 Churches full of life, love, faith, and joy overflowing into service. Skilled, dedicated, energetic, and compassionate people providing inspiring leadership in their communities. Understanding this basic truth, we are all connected. We are the Connecticut Conference of the United Church of Christ. My name is Kent Salati, and I serve as Conference Minister. We believe that God has made us interdependent and that we can do more together than we can as individuals. We work to connect leaders and congregations to learn and to serve. We foster the gifts of young people through outdoor ministry at Silver Lake Conference Center. We labor to eradicate racism through education and public advocacy. We help churches nurture, form, call, and equip pastoral and lay leadership. We share our stories. We proclaim the good news. In the churches. In the statehouse. In the neighborhoods. In the trees. And in the hearts. We are the Connecticut Conference of the United Church of Christ. We are all connected.