Deadly, Destructive Quake Hits Pakistan, Afghanistan
Six months after the devastating earthquake in Nepal, another powerful quake has hit the region....
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UCC Assessing Hurricane Patricia Recovery Needs
Satellite image released by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
Read MorePuppet Play, Dollar House Raise “Bricks for Nepal”
Maple Syrup Players (left to right) Diana is Lily the lamb, Peter Boggs is Tucker the turtle,...
Read MoreUCC Responds as Volcanic Ash Falls
“The ash keeps falling. This is the situation in Romerillos.” So testifies Wilma Ulcuango,...
Read MoreUCC Stands Ready to Assist Carolinas Flood Survivors
Severe flooding has claimed 17 lives in South Carolina and two in North Carolina, and the emergency...
Read MoreGrant Aids UCC Churches on the Front Line of Wildfire
During the first week of the Butte Wildfire, First Congregational United Church of Christ of...
Read MoreSyrian Refugee Crisis Surrounds the Middle East
adapted from Week of Compassion article posted September 4. The news has been filled this first...
Read MoreThe United Church of Christ: Still Active in Haiyan Response
In November 2013, the word “horror” best described the Philippines as Typhoon Haiyan (also...
Read MoreTen Years After Hurricane Katrina-Living a Covenant of Compassion
An Open Letter from UCC Disaster Ministries – August 2015on the Occasion of the Tenth...
Read MoreBlueberries symbolize “home at last” for Superstorm Sandy evacuees
Natalie Gill and her daughter Jahzara, 8, picking blueberries at the edge of the woods that...
Read MoreUCC Restoring Flooded Homes, Bridges in West Virginia
Girls on the UCC Ohio work team install insulation under West Virginia home. Written byCarol...
Read MoreOGHS and Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund Giving
The major role of the church in this disaster, as in all disasters, is long-term recovery. The UCC...
Read MoreMission 1: Gifts Bring Relief
Millions of people continue to feel the effects of a historic drought in Ethiopia, Kenya and...
Read MoreSurviving the Drought and Preparing for the Next One
As you drive east from Nairobi, the Kenyan countryside becomes progressively drier. Long grass...
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