When it comes to baking, I will confess to having a complicated relationship with yeast. It never works as fast as I would like for it to work, and sometimes I wonder if it is doing its job even with the necessary allotted time. It is of some solace that yeast also had a complicated
While many around the world prepare to celebrate Christmas, the United Church of Christ’s General Minister and President is reminding the church that some do not have that luxury this year — particularly those in Gaza, Palestine. “In this season of Advent, of hope and preparation, we recognize that not all is well in the
The United Church of Christ Council for Climate Justice will host a virtual Climate Action Commissioning Service on Wednesday, Jan. 3 at 1 p.m. ET. The service will celebrate prophetic witness and ministries across the UCC in the cause for climate justice. Nellis Kennedy-Howard, a teaching pastor in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and
While children and youth can’t vote in elections, their well-being must be integral to how people of faith vote for their values on Election Day. The decisions made by our elected officials will have an enormous impact on their lives and their future. To give our children and youth a voice this election season (while
Following sabbatical and a period of discernment, the Rev. Traci Blackmon has resigned from her position as the United Church of Christ’s Associate General Minister for Justice and Local Church Ministries (JLCM), effective Dec. 14. Blackmon had been on sabbatical through the fall prior to her resignation. General Minister and President the Rev. Karen Georgia Thompson will make
The United Church of Christ Church Building and Loan Fund (CB&LF) has received a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the Transform Church-Transform Community 2.0 project (TC2). The project, which is being funded through Lilly Endowment’s Thriving Congregations Initiative, will convene 50 congregations from marginalized communities (inclusive of both the United
The good soil in Jesus’s parable of the sower is someone with a soft heart that remains in the love of God and yields much fruit. I share the following project with you this early winter because it was last year at this time that I began researching how to raise monarch butterflies in order
In observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance, Nov. 20, the Council of Conference Ministers of the United Church of Christ have released a letter lamenting for and confessing to harm caused to trans and nonbinary youth and adults, as well as pledging a commitment to action and solidarity. The text of the letter is below
Each year, the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) creates space to grieve and honor the memory of trans siblings lost to violence. To mark this day, the United Church of Christ will host a vigil to collectively hold space for honoring and remembering the names of trans siblings — those known and unknown — who
The following statement was issued Nov. 3 by Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP), of which the United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) are founding members. A Global Ministries web page is tracking statements from CMEP and other partners on the crisis, as well as links to other resources. Both the UCC
