The leadership of the United Church of Christ, in a pastoral letter to congregations and clergy, lovingly encourages churches to suspend traditional ways of gathering for worship during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

With group meetings and sanctuary worship suspended due to the global coronavirus outbreak, the people of Park Hill Congregational United Church of Christ, Denver, are doing a lot online and learning as they go.

They may have closed their buildings in response to the global coronavirus pandemic, but many United Church of Christ congregations still offered the comfort of music and prayer – and urged people to rise up and demand better public-health leadership – as they moved worship services to the internet on Sunday, March 15.

As new cases of the coronavirus are reported in other countries and across the U.S., UCC leaders are urging education, caution and common sense — sharing a few basic guidelines to enable congregations and other UCC organizations to find useful, relevant information to plan their course of action.

The UCC national officers call on members of the wider church to use their voice during the 2020 elections -- and vote.

As the United Church of Christ prepares to mark Racial Justice Sunday, Feb. 9, there is much to celebrate – and, as always, much work to do, according to the denomination's minister for racial justice. Among the celebrations is the certification of nine new facilitators for Sacred Conversations to End Racism.

National ministries of the United Church of Christ spoke out Monday, Jan. 27, against a U.S. plan to ban travel from an expanded list of countries.

The National Officers of the United Church of Christ call for fasting and prayer during the season of Epiphany, to advocate for peace in a time of global unrest.

Rejoice and welcome the Christ Child.

In his Christmas Message, United Church of Christ General Minister and President the Rev. John C. Dorhauer invites the wider church to ground our spirits in God’s love.