Migrant Sponsorship: Responding to the Heartbreaking Emails

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UCC Refugee & Migration Services will be speaking about the new, specialized migrant sponsorship processes, why they evolved, and why they're resulting in a flood of heartbreaking e mails from migrants around the world in your local church inbox. Guests…

Movie Screening: The Ants and the Grasshopper

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Join us online for a free screening of an acclaimed documentary that follows the life of the inspiring Anita Chitaya. After successfully confronting challenge after challenge in her home country of Malawi, Chitaya comes to the United States faced with…

How do we fund the future?

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Part 3 of the Create Playspace with the President series. Provocateurs: Rev. Kent Siladi, UCC Director of Philanthropy Rev. Andrew Warner, Generosity Outreach Officer in the UCC Office of Philanthropy, Technology, Identity, and Communication (OPTIC) **Please note- all sessions in…

General Synod Frequency Town Hall 1/3

At General Synod 34 in Indianapolis, delegates will consider amendments to the UCC Bylaws that would change the frequency of General Synod from two years to three years. Join one of the Town Halls to learn more about the Bylaws…

War in Ukraine and Our Church’s Response

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When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, 2022, members of the United Church of Christ were exceedingly generous in offering support for people affected by the war.  In the past 13 months, more than 15 million people in Ukraine have been…

Christian Nationalism: A Threat to Democracy and Christianity

The Rev. Dr. John C. Dorhauer, general minister and president of the United Church of Christ, will discuss the challenge of faithfulness in the face of Christian nationalism, and the need for religious leaders and people of faith to openly discuss…

A Palestinian Christian Reflection on the Meaning of Easter

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In the week following Western celebrations of Easter, and during what is Holy Week for Orthodox and some other Eastern Christians, Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac will share his understandings of the journey to Easter -- Palm Sunday, Last Week, the…

Getting Ready for Earth Sunday: Resources for Congregations

Many churches celebrate God's creation on the Sunday closest to Earth Day (April 22nd). It is an opportunity to not only address some of the most pressing issues faced by our world today, but to also give people a vision…

Status of Welcome Corps with Church World Service

On January 19, the Biden administration rolled out a new project called Welcome Corps, which enables private citizens to independently resettle refugees. Church World Service (CWS), a formal partner of Welcome Corps, will be presenting for UCC churches about the…