published on Jun 6, 2024 Each month we unpack the complex justice issues that we’re working on. This month, Thaddaeus Elliott and UCC DC Office staff offer perspectives on the upcoming election and invite participation in this year’s Our Faith Our Vote Campaign. Loving Out Loud The United Church of Christ gathered this past weekend to celebrate
With summer vacation comes a temporary break from morning routines: the frenzy of getting children up, bookbags and lunches packed, sticky syrup faces and hands wiped down, the dreaded drop off and pickup school lines, homework, missing uniforms, and all the daily struggles that come with school and children. During these summer months, parents may
Blue skies, sunshine, smiling faces, hugs, music floating through the air, Pride flags waving, babies in rainbow gear, dogs in tutus — the Pride Cleveland march had it all. The United Church of Christ gathered to celebrate as part of the Love is Louder campaign for the first weekend of Pride month, with 16 Ohio
The first weekend of Pride month was capped off in Cleveland with a special Love is Louder — “Love Your Neighbor OUT LOUD” — worship service at Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ in Tremont on Sunday, June 2. The church altar was lit beautifully with the colors of the Pride rainbow, and slides of
The United Church of Christ was a participant in Pride Cleveland, as 16 congregations from around Ohio took part in the parade on Saturday, June 1 as a kick off to the UCC Love is Louder campaign. Here is a glimpse of the joy and celebration that was shared along the route: UCC congregations marched
In 2023, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported that 110 million people were displaced worldwide due to violence, conflict and natural disasters. And those numbers show no sign of slowing down. By the end of 2024, the UNHCR projects more than 130 million people will be displaced globally. “The number of people forcibly displaced
published on May 21, 2024 This year’s Our Faith, Our Vote campaign asks the church to answer the call of 1 John 3:18 to “let us not love with words or speech, but in action and in truth,” by “voting with love.” To make a just world for all, we as disciples must be grounded in the
Get ready to batten down the hatches. Research indicates that the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins June 1, could be a doozy thanks to La Niña and increasingly warmer ocean temperatures. With the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicting an 85% chance of an above-normal hurricane season, which runs to Nov. 30, the
The second Sunday of June is celebrated as National Children’s Day, dating back to over a century ago, when the idea was imagined by a pastor in Chelsea, Massachusetts. In 1856, the Rev. Charles Leonard of the Universalist Church set up the second Sunday of June as a time for families to bring their children
