Project 2025 has become well known as a set of extreme policies which could threaten basic freedoms and harshly impact some of the country’s most vulnerable people. The United Church of Christ has published a response with an alternative vision – one that uplifts values of inclusion, dignity, and freedom. Countering Project 2025 With Love:
We are in the midst of yet another national election cycle in the United States. In these days leading up to the election, the political ads are appearing on our televisions with every commercial break, while the fliers and circulars are finding their way into our mailboxes, daily touting one candidate over another. And, if
“As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, ‘If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. Indeed, the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround
An intergenerational art program called “Opening Minds Through Art” (OMA) is offering people living with dementia a way to assume new roles as artists and leave a legacy of beautiful artwork. This program is thriving at the United Church Homes Chapel Hill Community in Canal Fulton, Ohio. It was developed at Scripps Gerontology Center, an
After five years in the making, a draft of the Manual on Local Church (MLC) — along with all of the resources that go along with it — is now available. The 32nd General Synod resolved that a working group, representative of the whole denomination, would be convened to produce a Manual on Local Church for
An updated resource is available to begin the lifelong process of education around identity, relationships, safety, and health. Our Whole Lives: Sexuality Education for Grades K-1, UCC Edition is newly available from United Church of Christ Resources. Its language, activities, and resources – designed for children ages five through seven – have been updated in
The lifeline crisis phone number 988 for suicide prevention is being highlighted this coming Sunday, Sept. 8 (9/8/2024) in faith communities across the U.S., including the United Church of Christ. 988 Day is a national initiative dedicated to raising awareness about the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and emphasizing the importance of mental health and
Dear Soren and Emerson, I am writing you this letter in 2024, but presumably you are reading it many years later, if for no other reason than neither of you can read right now since you’re 3 and 5 years old, respectively. I asked you to open this letter when you found yourselves angry or
Applications are now open for the Associate General Minister of Love of Church and the Associate General Minister of Love of Neighbor. A search committee has been formed for each position, and they are beginning the process of discernment to identify the people called to these roles, in accordance with the UCC Bylaws. Both positions
