03/27/2023 - UCC Takes Up Urgent Collection of Love Letters for Trans Youth
Justice and WitnessWrite a love note to trans youth expressing your support. Although notes can continue to come in after March 31st, we need a minimum of 48 love notes ...
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02/14/2023 - Promoting a Gospel of Radical Inclusion
Justice and WitnessA message from the Rev. Darrell Goodwin, Executive Conference Minister, in response to the "He Gets Us" Super Bowl ads: As a progressive Christian leader in a polarized world, I am always hoping to find ways to share a more inclusive, historically accurate and tangible...
02/08/2023 - New Partnership to Bring Incredible Days to Edwards House
Justice and Witness Outdoor MinistriesThe Southern New England Conference's Edwards House Meeting and Retreat Center will be bustling this summer with folks young and old eager to ...
02/07/2023 - Turkey and Syria Earthquake Appeal
Justice and WitnessThe news continues to unfold about the devastating earthquake on the border of Turkey and Syria. The death toll continues to rise – numbers are pointing to over 47,000
11/23/2022 - Executive Conference Minister: Giving Thanks for Hope
Justice and WitnessExecutive Conference Minister the Rev. Darrell Goodwin offered a video Thanksgiving message on Nov. 23. Read, or watch the full video below. Good ...
11/10/2022 - Holy Joe's Cafe: Good to the Last Drop-Off
By: Marlene Gasdia-Cochrane - Justice and Witness16 pallets of donated coffee landed for distribution to the military. Thank you to the members supporting chaplains who are serving soldiers with coffee and kindness.
11/08/2022 - Immigrant Arrival Response a Bigger Effort Than Previously Reported
Justice and Witness Local BuzzVarious SNEUCC members provide meals, coats, and their time to make a difference to the unhoused.
09/23/2022 - Queer Justice Advocate Joins Staff as Part of Innovative New Collaboration
Conference staff Justice and WitnessMichael Streib hired as the Queer Justice Advocate as part of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Team
09/14/2022 - Hartford-Area Congregations and Conference Join in Ministry at Pride Festival
Justice and WitnessThe Conference and several Hartford-area ONA congregations collaborated to offer their first joint exhibit during Hartford Pride Day.
08/08/2022 - Common Application for Congregational Grants Now Available
Church Innovation Justice and WitnessGrantees can now apply for four different funding sources offered through Justice and Local Church Ministries
07/27/2022 - Committee Explores Future for Hartford Office; Ashland Land
By: Tiffany Vail - Conference budget Justice and WitnessThe Hartford office at 125 Sherman Street. As the formation of the Southern New England Conference was underway, one of the most frequently ...
06/24/2022 - SNEUCC Leaders: Overturn of Roe v. Wade 'Unjust and Dehumanizing '
Justice and WitnessI am sorry. I join in the deep sadness, disgust, and disappointment that many feel following today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturns the Roe ...
06/10/2022 - UCC Leaders Issue Trans-Nonbinary Pastoral Letter
Justice and WitnessJune 08, 2022 Dear Family of the United Church of Christ, The Council of Conference Ministers, the Officers of the United Church of Christ, and the UCC Open and Affirming Coalition join together in this pastoral letter addressing the attacks on people of transgender ...
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06/08/2022 - UCC Counsel: Churches Can Be Political But Not Partisan
Justice and WitnessThe UCC General Counsel has posted a reminder to churches about the importance of understanding the difference between being political and being ...
05/25/2022 - Texas School Shooting: Staff Respond with Prayer, Suggested Action
By: Tiffany Vail - Justice and WitnessThe Southern New England Conference staff responded to the news of 20 children being shot and killed in an elementary school in Texas yesterday with ...
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05/04/2022 - Responding to the Potential Overturn of Roe v. Wade
By: James Ross - Justice and WitnessWe invite clergy and members to join SNEUCC staff and our national partners in conversations about how we can effectively respond at the state and ...
04/04/2022 - Covenant Partner Spotlight: The Anti-Defamation League
Covenant Partnerships Justice and WitnessIn a recent video interview (at right), Executive Conference Minister the Rev. Darrell Goodwin spoke with the Rev. Jake Joseph, a UCC pastor who ...
03/15/2022 - Silver Lake Camp and Retreat Center Adds All-Gender Cabins
By: Andrew Page - Justice and Witness Outdoor MinistriesSilver Lake Camp and Retreat Center is offering all-gender cabin options for the 2022 Summer Camp Season.
