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September - October 2009
File Across the UCC: The Music in Us
September - October 2009
 File People
September - October 2009
 File New denomination's communication advanced by Herald, A.D.
September - October 2009
 File Single-payer health care gets nod and a march from UCC assembly
September - October 2009
 File 'News' continues tradition of high standards
September - October 2009
 File Printer's ink will change, not disappear, for UCC communications
September - October 2009
 File Being a global mission church: Loving the world
September - October 2009
 File Overheard
September - October 2009
 File Times of transition allow phoenix to rise out of traditions
September - October 2009
 File Change punctuates our history as a church, including communications
September - October 2009
 File Teamwork essential to improving and creating new communication possibilities
September - October 2009
 File United Church News: More than ink on paper
September - October 2009
 File Geoffrey Black elected general minister and president of UCC
September - October 2009
 File 'Multiple paths to ministry' approved
September - October 2009
 File Synod delegates honor John Thomas
September - October 2009
 File UCC communications: What's next on the horizon?
September - October 2009
 File Embracing technology enables UCC message to reach all ages, places
September - October 2009
 File General Synod affirms principle of unified governance structure

 File Shorthand
September - October 2009
 File In Conversation: John Thomas reflects on a decade of leadership
September - October 2009
 File Letters to the editor
September - October 2009
 File By the numbers: 224
September - October 2009

June - July 2009

April - May 2009
File Dear church: An open letter from young people
April - May 2009
 File Youth and young adults assume leadership roles in the UCC
April - May 2009
 File 'We are not helpless; we are making decisions'
April - May 2009
 File Young people embrace service and connectivity at General Synod 27
April - May 2009
 File By the numbers: 76,110
April - May 2009
 File Justice and Witness Ministries names new minister for racial justice
April - May 2009
 File Letters to the editor
April - May 2009
 File NY Conference Minister nominated to lead UCC
April - May 2009
 File 'Two Minutes for God' offers sips of inspiration
April - May 2009
 File UCC seminaries: Much to celebrate; more work to do
April - May 2009
 File Biblical characters of 'questionable virtue' afford real-world parallels
April - May 2009
 File More than ever, time for UCC young people is right here, right now
April - May 2009
 File Puppet ministries put a new face on faith experience
April - May 2009
 File ShortHand
April - May 2009
 File Pre-Synod events offer wide range of information, activities and gatherings
April - May 2009
 File Young people guide us toward a vibrant future
April - May 2009
 File Youth, young adults and the UCC: Where are we now?
April - May 2009
 File Immigrant Rights Sunday to be observed May 3
April - May 2009
 File People
April - May 2009
 File UCC chaplain honored for service in retirement
April - May 2009
 File U.S. Navy selects UCC minister to lead submarine chaplains
April - May 2009
 File I'm not an outsider: A young adult speaks to her church about inclusion
April - May 2009
 File Overheard
April - May 2009
 File United Theological Seminary elects new president
April - May 2009

February - March 2009
File 'Hope Shall Bloom' tour highlights progress of Gulf Coast recovery
February - March 2009
 File 'Incredible cast' lining up for General Synod 2009 in Grand Rapids
February - March 2009
 File Across the UCC: Microfinance
February - March 2009
 File Book Review: The Discipleship Study Bible
February - March 2009
 File Change - let's make it for the better this year
February - March 2009
 File Encounter the stranger and their stories become your own
February - March 2009
 File Encounter the stranger and their stories become your own
February - March 2009
 File Fresh perspectives needed on educating religious leaders into the 21st century
February - March 2009
 File Innovation propels seminaries through transitional waters
February - March 2009
 File Letters to the editor
February - March 2009
 File MyUCC, new social networking community, set to debut this Spring
February - March 2009
 File Overheard
February - March 2009
 File Pairing theological education with experiences of faith
February - March 2009
 File People
February - March 2009
 File Seattle congregation hosts controversial homeless encampment
February - March 2009
 File Seminaries struggle to prepare clergy in addressing sexuality
February - March 2009
 File Shorthand
February - March 2009
 File Stillspeaking Media with a Mission grants available for 2009
February - March 2009
 File Tabulations: Going Green
February - March 2009
 File Two UCC ministers join Day1 advisory board
February - March 2009
 File UCC colleges and universities among 'U.S. News and World Reports' best
February - March 2009
 File Young clergy braced for challenges
February - March 2009

