Resolutions

Resolutions

The statements and convictions expressed through resolutions help define who we are as the United Church of Christ in the particular setting that adopts a resolution.

We are gathering resolutions passed by the historic Conferences here. More are being added as we research files. You can browse the resolutions or click on one of the topics or one of the historic Conferences to narrow the list:

Calling for a Conference-Wide Response to Bullying
Year: 2019 Conference: Massachusetts
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A Resolution Of Affirmation Regarding Citizenship Of Certain Foreign-Born Children Adopted By American Citizens
Year: 2019 Conference: Connecticut
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Resolution Of Implementation: End The Practice Of Prolonged Solitary Confinement In Connecticut Prisons And Jails
Year: 2019 Conference: Connecticut
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Calling for Anti-Racism And Racial Justice Training for Clergy
Year: 2018 Conference: Connecticut
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Condemning Our Government's Abhorrent Policy of Separating Immigrant Children from Their Parents at Our Southern Border
Year: 2018 Conference: Connecticut
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Denouncing Acts of Violence, Hatred, Racism Carried Out in the Name of Neo-Nazi And White Supremacist Ideologies
Year: 2018 Conference: Connecticut
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Recommending Working Together to End Bullying
Year: 2018 Conference: Connecticut
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Resolution on Becoming an Immigrant Welcoming Conference
Year: 2018 Conference: Massachusetts
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Transparency of Information about Infrastructure Development
Year: 2018 Conference: Connecticut
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Anti-Racism and Racial Justice Training for Authorized Ministers
Year: 2018 Conference: Rhode Island
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Calling For The Conference to Become An Accessible to All Conference
Year: 2017 Conference: Connecticut
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Invitation to Create a New Conference with Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Year: 2017 Conference: Connecticut
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Recommendation that Conference Churches Mark Transgender Remembrance Sunday
Year: 2017 Conference: Connecticut
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Resolution: Expression of Opposition to Massachusetts Sentences of Life Imprisonment Without Opportunity for Parole
Year: 2017 Conference: Massachusetts
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The Earth is the Lord's - Not Ours to Wreck ~ Imperatives for a New Moral Era (Co-Sponsorship of General Synod Resolution)
Year: 2017 Conference: Rhode Island
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A Resolution Declaring the Rhode Island Conference of the UCC to be an Open and Affirming Conference
Year: 2016 Conference: Rhode Island
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Resolution Calling on the Thirty-First General Synod of the UCC and its Members, Congregations, Associations, and Conferences to Covenant as Immigrant-Welcoming Congregations
Year: 2016 Conference: Massachusetts
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Calling for Support for Enactment of a Minimum Wage of $15
Year: 2016 Conference: Connecticut
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Gender Neutral Restrooms In Churches And At Annual Meeting Sites
Year: 2016 Conference: Connecticut
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To Help Achieve State Mandated Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Support the Increase in Renewable Energy Resources in Connecticut
Year: 2016 Conference: Connecticut
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A Call for the United Church of Christ to Take Actions Toward a Just Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Year: 2015 Conference: Massachusetts
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Resolution Dismantling Discriminatory Systems of Mass Incarceration in Massachusetts
Year: 2015 Conference: Massachusetts
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Resolution of Witness Condemning Violence Committed in the Name of Religion
Year: 2015 Conference: Massachusetts
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For the Right of All Adult Adoptees to Access their Original Birth Certificates and True and Accurate Information about their Origins
Year: 2015 Conference: Connecticut
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Regarding the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Year: 2014 Conference: Connecticut
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To End Mass Incarceration for Non-Violent Offenses
Year: 2014 Conference: Connecticut
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Resolution Urging Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies
Year: 2013 Conference: Massachusetts
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For the Connecticut Conference to Support Legislation Requiring All Genetically Engineered Foods to be Labeled on Food Packaging
Year: 2013 Conference: Connecticut
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In Support of Preschool Education
Year: 2013 Conference: Connecticut
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To Reaffirm our Commitment to Inclusion of All Persons
Year: 2013 Conference: Connecticut
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Resolution to Update the Massachusetts Conference's 1984 Open and Affirming (ONA) Resolution to Include Gender Identity and Gender Expression
