Boxed meals for families in need. Worship with a diversity of faiths and traditions. Dinners served at church and delivered to homes. These are some of the Thanksgiving practices that United Church of Christ congregations across the country engaged in this year. From the suburbs of Chicago to the southern Atlantic coast to the river
published on Nov 29, 2022 Whenever I talk about contemporary abolition movements with people, especially prison and policing abolition, one of the first responses raised in critique often goes something like this: “but abolition is just focused on tearing something down; we have to be realistic about and know what will replace it before we
When you ask a teenager “How did you spend your summer vacation?” you don’t expect to hear, “I created a creation care camp curriculum for kids — at three different grade levels.” But that’s the answer you’d get from Lydia Hansberry. She applied for a United Church of Christ Council for Climate Justice fellowship grant
“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” – Henry Ford Thanksgiving is a time when many people in the United States come together to celebrate and reflect on the things, circumstances, and people in our lives that we are most grateful for. In this period of reflection, people
As Thanksgiving arrives, so does the annual holiday schedule in the national ministries of the United Church of Christ. WCM Executive Assistant Darlene McKinney adjusts a streamer on a tree in the reception are of the UCC national offices in Cleveland on Nov. 16, 2022. Photo by Hans Holznagel The offices of Justice and Local
The spiritual leader of the United Church of Christ’s communion partner in Canada will be the featured preacher during community worship at General Synod 34 in Indianapolis next summer. The Rev. Carmen Lansdowne, moderator of The United Church of Canada, will be offering the sermon on Sunday, July 2, 2022. The Rev. Carmen Lansdowne, moderator
Listen to the podcast Read the transcript I want to offer something I frequently pause to do as Thanksgiving arrives: my top ten list of things I am thankful for. 10. Dear friends I can rely on to help me find my joy and to be there in good times and bad, friends new and
One the eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance, five people were killed in a mass shooting in an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs. At least 18 others were injured Saturday evening, Nov. 19, before Club Q patrons subdued the gunman. The Open and Affirming Coalition, United Church of Christ, through Executive Director Andy Lang, immediately