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Christian Fellowship Congregational church

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Church Scholarship Application

CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF SAN DIEGO UCC SCHOLARSHIP

Christian Fellowship Congregational United Church of Christ Scholarship Fund was established in May 2020 by members, families, and friends of Christian Fellowship Congregational United Church of Christ. The Fund shall be held, managed, administered, and paid out by an appointed committee made up of church members. The Fund is a perpetual charitable fund created for the purposed of granting scholarships to graduating seniors who have attended and fulfilled the requirements of the Christian Fellowship Church.

HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH / JR. COLLEGE / TRADE SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS

These scholarships will be awarded to deserving graduating high school seniors who are members or active in the church during their high school years. The scholarship provides awards annually in the amount of $1,000 each to graduating high school seniors.

CRITERIA:

To receive consideration, applicants must:

  • be a graduating high school youth, active in the church (the contact at CFCC will verify the status of applicants as active)
  • be accepted to a post-secondary educational program

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DONALD E. GRAY SCHOLARSHIP

The Donald E. Gray Scholarship Fund was created to honor the legacy of a gentle giant who, for more than 25 – years, was a faithful, active member of Christian Fellowship Congregational Church.

A native of Paris, Texas, Donald Gray opted not to attend college after graduating from high school. Instead, he joined the U.S. Navy which allowed him the opportunity to earn an income to support his mother and family. The U.S. Navy eventually brought him to San Diego, CA where

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he later enrolled at San Diego City College and earned an associate degree with high honors.

In his honor, family and friends have established a scholarship that will provide one $500.00 scholarship per year to a high school senior who is a regularly active member of the Christian Fellowship Congregational Church family. To be eligible, the student must:

CRITERIA:

  • Have a minimum 3.3 GPA,
  • Provide proof of enrollment into a four-year college or institution

• Submit a 250-word essay on the importance of service above self

CONTINUING COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP

This scholarship will be awarded to deserving undergraduate college students who are active members of CFCC, San Diego, CA. The scholarship provides awards annually in the amount of $1,000 each to current undergraduate students.

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CRITERIA:

To receive consideration, applicants must:

  • be an undergraduate college/university student and active in the church (the contact at CFCC will verify the status of applicants as active)
  • be participatory in the church whenever home (i.e.: sing in the choir, usher, volunteer at church)
  • be enrolled full-time during the academic year in a program leading to an associate or bachelor’s degree.

    APPLICATION PROCESS:

    The online application is available on the Christian Fellowship Congregational Church of San Diego, United Church of Christ Website at www.christianfellowshipucc.org

    The following items must be submitted to the Scholarship Committee:

      • Online application completed in full
      • Official High School/College/University transcript through the first semester of 12th
      • grade for high school seniors, or most recent grade transcript for college students
      • One letter of recommendation from a member or clergyperson at CFCC.
      • One letter of recommendation from a school or community member.
      • Personal essay, typewritten, no more than 300 words explaining 1) How you have
      • benefited from participation in Christian Fellowship Congregational Church; 2) How you
      • have overcome adversity; and 3) Your personal goals
      • The application and all supplemental materials must be received by the deadline indicated
      • on the application.
      • Incomplete applications will not be considered.

SELECTION PROCESS:

The church Scholarship Committee will select recipients. The committee reserves the right to rescind an award should a recipient’s circumstances change, such as failure to graduate from high school or failure to enroll at an accredited institution. The Scholarship Committee reserves the right to withhold the award if no applicants are deemed to meet the qualifications.

PAYMENT PROCESS:

Funds will be distributed to the recipient upon receipt of official verification of enrollment in the institution of higher learning.

