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🙏🏾 The UCC joins with the ecumenical community & Roman Catholic siblings in celebrating the selection of Cardinal Robert Prevost, Pope Leo XIV. We affirm the strength of our relationship, pledge our continued partnership & look forward to ongoing dialogue & collaboration, pursuing a #JustWorldForAll

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Congress is currently considering cutting funding to programs that help children in low-income families get enough to eat & see a doctor when they are sick. This Mother’s Day, tell Congress to protect the programs that help kids thrive! 👉🏽 Take action: ow.ly/V33i50VORyY

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💜 Join us for part two of this intimate workshop and learning community space for womxn as we journey toward Synod together! 🗣️ We'll connect with each other, grow together, and share communal space in an open-meeting format. This will not be live-streamed or recorded. 👇🏾 Register

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Universities have received national attention lately with funding cuts, DEI restrictions & targeting of international students. Hear from campus chaplains at Cornell, Chapman, and Elmhurst Universities about ways they’re supporting student needs & instilling a sense of “holy urgency.” Read more👇🏾

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Join us in celebrating 25 years of comprehensive Sex Ed. through the OWL program (a partnership between UCC and @uua.org!) You can find more information here: www.ucc.org/our-whole-li...

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🧠 Mental Health Sunday is May 18th! 💜 Mental Health Sunday is a way for your congregation to begin or to continue to provide education and support to your members around mental health challenges. 👉🏾 UCC Mental Health Network resources: www.mhn-ucc.org/mental-healt...

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Join us tomorrow! @uua.org

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"As long as peace remains elusive, there will be work for the United Nations. As long as global siblings suffer from conflicts, hunger & disease, the Church will be called to faithfully respond with others dedicated to the world’s healing." -Rev. Shari Prestemon 👉🏾 www.ucc.org/swords-into-...

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🌍 Charles Lee retired as the Senior Policy Advisor for Environmental Justice for the EPA. 🌍 Join us to hear him reflect on his distinguished career, and his involvement & leadership in the struggle for environmental justice and many of the most pivotal events in the movement’s history. 👇🏾 Register

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🎉 Since inauguration day, UCC advocates have sent 53,087 messages to Congress and the administration! 💙 Let's continue to demonstrate faith in action and to raise our voices for a just world for all. 👉🏽 Send a message to Congress today: ow.ly/ffIk50VK4vv

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Thank you to all who showed up for the final #FaithfulWitnessWednesday! Together we reflected on the #First100Days of this admin and how we can continue the prophetic call for justice. 👉🏽 Send a letter to your members of Congress to have #MoralCourage: ow.ly/Ce2Y50VLxtj

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Countdown to @unitedchurch.bsky.social #GeneralSynod in July, "Into the Deep"! Prepare for Synod with a deep dive into Sharing Leadership, Sarah Drummond's book about the UCC's unique leadership style: buff.ly/FaMBOMS

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"The church must continue to be diverse, with intentions to be more welcoming than we currently are. How we choose to embrace unity in the church, & in the world, is up to us." -Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia A. Thompson, GMP/CEO, UCC Quote from her blog, "Unity Not Uniformity": ow.ly/huNN50VKRAV

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⛪ Join us to learn about the lawsuit against the federal government on behalf of over 24 religious groups in response to the policy allowing immigration agents to make arrests in "sensitive locations," including churches, and learn how your congregation can support our migrant siblings. 👇🏾 Register

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🎭 Rev. Dr. McGilvery shares insights from his recent work using theatre to amplify unheard voices, advocate for justice & bring overlooked stories to the stage. Whether you're an artist, educator, or activist, you’ll be inspired to use what you have to create an impact! 👇🏾 Register to join us!

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Rev. Shari Prestemon, Acting Associate General Minister, UCC & Co-Executive of @globalministries.bsky.social interviews Rev. Mike Neuroth, Director of UCC's Office for Public Policy & Advocacy, @justiceucc.bsky.social They discuss the importance of advocacy work & ways UCC members can engage!