Year: 2012 Conference: Massachusetts
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For the Connecticut Conference to Support State Legislation Requiring All Genetically Modified Foods to be Labeled on Food Packaging
Year: 2012 Conference: Connecticut
On Continuing Support of Women as Equal Partners in Church and Society
Year: 2012 Conference: Connecticut
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A Resolution to Call for Action to Restore the Dream of Democracy (A Response to the U.S. Supreme Court Decision Citizens United vs. Federal Elections Commission
Year: 2011 Conference: Massachusetts
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Resolution Calling Churches to Commit to Pro-Active Anti-Racism
Year: 2011 Conference: Massachusetts
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Resolution to End Homelessness Among Youth and Young Adults in Massachusetts
Year: 2011 Conference: Massachusetts
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Resolution on a Massachusetts Innocence Commission
Year: 2010 Conference: Massachusetts
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Calling for Recognition of Sacred Time
Year: 2010 Conference: Connecticut
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To Explore Becoming a Global Mission Conference
Year: 2010 Conference: Connecticut
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Resolution to Reverse Climate Change and Save God's Creation
Year: 2009 Conference: Massachusetts
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On the Urgency for Action on Climate Change
Year: 2008 Conference: Connecticut
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Seeking Support for Universal Health Care/Universal Health Care Coverage in CT
Year: 2007 Conference: Connecticut
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Addressing Food Insecurity in Connecticut
Year: 2006 Conference: Connecticut
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Affirming Peaceful Alternatives to War on Iran
Year: 2006 Conference: Connecticut
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Resolution in Support of the Connecticut Commission for United Ministry in Higher Education
Year: 2006 Conference: Connecticut
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Resolution: To Abolish Torture Now -- Without Exceptions
Year: 2006 Conference: Connecticut
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Encouraging Civil Dialogue Regarding Opposing Views on Issues concerning Sexuality and Marriage
Year: 2004 Conference: Connecticut
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In Support of the Civil Right of Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
Year: 2004 Conference: Connecticut
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Affirmation of Equal Civil Rights for Same-Sex Couples
Year: 2003 Conference: Connecticut
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On Prison Reform and Education
Year: 2003 Conference: Connecticut
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On the Essential Role of the Professional Christian Educators and Youth Minister
Year: 2003 Conference: Connecticut
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Religious Expression in the Public Schools
Year: 2003 Conference: Connecticut
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A Call for Prayer and Dialogue
Year: 2002 Conference: Connecticut
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Advocating Peace and Reconciliation in the Korean Peninsula
Year: 2002 Conference: Connecticut
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Affirming Peaceful Alternatives to War on Iraq
Year: 2002 Conference: Connecticut
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The Connecticut Conference, UCC, Our Churches and Their Relationships with the Boy Scouts of America
Year: 2002 Conference: Connecticut
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Christian Response to September 11
Year: 2001 Conference: Connecticut
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Safeguarding of Civil Liberties in the Wake of September 11th
Year: 2001 Conference: Connecticut
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Let the Jubilee Year Begin
Year: 2000 Conference: Connecticut
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On Columbia, to Come Before the Central Atlantic and the Connecticut Conference
Year: 2000 Conference: Connecticut
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Training for the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct in Churches
Year: 2000 Conference: Connecticut
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Christians, Riches and Poverty in our Times
Year: 1999 Conference: Connecticut
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On Anti-Semitism
Year: 1999 Conference: Connecticut
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Public Funds for Public Education
Year: 1999 Conference: Connecticut
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1999 International Year of Older Persons
Year: 1998 Conference: Connecticut
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Advocacy of the Arts
Year: 1998 Conference: Connecticut
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Hispanic Ministry Month
Year: 1998 Conference: Connecticut
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Becoming a Just Peace Church
Year: 1997 Conference: Connecticut
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In Support of Equitable Public Education
Year: 1997 Conference: Connecticut
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Justice and Civil Rights for Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Persons