03/02/2022 - SNEUCC Staff Demonstrate Support for Transgender Youth
Justice and WitnessA dozen authorized ministers on staff at the Southern New England Conference are demonstrating their support of transgender youth and their families ...
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02/25/2022 - Holy Joe's Cafe Sees Greater Need Due to Russia–Ukraine Conflict
By: Andrew Page - Justice and WitnessHoly Joe's Café is seeing greater need as U.S. military troops are deployed to Europe in response to the Russia–Ukraine conflict.
01/31/2022 - 22 Congregations Receive the Afghan Refugee Grant
By: Gini King - Conference programming Justice and WitnessVolunteers from the United Church of Christ Congregational and Congregation Beth Elohim, Boxborough, MA Called to welcome the stranger, called to radical hospitality - congregations of our Conference are responding to the needs of Afghan refugee families coming...
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01/19/2022 - Conference, Local Churches, CT Department of Health Partner to Distribute COVID Supplies
By: Tiffany Vail - Coronavirus Covenant Partnerships Justice and WitnessThrough a partnership with the Connecticut Department of Health, the Southern New England Conference has been able to distribute 1,500 COVID testing ...
12/14/2021 - Local Church Urges Other Congregations to Join Them in Jan. 6 Public Witness Against Christian Nationalism
Justice and WitnessThe First Congregational Church of Williamstown, MA, is planning a public witness against Christian Nationalism on Jan. 6, 2022, from Noon to 1:00 PM ...
11/23/2021 - UCC Disabilities Ministries Board Calls for Nominations
Justice and WitnessThe UCC Disabilities Ministries Board (UCCDM) has launched a search for applicants to fill three positions on our Board of Directors. The application ...
11/08/2021 - SNEUCC Board Approves $100K Grant to Help Connecticut Communities Welcome Afghan Refugees
By: Tiffany Vail - Justice and WitnessAfghan children like these, now in the U.S., are among those who will be helped by a UCC gift in Connecticut. Photo by Zeenie Malik, courtesy of...
11/03/2021 - Faith in Our Future Together Grants Assist a Variety of Local Church Programs
By: Andrew Page - Church Innovation Justice and WitnessEarly this year, The Southern New England Conference awarded several recoverable grants to churches through the Faith in Our Future Together program. ...
09/29/2021 - Encuentros Latinx offers Pastoral Coaching Tailored to Individual's Culture
Justice and Witnessby Connie Larkman, United Church of Christ A year ago Encuentros Latinx began a “culturally appropriate” pastoral coaching program. It has made a ...
09/23/2021 - Gathering Will Help Churches Assist Afghan Refugees
By: James Ross - Conference programming Justice and WitnessAs churches within the Conference seek to respond to the humanitarian crisis concerning the resettlement of Afghan refugees, many are facing difficult...
08/25/2021 - Affinity Group to Focus on Becoming More Racially Conscious
Conference programming Justice and WitnessTogether We Thrive is hosting three more Affinity Groups this fall, including Becoming More Racially Conscious: A Learning Journey for White ...
08/19/2021 - Helping Our Neighbors in Haiti
Disaster Relief Justice and WitnessThe United Church of Christ has launched an effort to raise $100,000 to support immediate needs in Haiti following Saturday’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake. In addition, Southern New England Conference congregations and members who have been working in Haiti for several ...
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08/18/2021 - Four Local Black Women Leaders Reflect on Phillis Wheatley's Work on the 250th Anniversary of her Baptism
Justice and WitnessTen years after her enslavement and arrival in America, African-American poet Phillis Wheatley chose to be baptized in what is now the Old South ...
06/23/2021 - SPOTLIGHT: Juneteenth Signs
By: Andrew Page - Church Innovation Justice and Witness SpotlightSandwich Church Educates The Community about Juneteenth and its Local History
06/23/2021 - Church Leaders Help Bring About Legislative Victories for Justice
By: Michele Mudrick Andrew Page - Justice and WitnessThanks in part to the combined efforts of Southern New England Conference staff, church leaders, congregations and our ecumenical partners, the 2021 ...
06/22/2021 - Andover Pride Car Parade Inspires Two Area Towns To Celebrate!
Justice and WitnessSubmitted by Rev. Dana Allen Walsh, South Church in Andover, UCC (MA) ~ dana@southchurch.com A bright blue sky was the backdrop for the joy-filled ...
