With the election approaching in a few short weeks, the United Church of Christ has resources full of ideas and guidance for staying engaged and spreading love in the days up to and beyond November 5th. “There is no better time to learn about critical election issues and join the movement towards justice,” said Rev.
The United Church of Christ has extended the scope of its appeal for Hurricanes 2024 Relief Efforts to include support for those impacted by Hurricane Milton. Coming less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated the region, Hurricane Milton moved across Florida carrying flooding, strong winds, and tornados that caused significant destruction in its
A sacrifice zone is a geographic area that has been permanently impaired by state-sanctioned environmental devastation and/or organized abandonment. Sacrifice zones exist across Mother Earth already. Some examples include mountaintop removal and open pit mines—open wounds that won’t heal—industrial farming poisoning the water in her veins and all life that depends on water, exploitative mining killing
Voting rights are disability rights. Every issue is a disability issue. The disability community is diverse and part of every community in the US. Too often disability is excluded from conversations about the economy, climate change, housing, education, jobs, and healthcare. One quarter of Americans live with disabilities and there are an estimated 40 million eligible
A group of interfaith leaders offered public prayer and space to grieve last Tuesday for those impacted by the mass shootings that took place in Lewiston one year ago. The gathering in front of Maine’s State House in Augusta was organized by the Maine Conference of the United Church of Christ in collaboration with the
The United Church of Christ has launched an appeal and opportunities to support recovery efforts following the devastating path Hurricane Helene has left across the Southeast United States. Now four days after hitting landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region, Helene has caused a death toll of at least 120 people and hundreds still missing across
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. Indeed,
Earlier in the year, I had a call with Liam McMahon, the Civic Engagement Director for a highly effective advocacy organization in Minnesota called ISAIAH. As McMahon explained his approach to voter turnout efforts, he made the observation that one of the greatest assets that each of us has is our relationships with others. A
published on Oct 1, 2024 With November 5th approaching fast, it can be difficult keeping the election anxiety at bay. The past few years have demonstrated how the time between the presidential election and the presidential inauguration can be uncertain, chaotic, and even scary. As some sow doubt about the strength of our electoral system
The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene across multiple states is gut-wrenching.The images we’ve seen of communities completely overwhelmed by water, structures obliterated, and people overcome by shock and grief are horrendous. Upwards of 130 lives have been lost to the storm and those who survived are now subject to futures unlike anything they ever imagined.