Year: 1997 Conference: Connecticut
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Urging HIV Testing in Preparing for Marriage
Year: 1997 Conference: Connecticut
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Increasing the Availability of Home Health Care for the Elderly and the Disabled
Year: 1996 Conference: Connecticut
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On Harm Reduction
Year: 1996 Conference: Connecticut
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Reaffirming Support for Affordable Housing
Year: 1996 Conference: Connecticut
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Affirmation In Opposition to a Casino in Bridgeport
Year: 1995 Conference: Connecticut
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In Support of Campaign Finance Reform in Connecticut
Year: 1995 Conference: Connecticut
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Innovative and Constructive Christian Ministries for Youth as Alternatives to Gang Membership
Year: 1995 Conference: Connecticut
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Talk Show Hosts who Encourage Violence and Racism
Year: 1995 Conference: Connecticut
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For Countering the Effects of Violence on Children
Year: 1994 Conference: Connecticut
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For the Study of the Issue of Decriminalization of Drugs
Year: 1994 Conference: Connecticut
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In Opposition to Casino Gambling
Year: 1994 Conference: Connecticut
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In Support of Prayer and Fasting for God's Direction in the Connecticut Conference
Year: 1994 Conference: Connecticut
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The Connecticut Conference Endorsing Regional Community Building
Year: 1994 Conference: Connecticut
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Training for Those in Authorized Ministries in the Nature and Consequences of Clergy Sexual Misconduct
Year: 1994 Conference: Connecticut
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Christian Non-Violence and Gun Control
Year: 1993 Conference: Connecticut
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Freedom from Conflicting Secular Activities on the Sabbath
Year: 1993 Conference: Connecticut
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For a Study of Regionalism
Year: 1992 Conference: Connecticut
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In Support of AIDS Education and Ministries
Year: 1992 Conference: Connecticut
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In Support of Efforts to Reduce the Spread of AIDS
Year: 1992 Conference: Connecticut
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In Support of the Rights of God’s Children
Year: 1992 Conference: Connecticut
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Strengthening Global Relationships through Partnership
Year: 1992 Conference: Connecticut
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Ecumenical Decade 1988-98 Churches in Solidarity with Women
Year: 1991 Conference: Connecticut
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In Support of the Participation of Children at the Lord's Supper
Year: 1991 Conference: Connecticut
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Advocacy for Those Imprisoned Unjustly throughout the World
Year: 1990 Conference: Connecticut
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Equal Justice for Victims
Year: 1990 Conference: Connecticut
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In Response to the Needs of Teenaged Parents and Their Children
Year: 1990 Conference: Connecticut
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In Support of the United Nations
Year: 1990 Conference: Connecticut
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Native Americans and the Columbus Semi-Millennial Anniversary
Year: 1990 Conference: Connecticut
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The Role of the Church in Drug Education
Year: 1990 Conference: Connecticut
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To Support Reconciliation in El Salvador
Year: 1990 Conference: Connecticut
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A Call for Socially Responsible Investment
Year: 1989 Conference: Connecticut
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Affirming and Reclaiming our Biblical Heritage for Evangelism, Justice, and Peace
Year: 1989 Conference: Connecticut
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Affirming Persons with Physical and Developmental Challenges as Full Partners in Ministry
Year: 1989 Conference: Connecticut
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In Support of Investment in Housing
Year: 1989 Conference: Connecticut
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In Support of Quality and Integrated Education
Year: 1989 Conference: Connecticut
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Pronouncement In Support of the Plaintiffs in Sheff vs. O'Neill
Year: 1989 Conference: Connecticut
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Reaffirming our Call for Fair and Equitable Taxation
Year: 1989 Conference: Connecticut
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Solid Waste and Ecologically Sound Lifestyle
Year: 1989 Conference: Connecticut
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To Declare Ourselves Open and Affirming
Year: 1989 Conference: Connecticut
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On Workplace and Family Life
Year: 1988 Conference: Connecticut
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Regarding the Victims of AIDS