06/17/2021 - Conference Staff to Observe Juneteenth
Conference staff Justice and WitnessThe SNEUCC is observing Juneteenth as a holiday, and giving the staff the day off on Friday June 18.
06/16/2021 - Churches Invited to Ring Bells for Juneteenth
Justice and WitnessA number of churches of varying denominations in southern Rhode Island are inviting churches across the Conference to join them in ringing their bells on Saturday, June 19, at 8 PM in commemoration of Juneteenth, and in memory of George Floyd and the many others who ...
06/10/2021 - ONA Sunday Worship Resources Now Available
Justice and WitnessNational Open and Affirming Sunday is June 27! The UCC Open and Affirming Coalition has released new liturgies and other worship resources for the 2021 celebration. Find these resources here. Links to music and videos on the worship page were written/assembled by ...
06/09/2021 - SPOTLIGHT: Justice Partners
By: Andrew Page - Justice and Witness SpotlightChurch of Christ in Norfolk Works With Redeemer's AME Zion Church to Combat Racism
05/20/2021 - Holy Joe's Cafe: 15 Years and Growing
Justice and WitnessHoly Joe's Cafe, a non-profit supporting deployed military chaplains and formerly based out of First Congregational Church of Wallingford, celebrates 15 years and has expanded its impact in those years.
05/19/2021 - Go Tell it On The Mountain: United Congregational Church of Tolland (CT) Explores Ways to Address Mental Health Issues
By: Andrew Page - Church History and Identity Justice and WitnessRev. Darrell Goodwin, Executive Conference Minister for the Southern New England Conference, speaks with Rev. Dr. Jeff Gallagher in his latest "Go ...
05/11/2021 - Go Tell it On The Mountain: Memorial Congregational Church in Sudbury Looks To Re-Focus
By: Andrew Page - Church History and Identity Justice and WitnessRev. Darrell Goodwin, Executive Conference Minister for the Southern New England Conference, speaks with Rev. Tom O'Brien in his second "Go Tell it On...
05/05/2021 - Nine Churches Receiving Faith In Our Future Together Grants in May
By: Tiffany Vail - Church Innovation Justice and WitnessThe Southern New England Conference will be awarding substantial recoverable grants to nine churches in May, to help them grow in spite of - and in ...
04/23/2021 - Go Tell it On The Mountain: New London Church Has Unique Outreach Partnership
By: Andrew Page - Church History and Identity Justice and WitnessRev. Darrell Goodwin, Executive Conference Minister for the Southern New England Conference, interviewed Rev. Sara Ofner-Seals on Wednesday. It was ...
04/15/2021 - Don't Back Down Says Goodwin After Racist Zoombombers Disrupt Training
Justice and WitnessAfter racist Zoombombers disrupted an anti-racism Conference staff training session on Thursday, Executive Conference Minister The Rev. Darrell ...
04/14/2021 - SPOTLIGHT: Witness
By: Andrew Page - Justice and Witness SpotlightPilgrim Church in Sherborn partners with AME church to examine racial experiences
04/08/2021 - US Seeks Equity in Employment for People with Disabilities from Underserved Communities
Justice and WitnessThe movement for disabilities justice touches every aspect of our church and society, benefiting everyone when the wisdom, gifts and witness of people...
03/25/2021 - Advocate Now to End the Torturous Practice of Solitary Confinement in CT Prisons
By: Allie Perry - Justice and WitnessSupport Senate Bill #1059 by the Rev. Allie Perry, allie.perry@gmail.com In May 2019 at the historic Connecticut Conference’s last Annual Meeting, we...
03/24/2021 - Christian Nationalism — an Oxymoron — is Nonetheless Powerful, Panelists Warn
Justice and WitnessBy Hans Holznagel, United Church News Christian nationalism is false. It is dangerous. And it has more influence in U.S. systems of power than many ...
03/23/2021 - Work and Family Mobility Act
Justice and Witnessby Bridget Spann Community Outreach Organizer First Congregational Church of Williamstown, MA In my role as community outreach organizer at First Congregational Church Williamstown, I work with six different immigrant families to connect them with community resources ...
03/19/2021 - Good Friday Service Available to Churches
Justice and WitnessA Good Friday service, Crucifixion and Black Death: A Seven Last Words Service of Lament, is now available for churches to download and use. It will also be shown on the Southern New England Conference Facebook page at 3 PM on Good Friday. The Seven Last Words service ...