The Southern New England Conference has launched a new fund named in honor of Phillis Wheatley, who was the first African American woman to publish poetry, and who became a member of Old South Church in Boston after her emancipation.

The Phillis Wheatley Fund for Innovation is aimed at sponsoring creative and innovative programs that might otherwise not be possible with existing budgetary limitations. The first two such programs will be a Virtual Theologian-in-Residence Program, and a Summer Internship Program for Seminarian Formation. The offering at the Rev. Goodwin's Installation on June 19th will support this fund.

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Continuing his Go Tell it On The Mountain interview series, Executive Conference Minister, the Rev. Darrell Goodwin interviewed two pastors from First Congregational Church of Stratford, CT: the Rev. Ed Rawls, senior pastor of the church, and the Rev. Meg Williams, associate pastor, talking about their church's new slogan: "Love Comes First Church."

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Application deadline: June 20

Co-sponsored by the Collegeville Institute and the Southern New England Conference, UCC, the 2021 Writer's Workshop will run Monday, Nov 15th, to Sunday, Nov 21st, 2021, and will be held at the Warren Conference Center in Ashland, MA. 

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Installation of the Rev. Darrell Goodwin as SNEUCC's first Executive Conference Minister
June 19, 1:00 PM
Online
The Rev. Traci Blackmon, Associate General Minister for Justice and Local Church Ministries for the UCC, will preach at this online installation.