CHHSM releases video on historic “If It Weren’t for the Women” panel discussion
The UCC’s Council for Health and Human Service Ministries has released a 45-minute video...
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COVID-19 memorial honors Ohio lives lost and supports local community
Cal Zunt photos On a recent blustery Saturday afternoon, a small, white flag went into the ground...
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CHHSM member organizations find creative ways to serve during coronavirus outbreak
Hallway worship in Newton, N.C. From phone calls, online chats and social media postings to Zoom,...
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Justice and Grace: A historic panel of UCC leaders share sacred stories at the CHHSM Annual Gathering
Hope, grace, and justice. These three words wound throughout an historic panel discussion by four...
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Arson destroys historically significant church in North Dakota
A piece of United Church of Christ and MHA Nation history is gone. On April 22, fire ravaged the...
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UCC-related Bethany Children’s Home provides helping hands to migrant children
Imagine this scenario: you are 12 years old and almost 2,000 miles away from the only home you've...
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Celebrate CHHSM on UCC Health and Human Service Sunday
In 1858, UCC forebear the Rev. Louis Edward Nollau appealed to his congregation — today St....
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Video resource on plight of Palestinian children prompted by General Synod resolution, 3 Great Loves
In response to a 2017 General Synod resolution calling for an end to the human rights violations...
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Small Nevada church community opens hearts, home to transgender migrant
Dee and Eric are part of a small UCC congregation in Las Vegas. As members of the 18-year-old...
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Share love, light, through The Christmas Fund
The Rev. Herb Zimmerman served small UCC local churches across the Midwest and western United...
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Washington UCC church in on ‘The Ground Floor,’ supporting homeless youth
A shower. A decent meal. A place to do laundry. A place to feel less alone. All of this and more...
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AM21 gathering in San Diego attends to the ministry of a changing Church
Whatever my lot, you have taught me to say, it is well; it is well with my soul. Some 200...
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UCC Churches’ Alternative Christmas Giving Markets bring hope to neighbors far and near
The secular approach to Christmas often involves frenzied shopping in overcrowded stores, or...
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UCC environmental justice leaders respond to moral imperative inherent in new federal climate change report
United Church of Christ justice leaders today (Nov. 27) responded to a dire climate change report...
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Hot off the presses, new UCC Manual on Ministry fits the newest generation called to serve
The UCC's Ministerial Excellence, Support & Authorization (MESA) team has just released a...
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Two UCC CHHSM ministries find unique ways to express thankfulness
At this time of year, how do you count your blessings and express your thanks? At two UCC Council...
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For UCC youth ministry, the future is now
"I was hoping to develop a network, more so a group of friends, who will be relation to each other...
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Women to set historic precedent at UCC General Synod in Milwaukee
A lineup of creative and dynamic preachers and worship services will highlight the UCC’s biennial...
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Ohio church takes leap of faith with purchase of second ministry space
A Cleveland-area UCC church striving to provide inclusive ministry to all just took a giant step...
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New York UCC advocate brings others together to get out the climate justice vote
When the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned earlier this year that humanity has...
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