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Nov. 9, 1998
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EDITORS: A list of local churches and speakers, arranged
alphabetically by geographic location, appears at the end of this
release.

United Church of Christ meeting to spotlight work of Argentinian
grandmothers to find "disappeared" children during dictatorship

     HARTFORD, Conn. -- The grandmother responsible for
searching for more than 200 "disappeared" children in Argentina
when it was a military dictatorship will be the keynote speaker at
the 189th annual meeting of the United Church Board for World
Ministries in Hartford, Conn., Nov. 12-17.
     Estella B. de Carlotto is president of "Grandmothers of
Plaza de Mayo," an Argentine-based organization of women who
lost children in the 1970s when the country was under military rule.
Many were the children of parents taken into custody by the
police because of their liberal viewpoints during a rightist period.
Some children were born in detention centers.
     To date, 56 children have been found.  Some of those
found have been returned to their natural families, while others
have remained with their adoptive families.  A number of cases in
which the identities of the children are disputed are still before
Argentine courts.
     De Carlotto will speak at a public meeting Thursday, Nov.
12, at 7:30 p.m. at Hastings International Conference Center, 85
Sigourney Street in Hartford.
     The UCC's Board for World Ministries and its
predecessor bodies comprise the
United States' oldest overseas missions agency and is charged
with carrying on the worldwide work of the UCC.  The World
Board has more than 230 missionaries serving in 30 countries.
Today, the work is carried on through joint cooperation with the
Division of Overseas Ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples
of Christ) through a Common Global Ministry Board.
     The United Church of Christ is the largest Protestant
denomination in Connecticut, with 261 local churches in its
regional Connecticut Conference. The oldest church, First Church
in Windsor, Conn., opened its doors in 1630.
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[EDITORS: Here is a list of corporate board members and United
Church Board for World Ministries staff speaking at local UCC
congregations throughout Connecticut during worship on Sunday,
Nov. 15. Check the congergation for worship times.]

Bethel
First Congregational UCC, 203-743-1877   Ken Godfrey of Johnstown, Pa.,
bringing greetings

Branford
First Congregational UCC, 203-488-7201  Julia Brown Karimu of
Indianapolis, preaching

Bridgeport
United Congregational UCC   Cherie Daniel of Quincy, Mass., preaching

Bristol
First Congregational UCC, 203-583-6597   Eric Gass of New York, N.Y.,
bringing greetings

Columbia
Columbia Congregational UCC, 860-228-9306   Kate Goodspeed of
Hangzhour, Zhajang, preaching

Cornwall
Cornwall UCC, 860-672-6840   Stanley Dole of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
preaching

Danbury
First Congregational UCC, 203-744-6177   David Avison of Lake Oswego,
Ore., preaching
King Street UCC, 203-748-0719   Robert Bryant of Minneapolis, Ind.,
preaching

East Hartford
First Congregational UCC, 860-528-3133   Carmen Alicia Nebot of New
York, bringing greetings

Enfield
Enfield Congregational UCC, 860-745-3646   Melvin Miller of Speerfish,
S.D., preaching

Farmington
First Church of Christ UCC, 860-677-2601   Lyle Weible of Harrisburg, Pa.,
preaching

Glastonbury
Buckingham Congregational UCC, 860-633-7992   Larry Burnley of
Cleveland, Ohio, preaching
First Church of Christ Congregational UCC, 8860-633-4641   Roger Perl of
Tiffin, Ohio, bringing greetings

Guilford
First Congregational UCC, 203-453-5249   Terry Provance of Cleveland,
preaching
Guilford Congregational UCC, 203-457-0581   Grace Bunker of
Cumberland, R.I., preaching

Hartford
First Church of Christ UCC, 203-249-5631   David Hirano of Cleveland,
Ohio, preaching
(David Hirano heads the UCC's Board for World Ministries)

Immanuel Congregational UCC, 860-527-8121   Clyde Work of Guilford,
Conn., bringing greetings

Jewett City
First Congregational of Griswold UCC, 860-376-2682   Mary Schaller
Blaufuss of Revere, Pa., preaching

Lebanon
Lebanon UCC, 203-642-7000   Charles and Wendy Bayer, preaching

Manchester
Center Congregational UCC, 860-647-9941   Ann Few of New Holland,
Pa., preaching

Meriden
First Congregational UCC of Meriden, 203-235-5704   David Murchie of
Arlington, Va., preaching

Middlefield
The Middlefield Federated Church, UCC, 860-349-9881   Rita Wilbur of
Lewisville, Ohio, preaching

Middletown
First Congregational UCC, 203-346-6657   Graceleanor Baird of Kalaheo,
Hawaii, bringing greetings

Morris
Morris Congregational UCC, 860-567-0693   Alice Anderman of Blandon,
Pa., preaching

New Britain
South Congregational UCC, 203-233-3691   Karl Vercouten of The Dalles,
Ore., preaching

Norwalk
First Congregational UCC, 203-847-9551   Roy  Hill of Essex Junction, Vt.,
preaching

Norwich
First Congregational UCC, 860, 889-9520   Pat Glover of Cleveland,
bringing greetings

Orange
Orange Congregational UCC, 203-795-9749   Shari Presterman of
Stephen's Point, Wis., preaching

Poquonock
Poquonock UCC, 203-688-2014   Sandra Rooney of Cleveland, preaching

Redding Center
First Church of Christ Congregational Redding, UCC, 203-938-2004
David Charles Smith of Allentown, Pa., preaching

Ridgebury
Ridgebury Congregational UCC, 203-748-2806   Debbie Kaynor of West
Hartford, Conn., bringing greetings

Rocky Hill
Rocky Hill Congregational UCC, 860-529-4167   Ching-fen Hsiao of New
York, N.Y., preaching

Roxbury
Roxbury Congregational UCC, 860-355-1978   Anne Sarafield of San
Diego, preaching

Shelton
Shelton Congregational UCC, 203-924-5724   Dorothy Berry of Topeka,
Kan., preaching

South Britain
South Britain Congregational UCC, 203-264-5890   Elizabeth Cutling of
Winchester, N.H., bringing greetings

Southington
First Congregational UCC of Southington, 203-628-6958   Ernest Hamlin
of Newport News, Va., preaching

Torrington
Center Congregational UCC, 203-489-8301   Dan Caplan of Clifton, N.J.,
bringing greetings

Warren
Warren Congregational UCC, 203-868-7106   Cathi Bryant of Waterloo,
N.Y., preaching

West Hartford/Elmwood
Elmwood Community UCC, 203-233-8203   Steven Guy of Pottstown, Pa.,
preaching

West Suffield
West Suffield Congregational UCC, 203-668-2271   Dee Lundberg of
Columbia Hts., Minn., preaching

Willimantic
First Congregational UCC of Willimantic, 203-423-6827   Barbara Gammete
of Rapid City, S.D., preaching

Windsor
First Church in Windsor UCC, 860-688-7229   Betty and Martin Bailey of
West Orange, N.J., preaching
(The Baileys have recently returned from the Middle East, where they have
been serving as missionaries)

Wilson Congregational UCC, 860-688-3657   Alice Silver of Laramie,
Wyo., bringing greetings

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