published on Sep 5, 2024 Each month we unpack the complex justice issues that we’re working on. This month, the National Staff of the United Church of Christ reflects on the Project 2025. This Project includes a policy guide for the next presidential administration and a playbook of actions to be taken within the first
As the United Church of Christ, we pride ourselves in providing an extravagant welcome for all because we believe all people, regardless of background or immigration status, are made in the image of God. Many UCC congregations have become Immigrant Welcoming or Sanctuary Congregations over the last several years, volunteering to accompany undocumented people or
“What do you need most right now?” I asked a group of pastors and members of the congregation on Sunday afternoon in Beregszasz, Ukraine. “We need first the blessing of God,” the lead pastor replied. A second person responded with just one word: “People.” Members of our delegation stand with a few pastors and staff
Watch the UCC News video story: “Churches get creative in meeting students’ unmet needs” A new school year is underway, and many students are arriving to class with backpacks that have been blessed and overflowing with supplies that have been generously donated. But two congregations have gone beyond school backpacks, finding creative ways to meet
published on Sep 3, 2024 Local coffee group gives space for once-taboo discussionshttps://www.southernminn.com/faribault_daily_news/news/local-coffee-group-gives-space-for-once-taboo-discussions/article_7a855120-6565-11ef-a4b2-43866bf4a7bb.html Three days at a safe place for LGBTQ kids in Texas: ‘I want to exist’https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/texas-lgbtq-camp-19608004.php Valley’s first ‘Welcoming Week’ aims to highlight immigrants’ positive impacthttps://volumeone.org/articles/2024/09/03/348956-chippewa-valleys-first-welcoming-week-aims-to-immigrants-positive-impact Pittsfield raises overdose awareness flaghttps://www.iberkshires.com/story/76482/Pittsfield-Raises-Overdose-Awareness-Flag.html Faith leaders want Missouri Supreme Court to overturn abortion banhttps://baptistnews.com/article/faith-leaders-want-missouri-supreme-court-to-overturn-abortion-ban/ United Church
This year, Cleveland Park Congregational United Church of Christ set out to send 500 postcards to help “get out the vote” to people who live in low-vote areas and swing states for the Nov. 5 election. But the effort is exceeding their expectations, and the Washington, D.C., congregation anticipates they will send close to 1,000
Growing up, I had a clear boundary when playing outside on my street. I could go no further than the corner on one end and no further than my friend’s house on the other. She had an older brother who had enough years on us that he could enforce the boundary while parents stayed comfortably
“Jesus said to him, ‘If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” (Luke 19:21) It’s 3:30 pm on a Tuesday afternoon in Torre Pellice, Italy. The shops lining the pedestrian avenue are just re-opening after the
A group of volunteers has been showing up with chainsaws, weedwhackers, trimmers, and determination at Trinity United Church of Christ. This small church in Fort Loudon, Pennsylvania, is on a mission to clear out and restore its sizable church cemetery that holds significant pieces of the town’s history. Volunteers from the church and broader community,
