The Women’s Table of the United Church of Christ asks female laity and clergy to complete a brief survey to gather information about issues and concerns affecting them in this time. Please complete by December 11.
Our SNEUCC youth are wonderfully wise and creative! We want to hear their thoughts on Discipleship and faith and amplify those voices. Pastors, Youth Leaders and Parents, please share this opportunity with youth and young adults (ages 14-29) in your circles. Pieces that...
The following material is from a special edition newsletter by Alban: Practical Wisdom for Leading Congregations (4/6/2020) Resources for Christian ...
From Church World Service. On September 26, the White House issued an Executive Order (EO 13888) that could end the resettlement of refugees in 16 ...
The LGBT Asylum Task Force hosted its third annual Gala themed "Building Bridges of Hope" on October 5 at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA. It was a sold-out event at which 500+ supporters dined, danced, and listened to the remarkable journeys of some of the LGBTQ ...
Our government is detaining asylum-seeking children and adults in squalid conditions across our country. As people of faith, we are full of rage and pain, and want to help. Here are a few ways to stand in solidarity and offer assistance (many of these come from this New...
A message from the Rev. Vicki Kemper Dear friends, We continue to feel profoundly grateful to each of you and your faith communities for all they ways you lift up and support Lucio Perez and his family in sanctuary. Our fight against his deportation continues and we ...
The featured guest for this month's Creation Justice Webinar recently entered into the New York Times bestseller list. Author adrienne maree brown ...
On an annual basis, the UCC Environmental Justice Ministry will be conducting a survey of all the churches in the denomination in order to gather data on what churches are doing to care for God's creation. We want to be able to measure and assess our denomination’s ...
Following the monumental passage of the omnibus criminal justice bill in Massachusetts in 2018, the mood throughout the commonwealth for continued ...
NAMI-RI is offering a Peer-to-Peer Recovery Education Course eight Tuesday afternoons in February and March for people experiencing a mental health challenge who would like some assistance. This course is designed to encourage personal growth, encourage healing and ...
There is a new tax rule that may require churches that own parking lots to pay income taxes, especially if they reserve parking spaces for staff. ...
Join the UCC churches of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, as we seek together to learn more about the issues surrounding immigration. During this Epiphany season, as a congregation, consider a commitment to reading the book Dear America: Notes from an ...
It has come to our attention that some of our Massachusetts Conference churches may not have received important information from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts regarding a new employer filing requirement with a deadline of November 30. Effective November 2018, any ...
First Congregational Church in Rockland's historic bell Last Sunday, November 11, was the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day - a day marking the end of fighting in WWI. At 11 AM, when the fighting stopped, church bells rang all over the world in celebration and hope...
City Mission, along with Citizens Bank, believes that all children in Boston deserve to be warm and safe this winter. Coat Boston has spent nine years ensuring that children, from toddlers to teens, have the warm winter coats they need. City Mission partners with ...
Dear Friends, Beginning in February 2019, Rolling Ridge will offer Gateways to God: Training in Missional Spiritual Direction. Over the course of ...
The Rev. Jim Antal (right) has given about 200 sermons on climate change. He's pictured with Bartholomew, the ecumenical patriarch of the Eastern ...
by Connie Larkman UCC News A United Church of Christ congregation in Phoenix that provides a safe space for migrants seeking asylum in the United ...
The United Church of Christ is asking that you add your prophetic voice to a sermon campaign that the UCC Council for Climate Justice has spearheaded, with over 20 organizations of different faiths participating. On October 29th, what has been called “the trial of the ...
This November 12 will mark the 10th anniversary of the beginning of marriage equality in Connecticut, a cause that was championed by many United Church of Christ clergy and churches at the time. Anne Stanback of Immanuel Congregational Church UCC in Hartford, who was ...
From Church World Service Don’t miss this budget and mission stretcher! There are still 60 UCC Disaster Ministries matching grants available to UCC ...
On Sat., July 14, JUSTAPAZ, an organization of the Mennonite Church of Colombia, was included in a list of social leaders, human rights defenders, ...
Has your church been looking for a way to help in the crisis at the US / Mexico border? Here are two collections of supplies that your church can contribute to now. Our fellow UCC churches are doing the work at the border directly with both the children and adults who ...
The Immigration and Refugee Task Team urges clergy of all faiths to sign on to this petition in support of immigrant families and an end to separating parents from their children. Read the document and sign here. Questions? Contact Rev. Noel Andersen, Church World ...
Bullying Resolutions Discussed in MA and CT Conference Annual Meetings On June 15, 2018, a joint hearing was held for Massachusetts and Connecticut ...