December 2008 - January 2009
File 'Holy Adventure' explores new spiritual ground
December 2008 - January 2009
 File 'Tents of Hope' pitched as reminder of Darfur genocide
December 2008 - January 2009
 File Across the UCC
December 2008 - January 2009
 File Art Submissions

 File By the Numbers: 15 million*
December 2008 - January 2009
 File Change - not fear - motivates exploration, welcoming spirit
December 2008 - January 2009
 File From exile to embrace
December 2008 - January 2009
 File From the Collegium: We are not our only hope

 File Going the distance, Conference minister embraces competition
December 2008 - January 2009
 File Holy Joe's perks up chaplains' ministry
December 2008 - January 2009
 File How to live faithfully in an economic downturn
December 2008 - January 2009
 File Letters to the Editor
December 2008 - January 2009
 File New and renewing congregations receive seed money, sprout progress
December 2008 - January 2009
 File Overheard
December 2008 - January 2009
 File People
December 2008 - January 2009
 File Philippine pastor released, exonerated
December 2008 - January 2009
 File Shorthand
December 2008 - January 2009
 File Small gestures of grace, large hearts of concern
December 2008 - January 2009
 File Stranger encounters: The biblical example of welcome
December 2008 - January 2009
 File Thomas pens letters to Obama and McCain
December 2008 - January 2009
 File UCC minister offers to die for death row inmate
December 2008 - January 2009
 File Where Jesus comes from
December 2008 - January 2009
 File Who's in the pew next to you?
December 2008 - January 2009
 File With costs skyrocketing, United Church News to explore funding, savings
December 2008 - January 2009

October - November 2008
File 200 years and counting: the legacy of the Herald of Gospel Liberty lives on
October - November 2008
 File Across the UCC: As financial markets plunge, churches rise to the occasion
October - November 2008
 File Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music expansion includes historic UCC church
October - November 2008
 File By the numbers: 6 and 7
October - November 2008
 File ChangeTheStory.net offers online interfaith dialog
October - November 2008
 File Contributions pour in, 'Steeples' ad to run nationally through Oct. 12
October - November 2008
 File Controversy continues to surround 'Serenity Prayer' authorship
October - November 2008
 File Don't talk about faith and politics
October - November 2008
 File Eighty year-old seminary grad readies herself for ordination
October - November 2008
 File Film Review: 'The Ordinary Radicals' challenges religious priorities
October - November 2008
 File From Stillspeaking: We praise God for you, 'All the People'
October - November 2008
 File From the Collegium: Youth and young adults literally change the world...and the church!
October - November 2008
 File Global Ministries' documentary to air on NBC
October - November 2008
 File Governance team makes recommendation to UCC boards
October - November 2008
 File Hawaiian church promotes sustainability, reaps what it sows
October - November 2008
 File High fuel costs thwart Hawaii location for 2011 General Synod
October - November 2008
 File In the margins: We follow roadmaps of well-intentioned scribbles
October - November 2008
 File Key to easing global food crisis is aiding the poor, says UCC minister
October - November 2008
 File Letters to the editor
October - November 2008
 File North Dakota church engages non-partisan dialog
October - November 2008
 File Offering blessings to animals — even the slithering ones
October - November 2008
 File Overheard
October - November 2008
 File Pastor, artist sculpts his retirement with purpose and pleasure
October - November 2008
 File People
October - November 2008
 File Preaching in N.J., Jeremiah Wright shows no hard feelings toward Obama
October - November 2008
 File Shorthand
October - November 2008
 File UCC clergy call for IRS investigation of Alliance Defense Fund
October - November 2008
 File UCC student joins Soulforce's 'Equality Ride,' promotes tolerance
October - November 2008
 File UCC's Parker lecturer insists media's 'race filter still exists'
October - November 2008
 File United Church News seeks arts submissions
october - November 2008

