Marlene Helgemo, leader in UCC’s Indigenous ministries, dies at 75
The Rev. Marlene Whiterabbit Helgemo, a leader of Indigenous communities and their ministries in...
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Clergywomen will meet Sept. 27-29 at intersection of race, gender, ministry
A biennial event for women in ministry will be different this time, its organizers say. The...
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In Florida, Jews and Christians worship and learn under same new roof
In one Florida town, United Church of Christ members are studying Hebrew. They don't have to...
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Pandemic helped prompt Conference minister’s calling
The Rev. Lillian Daniel is the new Conference minister of the Michigan Conference of the...
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Protest, prayer are among church responses to police killing of Black man in Ohio
As Ohio's fifth-largest city reckons with the police killing of resident Jayland Walker,...
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Teruo Kawata — Conference minister, national staffer, PAAM elder — dies at 94
The Rev. Teruo "Terry" Kawata, a retired Conference minister and national staff member of the...
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Sacred chapel table, and lighted glass from above, reappear in new Amistad Conference Room
Part of a sacred table from the United Church of Christ's recently closed Cleveland chapel is...
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Memorial service July 13 for Jane Heckles, a leader in Conference and national ministries
A celebration of life will be held July 13 for the Rev. Jane Heckles, an influential...
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Sorrow, resolve mark online service after court overturns Roe v. Wade
United Church of Christ people worshiped online "in disbelief, sorrow and resolve" June...
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Manual on Church team has ‘audacious’ goal of having a draft by December
It will be a guide for local churches. And it will be a little different from anything ever...
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Food, grief, coffee, shouts, a march: Poor People’s Campaign energizes thousands
Thousands of activists converged on the nation's capital June 18 to shout, celebrate, mourn,...
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UCC among faith groups pushing Biden to form reparations commission
A coalition of religious activists wants to build on the U.S. Juneteenth holiday. This...
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In Florida, ‘Gun-Lock Safety Sunday’ is one way to ‘do something’
The plea to "do something" about gun deaths will get a concrete reply on Sunday, June...
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As 2023 Synod prep begins, resolution deadlines and other rules are announced
Deadlines and new information are now available for people who want to submit business to the...
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New UCC pastoral letter, toolkit urge church to speak out for trans, nonbinary people
National and regional leaders of the United Church of Christ issued a pastoral letter June 8,...
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UCC events will be part of massive poor people’s assembly in D.C., June 17-18
The Poor People's Campaign's big day is almost here. And United Church of Christ people from...
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Silent lawn displays are one way churches cry out about gun violence
The Rev. John McIver Gage said he should have been writing his sermon that Saturday...
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Sale of UCC building in Cleveland complete; new office space nearly ready
The United Church of Christ no longer owns property in downtown Cleveland. The sale of the...
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In face of unspeakable death, church joins in grief and ‘speaks life’
Not thoughts and prayers, but rather prayers and presence, have marked the United Church of...
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Next round of dialogue with Catholics, including justice as topic, starts in June
The unity Jesus prayed for in John 17:21, "that they may all be one," has turned out to be a...
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