Hollywood Independent UCC has 9 gold choir robes and 18 royal blue choir robes for any church in the Southern California Nevada Conference who has an active choir in need of robes.

For more information, contact Joan Martinez, the Church Moderator at (323) 256-0711

Over 100 Years of Outstanding Sermons

Mt. Hollywood Congregational Church Invites you to meet new pastor

For over 100 years the church goers of Mt. Hollywood (c. 1905) have enjoyed riveting sermons from their settled pastors, so when the congregation watched and listened to the Search Committee's pastoral candidate, Rachel Ciupek-Reed take charge of the service on Sunday April 20^th, they were not disappointed.

With an overwhelming vote of acceptance, members of the congregation and the Leadership Council called Rachel to be their teacher and pastor beginning July 1, 2008. She accepted, documents were signed and photos were taken.

Rachel Ciupek-Reed joins us from Northern California, where she recently graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley. She holds a B.S. in Information Technology and has spent the last 10+ years working in fundraising and technology.

Before moving south, Rachel worked part-time as a computer consultant, and part-time as the Director of Outdoor Ministries for the Northern California Nevada Conference of the UCC.

Coming with Rachel to Mount Hollywood is her 8-year old dog, DJ (short for Dolly Joni Mitchell Parton), a rescue from the Berkeley pound.

We invite you to come to Mt. Hollywood on July 6^th to see what all of the excitement is about. Worship service begins at 10:30 a.m. We are located on Prospect Avenue between Hillhurst and Vermont at 4607 Prospect Avenue, Los Angeles 90027. Our phone number is 323-663-6577.

By: Aletha Rodgers, Search Committee Chair

2008 Boundary Training Workshops

The Southern California Nevada Conference, United Church of Christ and the Pacific Southwest Region, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) will once again offer joint boundary training for clergy. All clergy in the Southern California Nevada Conference are required to complete Boundary Training every five years. Your Association can advise you if you need to complete this mandatory training.

There will be three sessions offered this year using two different sets of materials. All sessions will be on a Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost for materials and lunch is $20. Please complete the registration form below indicating your preference. Registration is due two weeks prior to the session.

For those of you who did your first training in 2004, please consider doing the Basic Boundary Training in 2008. This material is different than the material used in 2004. By taking this training in 2008, we hope to ease the burden of overcrowded sessions for the large numbers who are due to retrain in 2009.

Basic Boundary Training
May 31, 2008, Disciples Seminary Foundation, 200 W Foothills Blvd., Claremont, CA 91711
September 6, 2008, Disciples Center, 201 Fir St, San Diego, CA 92101
This workshop will use the video series from the Faith Trust Institute titled "A Sacred Trust: Boundary Issues for Clergy and Spiritual Teachers." This material consists of four modules addressing power and authority, relationships, psycho-social/intimacy concerns, and clergy self-care. There will be an interactive segment following the viewing of each video.

Clergy Sexual Ethics
October 11, 2008, Disciples Seminary Foundation, 300 W Foothills Blvd., Claremont, CA 91711
Clergy Sexual Ethics training is a more intensive program focusing solely on this area.

Please contact the Conference Office at 626-798-8082 or arroyo@scncucc.org with any questions or concerns. Mail your registration form with payment to:

SCNC-UCC Boundary Training

2401 N. Lake Avenue

Altadena, CA 91101-2418.

Annual Gathering 2008

Special Guests at Annual Gathering!

Edith A. Guffey, Associate General Minister of UCC

Jeffrey Mensendiek, Director of Youth Ministries of the Emmaus Center in Sendai, Japan

Cathy Green, President & CEO of UCC Insurance Board

Registration Deadline is May 9th!

Please register early. The conference office needs to have a count for budgeting and logistics reasons!

The SCNC Website Has All The Information:

Visit scncucc.org for all the Annual Gathering Information. View the schedule, workshop choices, lunch menus and more.

New for 2008! Register Online!

In response to requests from last year, online registration is now available for Annual Gathering! You can use your credit card for payment. Get all the information at scncucc.org

Only those who register online can choose their lunch menu!

See menus here

Resolutions Due April 18, 2008

As is the custom in the SCNC, resolutions on actions "intended to express the will of the Conference on a particular matter" may be submitted to the Conference Board of Directors "60 days before the meeting at which the resolution is to be considered". (Annual Gathering Rules of Procedure). Resolutions may be submitted "by member churches, individual voting delegates, or the Board of Directors." These resolutions must be submitted to the Conference Office no later than April 18, 2008. Proposed resolutions can be sent electronically to The Conference Office or sent by regular mail to SCNC, 2401 N. Lake Ave. Altadena, CA 91001.

Sacred Conversation About Race and Racism

Local UCC Member Co-Authors Children's Book

Chris Carlson, a member of Mt. Hollywood UCC, has co-authored Puddlejumbers

About The Book:

Ernie Banks, named for the legendary Chicago Cub shortstop, is a troubled, 13-year-old juvenile delinquent. Abandoned on the doorstep of the Lakeside Home for Boys when he was three years old, he's now considered a "lifer," a permanent ward of the state. His only proof that he once belonged to somebody is a vintage Ernie Banks baseball card, a crystal acorn he wears on a string around his neck, and a strange spiral birthmark on the bottom of his right foot.

As a last reprieve before being sent to a juvenile detention facility, Ernie is allowed to spend three weeks on a working farm. When Ernie arrives at the home of Russ Frazier, he learns that the widower's baby was kidnapped years before. The single piece of evidence was a red quilt found in a puddle in the nearby woods.

Fascinated by the town's famous "Quilt Baby" kidnapping, Ernie is determined to solve the case. He teams up with Joey, a local tomboy, to investigate clues that lead them on a dangerous journey into a forbidden world of dark secrets, magic puddles, and the cavernous underground kingdom of the Puddlejumpers -- eleven-inch-tall water creatures with whom Ernie has a mysterious connection.

When destiny summons, Ernie must find the courage to save the Puddlejumpers from the Most Dark and lead them in battle against their mortal enemies. Only then can he find his way home.

ISBN: 9781423107590

Price: $16.99

Available at our local Cokesbury Bookstore in Pasadena:

478 E. Colorado Blvd.

Pasadena, CA 91101

(626) 796-5773

(877) 432--8802 toll free

Only Three Days Left!

The Stillspeaking Theatre is thrilled to announce Milan Stitt's "The Runner Stumbles" as its premiere production for 2008.

APRIL 11 - MAY 4, 2008

A young nun has died under mysterious circumstances in a remote parish in northern Michigan, and her superior, Father Rivard, has been charged with her murder. What led to the murder? Was anything "improper" going on in this small up-country parish? The true nature of God and love are at the heart of this searing drama.

The New York Times called The Runner Stumbles, "an absolutely fascinating play...one of the best first plays I have seen in a long time. It got to me, and I cried." And even the New Yorker called it, "a new, serious, well-made, and continuously interesting American play."