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NORTHWEST CLERGY SPEAK OUT FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IN TROUBLED TIMES

Clergy members and church congregants from three states will hold a mid-day prayer and song vigil in downtown Medford to express their deep concern with growing polarization, hate, violence and victimization that is traumatizing low-income and marginalized persons across our nation and the world. United Church of Christ (UCC) Medford is hosting 100 clergy and lay representatives from 41 churches in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, who chose to meet in the Rogue Valley for their Annual Gathering to commemorate and reflect on five challenging years of community recovery and rebuilding after the Almeda and Obenchain fires which devastated thousands of homes and businesses. 

Members of the Central Pacific Conference of the UCC will gather at the Old Medford Courthouse (10 South Oakdale Avenue, across from Alba Park), on Sunday September 28 at 12:30 pm, to express their solidarity with Immigrants, Palestinians, First Nations, and Trans and Non-binary people; and to confirm their public commitments to becoming an anti-racist Conference, supporting gun control and healthcare for all, and fighting climate change by divesting from fossil fuel. Supporters are welcome to join this 30-minute Public Witness in word and song following Jesus on the Way of Radical Love.

For more information, contact:

Rev. Tyler Connoley, Conference Minister
Central Pacific Conference of the United Church of Christ
503-910-4082 (Cell)
tyler@cpcucc.org

Rev. Paula Sohl
UCC Minister
541-261-8033
paulasohl@gmail.com