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Today’s issue of A Public Witness looks at the dustup over St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School in Oklahoma and the religious freedom arguments before SCOTUS tomorrow — with @bjconthehill.bsky.social, @elcalutherans.bsky.social, @unitedchurch.bsky.social, and @interfaithalliance.org.

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🦉NEW FREE OWL resources: Under Your Wing videos for parents and caregivers of children in 4th-6th grades. 🙌🏾 Join Rev Amy Johnson and Kirsten deFur for a discussion about these videos and how they will enhance your current OWL curriculum and resources! 👉🏾 Register: ucc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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#PeaceBeWithYou ☮️ 🙌🏾 "As people of faith, our quest for peace must address the weaponization of words & the manufacturing of lies to divide communities & perpetuate wedges & fear, rather than love & compassion." -Rev. Karen Georgia Thompson, GMP/CEO, UCC Full blog post: www.ucc.org/peace-be-wit...

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I’m a scientist who studies how climate change impacts our lives and the places we love. Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below! We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚

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🌍 TOMORROW! 🗓️ 4/26 @ 2 PM ET 🌍 We're excited to welcome Katharine Hayhoe, one of the world’s leading climate scientists and the author of popular books such as "Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World." 👇🏾 There is still time to register

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#NationalPoetryMonth: "They told me I could be everything but I choose to be free." A stunning memoir in poetry, Drag Queen Preacher is available for preorder at buff.ly/98Wawnq

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Join Rev Amy Johnson and Kirsten deFur as we discuss a new free resource: Under Your Wing videos for parents and caregivers of children in 4th-6th grades. @uua.org Register: ucc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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“More is needed to defend the U.S. Institute of Peace & the principles & values for which it stands: nonviolence & peace, the rule of law, human rights, democratic processes, & religious pluralism.” – Rev. Susan Hayward, Minister of Justice & Formation Creekside UCC Read this call for action👇🏾

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📚 Join this year’s All Church Read! "Building Up a New World: Congregational Organizing for Transformative Impact," invites us to imagine the kind of world we could create if local churches became hubs of justice-making in our communities. 👉🏾 More information: ow.ly/TCnZ50VCxbs

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Countdown to @unitedchurch.bsky.social #GeneralSynod in July! Explore the Synod theme #IntoTheDeep with our devotional of the same name: buff.ly/hU5bNMl

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👏🏾 Congratulations to Rev. Dr. Sarah Lund, UCC's Minister for Disabilities & Mental Health Justice, for this beautiful review of her new book "Blessed Minds!" 📚 Book info: chalicepress.com/collections/... 📺 Watch the recording from our recent discussion with her: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHsK...

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Yesterday, faith leaders gathered outside the US Capitol to call on Congress and the administration to take accountability for their actions that denigrate our commitment to integrity and peace. 👉🏽 Watch the recording: ow.ly/i1KP50VGCVb

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📣 TOMORROW! 🌍 How do we move through our grief and lament in order to build systems of collaborative change? 🫶🏾 Join Rev. Gabrielle Fields to learn about harnessing the power of collaboration and compassionate meaning-making of ecological grief and lament. 👉🏾 Register: ow.ly/67L350VFRqx

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🙌🏾 Yes! Let us keep raising our prophetic voices for justice and peace!

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☕ It's time for tea, Natural Spirituali-Tea, that is! Brew some tea & enjoy the next parts of this episode with Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia A. Thompson GMP/CEO, UCC & Rev. James Bhagwan, General Secretary for Pacific Conference of Churches as they dive more deeply into creating spiritual practices! 👇🏾

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📅 Join us in prayer and solidarity in-person or via livestream tomorrow at 12pm ET! #FaithfulWitnessWednesday #MoralCourage 👉🏽 Register here: ow.ly/729150VFwVq 👉🏽 Livestream: ow.ly/mZH650VFwWK

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🙏🏾 #LoveYourNeighbor

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🌍 Happy Earth Day! Earth Day is a time to celebrate God’s creation & our responsibility to care for it. Many congregations observe Earth Day Sunday, using worship, education & action. 👉🏾 Earth Day resources from Global Ministries, @globalministries.bsky.social: ow.ly/ohhM50VFvn2

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🙏🏾 Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia A. Thompson, GMP and the United Church of Christ share a message of mourning and prayer after the passing of Pope Francis.

