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Forging Friendships

The Lakota YouthStay program, a UCC church mission and ministry, is bringing Native young people to Massachusetts next month for an immersion experience.

FEATURES

A New Look
The denomination’s UCC Logo is getting an update that reflects both tradition and innovation. Read more >>

Refugee Sunday
Mark Refugee Justice Sunday, June 18, by welcoming the stranger, sharing their stories and learning how you can help. Read more >>

Love of Neighbor
UCC Immigration advocate protesting separation of families arrested at the White House. Read more >>

The Earth is the Lord’s
UCC advocates urge ‘Stay the course on climate care,’ despite U.S. withdrawal from Paris Accord. Learn more >>

UCC leadership: An opportunity for which the church was born. Read their statement >>

Have a Climate Success Story?
The ecumenical organization Blessed Tomorrow is looking for good ideas to combat climate change. Seven success stories will be selected to create the ‘Let’s Lead’ best practices guide, and one exemplary leader will receive an award at a summit in Washington D.C. Learn more. Deadline 6/15 >>

Religious Tolerance
Do you feed your spirit with grace, tolerance of differences, open to all other spiritual pathways that engender love of neighbor, and hospitality to the stranger? Listen to the podcast >>

HEADLINES

UNITED CHURCH NEWS

	UCC pastor shows love of neighbor by going to Iraq to work with women refugees
	A public proclamation, love of neighbor, draws attention in Minneapolis
	‘Be the Church’ planning and assessment guide built to support mission, vitality
	To the moon and back: ‘Lunar Bible’ gifted to UCC for preservation
	Local Church Ministries launches revised church grant process
	Two General Synod resolutions take aim at economic inequality
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UCC IN THE NEWS

	Connecticut religious leaders arrested at State Capitol protesting budget cuts
	Mass. clergy: Paris climate withdrawal violates Christian faith
	Supreme Court unanimously affirms Advocate Health Care’s pension program as church-based plan
	West Virginia church agrees to be a ‘sanctuary’ for immigrants
	Arizona churches offer sanctuary to immigrants seeking refuge
	Two Ohio churches announce merger
	Phoenix gathering honors gun violence victims
	Churches, immigrants and sanctuary
	Interfaith dinner in Virginia promotes unity, aids refugees
	Ohio church’s ‘Remedial Christianity’ lessons challenge beliefs
	Pizza season is back in Minnesota
	14 arrested during rally, counter-protests in downtown Portland
	Colorado church grant to help feed homeless people
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OTHER RELIGIOUS NEWS

	Trump administration asks Supreme Court to reinstate travel ban
	Top Court exempts church-affiliated hospitals from pension law
	Portlanders respond to killings with prayer and eclectic spirituality
	White supremacist rally fizzles in Virginia facing a faith-based protest
	Strong religious reaction to Trump climate accord decision
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