KYP: A Moral Revival

Prayers, Rallies and Arrests
Thousands of activists calling for a just world for all people marched on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol and statehouses around the country on Monday, launching the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Learn more >>

FEATURES

A Slow-Moving Natural Disaster
Three Hawai’i churches close to the volcanic activity on the big island continue to watch, help and pray.
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Love of Neighbor
UCC General Minister and President Dorhauer speaks out against new DOJ immigration policy threatening to separate children from their parents. Read his comments >>
An Arizona church welcomed and presented to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol one of the first families from the Central American caravan stopped at the border. Learn more >>

Peace for All Peoples
As a Just Peace Church, the UCC continues to work for peace and denuclearization, despite the government’s decision to pull out of the Iran Nuclear Agreement. Read Global Ministries statement >>

Want to Go Solar?
The UCC, partnering with Green Faith, offers a webinar that will teach you what you need to know. Sign up now >>

Mom
A mother’s love is a lot like God’s. Listen to the podcast >>

Regional Youth Events 2018
UCC youth are invited to ponder, pray, and play, guided by the 3 Great Loves at week-long events in June and July in Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, and Pennsylvania. Learn more, register now, before the deadline >>

HEADLINES

UNITED CHURCH NEWS

	UCC leadership: We oppose laws that deny any couple the right to adopt
	Retiring FCC Commissioner lauds UCC commitment to ‘confronting divisions and hostilities’
	“70 Years On: Seeking a hopeful future in a time of yearning”
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UCC IN THE NEWS

	Reverend Traci Blackmon electrifies the 10th Annual Rhode Island Interfaith Poverty Conference
	More seminary students leave the Master of Divinity behind
	From the Pulpit: Make an effort to learn about mental illnesses
	UCC minister: Abstinence-only sex education has consistently failed youth
	Christian groups highlight plight of immigrant mothers on Mother’s Day
	Maine church ‘thriving and alive’ at 75
	Pennsylvania church hosts Rainbow Room where gay youth find camaraderie, education
	Iowa voters organizing on issues
	Ohio pastor works for affordable housing
	Deaconess Foundation brings summer Freedom Schools to St. Louis
	Historic Michigan church to become a performance venue
	Rev. Traci Blackmon Scholarship announced by Lancaster Seminary
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OTHER RELIGIOUS NEWS

	Israel kills dozens at Gaza border as U.S. Embassy opens in Jerusalem
	Here’s how the Poor People’s Campaign aims to finish what MLK started
	Churchgoers say gifts to charity, needy count as tithing
	Mormon Church ends century-old partnership with the Boy Scouts
	North Carolina church shelters mother from Honduras
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