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✝️ Happy Easter! Enjoy this Easter message from Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson, General Minister and President/CEO, UCC: 📺 youtu.be/lDUSeHSaHSM?...

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✝️ Good Friday OWL Reflection: What types of privilege do you have in your relationships? Age? Race? Gender? Financial? Reflect on how you can intentionally create more equity in your relationships. 🦉 More info about Our Whole Lives (OWL), comprehensive Sex Ed.: ow.ly/Tque50VCQYY #SacredSexEd

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🚨 Don’t miss this! 🚨 Get 20% OFF the first 10 tickets to our webinar: Building an Affirming Church (formerly ONA 101) 🗓️ May 21 | 7–8:30 PM ET 🎟️ Use code ONA20 🔗 openandaffirming.org/events #ONAWebinar #ONA2000 #OpenAndAffirming #LGBTQChurch

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👏🏾👏🏾 We must not grow weary in the presence of tyranny, nor should we lose our voices & claim silence in the presence of fear & anxiety. The tears we shed & justice we seek should be the courage we need to seek a #JustWorldForAll. -Rev. Karen Georgia Thompson 👉🏾 Full blog: www.ucc.org/my-country-t...

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🖤"Quality Sex Ed is Racial Justice" 🖤 The UCC and @uua.org have partnered for over 25 years to offer quality, comprehensive Sex Ed programs that could help bridge the gap in reproductive healthcare. More info: www.ucc.org/our-whole-li...

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"Speaking at the start of Holy Week, [Rev. Michael] Vanacore drew parallels between Abrego Garcia’s arrest and Christ’s journey from Palm Sunday to Good Friday. 'Jesus,' he said, was also 'an innocent man, who was tried and punished unjustly.'” 👇🏽 Read the full story below: ow.ly/p9Io50VBhh0

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🌍 How do we move through our grief and lament in order to build systems of collaborative change? 🫶🏾 Join Rev. Gabrielle Fields to learn about harnessing the power of collaboration and compassionate meaning-making of ecological grief and lament! 👉🏾 Register: ow.ly/CbfL50VB8Xt

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🪷 Join The Pension Boards and Dr. Barbara Livingston for their next clergy wellness event—Learn specific stress management techniques to help you maintain your well-being & continue to serve your communities effectively. 👉🏾 Register: ow.ly/P3E550VAp72

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📅 Join us in-person or via livestream tomorrow at 12pm ET! People of faith are uniting in prayer and outrage over the cruel executive actions & policies that tear families apart—often without due process. 👉🏽 Register: ow.ly/8aUw50VAUyW 👉🏽 Livestream: ow.ly/X82I50VAUyZ

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Faith leaders gathered today outside the White House in prayer for the release of Kilmar Abrego García, the Maryland father mistakenly deported to El Salvador. #JusticeForKilmar #BringKilmarHome 👉🏽 Learn more: ow.ly/Ef4950VAsja 👉🏽 Watch the vigil recording: ow.ly/ah9s50VAsjc

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🏳️‍🌈 Yesterday, the Collective of Queer Christian Leaders gathered in prayer to rise, resist, and proclaim holy hope amidst relentless attacks on LGBTQ+ lives. 👉🏽 Watch the livestream: ow.ly/WWtj50VAtIM 👉🏽 Urge Congress to protect our trans community: ow.ly/88U150VAtIN

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We are so grateful for Charles Jefferson, and all of his hard work on our Marketing and Communications Team at the National UCC!

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📣 TODAY! There is still time to register! 🌟 Join us for Part 3 Of "Into the Deep: Accessibility, Safety & Welcoming Spaces" 🗓️ 4/14 @ 3:30 PM ET 👉🏾 Register to join live or receive the recording later: ucc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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