In a video released for Thanksgiving, Executive Conference Minister the Rev. Darrell Goodwin offered thanks.

"Thank you for the opportunity to welcome me and my family to Southern New England, to walk alongside you in ministry. Thank you for all of the Sundays that I have been able to virtually - and now in person - walk with you in worship. Thank you for letting me serve among you, specifically our pastoral leaders as we have navigated a health pandemic, a racial pandemic, a political pandemic, everything that we have been holding, and you all have walked so faithfully to try to hold God's people together. Thank you to our lay leaders who have continued to try to figure out and navigate all of the changes that are continuously happening. Thank you to our Conference staff, who tirelessly work to serve each and every one of our over 600 churches, 1400 authorized ministers, and about 120,000 of God's faithful."

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In the most recent episode of the Go Tell It On The Mountain series, Executive Conference Minister the Rev. Darrell Goodwin interviewed the Rev. Allison Patton, senior pastor of the Saugatuck Congregational Church of Westport, CT..

In it, she talks about how a grant for her upcoming sabbatical is sparking the congregation to "embrace our own coastal community and, to root ourselves more deeply in this place. To create opportunities for us as a congregation to rest and be renewed, while sort of owning our coastline, and so also become more deeply informed about this region so that we can be more effective advocates in the face of the climate crisis."

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The Rev. James Ross, Minister for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion writes: Greta Thunberg, the 18-year-old Swedish environmental activist who has been lauded internationally for challenging world leaders to act immediately to mitigate climate change, isn’t impressed by outcomes of the two-week United Nations Conference of Parties 26 climate summit that just ended in Glasgow.

“The #COP26 is over,” Greta tweeted. “Here’s a brief summary: Blah, blah, blah.”

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Dec. 1 Deadline:
Support Urged for Extending and Expanding Charitable Deductions
David Cleaver-Bartholomew explains the importance of signing on to an effort to extend and expand charitable tax deductions.

Restful Advent - Zoom Chapel
Nov. 30, Dec. 7, Dec. 14, Dec. 21, 9:00 - 9:45 AM
Online
Join online each Tuesday during Advent to pray, rest, and reflect following the Restful Advent Devotional developed by Rev. Emma Brewer Wallin, Minister of Environmental and Economic Justice. 

World AIDS Day Observance
Dec. 1
Join us for a noontime online prayer vigil of readings and music. This World AIDS Day, UNAIDS is highlighting the urgent need to end the inequalities that drive AIDS and other pandemics around the world.