New York congregation to celebrate last Christmas Eve service
Christmas Eve services across the United Church of Christ are special. Church families gather in...
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Light bulbs, tragedy, memorial idea set N.H. church aglow for Christmas
A New Hampshire congregation that helped its community mourn a tragic September death has turned...
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Christmas cookie ‘magic’ helps fund Illinois church’s summer mission trips
For years, cookies have been appearing in Advent, like magic, to help fund summer mission trips for...
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UCC nominees among semifinalists for 2020 Climate Leadership Awards
A United Church of Christ minister, a UCC-related seminary's earth center, and an ecumenical...
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Christmas Fund aids many small-church retirees, surviving spouses
Early in her ministry, the Rev. Julia Proctor felt called to serve small churches. She did just...
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Asheville church re-imagines community on its property
A village of micro homes is going up on the property of a planted United Church of Christ...
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Community refugee support sways vote of North Dakota county poised to refuse resettlement
People of faith in Bismarck, N.D., convinced their local county commissioners this week that...
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UCC celebrates Giving Tuesday generosity, maps next medical debt buys
On Giving Tuesday, hundreds of individuals across the life of the wider United Church of Christ...
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Church World Service to grow UCC/DOC/Brethren Disaster Recovery Support Initiative
A pilot program to help communities launch long-term recovery following disasters is growing...
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Clarence ‘Clip’ Higgins, former Conference Minister in Nebraska, dies at 90
The Rev. Clarence ""Clip""...
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U.S. detention, asylum policies heighten need for local church help
First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, has a reputation around Old Lyme, Conn., for...
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UCC leaders join Fonda to decry profits from climate breakdown, migrant detention
Religious leaders, including two speakers from the United Church of Christ, joined actor Jane Fonda...
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The simple act of choosing love
In his Christmas message, United Church of Christ General Minister and President the Rev. John C....
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Giving Tuesday campaign to abolish medical debt also has justice component
The United Church of Christ is committed to using gifts from Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3, to forgive...
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From housing to hair care, new Adese class sees business as force for community uplift
Eleven clergy and laypeople who believe business can be a force for justice have been named to a...
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Conference Ministers tour sacred sites in Alabama in a group commitment to racial justice
Thirty United Church of Christ Conference Ministers, along with national officers John Dorhauer and...
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UCC Conference, congregations raise Thanksgiving gift in three-week campaign to fund Immokalee land buy
The Florida Conference United Church of Christ and its congregations, with support from UCC Justice...
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UCC medical debt recipient pays blessings forward at Thanksgiving
One of the almost 6,000 Chicagoans who had medical debt forgiven by the United Church of Christ...
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Racist Syracuse campus incidents draw statement, offer from UCC New York Conference
Responding to reports of a dozen November incidents of racism at Syracuse University, the New York...
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Massachusetts congregations welcome, support, accompany Honduran family
UCC immigration justice advocates in Massachusetts are putting their faith in action,...
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