Year: 1988 Conference: Connecticut
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Spiritual Renewal for Clergy, Church Educators, and Lay Leaders
Year: 1988 Conference: Connecticut
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The Abolition of Apartheid
Year: 1988 Conference: Connecticut
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Care for the Homeless Poor
Year: 1987 Conference: Connecticut
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Connecticut Conference Response to Economic Injustice in Connecticut
Year: 1987 Conference: Connecticut
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Liberation Theology
Year: 1987 Conference: Connecticut
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Pronouncement Against Federal Undercutting of Charity
Year: 1987 Conference: Connecticut
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Pronouncement on Christian Civic Responsibility and Voting
Year: 1987 Conference: Connecticut
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Support of Deborah Home, Inc., An Orphanage in Puerto Rico
Year: 1987 Conference: Connecticut
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Calling for a Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban
Year: 1986 Conference: Rhode Island
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Calling for a Stop to Aid to the Contras in Nicaragua
Year: 1986 Conference: Rhode Island
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Calling for Divestment From South Africa
Year: 1986 Conference: Rhode Island
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Opposition to Deployment of Trident II Submarine-Launched D-5 Missiles
Year: 1986 Conference: Rhode Island
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Resolution on Immigration and Sanctuary
Year: 1986 Conference: Rhode Island
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Urging Establishment of a Denominational Structure for Women in Church & Society
Year: 1986 Conference: Rhode Island
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Against Support of the Nicaraguan Contras
Year: 1986 Conference: Connecticut
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Christian Witness to the Presence of Hunger in the State of Connecticut
Year: 1986 Conference: Connecticut
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Encouraging Unity within the United Church of Christ
Year: 1986 Conference: Connecticut
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Inequality in Sentencing in the Connecticut Judicial System
Year: 1986 Conference: Connecticut
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On Evangelism and Justice and Peace
Year: 1986 Conference: Connecticut
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Pronouncement On Sexual Behavior
Year: 1986 Conference: Connecticut
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Concerning the Public Schools, the UCC Churches, & the Challenge of Ethnic Pluralism
Year: 1985 Conference: Rhode Island
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Kampuchean (Cambodian) Refugee and Immigration Policy
Year: 1985 Conference: Connecticut
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Ministry of the Whole Church
Year: 1985 Conference: Connecticut
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On Central America
Year: 1985 Conference: Connecticut
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On Human Rights
Year: 1985 Conference: Connecticut
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On the Sexual Abuse of Children
Year: 1985 Conference: Connecticut
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Social, Racial and Economic Justice in South Africa
Year: 1985 Conference: Connecticut
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The Church's Response to AIDS
Year: 1985 Conference: Connecticut
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Christian Concern for Animals
Year: 1984 Conference: Connecticut
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Creative Ministries to the Elderly
Year: 1984 Conference: Connecticut
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Criminal Justice Sunday
Year: 1984 Conference: Connecticut
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Developing Low-income Housing
Year: 1984 Conference: Connecticut
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For A Review of the Family with Service Needs Law
Year: 1984 Conference: Connecticut
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Genetic Disease and Genetic Engineering
Year: 1984 Conference: Connecticut
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The Ministry of Peace and Justice
Year: 1984 Conference: Connecticut
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Fair and Equitable Taxation
Year: 1983 Conference: Connecticut
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In Opposition to the Deployment of Cruise and Pershing II Missiles in Western Europe
Year: 1983 Conference: Connecticut
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Pronouncement On Non-Violent Resistance
Year: 1983 Conference: Connecticut
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Right to a Natural Death
Year: 1983 Conference: Connecticut
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Christian Education for Persons with Disabilities
Year: 1982 Conference: Connecticut
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Civil Rights for Homosexuals
Year: 1982 Conference: Connecticut
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Criminal Justice
Year: 1982 Conference: Connecticut
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Destructive Religious Cults
Year: 1982 Conference: Connecticut
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Socially Responsible Investment Policy