 August-September 2008

June - July 2008

April - May 2008

February - March 2008
 
File What's your take on the intersection of Science and Religion? We'd like to know
February - March 2008
 File UCC scientists, theologians pen groundbreaking pastoral letter
February - March 2008
 File UCC ad to air on Sirius Satellite Radio
February - March 2008
 File Thomas denounces smear campaign against UCC's largest congregation
February - March 2008
 File Tabulations: 140+
February - March 2008
 File Stillspeaking launches radio campaign, grant opportunities
February - March 2008
 File Stepping out of 'comfort zone' reveals Middle East church exec's call
February - March 2008
 File Shorthand
February - March 2008
 File Sabbatical leads to new school in impoverished new nation
February - March 2008
 File Q&A: 'Veggie Tales' creator talks turkey - uh, turnips
February - March 2008
 File People
February - March 2008
 File Overheard
February - March 2008
 File New national ministry opens on U.S.-Mexico border
February - March 2008
 File New Jersey pastor sails sabbatical seas aboard Amistad
February - March 2008
 File Mission: Malawi
February - March 2008
 File Letters
February - March 2008
 File In Jordan, Iraqi 'refugees' have rights, but 'guests' don't
February - March 2008
 File Fundraising training is new, strange frontier for UCC pastors, leaders
February - March 2008
 File Deceased mother of shuttle astronaut was UCC
February - March 2008
 File Children's ministry has important role for UCC churches
February - March 2008
 File Cathedral of Hope UCC pledges to start five new churches in five years
February - March 2008
 File Can science deepen your faith?
February - March 2008
 File California church gives life to professional 'Stillspeaking Theatre'
February - March 2008
 File 'I am still called to serve the local church'
February - March 2008
 File 'A New Voice Arising'
February - March 2008
 File '100,000 for Peace' has been UCC-styled 'Christian witness'
February - March 2008

December 2007 - January 2008
 
File 'Winter Solstice at ucc.org' to lift music, interfaith prayers for peace
December 2007 - January 2008
 File Across the UCC: Preserving and celebrating the Samoan culture
December 2007 - January 2008
 File Bible Study: Advent is time to proclaim 'the absurdity of Christ'
December 2007 - January 2008
 File Can a Christmas chorus of 100,000 peacemakers make any difference?
December 2007 - January 2008
 File Carrión named new Stillspeaking coordinator
December 2007 - January 2008
 File Child of missionaries is 'neither Zulu nor fully American'
December 2007 - January 2008
 File From the Collegium: '100,000 for peace' campaign lives on
December 2007 - January 2008
 File Letters
December 2007 - January 2008
 File National boards approve continued work on streamlined governance
December 2007 - January 2008
 File New LCM head called to 'serve the church, seek the church'
December 2007 - January 2008
 File New report crunches Stillspeaking's numbers, explores impact
December 2007 - January 2008
 File Overheard
December 2007 - January 2008
 File People
December 2007 - January 2008
 File Seventy new-church enthusiasts attend 'Nehemiah' training event
December 2007 - January 2008
 File Shorthand
December 2007 - January 2008
 File Soapbox: All Saints Sunday webcast
December 2007 - January 2008
 File Soapbox: Arresting comments
December 2007 - January 2008
 File Tabulations: Billboard Charts
December 2007 - January 2008
 File Tutu criticizes 'collective punishment' of Palestinians
December 2007 - January 2008
 File UCC issues '$100,000 for peace' emergency appeal for refugees
December 2007 - January 2008

 October - November 2007
 

August - September 2007
 
File 'Can we find a way to value all our members?'
August - September 2007
 File 'Now is the time' to celebrate new churches
August - September 2007
 File Cally Rogers-Witte re-elected as WCM executive
August - September 2007
 File Can I have 100,000 witnesses?
August - September 2007
 File Chase leaving top communication post
August - September 2007
 File Commentary: 'That they may all be one'
August - September 2007
 File Departing publisher: 'God has richly blessed us in this ministry'
August - September 2007
 File Edelman: 'Reset America's moral compass'
August - September 2007
 File Guffey re-elected associate general minister
August - September 2007
 File How the UCC Book of Worship got me a date
August - September 2007
 File In service, chaplains remind soldiers of others' love and concern
August - September 2007
 File Laser show lights up UCC@50 birthday bash
August - September 2007
 File Let's be the church through 'lived worship'
August - September 2007
 File Letters
August - September 2007
 File Moyers: UCC is challenged to 'Drive out the money changers'
August - September 2007
 File Obama: Without faith, 'something was missing'
August - September 2007
 File Overheard
August - September 2007
 File Party never over for church that proclaims Jubilee
August - September 2007
 File Redgrave: 'Time is short — live every moment'
August - September 2007
 File Roadwork
August - September 2007
 File Service projects energize volunteers
August - September 2007
 File Shorthand
August - September 2007
 File Stillspeaking is stillgoing,
August - September 2007
 File Synod delivers on promise of celebration, displays of unity
August - September 2007
 File Synod Scorecard
August - September 2007
 File Tabulations: Loaves and Fishes
August - September 2007
 File Thomas: 'Find, commission, inspire' UCC's future
August - September 2007
 File Thomas: UCC remains committed to media advocacy
August - September 2007
 File To 'UCC' or not — what do you think? Let's 'soapbox' about it
August - September 2007
 File Transitions
August - September 2007
 File Volunteer medical missionary frustrated, encouraged in Paraguay
August - September 2007
 File When it comes to church membership numbers, the devil's in the details
August - September 2007

