KYP: Working for Change Trouble Viewing? Click Here UCC Advocacy in 2016 The United Church of Christ, embracing its mission to welcome all, love all and build a just world for all people, raised a collective voice in the public square in 2016 to live out that call. Watch the year in review >> Read the UCNews Top 10 stories in 2016 FEATURES The United Church of Christ Annual Fund It’s not too late to give . . . Support our work >> Gift of a New Life The faith community of a small Wisconsin college town has given a young refugee family love, hope and a new life. Read the story >> Youth@SynodDid you know that any person or group of kids between the ages of 13 and 18 can participate in the Youth@Synod program in Baltimore next summer? Learn more, and join us at General Synod 2017! >> Joy to the WorldThere is so much joy in the world today. Step wisely, and find ways to celebrate it. Listen to the podcast >> HEADLINES UNITED CHURCH NEWS Central Pacific Conference leader stepping down in late March More >> UCC IN THE NEWS Ohio church delivers presents to homeless kids Philadelphia church giving away Christmas trees Pennsylvania churches, businesses join forces to help those in need Iowa live nativity scene has decades of tradition Illinois church celebrating 150 years From church to mosque: A Connecticut interfaith partnership in a time of increasing hate Missouri church celebrates 150th anniversary with festival of trees Ohio church volunteers welcome family to their Habitat for Humanity home Finding Christmas in dark times Lancaster Theological Seminary board elects 3 new trustees She thought she’d die on an icy road, but strangers at an Illinois church saved her More >> OTHER RELIGIOUS NEWS Pope’s Christmas message urges to end war, terrorism and the ‘idolatry of money’ Churches connect Christmas story to refugee crisis A soft landing in Montana Religion and Ethics Newsweekly’ to sign off after 20 years More >> Take Action Now: Strengthen the Movement in 2017! Around the Globe: Rewired by Grace — Kenya Witness for Justice: Remember Sandy Hook with Responsible Gun Laws Vital Signs & Statistics: UCC Evangelicals and Progressives: How They’re Different. Why It Matters. Changes & Deaths: Ministerial Updates