Defending Dignity: Addressing Policy Attacks on the LGBTQIA+ Community
2026-06-04 15:30 - 16:45 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Each day in the news, we hear of new efforts by state and federal policymakers to dehumanize our LGBTQIA+ siblings. Amid this ever-evolving landscape, it can be challenging to keep up with all the twists and turns of LGBTQIA+ policy and attacks. Join this briefing from the UCC Office of Public Policy & Advocacy, Georgia Equality, and the ONA Coalition to learn about policies at the state and federal level that threaten the LGBTQIA+ community. Come hear and share stories of resilience in the face of such attacks and ways you can raise your voice in the public to proclaim – “Love is Louder!”

World Refugee Day Ecumenical Service
2026-06-17 18:00 - 19:00
“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.” –Simone Weil
Join us Wednesday, June 17th, 6:00-7:00 pm ET, for an online ecumenical worship service in observance of World Refugee Day. With the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program frozen since January 2025 and resettled refugees facing an onslaught of diminishing protections and expanding threats, it is more important than ever to gather in lament, solidarity, and celebration of the right to seek refuge. With contributions from the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Church of the Brethren, Presbyterian Church (USA), Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and the United Church of Christ, we will worship through prayer, art, music, and reflections from pastors with their own stories of migration. “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me” (Matthew 25:35)

Juneteenth Commemoration 2026: In Troubling Times Consult the Ancestors!
2026-06-18 15:30 - 16:30
Juneteenth marks the official end of the enslavement of African descended people in the U.S. The original legal declaration was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln January 1, 1863, which instituted The Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth is also known as Freedom Day nationally, and Emancipation Day in Texas, and became an official holiday in the State of Texas in 1980. President Joe Biden officially signed into Law Juneteenth as a National Day of Remembrance, June 17, 2021.
Racial Justice Ministries of the United Church of Christ invite you to engage in prophetic remembering to confront the challenges of our time. Nurturing a movement toward justice for all is a sacred call for liberators and freedom fighters to seek wisdom from Old and New Testament Prophets who stood up against the empires of their day and to gain inspiration from modern prophets who lead the resistance to oppressive tyrannies, ideologies, and theologies. Racial Justice Ministries and wisdom teachers of the United Church of Christ National Ministries invite you to listen and learn how to thrive during national and global threats from authoritarian leaders.

This Month at the UN
2026-07-07 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-08-04 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-09-01 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-10-06 14:00 - 15:00
Join us the first Tuesday of each month at 2pm to learn more about what the UCC does at the United Nations! Hear updates from the UCC Main Representative to the UN, Donna Bollinger, on program updates, our interfaith and ecumenical partners, and upcoming events. There will be time set aside during the meeting so that we can hear from YOU on these topics and how we can help to amplify the work our local congregations and partners are doing in the community.
All are invited to join us in conversation! You only need to register once and then will be able to join us for any of our monthly meetings through the next year. Register here!

Faith, Leadership, and Organizing for This Moment
2026-07-16 03:30 - 16:30
How do faith leaders, organizers, nonprofits, congregations, and community advocates sustain themselves while responding to the urgent challenges of this moment? Join Rev. Dr. Dietra Wise Baker from the Center for Faith Lived Organizing for a timely dialogue exploring how today’s social, political, spiritual, and community realities are shaping new approaches to leadership, organizing, public theology, and transformative community engagement.
The conversation will highlight THRIVE 2026 — Eden’s groundbreaking one-day conference for nonprofit leaders, clergy, organizers, educators, congregational leaders, community advocates, and laypeople seeking practical tools, spiritual grounding, and transformative leadership development for today’s world. Participants will also hear about a new scholarship initiative designed to support a cohort from the UCC in participating in a certificate program, helping expand access to leadership formation grounded in justice, spirituality, and organizing.

Fostering Vitality: Liturgical Resources for a Faithful & Vital Church
2026-08-06 15:30 - 16:30
You may have noticed a special after Pentecost sermon series titled: Faithful and Vital. Inspired by conversations with local church leaders, Minister for Worship and Theology, Rev. Dr. Cheryl Lindsay began the process to create worship resources inviting us to remember who we are and who we could be through the framework of the Marks of Faithful and Vital Local Churches from the United Church of Christ Manual on Local Church. Join us for an engaging conversation to learn more about how this project came together, what the spirit behind the messages are and how these liturgical resources can support engaging faith-rooted dialogue within your own local church setting around the Manual on Local Church’s Marks for Faithful and Vital Churches.

Sex Ed as Resistance
2026-09-02 12:00 - 13:00
Join us as for a conversation with Dr. Meg Bartlett-Chase, sex educator, organizer and advocate–about how providing great sexuality education is a way to resist authoritarianism. Dr. Bartlett-Chase has researched sex education policy, practice and controversy, and she is the founder and executive director of Honest Sex Ed Minnesota.
