The Prophetic Integrity Mission Area Team's mandate will focus on educating local churches and clergy with respect to matters calling for the public voice of the church. The Prophetic Integrity Mission Area Team will assume the social justice responsibilities formerly entrusted to the Commission for Church in Society and World Mission as well as those given to the Resolutions Committee.

Facilitator: Rev. Bob Frederick
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Facilitator: Rev. RJ Hronek
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Conference Staff person: Rev. Thom Webster
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Justice and Witness Ministries (click here to visit their website)
January 2010 December 2009 Newsletter

Justice LED (Leaders Engaging and Developing) is looking for applicants to be trained to become Regional Trainers.

Are you someone who has a commitment to do justice as part of our response to the Gospel's call to discipleship, experience in facilitation, leading workshops and/or teaching, and a love of people in all our diversity?  If so, you may be a good candidate to become a Justice LED Regional Trainer.

Justice LED is a new faith-based, biblically grounded leadership training program developed by Justice & Witness Ministries of the United Church of Christ.  It is designed to equip local church leaders with the skills and tools needed to develop, strengthen and sustain justice advocacy ministries in our UCC congregations.

We anticipate that at least one training for Regional Trainers will be held in Michigan in 2010.  The training is about two (2) days long.  The exact location and dates will be set once the pool of candidates for training has been set. 

To find out more about this exciting opportunity, please go to http://www.ucc.org/justice/training/ or see the attached flyer.

If you have questions, feel free to contact either Karen Holcomb-Merrill at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Karen Yeager-Stiver at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  They have both been trained as National Justice LED trainers and will be training the Regional Trainers in Michigan.

Michigan Conference Resolutions

Support the Provision of Mosquito Netting and the study of the impacts of global climate change (2010)

Ministering to Those Struggling and Suffering in the Troubled Economy (2009)

Single Payer Prevention and Sickness Insurance (2009)

To Endorse Adoption Equality in Michigan (2008)

Human Rights in the Philippines (2007)

To Endorse Health Care Access for All (2007)

Pastoral Letters

A Pastoral Letter on the Iraq War (2007)

A New Voice Arising: A Pastoral Letter on Faith Engaging Science and Technology (2008)

Worth Noting

The Internal Revenue Service has issued Revenue Ruling 2007-41 giving guidance to non-profit organizations, including churches, on interpreting the tax code’s prohibition on intervening in political campaigns. It gives 21 different examples of permitted and prohibited activities.