{"id":17938,"date":"2025-07-01T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/?p=17938"},"modified":"2025-07-03T15:48:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T20:48:46","slug":"july-1-2025-community-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/july-1-2025-community-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"July 1, 2025 &#8211; Community Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1185.6px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>In July 1, 2025&#8217;s edition of <em>Community Connections<\/em>, you&#8217;ll find a message from Moderator Jodee Lord recapping her experience at the 2025 NACCC Annual Meeting and Conference and a note of thanks from Vice-Moderator Rev. Dr. Martin Hall to all those who made the event happen, along with a reminder to shares your congratulations with Board of Directors\u2019 Citation recipient Rev. Art Ritter. Board of Governors member Kevin Gromley also offers a reflection on the AMC, with a mention of an upcoming campaign in support of <em>The Congregationalist<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, you&#8217;ll find news that the NACCC is hiring a part-time, on-location <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/we-are-hiring-office-assistant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office Assistant<\/a> to support the administrative and development efforts of the association, encouragement to explore the June issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/simplebooklet.com\/thecongregationalistjune2025#page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Congregationalist<\/em><\/a>, and an invitation to participate in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/events\/ministers-and-members-evening-reception-with-the-cla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upcoming event with the Congregational Library &amp; Archives<\/a> in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>We encourage you to check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/2025-sharing-vitality-grants-progress-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 Sharing Vitality Grants Progress Report<\/a> and apply for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/2026-sharing-vitality-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2026 Sharing Vitality Grant<\/a> if you&#8217;re working to enhance vitality in your church and community, to explore our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/mission-partner-updates-hosanna-industries-july-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July Mission Partner Spotlight<\/a> on Hosanna Industries,\u00a0to view <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/2025-calls-ordinations-installations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent calls, ordinations, and installations<\/a> of NACCC ministers, and to take advantage of our new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/guide-for-member-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guide for Member Resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For information on upcoming NACCC events and webinars, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/news-events\/events\/#calendar-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Event Calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/July-1-NACCC-E-News.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 1st E-News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":725,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-naccc-news","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/725"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17938"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17942,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17938\/revisions\/17942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}