SCHOLARSHIP CONTACT:

Mrs. Inez J. Thomas, Scholarship Chair

 

ONLINE APPLICATION FORM

 

CFUCC Scholarship Application

 

 

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Membership Directory Update

UPDATE YOUR CONTACT  INFORMATION

 

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Please update your information for our
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Click This Link to Update Your Information

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Our Digital Campus

Sisters and Brothers,

If you haven’t already, please take a moment to install/download Zoom on your personal computer, tablet, or smartphone. As a reminder, our building is closed and worship, bible study and other meetings will be held online via zoom (or telephonically) until further notice. Signing up and downloading Zoom is easy. On your computer, go to zoom.com and click “Sign up, It’s Free.” Then follow the prompts for setting up your account. If you’d like to Zoom via iPad or smartphone, look for the Zoom Cloud Meetings app that is free in the app store.

 

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Join our Digital Campus for Worship
Please email [email protected]

 

Many thanks to Min Monica Bradley, Christie Hill, and members of the Diaconate and Evangelism Board for their technical support each Sunday. Please invite a friend or family member, near or far, to join us online!

I am looking forward to gathering with you at on Digital Campus, we have so much to thank and praise God for!  If you miss our worship, services are viewable on the Christian Fellowship Youtube Channel.

—
Peace and Power,

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Christian Fellowship UCC Church and the movement to ban all neck restraints in San Diego

Christian Fellowship Congregational Church UCC has been a formal member of the Racial Justice Coalition of San Diego (RJC) since 2018 and we have played an active role in its “I Can’t Breathe Campaign”. The Racial Justice Coalition started this specific campaign to end all neck restraints used by law enforcement in San Diego.  This movement finally succeeded when a ban on the carotid restraint in the City of San Diego was announced on June 1st, 2020 and then a County level ban was announced on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020.

San Diego became one of the last major cities to ban neck restraints and it was in part due to this massive and sustained social movement that included not just religious institutions and leaders, but also those who had personally experienced being put in one of these neck restraints and those who had family members that had a relative placed in neck restraints, as well as community groups, civil rights organizations, and medical and law enforcement professionals.

Christian Fellowship Congregational Church hosted the first public teach-in on neck restraints organized by the RJC in January of 2018 which included expert panelists Genevieve Jones-Wright, Bishop Cornelius Bowser, Buki Domingos, Robert Branch (a San Diego County Sheriff Deputy used a neck restraint against Mr Branch and he successfully sued the County of San Diego,) and his attorney, Marc Kohan. This work was integral to the mission and regular activities of the Social Justice Ministry at Christian Fellowship, who not only endorsed the “I Can’t Breathe Campaign” but offered to host this teach-in and support all of the activities and organizing work of the Racial Justice Coalition. Being on the right side of history and playing a role in the ending of the barbaric and racist neck restraints that law enforcement have historically used against Black and Brown men has been an invaluable role of the Social Justice Ministry at Christian Fellowship with the Racial Justice Coalition, as well as in our Emerald Hills community in southeastern San Diego.”

 

Dr. Darwin Fishman, PhD

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Black Lives Matter

 

Our faith teach us that each person is created in the “Imago Dei” (image of God) in Genesis 1:27. Because humanity has been made in the image of the Holy Parent we are therefore full of intrinsic worth, value and deserving of dignity. What is true is that God did not create race, racism, superior groups of humans, nor did God create hegemonic and hierarchical social structures.  God does not sanction human suffering, but looks upon those who are suffering and intervenes directly to bring about liberation and justice for the broken and oppressed.  Black Lives Matter.

Black Lives Matter, because we live in nation where young black males are 21 times more likely to be shot dead by police than their white counterparts.

Black Lives Matter, because black women in crisis are often met by police with deadly force.

Black Lives Matter, because queer and especially transgender black individuals face elevated negative outcomes when they encounter police in moments of trauma.

As a Church, we boldly proclaim, “Black Lives Matter” not simply because we are a largely black worshipping congregation, but because we are called to witness against white supremacy and support the struggle to build a society that is antiracist and reimagine a world where the public safety of the most vulnerable is centered and prioritized.  In this church we insist upon living a life that is model in the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, to shows us what love looks like, what justice looks like, and equality looks like– in both the public square and our private places of being.

#BlackLivesMatter and white silence is violence.

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