Love for planet earth sprouting up on church lawns
The United Church of Christ General Synod has just overwhelmingly approved the resolution on...
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Aaron Mair: I am here because you connected the dots
A 30-year-old report by the UCC Commission for Racial Justice, "Toxic Wastes and Race in the United...
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Moving from talk to action on divestment
As she listened to an update Sunday on a resolution passed four years ago urging all settings of...
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Medical aid in dying fails to win approval of Synod delegates by just a few votes
The "Resolution of Witness in Support of Legislation Authorizing Medical Aid in Dying" narrowly...
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Synod youth discuss race and equality issues
The Rev. Marvin Silver describes two worlds in the United States, worlds divided by issues of race...
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Resolutions on pattern of giving, financial support of AMA churches approved
Delegates to the United Church of Christ's General Synod 2017 made quick work of a pair of...
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Cuban embargo causes suffering, General Synod resolves to open doors
A resolution that began with UCC delegations to Cuba and exchanges in the Southern Conference...
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Synod votes to support Palestinian children in Israeli military detention
The General Synod of the United Church of Christ is calling for an end to what is being described...
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Young children play games, learn about life in the General Synod Children’s Program
What does a spirited game of musical chairs have to do with the recent peace agreement in the...
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United Church of Christ emphatically affirmed an Immigrant Welcoming Church
Underscoring the love of neighbor, with several speakers proclaiming that no human is illegal,...
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Traci Blackmon elected overwhelmingly to lead UCC’s justice ministry
The Rev. Traci Blackmon was elected the executive minister of United Church of Christ Justice...
Read MoreA learning experience on the streets of Baltimore
Every day as Helen Bodell goes to and from work as a chaplain at a Providence, R.I., hospital,...
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Art teaches youth about expressions of faith
During a Sunday morning visit to Baltimore's American Visionary Art Museum, youth attending...
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Synod community worship embraces ‘this is who we are’
A patchwork quilt of the human condition took shape on the back wall of the Baltimore Convention...
Read MoreCuba clergy share stories, bring hope of better relations with their U.S. neighbors
The Revs. Elmer and Gisela Lavistida of Santiago, Cuba have been in the United States for 10...
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Synod volunteers: Holding it together with a greeting and a smile
Attired in pink shirts adorned with the swirling wave and the theme words, "Make Glad!", the...
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Racism as a factor in health care disparities: We need to move people ‘away from the cliff’
Describing disparities in access to health care in this country, Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones...
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A conversation with Glennon Doyle
"People don't want shiny any more," bestselling author Glennon Doyle told General Synod 2017 in...
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William Barber: ‘We must claim the deep moral language of faith’
A new wind — a gale, a typhoon, a wail — roared into the Baltimore Hilton Inner Harbor Saturday...
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UCC Honors Standing Rock Youth Water Protectors
The United Church of Christ presented the inaugural Movement Makers Award to the youth of the...
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