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UCC Advocacy in 2016

The United Church of Christ, embracing its mission to welcome all, love all and build a just world for all people, raised a collective voice in the public square in 2016 to live out that call.

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Read the UCNews Top 10 stories in 2016

FEATURES

The United Church of Christ Annual Fund
It’s not too late to give . . . Support our work >>

Gift of a New Life
The faith community of a small Wisconsin college town has given a young refugee family love, hope and a new life. Read the story >>

Youth@Synod
Did you know that any person or group of kids between the ages of 13 and 18 can participate in the Youth@Synod program in Baltimore next summer? Learn more, and join us at General Synod 2017! >>

Joy to the World
There is so much joy in the world today. Step wisely, and find ways to celebrate it.
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HEADLINES

UNITED CHURCH NEWS

	Central Pacific Conference leader stepping down in late March
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UCC IN THE NEWS

	Ohio church delivers presents to homeless kids
	Philadelphia church giving away Christmas trees
	Pennsylvania churches, businesses join forces to help those in need
	Iowa live nativity scene has decades of tradition
	Illinois church celebrating 150 years
	From church to mosque: A Connecticut interfaith partnership in a time of increasing hate
	Missouri church celebrates 150th anniversary with festival of trees
	Ohio church volunteers welcome family to their Habitat for Humanity home
	Finding Christmas in dark times
	Lancaster Theological Seminary board elects 3 new trustees
	She thought she’d die on an icy road, but strangers at an Illinois church saved her
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OTHER RELIGIOUS NEWS

	Pope’s Christmas message urges to end war, terrorism and the ‘idolatry of money’
	Churches connect Christmas story to refugee crisis
	A soft landing in Montana
	Religion and Ethics Newsweekly’ to sign off after 20 years
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