Imagine, after hours
July 11, 2012
After hours sessions captivate youth at the UCC's National Youth Event at Purdue University.

'Extravagant welcome' signals start of United Church of Christ’s National Youth Event
July 11, 2012
The UCC's National Youth Event kicks off at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.

Christ’s extravagant welcome brings us together as one family, even when no one looks like anyone else
July 11, 2012
Carissa Yinmed, who now lives in Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii, and attends Iao UCC, greets the youth gathered at the UCC's National Youth Event at Purdue University.

Hope and holy hip-hop open the UCC’s NYE 2012
July 11, 2012
The United Church of Christ's National Youth Event kicks off with an evening of music and inspiration.

UCC racial-justice minister to Asia conference: LGBT, race issues remain big challenge in United States
July 9, 2012
From a racial-justice perspective, both in the United States and in Hong Kong, a great deal of work remains to be done in de-colonizing LGBT church life and ministry.

Hurricane aftermath fuels ecumenism, mission in two UCC Vermont churches
July 6, 2012
What began as a calling for the Rev. Emily Heath to simultaneously serve two small UCC churches in the Deerfield Valley of Vermont has turned into a stirring story of ecumenical rebirth and redemption.

Don’t miss this at NYE!
July 6, 2012
So you're headed to Purdue University next week for the National Youth Event. Much to take in, and just four days to see and do. While you can chart your participation with the calendar of events on the NYE website, we compiled a quick checklist –– a Top10 list of people, projects and activities you don’t want to miss.

Prayer rally celebrates Nuns on the Bus tour
July 5, 2012
Aimed at increasing awareness in opposition to a budget proposal they see as harmful to low-income families, a group of Catholic nuns ended a nine-state bus tour Monday with a rally and prayer service on Capitol Hill.

Creative poster project at S.C. UCC church drives home message of welcome, inclusivity
July 3, 2012
United Church of Christ roots in the South may not be as deep as in other parts of the country, but signs of the denomination are bustin’ out in Clemson, S.C.

Commentary: Return of land deeds to Native American congregations builds trust
July 2, 2012
The South Dakota Conference of the United Church of Christ is engaged in a process of returning the lands of 13 Lakota and Dakota churches that make up the Dakota Association, which has often felt like a knot of legal, cultural, historical, and financial issues which were impossible to untangle.

NYE momentum building by the busload as New England group plans massive road trip
July 2, 2012
Setting out to show that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, four busloads of youth and their leaders from the six United Church of Christ New England-area Conferences soon will be en route to the denomination's National Youth Event 2012 in West Lafayette, Ind.

Clergy Deaths May/June/July 2012
July 1, 2012

Pastoral Changes May/June 2012
July 1, 2012

Pastoral Changes July 2012
July 1, 2012

Coalition's National Gathering hails leaders, celebrates 40 years, looks boldly toward future
June 29, 2012
More than 220 UCC members from 27 states and the District of Columbia met at Elmhurst College near Chicago this week at National Gathering 2012, to celebrate 40 years of LGBT ministry and advocacy in the United Church of Christ.

UCC leaders laud Supreme Court for upholding Obama health-care law
June 28, 2012
Leaders of the United Church of Christ voiced enthusiastic approval today after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Obama's health care law in a splintered, complex opinion that gives him a major election-year victory.

Supreme Court ruling on Arizona SB 1070 not a big hit with pair of UCC leaders
June 28, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court struck out when it struck down three-quarters of Arizona’s controversial SB 1070 immigration law June 25, according to two United Church of Christ leaders in the Grand Canyon state.

UCC Scarf Project for General Synod 29 designed to reinforce fabric of safety for violence victims
June 27, 2012
In a colorful, symbolic move to stem the tide of violence –– most notably, the recent wave of bullying –– the Rev. Marja Coons-Torn has created the UCC Scarf Project with a goal of crafting 3,000 scarves in time for the United Church of Christ's General Synod 29 next July in Long Beach, Calif.

UCC officers say Supreme Court decision on Arizona SB 1070 needs work, risk of racial profiling still exists
June 26, 2012
While the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling June 25 striking down three of four provisions of Arizona’s controversial immigration law have provided relief, leaders of the United Church of Christ urge that efforts to more fully overturn S.B. 1070 must continue.

UCC's Wider Church executive minister helps bring together global partners in two-week visit to southern Africa
June 26, 2012
Prompted by a melding of minds at General Synod 28 last summer, the United Church of Christ’s executive minister of Wider Church Ministries traveled to southern Africa in May to meet with 20 global partners representing a dozen church bodies from the sub-Saharan segment of the continent.