sciences, and Other Related Disciplines
    This piece uses participant observation of and research into disciplinary procedures to reveal that review policies in anthropology, other ‘social sciences’, and related disciplines have become arbitrary and politicised with little to protect professional standards of a discipline and to avoid conflicts of interest that prejudice scholarship. To address the problem, this piece takes the […]
  • The Nonsense and Non-Science of Political Science: A Politically Incorrect View of ‘Poly-T(r)ic(k)s’
    The purpose of this short essay is to highlight the failures in contemporary Political Science by sketching a small model of what the discipline would look like if it were in fact a “discipline” driven by scientific questions and methods responsive to public benefit rather than to indoctrination and control. Rather than simply accept, on […]
  • An International Legal Scholar’s View on “Is Economics in Violation of International Law? Remaking Economics as a Social Science”
  • An Ecological Economist’s View on “Is Economics in Violation of International Law? Remaking Economics as a Social Science”
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MLK: What Is Your Life’s Blueprint?

https://youtu.be/ZmtOGXreTOU

RSS The Religious Coalition

  • Important COVID-19 Update
    The Coalition’s Client Services Office will be closed until the State of Emergency is lifted. Anyone needing assistance may call 240-446-9649 to inquire about Religious Coalition service availability. Emergency Financial Services will remain intact throughout the COVID-19 crisis. However, due to the halt of utility terminations and rent evictions, these services are currently provided on […]
  • Important COVID-19 Information
    The Coalition’s Client Services Office will be closed until the State of Emergency is lifted. Clients can still access emergency financial services by calling 240-446-9649. Email questions or concerns at info@rcehn.org. The Alan P. Linton individual shelter will continue to operate as normal, on a first come, first serve basis. Those who are utilizing the […]
  • Newsletter: Winter 2020
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  • It’s A Wonderful Life
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  • 2019 Unity Campaign
    2019 Unity Campaign: September 11-22 2019 Click Here to Make A On-Line Donation to this year’s campaign Why Is The Unity Campaign So Important? Our Goal is $30,000- Your gift will be boosted by matching funds     The post 2019 Unity Campaign appeared first on The Religious Coalition.

Julian Bond: We Must Practice Dissent

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  • How Trump compares with other recent presidents in appointing federal judges
    Donald Trump leaves the White House having appointed nearly as many appeals court judges in four years as Barack Obama appointed in eight. The post How Trump compares with other recent presidents in appointing federal judges appeared first on Pew Research Center.
  • So far, Trump has granted clemency less frequently than any president in modern history
    Donald Trump has granted 28 pardons and 16 commutations. That’s the lowest total of any president since at least William McKinley. The post So far, Trump has granted clemency less frequently than any president in modern history appeared first on Pew Research Center.
  • What the data says (and doesn’t say) about crime in the United States
    The two primary sources of government crime statistics both paint an incomplete picture, though efforts at improvement are underway. The post What the data says (and doesn’t say) about crime in the United States appeared first on Pew Research Center.
  • Before protests, black Americans said religious sermons should address race relations
    Six-in-ten black adults say it is important for houses of worship to address “political topics such as immigration and race relations.” The post Before protests, black Americans said religious sermons should address race relations appeared first on Pew Research Center.
  • A month before George Floyd’s death, black and white Americans differed sharply in confidence in the police
    In April, 78% of Americans overall – but 56% of black Americans – said they had confidence in police officers to act in the public's best interests. The post A month before George Floyd’s death, black and white Americans differed sharply in confidence in the police appeared first on Pew Research Center.

Brartunde Thurston: How to Deconstruct Racism

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  • PBS NewsHour: Russia’s war in Ukraine leads to historic split in the Orthodox Church
    The Orthodox Church in Ukraine has been under the authority of Moscow since 1686. Until the 2014 war with Russia, that situation bothered few. Now a growing number of congregations, approximately 500 so far, have joined a new independent Ukrainian … More → The post PBS NewsHour: Russia’s war in Ukraine leads to historic split […]
  • PBS NewsHour: Following Father Theodore Hesburgh through Civil Rights era
    The new documentary, “Hesburgh,” explores the life of Father Theodore Hesburgh, who served as a long-time president of the University of Notre Dame and is recognized now as one of the most important civic and educational leaders of the 20th … More → The post PBS NewsHour: Following Father Theodore Hesburgh through Civil Rights era […]
  • VIDEO: California’s first Muslim judge on faith and public service
    Justice Halim Dhanidina was recently elevated to California’s Courts of Appeal, making him the state’s most senior judge of Muslim faith. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent David Tereshchuk talks with Dhanidina about engaging with supporters and critics alike, and setting an … More → The post VIDEO: California’s first Muslim judge on faith and public service […]
  • America’s Foremost Muslim Judge
    America’s Foremost Muslim Judge                             By David Tereshchuk It wasn’t exactly a surprise for Halim Dhanidina to get a call in 2012 from California Governor Jerry Brown’s office saying he’d been picked to serve as a judge on the state’s Superior … More → The post America’s Foremost Muslim Judge appeared first on Religion & Ethics […]
  • The relationship between science and religion
    The friction between science and religion goes back centuries. While the conflict often lies in beliefs and research, the common ground between the two is sometimes left unexplored. Researchers dive deeper into this debate. The post The relationship between science and religion appeared first on Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.

LBJ Civil rights speech on voting rights

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  • Charlottesville Tried To Warn You This Would Happen
    After neo-Nazis invaded their city in 2017, activists raised alarm about the fascists who'd eventually storm the Capitol. They hope America's listening now.
  • Jeanine Pirro Says Parler Backlash After Capitol Riot Is 'Akin To A Kristallnacht'
    The Fox News host compared the right-wing app being deplatformed to the Nazis' deadly attacks on thousands of synagogues and Jewish businesses in 1938.
  • ‘He's Going To Be More Unleashed And Unhinged Than Ever’
    A scholar of authoritarians discusses the MAGA insurrection and how the end of Trump’s presidency might be the beginning of a phase of extremist violence.
  • Prominent Southern Baptist Leader Calls For Trump To Resign
    "Could you please step down and let our country heal?” tweeted Russell Moore, who heads the Southern Baptist Convention's public policy arm.
  • For Police, MAGA Insurrectionists Weren't A Threat. Black Lives Matter Was.
    Before Trump’s extremist supporters stormed the Capitol, cops were accustomed to seeing them as allies.

MLK: I’ve Been to the Mountaintop

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Michelle Obama

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