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June 26, 1997
United Church of Christ
Barb Powell, press contact (Cleveland)
(216) 736-2217
E-mail:  powellb@ucc.org
Press Room, July 3-8
Room C110, Greater Columbus Convention Center, Ohio
(614) 722-1216
On the Web:  http://www.ucc.org

[This is one in a series of releases previewing the
United Church of Christ's 1997 General Synod.  Future
releases will detail other agenda items.  The Synod
will draw an estimated 3,000 people, including some
700 voting delegates from 39 regional bodies of the
denomination.  On moral, social and theological
matters, the biennial Synod speaks to, and not for,
the UCC's 1.5 million members and 6,100 local
churches.  News coverage is welcome.  For information,
call the Cleveland number above.  During the General
Synod, news will be updated twice daily on a special
Synod section of the UCC home page (Web address
above).]

ADVISORY:  United Church of Christ national groups
honor church members, congregations at General Synod

EDITORS AND PRODUCERS:  Someone in your area will be
honored at the General Synod of the United Church of
Christ, July 3-8 in Columbus, Ohio. Please note
honorees listed at the end of this advisory.
      United Church of Christ church members, clergy
and congregations will receive awards for work done in
various ministries of the church, including justice
and peace, world ministries, civil and human rights,
lesbian and gay concerns, and women's issues, among
others.
      For more information, contact Barb Powell at the
UCC Office of Communication at (216) 736-2217.  During
the General Synod, stop by room C110 at the Greater
Columbus Convention Center, 400 N. High St., or call
the General Synod Press Room at (614) 722-1216.
      The United Church of Christ, with national
offices in Cleveland, has local congregations in the
United States and Puerto Rico.  It was formed by the
1957 union of the Congregational Christian Churches
and the Evangelical and Reformed Church.

[EDITORS AND PRODUCERS:  Following is a list of people
and churches being honored at the General Synod of the
United Church of Christ, July 3-8 in Columbus, Ohio.
Honorees are listed by state or country in each award
category.]

Antoinette Brown Awards -- honoring women clergy.
Given by the UCC's Coordinating Center for Women in
Church and Society.
*  Brazil:  The Rev. Barbara Mosley de Souza,
missionary
*  Maryland:  The Rev. Rosemary McCombs Maxey,
Westminister

Honored Laywomen Awards -- presented by the UCC's
Coordinating Center for Women in Church and Society to
women nominated by their respective regional
conferences.
*  Alabama:  Nancy Sales, Birmingham
*  California:  Doris Alexis, Sacramento; Michelle
Carter, Belmont; Maeva Maria Neale, Pescadero
*  Colorado:  Gladys Loveland, Fort Morgan
*  Connecticut:  Carole J. Fanslow, Stratford;
Katharine N. McLean, Windsor; Betsy Work, Guilford
*  Florida:  Jacqueline Hanna Tutt, Sarasota; Pauline
E. King, Wesley Chapel (Tampa); Betty Lauderman,
Deland; Evangeline Mosich, Clearwater; Enid C.
Pinkney, Miami
*  Hawaii:  Janet Fujioka, Hilo; Jeanette Kinaka,
Wailuku; Yola Meyer-Forbes, Kaunakakai; Eloise
Uyehara, Pearl City
*  Illinois:  Marilyn Breitling, Fairview Heights;
Dorothy Dill, Chicago Heights; Joanne Klueter,
Highland; Marjorie Parker, Carbondale; Irma Romero and
Mary Terada, Chicago; Pearl G. Spies, Belleville
*  Indiana:  Jeanne Cartheuser, Mary Lou Rothe,
Indianapolis
*  Iowa:  Nancy E. Brown, Ames; Irene Engelmann,
Council Bluffs
*  Kentucky:  Gertrude Gay, Louisville
*  Kansas:  Barbara J. Pallister, Sterling; Nancy
Phipps, Whitewater
*  Maine:  Roberta Doughty, Norway; Jean Goheen,
Presque Isle
*  Maryland:  Marion Prediger, Hyattsville; Doris
Szech, Baltimore
*  Massachusetts:  Joyce Taylor Gibson, Littleton;
Mary Alice Stahleker, Plymouth; Joan Vander Vliet,
Greenfield 
*  Michigan:  Alice E. Lampkin, Detroit; Leona
Riebling, Northville; Theresa Sprenger, Grand Rapids
*  Minnesota:  Laura Lundgren, New Brighton; Maryjane
Westra, Fergus Falls
*  Missouri:  Margaret Engelsdorfer, St. Louis; Patti
Voelker, Gerald
*  Nebraska:  Ellen Ahrens, Plattsmouth; Eda Ree
Eckblade, Juniata; Berniece Peters, Syracuse
*  New Hampshire:  Elizabeth Avery, Antrim; Josephine
Szirbik, Milton Mills; and Laura Tucker, Bow
*  New Jersey:  Dorothy Newman, Willingboro
*  New Mexico:  Jeane Frey, Alburquerque
*  New York:  Susan L. Gibson, Syracuse; Clara Rosen,
Wantaugh; Jessica L. Walker, Jamaica
*  North Carolina:
Katherine Holmes Floyd, Elon College
* North Dakota:  Eunice Brinkerhoff, Joan Estes and
Fanny Lee Seville, Bismarck; Phyllis Hand, New Town;
Marna Held, New Salem
*  Ohio:  Frances Millward, Berea; Sue Quellhorst,
Columbus; Maryalice Roush, Orrville; Valerie E.
Russell (posthumously) and Mary Sherry, Cleveland
*  Oklahoma:  Donna Lamb, Drummond
*  Oregon:  Guinevere Grimes, Salem; Jean Johnson,
Portland
*  Pennsylvania:  Sarah Bright, Manhaim; Ellen Diaz,
Leighton; Myrtle Diener, Lyon Station; Barbara Hanks,
Bethlehem; Sandra Koenig, Limerick; Nancy E. Krody,
Philadelphia
*  Rhode Island:  Vicki Beckman, Jamestown
*  South Dakota:  Elaine McKittrick, Elaine
McKittrick, Rapid City; Evie Pond, Ipswich; Pat
Roberts, Mitchell
*  Tennessee:  Annie Neal, Nashville; Ruth Peeples,
Pleasant Hill
*  Texas:  Emma Lou Bizer, New Braunfels; Frances
Cooper Briggs, Austin; Ruby Seals Carvin, Houston
*  Vermont:  Joyce Fish, St. Johnsbury; Lois Kaufmann,
Warren; Lucy Black Samara, South Burlington
*  Utah:  Sarah Bishop, Bountiful
*  Washington:  Antoinette Agerter (posthumously),
Vancouver; Joyce Weir, Newport
*  Wisconsin:  Cathleen Starck Wille, Neenah
*  Wyoming:  Ann Cochran, Evansville
*  Puerto Rico:  Mariana Rodriguez Quesada, Arecibo

