May 16, 2013
- United Church of Christ General Minister and President the Rev. Geoffrey A. Black is traveling across China for two weeks with the Rev. Sharon E. Watkins, general minister and president of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
- A small group of neighbors in Western New York, with inspiration from the United Church of Christ's Mission 4/1 Earth, banded together to clean up one of the area's few remaining natural habitats –– the Great Baehre wildlife refuge in Amherst.
May 15, 2013
- In a symbolic gesture of solidarity, more than 3,000 New Englanders will formerly reclaim the shore that was decimated by last year's Hurricane Sandy and recognize the hard work that has gone into repairing the beachfront in time for all to enjoy this summer.
- The finish line for the United Church of Christ’s all-church environmental campaign is approaching, but the conclusion of Mission 4/1 Earth on Pentecost Sunday, May 19, doesn’t signal the end of the denomination’s earth care and advocacy focus.
- As the culmination of his congregation's Mission 4/1 Earth efforts, the Rev. Frank Rodgers of St. Paul Community Church UCC in Homewood, Ill., will preach from the limbs of a buckeye tree, more than 30 feet above the ground.
- UCC pastor the Rev. Aaron Ban felt the need to honor a slain teenager in southwest Illinois and bring his community together in a peaceful demonstration of solidarity against street violence.
- W. Mark Clark, associate general minister for the United Church of Christ, is one of several Christian leaders working to change the tone of politics in this country by “stopping the angry rhetoric and trying to come together."
May 13, 2013
- Taking a public stand to stop the impending pollution, the Pacific Northwest Conference voted nearly unanimously for a conference resolution opposing the proposed construction of coal export terminals and the transport of coal via trains that spew toxic dust throughout the region.
- United Church of Christ General Minister and President the Rev. Geoffrey A. Black is traveling across China for two weeks with the Rev. Sharon E. Watkins, general minister and president of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
May 10, 2013
- Two of the UCC's executive ministers took the lead on behalf of the UCC national officers and asked the Coalition for LGBT concerns for a more formal covenantal bond this spring to strengthen the historic work that both have done in some 40 years together.