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Daily Devotional
Created by the Still Speaking Writer’s Group by The Pilgrim Press, the Daily Devotional grounds our daily faith.
I Remember Your Name in the Night
I remember your name in the night, O Lord, and keep your law. – Psalm 119:55 (NRSV) I remember a lot of things at night. Perhaps you do, too. I usually start with everything I didn’t get done that day. The calls not made, the emails not answered, the deadlines missed. Then…
Action Alerts: Help Us Make Meaningful Change
Tell Congress: Dignity for Detained Immigrants
Conditions in detention centers are dire: fluorescent lights shine around the clock, there is rotten, spoiled food for meals, dirty drinking water, a lack of access to necessary medical care, and multiple reports of physical and sexual violence against detainees. Ask your members of Congress to improve living conditions in detention centers and provide oversight.
Tell Congress to End the Death Penalty
The death penalty is rife with racial disparities, wrongful convictions, inadequate legal representation, and arbitrary application. Innocent people have been exonerated after spending years on death row, revealing the ever-present risk of executing someone for a crime they did not commit. Ask your members of Congress to end the use of capital punishment and the death penalty at the federal level.
Tell Congress to Protect Refugees
In light of SCOTUS decisions that turn away asylum seekers and TPS holders, ask your members of Congress and the President to restart the refugee resettlement program and support the bipartisan U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) and the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (CARE).
Racial Justice Ministries
The United Church of Christ invites you to participate in Racial Justice Ministries antibias and antiracism initiatives and restorative racial justice practices. Together, we can advocate for all people to live without acts of violence or structures and systems that harm God’s human creation.
Environmental Justice
From the birth of the environmental justice movement in the 1980s to the local ministries of churches throughout the country today, the United Church of Christ has been making a profound difference in caring for God’s creation. Learn more about our history, program, and resources.
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Worship Ways
Original liturgies written in English and in Spanish by United Church of Christ pastors, based on readings from the Revised Common Lectionary.
Sermon Seeds
A worship preparation resource with Lectionary text and corresponding reflections. Seeds also Include prayer and focus questions for discussion.
Manual on Ministry
A guide and perspective for shared expectations in the essential ministry of Committees on Ministry.
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Our Church in Action
Doing justice, seeking peace and building community are central to the identity of the United Church of Christ. Our actions to create and foster economic, environmental and racial justice are rooted in the teachings of scripture and the policies of our General Synod. United in Christ’s love, we seek justice for all.
Recent UCC News from Around the World
Faith in Action: National Ministries staff roll up their sleeves for service projects in Northeast Ohio
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The next 250 years: A legacy of sacred rebellions informs and inspires today’s faith shapers
On July 8, 1776, with the newly minted Declaration of Independence in his hands, Colonel John…
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UCC issues emergency appeal following Venezuela earthquakes
Following a series of devastating earthquakes that ravaged the country of Venezuela, leaving…
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Global Ministries: That all of God’s people and creation share in God’s abundant life.
Global Ministries is a common witness in mission between the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. Join us in our mission to receive and share the Good News of Jesus Christ by connecting with global and local partners to work for justice, reconciliation, and peace.
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