Disabilities, Mental Health, and Racial Justice

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Disabilities, Mental Health, and Racial Justice Join international disabilities scholar Rev. Dr. John Swinton and UCC’s Minister for Disabilities and Mental Health Justice Rev. Dr. Sarah Lund for a theological and practical conversation about God’s calling for us to create…

Digital Funerals & Grief: A Conversation & Ritual

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As we collectively both prevent and respond to what is happening in our world, the impacts of a global pandemic on how we grieve continue to offer both opportunities and demand creativity in keeping people safe. On this panel, we…

Faith — Trauma & Healing

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An engaging conversation on how faith can be both a source of trauma and healing, centering the experiences, journeys, and perspectives of stigmatized people from marginalized and vulnerable communities. Presenters: Rev. Michael Crumpler, LGBTQ and Multicultural Programing Coordinator, Unitarian Universalist…

State of Creation

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What is necessary to halt the deleterious effects of climate change in the 21st century? Join Rev. Brooks Berndt, Minister for Environmental Justice, UCC, and Jim Antal, author, public theologian, Special Advisor on Climate Justice to the General Minister and…

Queer the Church

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Darrell Goodwin and Chris Davies are queer leaders in the United Church of Christ. They have worked together: visioning, dreaming and praying for a future where the United Church of Christ is relevant for the past several years. Come with…

What is the Doctrine of Discovery?

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In their own voices, First Nations Indigenous People will discuss the destructiveness of the Doctrine of Discovery on their peoples in what is presently known as the Americas and the Caribbean. *Please note this session is pre-recorded.

Let’s Talk About Abortion

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Let’s Talk About Abortion Abortion access is an issue of faith! The United Church of Christ has had a strong history of supporting access to safe and healthy abortion since before Roe V. Wade. UCC Clergy have been advocating for…

Global HOPE Blue Christmas Worship

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Join us on Wednesday, Dec 1, 2pm ET for a virtual worship service with Team Global HOPE at UCC National Ministries for a Blue Christmas worship service. Blue Christmas services traditionally provide space for those who don’t feel so “merry…

Purple Church

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Purple Church The United Church of Christ contains people with a wide spectrum of theological beliefs and political alignment. People who choose to be in a church that holds differences of opinion often do so with a few different strategies…

The History of Afro-Christian Churches in the UCC

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The History of Afro-Christian Churches In 1957, when the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational and Christian Churches formed the United Church of Christ, there was a fifth stream that fed into our formation, the Afro-Christian Church. While it…