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Haiti
Response
As the prayers and compassionate
actions of Kentuckians are going out to our Haitian brothers
and sisters the leaders of the Kentucky Council of Churches have
assembled a list of ways you can help. Click here for many options.
Earth Day Resources
 Sacred
Spaces and an Abundant Life empowers congregations to take actions within
their Church buildings to conserve energy, reduce toxic materials
and products, and conserve water and land. It includes worship
resources and study guides to help your congregation reflect
on God's call to care for Creation. Click
here to download
a copy from the web. Click
here to request
a free hard copy. For more information on the topics covered
in this resource, click here
Roman Catholic Owensboro Diocese Parish_Ecumenical_Needs_Assessment
 Father
Tony Bickett of the Ecumenical and Inter-religious Affairs Commission
of the Catholic Diocese of Owensboro unearthed exciting news
in a recent ecumenical needs assessment. For a full summary of
the report, click here.
View the Latest KCC Newsletter Online
 Click here to learn how you can make a
difference in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
New JustMatters Module Available -- In the Footsteps
of the Crucified: Torture is Never Justified
 This collection of eight 2 ½
hour sessions can help a group work through their feelings and
thinking about torture and enable them to act with firm hope
and conviction. The module was written by Scott Wright and represents
the work of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT),
Pax Chrisi, USA, and the Torture Abolition and Survivors Support
Coalition (TASSC). For more information, see http://www.justfaith.org/programs/pdf/justmatters_programflyer.pdf
Can
You Be a Mentor?
Kentucky prisons release many inmates to locations all over the
commonwelath every year and are looking for volunteers that would
be interested in teaching classes in the Release Preparation
Program. On December 15, 2009, Manchester Prison will host a
meeting for potential mentors and volunteers. If you are interested
please contact the Reentry Coordinator for the Federal Prison
in Manchester, Kentucky at
Mark A. Johnson
FCI Manchester
P.O. Box 3000
Manchester, KY 40962
606.598.1900.4411
majohnson@bop.gov
News from the KY Council of Churches' Annual
Assembly at Natural Bridge State Park, October 15-16, 2009
 Click
here for photos taken this year at
Natural Bridge when delegates representing nearly a million Chirstians
in Kentucky assembled to work together.
An Ecumenical Excursion
 A member of the Kentucky Council
of Churches' Executive Board recently traversed the famous Camino
de Santiago de Compestela, also known as the Way of St. James,
a 500 mile centuries-old route that starts in St. Jean Pied de
Port, France on the east side of the Pyrenees and winds across
northern Spain to Santiago, in the northwest part of Galacia.
Legend holds that St. James’ bones are buried in the cathedral
at Santiago. Click here
to learn more about this pilgrimage.
2009 Legislative Contact Information
 Click here to download important telephone
numbers for the KY State Legislature.
Pray
to End Torture
 Please explore the bulletin inserts
and other resources at http://www.nrcat.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=250&Itemid=185
and join us as we pray during the next seven days for an end
to torture.
Let Justice Roll
here to learn how.
Important Web Resource Launched
 The
Kentucky Council of Churches is a member of the Kentucky Voices
for Health coalition. This
is an indespensible website for the latest news you need to make
a difference in the health of all Kentuckians.
Christian Churches Together announces Domestic
Poverty Initiative
 The
Presidents and Steering Committee of Christian Churches Together
in the USA are urging each CCT-participating group to invite
its congregations to participate in a “poverty action”
during the time between Thanksgiving 2008 and Easter 2009. Congregations
may choose any domestic poverty action or actions they wish.
Participants may desire to utilize one or more of our CCT anti-poverty
organizations to assist them in thier actions (Bread for the
World, Evangelicals for Social Action, Habitat for Humanity,
Sojourners, and World Vision are all full members of CCTUSA).
For resources and ideas please visit www.christianchurchestogether.org/initiative.
