CYYAM mission project blends youth and justice in Washington, D.C.
April 8, 2013
Members of the Council for Youth and Adults Ministry of the United Church of Christ are on a mission to seek justice on issues of poverty, immigration and world hunger – and to see the places where youth ministry combines with justice advocacy. Where better to continue that work than at Ecumenical Advocacy Days in Crystal City, Va., during a three-day gathering dedicated to food justice, and at the UCC’s Justice and Witness Ministries office in Washington, D.C.?

UCC executive lifts up fair food practices in Ecumenical Advocacy Days sermon
April 6, 2013
As thousands of Christians gather to pursue fair food policies and practices, the Rev. M. Linda Jaramillo of the United Church of Christ will share a faith-based and grassroots view to inspire action and change.

Planting trees in Peru a labor of love for California church
April 5, 2013
Mission 4/1 Earth is an incredibly personal project for members of a Southern California church. Gina Low, a long-time member of the Woodland Hills Community Church congregation has just returned from the Amazon Jungle, where she spent months working to save the rainforest in remote river villages in the Loreto Region of Peru.

Newtown pastor sees tough Connecticut gun laws as steps to safer society
April 5, 2013
United Church of Christ minister the Rev. Matt Crebbin has reason to applaud Connecticut lawmakers for passing the toughest gun laws in the country, but he knows keeping schools and children safe is still a work in progress. Crebbin is the pastor of Newtown Congregational UCC in the small Connecticut town left stunned before Christmas by an elementary school shooting that claimed more than two dozen lives.

Las Vegas UCC hosts anti-LGBT hate crime advocate on National Day of Silence
April 5, 2013
On April 19, Erin Davies and her "Fagbug" will drive through Las Vegas to make a stop at Northwest Community Church United Church of Christ in recognition of the National Day of Silence.

United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) grant Ordained Ministerial Partnership Standing to each other's national leaders
April 4, 2013
In a move that forges a stronger relationship between the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and that celebrates 25 years of their ecumenical partnership, key national leaders in both denominations now have standing in the respective partner church, and are considered ordained ministers by both churches.

UCC hosts United Church of Canada to work toward shared mission
April 4, 2013
Leaders from the United Church of Christ are welcoming their neighbors from the north this week. The UCC hosts the United Church of Canada as the denominations take the next steps in discerning how they might walk and work together.

UCC president to visit Rhode Island in support of marriage equality legislation
April 3, 2013
The work for LGBT rights by leaders of the United Church of Christ continues in Providence, Rhode Island this weekend, where UCC General Minister and President the Rev. Geoffrey Black will join leaders from the Unitarian Universalist Association to speak about the importance of marriage equality in that state.

UCC Conferences encourage state-wide participation in Mission 4/1 Earth
April 3, 2013
The UCC's Connecticut and Missouri Mid-South Conferences host state-wide events.

Florida youth groups work together to protect the coastlines during Mission 4/1 Earth
April 2, 2013
On April 6, more than 60 youth from Florida congregations stretching from Melbourne to Jacksonville will gather at Hope UCC in Rockledge to make oyster mats.