 June - July 2007
 
File 'Church was where the big things of life were addressed'
June - July 2007
 File 'Extrajudicial' killings of human rights workers escalate in Philippines
June - July 2007
 File A 'heady, exasperating mix'? - Don't forget 'beautiful,' 'hopeful,' too
June - July 2007
 File Across the UCC: Military Chaplaincy
June - July 2007
 File Despite Synod's celebratory tone, a few business items await delegates
June - July 2007
 File Faithfully illiterate: What we don't know about religion hurts us all
June - July 2007
 File In Montclair, N.J., vital UCC churches 'cooperate rather than compete'
June - July 2007
 File Letters to the Editor
June - July 2007
 File New and renewing churches granted endowment boost
June - July 2007
 File New retreat center nearing completion at historic 'Franklinton Center at Bricks'
June - July 2007
 File New UCC report shows racism still tied to environmental injustice
June - July 2007
 File Overheard
June - July 2007
 File People
June - July 2007
 File Shorthand
June - July 2007
 File Soapbox: Share your most memorable General Synod moment
June - July 2007
 File Spirituality: UCC@50: Our faithful are still defending Naboth's vineyard
June - July 2007
 File Tabulations: United Church News online
June - July 2007
 File UCC takes on Rupert Murdoch's New York media empire
June - July 2007
 File UCC's 26th General Synod is Edith Guffey's seventh as administrator
June - July 2007
 File UCC's national website to debut new look in early June
June - July 2007
 File UCC-member Obama to speak at General Synod
June - July 2007
 File Zoo becomes funeral setting for 'one wild and precious life'
June - July 2007

 April - May 2007
 

 February - March 2007
 

 December 2006- January 2007
 
File 'More than the sum of her parts'
December 2006 - January 2007
 File 'Straw by straw'
December 2006 - January 2007
 File 'Streamlining' gets mixed reactions from national boards
December 2006 - January 2007
 File Across the UCC: Let it, therefore, be resolved...
December 2006 - January 2007
 File Advent ad launch debuts 'God is still speaking 2.0'
December 2006 - January 2007
 File Cathedral of Hope granted congregational standing
December 2006 - January 2007
 File Christ-centered compromise to conflict
December 2006 - January 2007
 File Dealing with grumbling, division is focus of church-help titles
December 2006 - January 2007
 File Ed Brown's quest for racial justice tells UCC's story in the South
December 2006 - January 2007
 File From the Collegium: 'God is good, all the time'
December 2006 - January 2007
 File From the Publisher: Thank you, readers
December 2006 - January 2007
 File Grassroots effort to mobilize 1,000 youth to attend Synod is gaining steam
December 2006 - January 2007
 File Guffey nominated for final four-year term
December 2006 - January 2007
 File Historic Kalahikiola UCC is severely damaged
December 2006 - January 2007
 File Life always finds a way
December 2006 - January 2007
 File New movie examines Mary's spiritual, iconic allure
December 2006 - January 2007
 File Online gathering attracts thousands, creates 'buzz'
December 2006 - January 2007
 File Overheard
December 2006 - January 2007
 File Pakistan's quake victims facing harsh winter, says church aid worker
December 2006 - January 2007
 File Tabulations: Stillsupporting,
December 2006 - January 2007
 File The Invisible, Protestant Mary
December 2006 - January 2007
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CONTACT INFO

Rev. J. Bennett Guess
Executive Minister
Office of the Executive Minister
Local Church Ministries
700 Prospect Ave.
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216-736-3801
guessb@ucc.org