NYE videos urge young people to seize those ‘moments when something grabs you’
If there’s a common message to young people in a pair of videos posted at the United Church of...
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Team name-change announcements elicit cautious hope from UCC activists
Thirty years ago this summer, Indigenous mothers testified at a national United Church of Christ...
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‘Fight the righteous fight from the heart,’ Sen. Warren urges UCC webinar audience
Speaking to a capacity crowd of 1,000 United Church of Christ webinar viewers July 9, U.S. Sen....
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Conference ministers pilot webinar panels on how local churches are adapting, innovating
Whether they are responding to COVID-19 or taking action against racism, this is a year of...
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In this rare moment of social change, Valarie Kaur urges ‘revolutionary love’
“We are in the midst of a revolutionary moment that I never thought I would see in my...
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Opposing Israeli annexation, UCC and Disciples leaders amplify Palestinian ‘Cry for Hope’
Urging the United States to oppose “Israeli annexation of occupied Palestinian lands,” leaders...
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Longtime Conference Minister Kent Siladi named national UCC philanthropy director
An experienced Conference minister has been named to lead philanthropy ministries in the national...
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As COVID cuts in-person voter activism, UCC ‘Our Faith, Our Vote’ goes digital
The COVID-19 pandemic is preventing the usual in-person voter registration, mobilization and...
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Leaders remember influential Conference Minister Ralph Quellhorst’s thoroughly UCC life
The Rev. Ralph Quellhorst, who served on the national staff of the United Church of Christ, led two...
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A million tune in as Poor People’s Campaign refuses to ‘demand too little’
Repeating the word “now,” scores of low-income people took to computer and TV screens June...
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Online Juneteenth event calls UCC, friends to immediate, ongoing actions for racial justice
United Church of Christ members and friends from around North America gathered online to mark...
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North American, global Christians urge UN inquiry into ‘deadly acts of racism’
The United Church of Christ is among nine North American Christian denominations and four national...
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‘Stories, songs, solutions’ will highlight Poor People’s Campaign online event June 20
The speakers in a June 9 United Church of Christ webinar said they get that some Christians feel...
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Juneteenth observances invite entire UCC to recall slavery’s end, commit to action
Ministries of the United Church of Christ are inviting members and friends of the denomination to...
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Atlanta church consults its doctors about returning to in-person worship
Doctors and scientists who belong to Virginia-Highland Church in Atlanta are “not in a hurry to...
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Voices, actions throughout UCC call for strategies to end police violence
From Atlantic to Pacific, United Church of Christ congregations, clergy and Conference leaders have...
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Racism a deadly virus that white people must help eradicate, UCC panel says
The virus infecting the killers of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and other Black...
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UCC continues to ‘face the evil’ in response to killings of Floyd, Arbery and others
"Strengthen our commitment to ending lethal white supremacy and the racism it needs to thrive."...
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Conferences face complex decisions about annual meetings, a UCC institution
State laws. School schedules. Budgets. Board terms. With COVID-19 precautions preventing in-person...
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Death of George Floyd in police custody draws responses from UCC people of Minneapolis
Responding to Monday's violent death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, local...
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