UCC in the News

Honoring the mothers of environmental justice
https://www.christiancentury.org/article/features/honoring-mothers-environmental-justice

Dallas church gives blessing to drag queens
https://www.wfaa.com/video/news/local/cathedral-of-hope-dallas-gives-blessing-drag-queens-sunday/287-6408ad44-57d2-42fa-932a-6b0debc7a976

Iowa community responds to anti-LGBTQ vandalism
https://decorahnews.com/news/9183/decorah-community-responds-to-anti-lgbtq-vandalism/

Anti-LGBTQ hate crime targets Massachusetts church, crosswalks
https://www.salemnews.com/news/updated-anti-lgbtq-hate-crime-targets-tabernacle-church-crosswalks/article_20603260-5246-11ee-961c-938a6325d7c1.html

‘They were men of Yale’: Two Black scholars honored posthumously
https://news.yale.edu/2023/09/15/they-were-men-yale-two-black-scholars-honored-posthumously

Faith leaders condemn recent bomb threats at New York houses of worship
https://www.thetimesherald.com/story/news/2023/09/18/faith-leaders-condemn-bomb-threats-at-rochester-ny-area-houses-of-worship-jewish-federation/70890489007/

Solidarity Circles program seeks to build a faith-based collaborative economy
https://gxstocks.com/solidarity-circles-program-seeks-to-build-a-faith-based-collaborative-economy-baptist-news-global/

Ohio filmmakers take Afrofuturism to the big screen at Cleveland festival
https://www.ideastream.org/arts-culture/2023-09-14/ohio-filmmakers-take-afrofuturism-to-the-big-screen-at-cleveland-festival

Christian socialists are reclaiming faith from the right
https://inthesetimes.com/article/christian-socialism-mlk

Cash bail’s end in Illinois next week could spark an electronic monitoring surge, backers fear
https://www.wcbu.org/state-news/2023-09-14/cash-bails-end-next-week-could-spark-an-electronic-monitoring-surge-backers-fear

Washington church wants to talk about LGBTQ+ faith and the church
https://spokanefavs.com/pullman-church-wants-to-talk-about-lgbtq-faith-and-the-church/

Editorial: Is there a ‘glimmer of hope’ for a religious truce today?
https://www.fcnp.com/2023/09/14/editors-column-is-there-a-glimmer-of-hope-for-a-religious-truce-today/

Survey: White Protestant clergy more progressive than their congregations
https://www.axios.com/2023/09/14/prri-mainline-protestant-clergy-progressive-white-churchgoers

View from Vermont: ‘There’s just so much love in this congregation’
https://www.manchesterjournal.com/local-news/view-from-main-street-there-s-just-so-much-love-in-this-congregation/article_16fecdd2-53f2-11ee-888d-5f55df2e93f8.html

Arizona food bank to open family resource center
https://www.gvnews.com/news/local/sahuarita-food-bank-to-open-family-resource-center/article_9d45ed1e-51a7-11ee-ae8a-db744931d67c.html

Storied history of Illinois church organ to be celebrated with 130th anniversary concert
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-organ-anniversary-elgin-church-130-years-st-0917-20230916-uywfco7fujcbfbnum5ep5erg7i-story.html

Partnership plans to bring affordable senior housing to St. Louis suburb
https://www.timesnewspapers.com/webster-kirkwoodtimes/partnership-plans-to-bring-affordable-senior-housing-to-webster/article_d9593316-52ff-11ee-b4f4-5f8bd910028b.html

Rhode Island church aims to fill hole left by closing of thrift store
https://www.independentri.com/news/article_065435e6-527e-11ee-950b-031aface3cd5.html

Eagle Scout project aids Pennsylvania church
https://www.tnonline.com/20230916/eagle-scout-project-aids-parryville-church/

Ohio church throws 3rd free Fall Festival for local families
https://www.hometownstations.com/townnews/singing/st-paul-united-church-of-christ-throws-3rd-free-fall-festival-for-wapakoneta-families/article_b04f688e-54f6-11ee-bb49-e391bfdd1bc5.html

Post-secondary support for students thanks to Maine church
https://www.sunjournal.com/2023/09/15/post-secondary-support-for-egan-morrill-and-smith-thanks-to-rcc/

Values-in-Action Foundation announces its inaugural Kindland Summit in Cleveland
https://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-values-in-action-foundation-announces-its-inaugural-kindland-/2023/09/13/9880555.htm

Portland’s historic Williston-West Church to be sold again
https://www.pressherald.com/2023/09/14/portlands-historic-williston-west-church-to-be-sold-again/

Michigan church restoring 145-year-old bell and tower
https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2023/09/13/oxford-church-restoring-145-year-old-bell-and-tower/

Connecticut church celebrates 300 years
https://www.thechronicle.com/news/hampton-congregational-church-celebrating-300-years/article_6282e69a-5400-11ee-856f-8f273b5b19c0.html

185 years strong: Wisconsin church celebrates 1838 founding
https://www.gazettextra.com/news/local/185-years-strong-first-congregational-united-church-of-christ-of-milton-celebrates-1838-founding/article_bc0a1852-5593-11ee-928f-a78e03237096.html

Iowa church to celebrate 175 years
https://www.mississippivalleypublishing.com/the_hawk_eye/st-johns-ucc-to-celebrate-175-years/article_cb01bf94-5265-11ee-b5ac-e30dfde34065.html