Burning Bush Award -- presented by UCC Christians for
Justice Action.
*  Colorado:  The Rev. Clyde Miller, Denver
*  Missouri:  Jeanette Oxford, St. Louis

Just Peace Awards -- presented to individuals and
local churches by the UCC's Office for Church in
Society.
*  Florida:  Lakewood United Church of Christ, St.
Petersburg
*  Kentucky:  The Rev. J. Bennett Guess, Hendersen
*  Ohio:  Valerie E. Russell (posthumously), Cleveland

The UCC National Committee on Persons with
Disabilities
*  Connecticut:  Susan E. Lyon (posthumously),
Hartford

Living Legends Awards -- presented by United Black
Christians.
*  Florida:  The Rev. Joseph Evans, Sarasota
*  Illinois:  Samuel Allen, Chicago; The Rev. W.
Sterling Carey, Oak Park
*  New Jersey:  The Rev. Charles Shelby Rooks, North
Brunswick
*  Washington, D.C.:  The Rev. Charles Cobb

United Church Coalition for Lesbian/Gay Concerns --
honorees include three people, one church and 49 new
Open and Affirming churches.
*  California:  City of Refuge Community Church, San
Francisco
*  Colorado:  Jean Dubofsky, Boulder
*  Illinois:  The Rev. Charles Selner, Chicago
*  Ohio:  Joyce Strommen, Cleveland

