KYP: Clergy converging at Standing Rock Trouble Viewing? Click Here Standing with Native Peoples and Mother Earth Faith leaders from all traditions called to stand with water protectors at Standing Rock against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Learn more >> FEATURES Bearing GiftsA Sioux Falls congregation is on a mission, answering a call to address environmental concerns, racism and land rights. Read more >> Refugees WelcomeUCC Youth – Share your creativity, enter video contest, win scholarship, change the world. Learn more & enter! >> Our Faith, Our VoteWith the election days away, UCC congregations are working to ensure every voice is heard. Read this update from Milwaukee >> A Season of HealingAfter a very divisive election season, isn’t it time to stand up against hate and recognize our common humanity? Read more from OC, Inc. >> PurposeGod’s greatest commandment and our reason for being, love shapes the purpose of the United Church of Christ. Listen to the podcast >> HEADLINES UNITED CHURCH NEWS United Church Funds hosts Standing Rock tribal chair as investors look to offer support Listening as a spiritual discipline during campaign season General Synod planners put out a call for workshops in Baltimore Disabilities Ministries pushes new resource on becoming Accessible to All More >> UCC IN THE NEWS Racists Anonymous helping to make people aware of their own biases Iowa clergy protest Dakota Access Pipeline Defending the sacred at Standing Rock Undocumented immigrants find sanctuary in Arizona church Native Americans, people from across America feel called to fight Dakota Access pipeline Historic Central Texas church seeks salvation for sanctuary South Dakota church bringing supplies to pipeline protestors in North Dakota Colorado community leaders gather to share, brainstorm homelessness solutions Heritage dedication program honors Illinois ‘neighborhood church’ Oregon pastor seeks dialogue on ‘restorative justice’ Connecticut church to host ‘Welcoming Refugees’ program D.C. pastor honored for support of Palestinian human rights Minister embraces new congregation in New England More >> OTHER RELIGIOUS NEWS Christ’s burial place exposed for the first time in centuries Is God really dead? How Britain lost faith in the church The Pope commemorates the Reformation that split Western Christianity More >> Take Action Now: Stand in solidarity with the Water Protectors at Standing Rock Around the Globe: A Place of New Life — India Witness for Justice: Living Wages: Good for Workers, Employers, and Communities Vital Signs & Statistics: What Do 111 Closed Congregations Tell Us? Changes & Deaths: Ministerial Updates
