Long title
Today I became a Student In Care of the Southeast Association of the Wisconsin Conference of the United Church of Christ. Luckily, I don’t really have to ever use that title.
The In Care relationship between a student and the student’s Association is part of the formal process leading to ordained ministry in the UCC. As I journey through the three years of seminary, I will have a number of checkpoints along the way as the denomination seeks to prepare me for ministry in the congregations.
Below is my first sermon, given at my home church, Plymouth UCC in Milwaukee two weeks ago. I wanted to wait to embed it here until I was officially In Care.





Daniel Ross-Jones serves as Minister for Youth & Young Adults at First Congregational Church of Palo Alto, United Church of Christ. Living in the San Francisco Bay Area for a time still measured in months, he is frequently getting lost and discovering treasures of a landscape very different from his Upper Midwestern roots. Green Jello Hotdish is a blog exploring the intersections of his days. 

