See our Annual Report. Tool Box for Ministry Conference LBCCC presents this program for newly appointed clergy and lay leaders in the area to discover community resources and information to assist in their ministries. It also provides an opportunity for clergy to get aquainted. See information about our last Tool Box event. Christian Unity Events - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity LBCCC schedules events to mark this important ecumenical moment in the community. We seek to bring communities together to witness to our life together. Our main event is our Christian Unity Breakfast and worship service.  See more about our Christian Unity ministry. Children's Sabbath LBCCC promotes the national Children’s Sabbath of the Children’s Defense Fund each year in October, mobilizing congregations to act on the critical needs of America’s children. See the flyer for the Children's Sabbath Interfaith Service which took place in October 2007. Ecumenical Festival of Music The Ecumenical Festival of Music is held annually in the spring and encourages participation from local churches, meeting houses and centers of all denominations to peform music for the Glory of God through singing, dancing, miming and playing instruments. It is a celebration for all ages by all ages. Ongoing Service Projects of LBCCC: Welcoming the Stranger Begun in 1999 and led by the Rev. Sturgis Poorman, this program reaches out to the large number of immigrants and refugees in the lower part of Bucks county, offering friendship, English lessons, computer training, and citizenship education. For more information on Welcoming the Stranger, www.welcomingthestranger.org For Love Of Children [FLOC] A volunteer task force that advocates with elected and appointed officials – county, state, and federal – on issues that impact on children, especially on needy children. Among current FLOC issues are early education programs in Pennsylvania , child care, violence, children's medical and dental care, tooth fairy kits, and welfare funding and reform. FLOC also has an electronic advocacy team, the FLOC Advocates, who get email alerts on current issues . Individuals can join the advocates by emailing maben730@aol.com . Please click on the For Love of Children page  more information! Caring for Creation Task Force Helping congregations and individual Christians become better stewards of God's creation. Caring for Creation, the Lower Bucks Center for Church and Community task force on the environment, is ready to help you with resources or programs! We can provide speakers, programs, information, practical action steps - and more - on ways to conserve energy and walk more lightly on the planet. Talk with us about how your congregation and members can cut your carbon footprint by signing up for green energy, or by using compact flourescent light bulbs. Let us tell you about energy audits for congregations that help them save energy and money. Sign up for our Ecology Tidbits, emailed weekly to anyone who requests them. These eco-tips can help you make the small steps that add up for our environment. They are ideal for church bulletins, too, to get the whole congregation on the right path ecologically. Contact Joan Turner, Run1928@aol.com, to subscribe.) To join the Caring for Creation Task Force or to get more information, contact Pete Stevens (215-702-9827, petedadstevens@aol.com). Promoting Ecumenical and Interfaith Events and Efforts In January 2008, the Religious Leaders Council of Greater Philadelphia issued a call to people of faith to work for peace in our communities and lead their communities in ways of peace. Made up of leaders of the Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim communities of the five county Philadelphia area, the Religious Leaders Council was formed in 2006 to unite religious leaders, build relationships of mutual support, and to offer a moral and spiritual voice to and take action on issues of crucial concern in our region. The peace pledge below was introduced at the beginning of a joint religious witness against violence, a January 3, 2008 Interfaith Inaugural Service for the inauguration of Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter. The interfaith service was the first public event of the Religious Leaders Council. The leaders hope that congregations throughout the region will find ways to use the pledge in their congregations and communities.  A Call from People of Faith to Stop Violence The Religious Leaders Council of Greater Philadelphia prays fervently for an end to violence in our region. The Council calls on all to work for peace as it leads its constituencies into the ways of peace. The Council allies itself with all who work to eliminate today’s culture of violence: its causes, incidents, and tragic consequences. Those who commit acts of violence and their victims need us to be peace-makers. Let us listen to their cries, their hopes and their dreams; and let each of us say:  I pledge as an individual:  To promote peace in my home and community.    I pledge to work with others:  To eliminate the causes of hatred,  To honor the dignity of all people,  To lay down our weapons,  And to find non-violent solutions when tempted to hurt another.    I pledge to be an instrument of God’s peace:  To make my home and neighborhood zones of peace,  Free from fear, filled with respect,  And marked by deeds of kindness.   See our Annual Report.