Applications are due July 27 for three Connecticut Conference scholarships. The Cynthia Wheeler CARR scholarship is designed to aid a person of any ...
The Massachusetts Conference, UCC is seeking additional facilitators to present racial justice trainings to local churches. If you have completed a Racial Justice Level I Training through the Conference and feel called to this work, you are invited to join the team. ...
Conference Disaster Coordinators at their Annual Meeting The Rev. Estelle Margarones, co-chair of the MACUCC Disaster Resource & Response Team and Barbara Gregory, Rhode Island Conference Disaster Coordinator, recently attended the UCC Conference Disaster Coordinators...
The Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is inviting mainline New England Protestant congregations to apply to become part of "Creative ...
Annual Meeting Resolution on Bullying for MA and CT Conferences Be sure to look out for a proposed resolution at the MA and CT Annual Meetings this June. The CT Conference ONA Ministry Team created the resolution and graciously shared it with the MA Conference ONA ...
The Massachusetts Conference is looking to hear from churches that have completed a Level in the Green Congregation challenge, to they may be recognized at the Annual Meeting Recognition Lunch on Saturday, June 16, 2018. The Green Congregation awards include a framed...
A festival of feature, short and documentary films and panelists will be shown April 14-16 at Beneficent Meeting House, RISD Museum and the Cable Car Cinema. The Rhode Island Black Film Festival celebrates the Black Experience in Film. The Festival provides a ...
Submitted by Kathy Henry: The play "Native Gardens" is at Trinity Repertory Theatre April 5 - May 6. Linda Barone at Trinity is the contact person ...
Louis Mitchell, associate minister of South Congregational Church in Springfield, was recently selected for an in-depth interview by the LGBT Religious Archives Network as part of their Oral History Collection. Mitchell is a pioneering "intentional man", known around ...
Get information about Connecticut Women of the UCC delivered right to your inbox! This includes news about upcoming meetings, retreats and special events, such as the New England Women’s Celebration X in Portland Maine in April. To be added to the list, contact Pam ...
A message from Interim Conference Minister The Rev. Barbara Libby: We received news this week that two significant members of our Armenian UCC church...
Massachusetts Anti-Transgender Ballot Measure “In 2018 Massachusetts will vote for fairness” says the banner on the website of Freedom Massachusetts. Next November, Massachusetts will vote on a ballot measure that would roll back the hard-won rights in Massachusetts ...
Churches are invited to serve as livestream sites for an upcoming event, The Courage to Show Up: a conversation with Brené Brown and DeRay McKesson, being held Feb. 1 at The Riverside Church in New York City. While the event won’t be publicly livestreamed or recorded,...
The Lilly Endowment National Clergy Renewal Program at Christian Theological Seminary (CTS) seeks to strengthen Christian congregations by providing ...
Connecticut Women of the UCC are hiring a bus to take Celebration X participants from Connecticut to Maine for the April 6-8, 2018, event. Anyone traveling from Connecticut is encouraged to sign up for the bus! The cost is $75 round trip (including tip to bus driver)....
United Church of Christ Attorney Heather Kimmel sent the following notice to Conference Ministers just before Christmas, 2017: “Many of you have been watching with interest the housing allowance case in the Western District of Wisconsin. As you know, the judge ...
Another tool for UCC clergy, community activists, and people who want to find a way to promote justice and deepen their faith debuted last week, in ...
The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice and Commonwealth of Massachusetts are offering "A Forum of Learning on Public Safety Crises" to houses of worship and faith communities, in several locations throughout Massachusetts. Dec. 4 - Amherst ...
The Coalition Against Casino Expansion in CT is encouraging church members to come to a panel discussion on a proposed casino in Bridgeport - and to invite their legislators to come as well. The free luncheon meeting, being held Thursday Dec. 7, from noon to 1:30 PM at...
The Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) announced on Nov. 9 that it has formed two new denominational learning communities, in collaboration ...
Silver Lake Conference Center is looking to hire an Administrator, The Rev. Ryan Gackenheimer, Executive Director, announced Friday, Nov. 3. "This person will be key to Silver Lake's committment to radical hospitality," Gackenheimer said. "They will be the first face ...
Conference churches are invited to participate in the signature-gathering campaigns to qualify referenda for the ballot for the "Fight for $15" and "Paid Family and Medical Leave" ballot initiatives. By participating with Essex County Community Organization and ...
Back Bay Mission calls for communities to work together to help those effected by this seasons severe hurricanes.
The Rhode Island Council of Churches is sponsoring a series of 5 two-hour session based on Merciful Conversations on Race: Let’s Talk White Privilege,...