<div dir="ltr">This is great. It was on our agenda for our meeting this Sunday. We will make a push. Donations online or to the church to forward to UCC. Also, One Great Hour of Sharing is this month which supports all refugee efforts. Thanks for being on top of this. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 2:35 PM Jim Clausing via Council <<a href="mailto:council@graceucclancaster.org">council@graceucclancaster.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">FYI</div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>---Jim (he/him)</div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Heartland Conference</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:office@heartlanducc.org" target="_blank">office@heartlanducc.org</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 1:33 PM<br>Subject: A Pastoral Letter for Ash Wednesday 2022<br>To: <<a href="mailto:clausing@computer.org" target="_blank">clausing@computer.org</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u>
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<div><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Dear Friends in Christ of the Indiana-Kentucky and Heartland Conferences,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">As we begin the Lenten journey on this Ash Wednesday, our hearts are heavy with grief for the people of Ukraine as they seek to defend themselves against the war of aggression that has invaded their lives under the direction of Russian President Vladimir Putin. We hold all God’s people who are suffering in this situation in our prayers hoping that even at this late date hearts may be turned and that a new way forward may be found. Because of the long-standing relationship carried by many of you in the Heartland Conference with Ukraine through the ministry of </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001yDkpv1za-gEznP4KZK4d3SbZIb3cWAk1J407_JcD72D1MztR8nLttgreUpRDVgz2HHLrLjleCXqBIYqtYvGdxBi5_aGv5bba2xsSdQysgJ933O02PCi7WLihXuannkvuzwBdNSOHA9tJl1OE_5CsjxYPOy5Wbd21wJ6Moj-Y9mRGRh8f5a0Iq2fF9Get-QeshwGwa4xUZvs=&c=ArvhLtEEGGc0y-Bc7waU8updqBwnFXmdSXzET13APRoHyeczNZh06Q==&ch=UGJJKoiLUrwlzbgy-SuOyWYljEof08HG2j_Mqf-k5h_l0ua_spQsSA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(54,97,189);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">S.A.R.A. (Sharing America’s Resources Abroad)</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">, this war is one that affects people who are personally known and loved by many of us. </span>
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<span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Many have asked if there is a way in addition to our prayers that we may be of aid to those who are suffering. The answer to that question is “yes”! The Heartland Conference </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001yDkpv1za-gEznP4KZK4d3SbZIb3cWAk1J407_JcD72D1MztR8nLttgreUpRDVgz2HHLrLjleCXqBIYqtYvGdxBi5_aGv5bba2xsSdQysgJ933O02PCi7WLihXuannkvuzwBdNSOHA9tJl1OE_5CsjxYPOy5Wbd21wJ6Moj-Y9mRGRh8f5a0Iq2fF9Get-QeshwGwa4xUZvs=&c=ArvhLtEEGGc0y-Bc7waU8updqBwnFXmdSXzET13APRoHyeczNZh06Q==&ch=UGJJKoiLUrwlzbgy-SuOyWYljEof08HG2j_Mqf-k5h_l0ua_spQsSA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(54,97,189);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">S.A.R.A. partnership</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> will serve as a conduit for aid to partners in Ukraine who are suffering as a result of the war. Daily, our partners are bringing food and water relief to displaced Ukrainians in Transcarpathia. Those wishing to make a donation via this channel may do so by </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001yDkpv1za-gEznP4KZK4d3SbZIb3cWAk1J407_JcD72D1MztR8nLttgreUpRDVgz2HHLrLjleCXqBIYqtYvGdxBi5_aGv5bba2xsSdQysgJ933O02PCi7WLihXuannkvuzwBdNSOHA9tJl1OE_5CsjxYPOy5Wbd21wJ6Moj-Y9mRGRh8f5a0Iq2fF9Get-QeshwGwa4xUZvs=&c=ArvhLtEEGGc0y-Bc7waU8updqBwnFXmdSXzET13APRoHyeczNZh06Q==&ch=UGJJKoiLUrwlzbgy-SuOyWYljEof08HG2j_Mqf-k5h_l0ua_spQsSA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(54,97,189);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">clicking below</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">. Please know that your gifts of any size make a difference in this critical time.</span>
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<span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Additionally, yesterday, the national setting of the United Church of Christ released a message outlining ways in which individuals and congregations can </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001yDkpv1za-gEznP4KZK4d3SbZIb3cWAk1J407_JcD72D1MztR8nLttgreUpRDVgz2FfQ0R80Lo-SuSaz-91Wi5nsA4zxeVv9Deba-Q_ttPj--bmfbAGdjOaZbKAwwx_ZpAcwbBSRqf09sLRj2BBIeFC563LkGaUF17ewm6x-VgdIiEp2CzsLT95mnNstZkT9-RkAYxpNuYV8=&c=ArvhLtEEGGc0y-Bc7waU8updqBwnFXmdSXzET13APRoHyeczNZh06Q==&ch=UGJJKoiLUrwlzbgy-SuOyWYljEof08HG2j_Mqf-k5h_l0ua_spQsSA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(54,97,189);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">make donations through our Common Global Ministries.</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> This money will be shared with our global partner, the Reformed Church of Hungary, which is already engaged in ministry with those from Ukraine who have fled their country. More information about giving through this channel may be found by </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001yDkpv1za-gEznP4KZK4d3SbZIb3cWAk1J407_JcD72D1MztR8nLttgreUpRDVgz2FfQ0R80Lo-SuSaz-91Wi5nsA4zxeVv9Deba-Q_ttPj--bmfbAGdjOaZbKAwwx_ZpAcwbBSRqf09sLRj2BBIeFC563LkGaUF17ewm6x-VgdIiEp2CzsLT95mnNstZkT9-RkAYxpNuYV8=&c=ArvhLtEEGGc0y-Bc7waU8updqBwnFXmdSXzET13APRoHyeczNZh06Q==&ch=UGJJKoiLUrwlzbgy-SuOyWYljEof08HG2j_Mqf-k5h_l0ua_spQsSA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(54,97,189);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">clicking the link below.</a>
