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🙌🏾 Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia A. Thompson, UCC's General Minister & President/CEO, offers an official response to the legislation drafted by the House of Representatives, condemning the message of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

👉🏾🔗 Link to full statement: www.ucc.org/faith-expres...

31.01.2025 17:23 — 👍 64 🔁 30 💬 0 📌 1

Abandoned concrete building, looking through a long line of doors, with graffiti art all over the walls.

Scripture: Luke 21:25-36: Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.

Reflection: We are about to celebrate a baby being born right into the mess of things. God didn’t wait until everyone got healed of all their trauma and miraculously kicked all their less-than-perfect coping strategies. God arrived and loved and ministered, in Jesus, right in the midst of our hurt. By: Nichola Torbett, Associate Director, Kirkridge Retreat & Study Center

Prayer: Emmanuel, God-with-us-in-the-mess, so many injustices bend us over and make our knees buckle. May our yearning and working for their transformation show us your redemption drawing near. Just as we are, we pray. Amen.

Day 2: Abolition Advent

"God didn’t wait until everyone got healed of all their trauma and miraculously kicked all their less-than-perfect coping strategies. God arrived & loved right in the midst of our hurt."
-Nichola Torbet

👉🏾 Read the full reflection: jointhemovementucc.org/jtm-advent/2...

02.12.2024 15:47 — 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

From Thanksgiving Gratitude to Advent Hope: Preparing Our Hearts for the Season Ahead - UCC Open and Affirming Coalition As we move through the days after Thanksgiving, many of us are still reflecting on moments shared around tables, on couches, or even comfortably on floors

🌟 From Gratitude to Hope: Preparing for Advent 🌟
Thanksgiving reminds us of life’s abundance and God’s call to justice, love, and equity. As Advent begins Sunday, prepare your heart for the hope, peace, joy, and love Christ brings.
openandaffirming.org/from-thanksg...

#Thanksgiving #Advent

30.11.2024 02:05 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Graphic of a wooden table in a seemingly abandoned room, with a backpack leaning up against it, and light shining in through cracks in the ceiling. The text says: 2024 Abolition Advent Calendar, The Days Are Surely Coming. Reducing Harm, Preparing the Way.

Purple background with a quote by Jan Richardson: “If we stay awake; if we open our eyes in the midst of our life,with all of its wildness and wonders, then we will see: something is coming. Drawing closer. Stealing home. How will you stay awake in this season? What do you long for the weeks ahead to look like? How might you find God’s response to those longings in the rhythm of your life, in the midst of your days?”

Let Us Pray: Inhale: I can pause and listen. Exhale: Silence is a portal. –Cole Arthur Riley

Sign up to receive the full reflection in your inbox every morning during Advent. Join a community that’s committed to building a Just World For All! Follow the QR code on the graphic, or the link in our post.

🕯️ Join the Movement toward Racial Justice is offering our third annual Abolition Advent Calendar, with a focus on the freedom-bringing work of harm reduction.

2024 Theme: "The Days are Surely Coming. Reducing Harm, Preparing the Way"

👉🏾 More Info: jointhemovementucc.org/abolition-ad...

30.11.2024 15:08 — 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

🍂 "In Everything, Give Thanks." -I Thessalonians 5:18

🍁 Wishing you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving!

#Thanksgiving #GiveThanks #Gratitude #UCC #UnitedChurchOfChrist

28.11.2024 14:33 — 👍 24 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Feel free to repost if your page is a safe place for our trans siblings! Together, let’s commit to making our communities truly affirming. 💕 #OpenAndAffirming #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransDayOfResilience #LGBTQIA #AffirmingSpaces #translivesmatter

25.11.2024 02:04 — 👍 21 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0

Instead of bobeches we use the top portion of disposable wine glasses. The candles fit nicely in the hollow stem and the cups catch any drips. We re-use them year after year.

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Your art is beautiful

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