Realities, chuckles, ponderous thoughts, relaxation… join the Conference-wide Book Readers who will take on their first book starting in January 2011!
Book Title: "This Odd and Wondrous Calling"
Subtitle: "The Public and Private Lives of Two Ministers"
Authors: Lillian Daniel and Martin B. Copenhaver
*Lillian Daniel is senior minister of First Congregational Church UCC in Glen Ellyn, IL, and co-host of the Chicago-based television program "30 Good Minutes".
*Martin B. Copenhaver is senior pastor of Wellesley Congregational Church UCC in Wellesley, MA.
Testimony of a reader: "My dictionary doesn’t have enough enthusiastic adjectives for this book, which I adore…Everyone who loves the church or struggles with the church or is just plain curious about the church will relish every page. – Lauren F. Winner, author of "Girl Meets God and Mudhouse Sabbath"
Group discussions: Iowa Conference UCC’s Staff are taking turns leading the blogs and WebEx discussions from January through mid-May 2011. All chapters will be covered. Watch the chapter schedules in the Iowa Conference’s E-Communique. And to finalize the discussions, the Staff members are holding Face-to-Face gatherings around the state of Iowa in mid-May. More details on these will be also be relayed in our E-Communique.
Book location: How do you obtain this book? Several sources – Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Family Christian Store, Borders, plus more. The Iowa Conference UCC wants anyone at all who is interested in reading this book to have the opportunity. We will gladly provide a free book to those wishing assistance. Please contact Jo Ordway at 515.277.6369 or jo@ucciaconf.org.
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