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<div><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Finally, because we are people who believe that God is at work in all seasons, as we enter this Lenten season we offer the following prayer and invite you to use it throughout Lent as part of your personal and shared discipline of spiritual deepening in God and for the good of the world.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">O God of all nations </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">image bearer of every living soul, </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">We turn our hearts towards you </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">in this hour of yet another step </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">towards the alluring love for power </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">and military might over peace, </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">compassion, or justice. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">We have been here before, God…</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">on the brink of human lives </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">created in your image </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">being destroyed. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">We have been here before, God…</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">where attempts to work </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">towards peace and diplomacy </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">have been met</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">with defiance and violence. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">We have been here before, God…</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">where children will grow up</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">without parents, </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">where families will be displaced, </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">and where trauma will live</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">in memories and bodies</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">for generations to come. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">It is not enough for us </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">to express to you </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">our being brokenhearted…</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Even though we are.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">It is not enough for us</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">to shed our genuine tears</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">on behalf of those living in Ukraine…</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Even though we do.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">It is not enough</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">to offer a post on social media…</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Even though solidarity is needed.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">We need a true Just Peace</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">that begins with our lives. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Use us in our communities,</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Empowering God, </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">To embody justice, compassion,</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">and peace in our relationships. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Embolden us to urge</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">those with influence</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">in our global policies </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">To embrace a vision</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">of liberation and hope</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">that will ensure the safety</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">and peace of all. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">O God, </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Make us instruments of your peace,</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">In our lives, in our churches, </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">in our conferences, </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">our ecumenical partnerships,</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">in our global missions, </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">And in all of our relationships. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Through your ways of peace</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">made known in Jesus, </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">We are called</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">as the author of Ephesians reminds us</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">To live “with all humility and gentleness,</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">with patience, </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Bearing with one another in love, </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Making every effort</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">to maintain the unity of the Spirit</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">in the bond of peace.” </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Let there be peace on earth</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">and let it begin with us.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">May it be so. Amen.</span></div>
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