It’s a digital world, and for United Church of Christ congregations struggling with a web presence, there is help. The UCC Everywhere (UCCE) program is open to assist more churches with creating a user-friendly online presence. Now using an updated and more user-friendly platform, UCCE is making it easier than ever to reach potential and
During each Sunday service at Bluegrass United Church of Christ in Lexington, Kentucky, a chair in the sanctuary sits draped with purple fabric and a candle. The space, which references the color for International Overdose Awareness Day, was created for those who can no longer attend because they have passed of an overdose. It’s one
Before August 6th, 1965, the sacred right to vote was inaccessible to most people of color because of both explicit law and normalized systemic voter intimidation. Discrimination tactics, such as literacy tests and poll taxes, made the voting booth unavailable to entire communities. Throughout the 1960’s, activists in Birmingham and Selma organized powerful protests and
If you were to ask the Rev. Dr. Gregory James Edwards what’s behind the steady rate of church closures across denominations, chances are he wouldn’t cite statistical findings. Rather, the founder and senior pastor of Resurrected Life Community Church in Allentown, Pa., would move beyond the numerical woes of dwindling members and church bank accounts
Nearly 250 members of the churches of the Central Atlantic Conference of the United Church of Christ met on June 1 for a spirit-filled day entitled, “Love4 Revival: A Festival Worship Service for Connection, Community, and Celebration.” It was held at the Peoples Congregational UCC in Washington, D.C. Re-energizing ourselves “We really wanted to re-energize
People are more likely to vote when they make a commitment to others to vote, and the climate crisis is deeply motivating for many potential voters. As a way to put values and vision into practice, the United Church of Christ is conducting a Vote for Climate Hope campaign in 2024. Congregations are urged to register
Advocacy and Action for Women’s and Gender Justice Local events stir thoughts and callings August marks not only the end of summer in a way that I feel in my bones, it marks several populations and initiatives that I want to honor in the coming month. World Breastfeeding Week was created in 1992 to highlight
In order to create a space for people to form deeper connections to Earth and to grieve our unstable climate and species loss, some of the members of First Congregational Church of Colorado Springs decided to form a group we called Creation Justice Earth Holders for our congregation and community. This group actually had roots
During worship, a chorus of Samoan voices sang The Lord’s Prayer. Their harmonies washed over me, their love for God translated through the beauty of their singing in their native language. I was transposed from Salt Lake City, Utah, where I was on a recruitment trip at the North American Pacific/Asian Disciples Convocation, into an
