June - July 2006

Amplifying The Mainline
How the mainline church is finding its voice despite some well-funded attempts to silence it. [story]
  
 Retooling Restructure
More changes coming for national structure.  [story]  
 Military Ministry
Chaplains remind soldiers of trust, faith and hope.  [story]  
 Ending The Decline
Plan calls for 250 new churches in five years.  [story]  

 Other Stories In This Issue
 Amplifying the mainline
 Former U.S. president befriended Hawaiian queen, opposed overthrow
 Decision follows news of money woes for national setting
 Labor dispute in Hartford leaves General Synod planning in a lurch
 Cracking the code of Da Vinci's popularity
 Plan calls for 250 new churches in five years, 1,600 by 2021
 Real-time web event will kick-off UCC 50th anniversary year
 UCC grants $1 million to New Orleans' Dillard University

 Monthly Features
 Churches partner with UCC's human service ministries to work for good
 Collegium exploring 'urgent' questions about national structure, staffing
 All mainline denominations facing membership, money struggles
 Commentary: Providing for our soldiers
 Commentary: 'Is warfare ever justified?'
 Spiritual Commentary: Not-so-stuffy after all
 Spiritual Commentary: Ours is a multicultural communion
 Tabulations: A location near me?
SECTION MENU
CONTACT INFO