Multiple Christian Perspectives on Immigration
Reform
 The
National Council of Churches has established an online "clearing
house of wisdom" for those who wish to improve ministry
to immigrants. Church people have introduced in their communities
creative and effective immigrations ministries, and now a webpage
seeks to document such resources. Check out what is available
at http://www.ncccusa.org/immigrations/
Invite a Speaker to Your Church. Topic: Care
of Creation
.jpg) Contact Jane Eller at 1-800-882-5271
of the Kentucky Environmental Education Council for an environmental
literacy workshop to help members better understand the issues
of natural resource use, pollution prevention, population pressure
and basic ecosystem operation. It is a very hands-on, four-hour
workshop. They can even train ministers, youth group leaders,
chairs of environmental committees, etc. to put on the workshop
themselves. The materials for the workshops are easily obtained
and inexpensive and the activities are fairly simple to do. They
also have a program that would help churches "green"
their buildings. For a list of other speakers, visit http://www.kycouncilofchurches.org/EconomiesAndEnvironment.html.
Councils Offer Justice Action Networks
If your congregation, diocese,
presbytery, conference, association, synod, or region is a member
of the Kentucky Council of Churches, you can link to this website
with graphics that are available at www.kycouncilofchurches.org/Graphics.html. You may also put a "Helping
to Make Our Voices Heard" box (like the one at the top of
this page) on your site, or a smaller link to our KY Justice
Action Alert System by going to capwiz.com/kychurches/remotecontent/. If you are also a member of
the National Council of Churches, you can "Give an Inch"
on your website to post a websticker like the one above by going
to www.faithfulamerica.org/inch/.
Parish Nursing Kits Available
You may obtain Start-Up Kits for your congregation
if you either have a health ministry/parish nurse program or
if you are interested in beginning such a ministry! The kit includes
a number of items including a resource manual, a drug book, a
stethoscope, three sizes of blood pressure cuffs and, recently
added, a Healthometer scale. For additional information or for
an appointment, e-mail beatrice.keller@nortonhealthcare.org.
Prison Ministry Newsletter Online
 Following
the very successful Conference on Prison and Jail Ministries
on Sept. 30, 2006 an on-line newsletter has been started where
people and congregations interested in doing prison ministries
may share information and learn from others.
Go to: http://prisonministrykentucky.blogspot.com/
Register to Vote
Don't forget that you can do
many things at http://capwiz.com/kychurches like contact you
local officials, write to your local media outlets, and register to vote.
It
Is Now Easier to Support the Work of the KCC
 Would you rather support the
work of the Kentucky Council of Churches by giving $12.50 a month
instead of $150.00 per year in a one-lump sum? Would it be easier
for you to give $25 a month instead of $300.00 all at once? Click
here to learn how easy it is to make automatic, recurring
contributions using your credit card. One quick phone call is
all it takes. You may also use our secure online form if you wish.
Join
Together to Make A Difference
 Learn how you can be a part of
groups that are working to fight racism, attempting to be peacemakers,
striving for environmental justice, and are concerned about rural
life issues. Click here
to follow your passion and make a difference in Kentucky.
As Service Women and Men Are Away and As They
Come Home...
 Kimberly Hoare of Yale Divinity
School has prepared a new annotated bibliography of resources
that will help our churches provide pastoral care to families
of persons serving in the military. She has agreed to make this
information available for our use. Please click here for an html
version of this resource, or click here for an MS
Word version
of this useful bibliography.
Worship and Ministry Resources for this Time
of War
 The KCC is able to offer worship
resources for this time of war and its devastating aftermath.
Please click here
for access to these resources and to learn more about how Churches
in KY can respond to this war. As perhaps never before in our
lifetimes, our churches and our communities are going to need
moral guidance and spiritual support.
Christian
Unity Curricular Materials are Available
Representatives from ten Christian denominations
have come together to launch a new ministry project. Forty-four
ecumenical leaders from Kentucky have now completed work on curriculum
materials about Christian unity. These materials were designed
for use as a four-hour workshop and include a written Leader's
Guide with interactive video segments. This curriculum, entitled
One in the Bond of Love, is now available to every Christian
congregation and parish in the Commonwealth.
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