Grief, healing, hope: Join the Movement honors 60th anniversary of Birmingham church bombing
On Sept. 15, 1963, a bomb was detonated at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala.,...
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‘Enough is enough’: Virginia Association builds community response to gun violence
When a shooting took place at the Walmart in Chesapeake, Va., in November 2022, the Rev. John...
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Church pollinator gardens in full bloom
There’s plenty abuzz outside the walls of churches across the United Church of...
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Deep listening to LGBTQIA+ experiences: Full August webinar series available
Love is louder. That’s the message at the heart of the month-long webinar series led by...
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Extreme weather, historic buildings: Congregations recover from, respond to storm damage
It has been a summer of strong storms that have carried deluges of water, strong winds and...
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Michigan church releases $170,000 as faith-based reparations
When Judy Martin sold her house in East Lansing, Mich., in 1987, she learned of a racially...
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Hawai’i Conference offers space for grief, prayer for wildfires
Responding to the tragic wildfires in Hawaii, the Hawai'i Conference of the United Church of...
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UCC pastor brings lawsuit against religious charter school as ‘a matter of faith’
A Catholic virtual school in Oklahoma is raising questions on the separation of church and...
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Sewing, quilting and banned books: Washington church creates new way to worship
An assembly line of people pinning fabric and hand sewing might not be what comes to mind for...
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‘Grow Your Church’ board game taps into needs of local church
There’s a new game to play your way to church vitality. The "Grow Your Church" board game...
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UCC churches celebrate Pride with glitter blessings, candles, acts of ‘beauty, justice and liberation’
When a crowd gathered for Drag Queen Story Hour in First Congregational Church, United Church...
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Amid declining basic support, General Synod approves budget allocations for next biennium
Part of the work of General Synod when they met June 30-July 4 was to receive financial...
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In narrow vote, Synod supports reparation efforts for Hawaiian language revitalization
General Synod narrowly passed a resolution urging reparations to fund Christian Hawaiian...
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‘People are still dying’: Quilts at Synod honor lives lost to AIDS
Colorful quilted panels lined a large wall of the auditorium that hosted the 34th General...
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Delegates vote to pursue reparative acts for Native Boarding Schools
On Monday, General Synod passed a resolution calling for the United Church of Christ to...
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General Synod frequency to change to every three years as Bylaw changes pass by a single vote
In discussions that spanned three plenary sessions on Monday, July 3, the United Church of...
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Sunday worship at Synod uplifts prophetic visions to resist the status quo, act in love
“Imagine the world that Isaiah saw as possible," the Rev. John Dorhauer invited those...
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Bryan Stevenson urges luncheon attendees to do justice, get close to those suffering
The first time that Bryan Stevenson was sent to visit a person on death row as a law school...
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‘We are the dawn’: Thompson shares UCC vision in nomination speech
On the evening of June 30, the Rev. Karen Georgia Thompson offered her nomination speech to...
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UCC flair begins arriving in Indianapolis with Synod setup
Colorful prayer shawl tables, period pack collection bins and people in lime green volunteer...
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