After a deadly terrorist attack in Belgium during Holy Week, United Church of Christ General Minister and President the Rev. John Dorhauer remembered the victims in a call for prayer and urged the wider church, during this week of hope and resurrection, to be instruments of God’s peace.
Hope and Resurrection In a Holy Week message, UCC General Minister and President John Dorhauer reflects on the redemptive power that our faith in Jesus provides us. Learn more >>
A Word to the Church The leadership of the United Church of Christ, concerned with the political rhetoric aimed at the marginalized people of society in this election cycle, speaks out in support for and solidarity with a Holy Week statement released by The Episcopal Church. Read more >>
We Are Present See how Global Ministries is working to make life a little easier for refugees on the Jordanian/Syrian border. View the photo essay >>
Make Glad At General Synod 2017 in Baltimore, attendees will be invited to “Make Glad” in service of God’s work. Learn more >>
Building Peace from the Ground Up Save the date for the Colombia Days of Prayer and Action, May 22-23. Join hundreds of congregations around the country in prayer for those who are working for peace in Colombia today, for the peace accords of tomorrow, and for a resolution to the humanitarian crisis caused by decades of armed conflict. Learn more — get resources >>
Divine Comedy The Rev. Nancy Taylor, senior minister and chief executive officer of Old South Church in Boston, is the featured Holy Week preacher on “Day 1,” the nationally broadcast ecumenical radio program. Her sermon for Easter Sunday is based on Luke 24:1-12. “In an effort to recover the surprise of Easter, I invite you to travel with me back in time, to the beginning of what we now call the Common Era, to the time of the Roman Empire to a land called Palestine, where there was a gruesome, if inconsequential, incident of capital punishment.” Read more >>
Hands Touch A life-changing experience can be as simple as sitting on a rock with a child and just touching hands or accepting a kindness from a stranger-turned-friend. Listen in >>
