The Rev. Ally Vertigan prepares to take the field before the Chicago White Sox game at Guaranteed Rate Field on Oct.1. It’s not often you see a United Church of Christ minister on a Major League Baseball field. But on Oct. 1, the Rev. Ally Vertigan was standing in the outfield of Guaranteed Rate Field
Despite a global pandemic and a multitude of other barriers to voting access, the U.S. election in November of 2020 saw the greatest number of votes cast in a presidential election in over a century. In an almost immediate response to this record-breaking voter turnout, state legislatures across the country proposed and passed laws to
Listen to the podcast Read the transcript At the risk of unleashing my inner sport geeky side, I want to reflect a little on why I love this time of year. I start by sharing that I just returned from a doctor’s visit. The young nurse that was preparing to stick needles in me and
A young woman calls on Congress to keep families together and pass a pathway to citizenship for immigrants brought to the United States as children. How do you define home, your casa? We talk about casa and familia, family, on a regular basis but what does it really mean for you and in your ministries? Stuart
Listen to the podcast Read the transcript How you ever been moved to tears by a piece of music? Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, that hypnotic quietude dripping slowly into the ear and melting the heart. Deep meaning, righteous rage, defiance in the face of suffering all manifest as Holly Near sings “We Are a Gentle, Angry
Connie Tucker (October 14, 1950 – September 26, 2015) was born in Seale, Alabama to parents Otis Spencer Jr. and Bernice Nall Tucker. Although a native of Alabama, she grew up in Tuskegee, Alabama and Sarasota, Florida. Connie attended Booker High School (Sarasota); the University of South Florida (Tampa). She became an activist for social
Global H.O.P.E. Kit Matching Grant Application This is an urgent call to churches to assemble CWS Emergency Clean-Up Buckets and School and Hygiene Kits. CWS stocks Buckets and Kits for disasters like this summer’s Hurricane Ida, which can deplete these supplies quickly. Maidencreek Church, Blandon, Pa., assembled 10 Emergency Cleanup Buckets and 75 Hygiene Kits
Prisoners shouldn’t have to go into debt to make phone calls to their families, the leader of the United Church of Christ’s media-justice ministry told Congress Oct. 6. UCC media-justice leader Cheryl Leanza testifies before a U.S. House subcommittee on Oct. 6, 2021. Cheryl Leanza testified before the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. She
The space is shaping up. The United Church of Christ national setting is moving in early 2022, and General Minister and President John Dorhauer is inviting staffers and others interested to take a virtual tour of the new office space. He walked videographer Bob Lormor through the AECOM building in downtown Cleveland to provide this
For inspiration in their fight against racism, churches in Germany have turned to their U.S. partner, the United Church of Christ. In the eastern part of the country, the UCC’s regional Protestant partners are using “Sacred Conversations to End Racism,” also known as SC2ER. In the west, they’re working with “White Privilege: Let’s Talk.” This