13
Aug
Head Blessings – United Church of Christ
How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity! It is like the precious oil on the head. – Psalm 133:1-2a (NRSV) My usually apolitical brother […]
13
Aug
Traci Blackmon named as one of 15 ‘Faith Leaders to Watch in 2020’
Change maker, trail blazer, bold voice for change – all describe the United Church of Christ Associate General Minister, the Rev. Traci Blackmon, named by the Center for American Progress […]
12
Aug
Elementary – United Church of Christ
“Shake the dust off your feet…” – Matthew 10:14 (NIV) I was having a tiresome conversation with a rising second grader (my grandson) about the four elements. He told me […]
12
Aug
UCF Awards over $100K to Conferences for clergy support
Thirteen United Church of Christ Conferences have been awarded grants from United Church Funds (UCF) to provide financial assistance for their local response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to support […]
11
Aug
Embracing the ‘apocalyptic,’ seminaries adapt to ministry, theology in a pandemic
Watching each other practice their sermons via the internet, seminary students are learning new things about their posture and physical gestures – and what’s hanging on the wall behind them. […]
11
Aug
Killers Like Me – United Church of Christ
You care for the land and water it;you enrich it abundantly.The streams of God are filled with waterto provide the people with grain,for so you have ordained it. – Psalm […]
11
Aug
Embracing the ‘apocalyptic,’ seminaries adapt to ministry, theology in a pandemic
Watching each other practice their sermons via the internet, seminary students are learning new things about their posture and physical gestures – and what’s hanging on the wall behind them. […]
10
Aug
Let’s Talk about Giving – United Church of Christ
For God so loved the world, that God gave… – John 3:16 (NRSV) There’s no better place to begin a consideration of what we should give back to God than […]
10
Aug
Pennsylvania churches collaborate on community mission trip
Hundreds of church volunteers converged on almost two dozen worksites in southeast Pennsylvania last week, helping homeowners as part of Mission Trip Birdsboro. St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, Birdsboro, […]
09
Aug
Dreams – United Church of Christ
They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer.” – Genesis 37:19 (NRSV) If we know the whole story well, we hear the words with a sneer. “Here comes this […]