Year: 1982 Conference: Connecticut
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The Study of Tax Reform in Connecticut
Year: 1982 Conference: Connecticut
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Blessed Are the Peacemakers
Year: 1981 Conference: Connecticut
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Children's Care in the '80's
Year: 1981 Conference: Connecticut
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Disapproval of Ku Klux Klan Activities
Year: 1981 Conference: Connecticut
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Hazardous Waste and Water Pollution
Year: 1981 Conference: Connecticut
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In Support of the United States Academy for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Year: 1981 Conference: Connecticut
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Ministers for Social Responsibility in Nuclear Age
Year: 1981 Conference: Connecticut
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Moral Choice
Year: 1981 Conference: Connecticut
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Nuclear Arms Freeze
Year: 1981 Conference: Connecticut
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Renaming the Submarine 'Corpus Christi'
Year: 1981 Conference: Connecticut
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Responding to the Crisis in Public Education
Year: 1981 Conference: Connecticut
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Abolition of the Death Penalty
Year: 1980 Conference: Connecticut
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Broadcast Media, A Public Response
Year: 1980 Conference: Connecticut
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Christian Education
Year: 1980 Conference: Connecticut
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Combating Hunger
Year: 1980 Conference: Connecticut
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Reversing the Arms Race
Year: 1980 Conference: Connecticut
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Teen-age Pregnancy, A Growing Problem
Year: 1980 Conference: Connecticut
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The Healing Ministry of the Church
Year: 1980 Conference: Connecticut
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Abolition of State-Licensed and Operated Gambling
Year: 1979 Conference: Connecticut
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Alternative to Violence
Year: 1979 Conference: Connecticut
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Church Growth
Year: 1979 Conference: Connecticut
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Concern for Refugees
Year: 1979 Conference: Connecticut
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Effective Educational and Job Training Programs for Minority Youth
Year: 1979 Conference: Connecticut
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Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
Year: 1979 Conference: Connecticut
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Handicapped Persons and Lives of Our Churches
Year: 1979 Conference: Connecticut
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Human Rights through Amnesty International
Year: 1979 Conference: Connecticut
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In Support of a Feasibility Study Concerning Christian Psychiatry Halfway Houses
Year: 1979 Conference: Connecticut
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Support for Salt II and Reversal of the Arms Race
Year: 1979 Conference: Connecticut
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Teaching About Religion in the Public Schools
Year: 1979 Conference: Connecticut
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The Energy Crisis
Year: 1979 Conference: Connecticut
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Towards Support of Marriage
Year: 1979 Conference: Connecticut
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Affirmation of the XIth General Synod Resolution on Disarmament
Year: 1978 Conference: Connecticut
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Christian Obedience and the Nuclear Question
Year: 1978 Conference: Connecticut
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Concerning Seminary Students and Ordinands
Year: 1978 Conference: Connecticut
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Infant Nutrition in Third World Countries
Year: 1978 Conference: Connecticut
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Overcoming Hidden Handicap of Epilepsy
Year: 1978 Conference: Connecticut
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Support of the Connecticut Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights
Year: 1978 Conference: Connecticut
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Toward a Christian Death Style
Year: 1978 Conference: Connecticut
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Welfare-Benefits vs. Needs
Year: 1978 Conference: Connecticut
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Confronting the Energy Issue
Year: 1977 Conference: Connecticut
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Continuance of the Criminal Justice Committee
Year: 1977 Conference: Connecticut
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Financing of Public Education
Year: 1977 Conference: Connecticut
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Gambling Advertising
Year: 1977 Conference: Connecticut
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Hospice
Year: 1977 Conference: Connecticut
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Resolution on Conference Committee on Homosexuality
Year: 1977 Conference: Connecticut
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