New Open and Affirming Churches
*  Arizona:  Rincon Congr. UCC and The Church of the
Painted Hills UCC, Tucson
*  California: The Community UCC, Guerneville; First
Congr. UCC, Fresno; First Congr. UCC, San Bernardino;
First Congr. UCC, Santa Cruz; First Congr. UCC, Santa
Rosa; New Community of Faith UCC, San Jose; New
Fellowship UCC, Berkeley; United Church of Hayward,
Hayward
*  Colorado:  Christ Congr. UCC, Pueblo
*  Connecticut:  First Congr. UCC, Guilford
*  Florida:  Miami Beach Community Church, Miami Beach
*  Illinois:  First Congr. Church, Naperville;
Immanuel UCC, Streamwood; First Congr. UCC, Waukegan;
First United Church of Oak Park, Oak Park
*  Maine:  Somesville Union Meeting House UCC, Mt.
Desert
*  Massachusetts:  Newton Highlands Congr. UCC, Newton
Highlands; First Church of Christ UCC, Northampton;
Memorial Congr. UCC, Sudbury
*  Minnesota:  Minnehaha UCC, Minneapolis; Lynnhurst
Congr. UCC, Minneapolis; Parkway UCC, Minneapolis
*  New Hampshire:  South Congr. UCC, Concord; Congr.
UCC, Exeter
*  New Jersey:  Christ Congr. UCC, Princeton
*  New York:  Blooming Grove UCC, Blooming Grove;
Mountain Rise UCC, Fairport; Plymouth Congr. UCC,
Syracuse
*  Ohio:  Faith UCC, Dayton; Zion UCC, Cleveland;
North Congr. UCC, Columbus; Euclid Avenue Congr. UCC,
Cleveland
*  Oklahoma:  Fellowship Congr. UCC, Tulsa
*  Oregon:  Forest Grove UCC, Forest Grove; First
Congr. UCC, Eugene; Ainsworth UCC, Portland; Zion UCC,
Gresham; Klamath Falls Congr. UCC, Klamath Falls
*  Pennsylvania:  Old First Reformed UCC, Philadelphia
*  Texas:  Friends Congr. UCC, College Station
*  Virginia:  Sojourners UCC, Charlottesville
*  Washington:  First Congr. UCC, Bellevue; Fauntleroy
UCC, Seattle; Tolt Congr. UCC, Carnation; Magnolia
UCC, Seattle; Eastgate Congr. UCC, Bellevue
*  Wisconsin:  Plymouth Congr. UCC, Madison

Faithful and Loving churches -? awarded by the
Biblical Witness Fellowship of the UCC.
*  California:  Quartz Hill Congr. UCC, Quartz Hill;
Union Congr. UCC, Arvin
*  Colorado:  First Congr. of Eaton/Ault UCC, Eaton;
The Church in the Wildwood UCC, Green Mountain Falls
*  Connecticut:  Congr. UCC, Windsor Locks
*  Idaho:  American Falls Congr. UCC, American Falls
*  Illinois:  St. Paul's Evangelical UCC,
Bloomingdale; St. Luke's UCC, Morton Grove; United
Church of Tilton, Tilton; St. Paul UCC, Davis
*  Indiana:  United Church of Christ, Albany; Salem
UCC, Decatur
*  Iowa:  Zion Evangelical and Reformed UCC, Garner
*  Massachusetts:  Byfield Parish UCC, Georgetown
*  Michigan:  Community UCC, Saranac
*  Minnesota:  St. Paul's UCC, Eyota
*  Missouri:  Bethesda Evangelical UCC, St. Louis; St.
Paul's/Creve Coeur UCC, St. Louis; St. Luke UCC,
Wellington
*  New Hampshire:  Congr. UCC, Candia
*  New York:  First Hungarian Reformed UCC, New York
*  North Carolina:  St. Paul's UCC, Newton; Bethlehem
UCC, Winston-Salem
*  Ohio:  Emanuel UCC, Doylestown; Jerusalem UCC, New
Philadelphia; Mt. Zion UCC, Beavercreek
*  Pennsylvania:  Shepherd of the Hills UCC,
Bechtelsville; St. Paul's UCC, Rural Valley; St.
John's UCC, Bedford; St. Peter's UCC, Zelienople;
Bethlehem Cooperative Parish UCC, Glen Rock; St.
Peter's UCC, Seven Valleys; Ebenezer UCC, New Tripoli;
Jordan UCC, Allentown; Trinity UCC, Landisburg; Zion's
UCC, Hamburg; St. John's UCC, Denver; Christ Reformed
UCC at Indian Creek, Telford
*  Rhode Island:  Smithfield Avenue Congr. UCC,
Pawtucket
*  Texas:  First Protestant UCC, New Braunfels;
Friedens UCC, Riesel; Friedens UCC, Geronimo; Zion
United Church, Waco; St. Paul's UCC, Cego
*  Vermont:  Congr. UCC, Jericho Center

Ministers for Racial, Social and Economic Justice
*  Illinois:  The Rev. Yvonne Delk, Chicago

Council for Hispanic Ministries
*  California:  The Rev. Candita Bauza, Marino Valley
Leadership Awards:  The Rev. Samuel Acosta
*  California:  The Rev. Nicanor Aguilar, Anaheim;
Lilia Enriquez, Pomona
*  Connecticut:  Doris Ayala, East Harford; Abraham
Reyes, Bridgeport
*  Illinois:  The Rev. Jorge Morales, Chicago
*  New Jersey:  The Rev. Alfonso Roman, Newark
*  Oregon:  The Rev. Hector Lopez, Portland

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