News from the United Church of Christ

Samaritans and ranchers: Voices of people who regularly meet migrants at U.S.-Mexico border
¿Necesita agua y comida? Do you need food and water? It’s a question that Samaritan Volunteer Gail Kocourek repeats often as she travels along the U.S.-Mexico border carrying these very items — water, food, first aid supplies. The Samaritan program has become deeply integrated into the mission and work of The Good Shepherd United Church of Christ in Sahuarita, Arizona. Read More.

Lent 2025 resources offer nourishment, challenge, and encouragement to dig deep
Amid a news cycle filled with stories that can cause overwhelm and disorientation, the season…
Read MoreThompson’s ‘On My Mind Today’ explores the ‘risk’ of relocating the displaced in an ever-growing inhospitable world
In the latest installment of “On My Mind Today,” the new blog written by UCC General…
Read MoreRemembering Brian R. Bodager, former President and CEO of the Pension Boards-UCC
The Pension Boards-United Church of Christ, Inc., announced the sudden and unexpected passing…
Read MoreUCC in the News

- Living Love Boldly: The UCC’s Call to Justice in a Polarized World
- Sarah Lund provokes readers to see the neurodiversity in God and Scripture
- An inspiring ‘Drag Sunday’: Cathedral of Hope promotes its mission of radical inclusion with second service honoring drag performers
- Main Street church one step closer to building affordable housing
- Dismantling DEI is about ‘Making America White Again’
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