Andrew Long-Higgins has fond childhood memories of Church World Service (CWS), a faith-based organization that for the past 78 years has been responding to the needs of the hungry and the displaced worldwide. His father, the Rev. Dave Long-Higgins, now conference minister for the Heartland Conference United Church of Christ, would don a blanket like
In Washington, D.C. last week, the Churches for Middle East Peace — a coalition of more than 30 national church communions and organizations in Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and Evangelical traditions, including the United Church of Christ — organized a Joint Prayer Service calling for justice and peace. This was held just before Israeli Prime Minister
Like many others, I come from a family system that placed taboos on speaking publicly about one’s personal life. My siblings and I were conditioned at an early age not to discuss “personal things” outside of the home, especially something that might embarrass an elder. Our family mottos were “keep your mouth shut” and “don’t
The executive leaders of the United Church of Christ have issued the following statement addressing the violence in Israel and Palestine and calling for actions toward a just and lasting peace. “They have treated the wound of my people carelessly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.” (Jeremiah 6:14) Throughout the history of humankind,
As Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson, the General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ, explained as part of the Our Faith, Our Vote campaign, voting is an essential way for people of faith to bring about the just world we want to see. It is how we can love-in-action, as 1 John
United Church of Christ teens attending this summer’s Regional Youth Events (RYE) are hearing an important message for today’s increasingly troubling world: “Love Is Greater Than Fear.” The “Love Is Greater Than Fear” theme, anchoring all four regional events across the country, was inspired by a song of the same name that was written by
Prepare for your day, month and year with the United Church of Christ desk calendar — available for pre-order now at the UCC Resources website. They will be shipped out in August. “We’re excited to continue to provide this vital and most popular resource for churches, pastors, conferences and the wider church,” said Charles Jefferson,
For years I have referred to myself as a peace-loving hippie-type pacifist who believes that violence is never the answer to humanity’s problems. In case I need to be clear, it was never the best choice to begin with and is often the catalyst for causing the problem that is being responded to. Violence not
The Rev. Dr. Gregory James Edwards is the first to tell you that his is not a wealthy church. There are no endowments for Resurrected Life Community Church (UCC) to rest comfortably upon. The church, though, he says, is still rich — in vision and the belief that all things are possible with God. This
