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Some members have recently reported suspicious email, text, and phone communications that appear to have come from Highmark. They typically contain a link to a fake, but realistic-looking, website asking you to enter personal info. They may encourage you to download a harmful app or ask you to call a non-Highmark phone number for follow-up.

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THE PENSION BOARDS–UCC, INC. PUBLISHES INTERIM DEI&B REPORT

New York (August 24, 2022) – Brian R. Bodager, President and CEO of the Pension Boards-United Church of Christ (PBUCC) and Walter Reyes, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer have announced the publication of an Interim Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEI&B) Report that highlights the organization’s progress in advancing DEI goals set in its inaugural report, Diversity in the Workplace, in 2021.

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2022 Diversity In Our Workplace Interim Report

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The Pension Boards introduces the 2022 Diversity in Our Workplace Interim Report, a diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEI&B) report that highlights the organization's culture transformation journey and offers progress updates to DEI&B commitments made in 2021. Read more.

The “No” That Says “Yes”

no means yes

 Rev. Bruce G. Epperly, PhD

As mystic and social activist Howard Thurman guides, “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

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Customer Call Center Availability During the Week of July 18

The Pension Boards will be hosting several company-wide events during the week of July 18, 2022, and as a result, our Customer Care Representatives (1.800.642.6543) may not be available to answer your calls during certain times. Your call is very important to us, so please leave your message. We will return your call as soon as possible.

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Q&A on Bear Markets

Bear market pic

Learn the bear markets basics in this Q&A article which highlights the causes of bear markets in a slowing economy. Read more.

Discerning the Necessary and the Optional

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Rev. Bruce G. Epperly, PhD

Often my fellow retirees tell me some version of the following: “I’ve got so much to do now. I don’t know how I held a job before I retired.” They often share how busy they are, and how they don’t have time for taking a walk, exercising, recreational activities, or getting together with friends, not to mention volunteer projects. I’m usually tempted to ask, “Have you looked at your schedule? What activities are optional, a matter of choice, and what are absolutely necessary, given your commitments and values?”

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On Being a Good Ancestor

Good Ancestor

By Bruce Epperly

These days, many retired pastors are exploring what it means to be a good ancestor. After a lifetime of service, we still feel an obligation to make a positive difference in the world. We still have the energy for mission and want to focus on ways to support the generations to come. We realize that we have responsibilities to our loved ones, and for some of us, this means making a moral and spiritual difference to our children and grandchildren. But, more than that, many of us are pondering how we can intentionally live and act to promote the wellbeing of other peoples’ children and children we will never meet. We want to be good ancestors whose impact lives on for generations to come.

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